Marc Kruman, chairman of the History Department and director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship here, is quoted in an AP article that ran widely in newspapers across the country. The article examines measures being proposed by some members of Congress to oppose President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and use of the Patriot Act to approve government actions that some see as an invasion of civil liberties. "Civil liberties are always most endangered during wartime," Kruman points out, "and there does seem to be a greater tendency to look for and find domestic and internal enemies during wartime."

An editorial urges contributions to the Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund and notes that the nonprofit organization, in addition to its traditional Christmas box donations to the needy, "provides several scholarships to Wayne State University ." This year, the Newsboys will provide a journalism scholarship named for Detroit News Production Editor Mike McCormick, who raised thousands of dollars for the charity.

An AP story about The Kalamazoo Promise, the scholarship program for public school students in that city that has gained widespread attention, mentions that Wayne State is offering qualified students a 50 percent discount on room and board.

An article about the moot court team from Cooley Law School winning the Region VI National Moot Court competition mentions that, among other schools, the team beat out others from Capital University Law School , Cleveland Marshall Law School and Wayne State University Law School .

A 12-year-old student in the Chippewa Valley School District has been charged under a state law that makes terrorist threats criminal offenses. If convicted she could end up under the supervision of the juvenile court until she turns 19. Robert Sedler of the WSU Law School said terrorism charges against children are rare. "But here I think it's really not 9/11, it's Columbine (that officials are concerned about)." The article reports that Sedler thinks the police acted appropriately in bringing charges against the girl, who claims the Internet threats were just a prank.

Fans of WDET-FM's former "adult alternative" music mix have been organizing a campaign to protest the station's decision to cut music programming during the day to make way for news/talk programming. The group has been "sending mass e-mails to newspapers and the president of Wayne State University , which owns the station," the article reports. Supporters of the "old" WDET format will gather at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Magic Stick on Woodward in Detroit to stage a protest rally.

Wayne State is mentioned in a letter to the editor by Larry Lawhorne, M.D., director of the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan. He points out that the center he directs is located at Michigan State University but also draws strength from members of its consortium, including the WSU Institute of Gerontology, three other universities, the Michigan Primary Care Association and the Michigan Dementia Coalition. The consortium provides multidisciplinary training for physicians, nurses, social workers rehabilitation therapists and other health care professionals. Lawhorne urges Congress not to reduce or eliminate funding of the 50 geriatric education centers across the country.

When a printer ran off 10,000 copies of Rosa Park's obituary and funeral program and sold them for $10 a piece, family members say they felt it cheapened her name and accomplishments. Now her nieces and nephews are asking for her will to be voided and to put one nephew in charge of her estate. The issue isn't an inheritance; it is control of the legal rights to her name and its use. Jessica Litman, who teaches intellectual property and copyright courses at Wayne State 's Law School , said Parks' name has little (monetary) value by itself. But with an aggressive enforcement campaign to get license fees for its use, it could be valuable. "Surely people will be interested in making motion pictures, biographies, documentaries about her," said Litman. "If someone could claim to own either that right, or the right to pictures of her, I can imagine that going for a tidy sum."

This article about temporary jobs being filled in connection with the Super Bowl in Detroit mentions that the Marriott Hotel-Renaissance Center , host hotel for the NFL, is working with Wayne State , Ferris State and Michigan State universities to find qualified people to beef up its staff during the days surrounding the event.

This all-news station interviewed law professor Robert Sedler regarding President Bush's use of the NSA for domestic spying under the Patriot Act. Sedler disagrees that the administration has emergency powers that permit the authorization of spying without obtaining a warrant.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has named members to the new Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board (SEIC) and to the Michigan Strategic Fund. President Irvin D. Reid is among several members appointed to the SEIC Board. The SEIC has responsibility for grants and loans made to support technology investments in the life sciences, alternative energy, advanced manufacturing and homeland security and defense.

The station reported that William Davidson would be receiving an honorary degree at Wayne State commencement ceremonies Thursday evening.

A new study conducted by professor Wei Du and colleagues at Wayne State University found that women and African Americans are least likely to enroll in treatment trials for lung cancer. The results will be published in the January issue of "Cancer," a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Wayne State University has named Richard Gabrys interim dean of the School of Business Administration . He will replace Harvey Kahalas, who resigned early in November, effective at the end of this month. Kahalas, who has served as dean since 1997, plans to return to the university's faculty. With Gabrys serving in an interim capacity, WSU plans to conduct a national search for a permanent dean, Provost Nancy Barrett said in a statement.

It\'s part criminal investigation, part soap opera and part nagging political pain -- and so far nobody wants to be in charge of the probe into multimillionaire lawyer Geoffrey Fieger\'s secret funding of a 2004 ad campaign to unseat a state Supreme Court justice. In the latest twist in a case that includes teary confessions of infidelity, alleged blackmail and a hush-hush money pipeline, Fieger\'s lawyers asked Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday to appoint a special prosecutor to oversee the criminal investigation. The governor\'s office \"has the letter and we\'re reviewing it,\" Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said Wednesday, but Wayne State University law professor Robert Sedler said Granholm, a former attorney general herself, shouldn\'t get involved in the high-stakes political saga. \"It\'s not the governor\'s job,\" said Sedler.

He\'s had his job only since August, but this week disgruntled listeners are flaying him on message boards and blogs. The phones at his radio station won\'t stop ringing. One letter writer called him an idiot. There\'s a protest rally scheduled for Sunday. So, Michael Coleman, general manager of WDET-FM (101.9), how do you like Detroit so far? \"I am encouraged that people in my hometown care so much and are so passionate about public radio,\" he said Wednesday morning, taking a break in his modest office whose chief design element is numerous posters and figurines of Superman, Coleman\'s whimsical hero... Steve Brown, associate vice-president of marketing at Wayne State University , which owns WDET, said Coleman was recommended by Caryn Mathes, who left the station this year for a Washington public radio job. \"I think the station needs a bit of a shake-up,\" Brown said, adding that his bosses gave Coleman no specific marching orders. \"If anything, he was given the responsibility to assess things and make changes. He\'s not afraid to make changes.\" This article also included a photo of Michael Coleman.

Wayne State University appointed Richard Gabrys, retired vice chairman of Deloitte & Touche\'s U.S. global strategic client group, as interim dean of its school of business administration.

When the Mays Printing Co. ran off 10,000 copies of the glossy four-color obituary programs from Rosa Parks\' funeral, demand for them was phenomenal. At $10 apiece, they sold out in three days following the November ceremony. But to Susan McCauley and other relatives of Parks, the sale cheapened the name of the quiet, unassuming woman whose act of defiance 50 years ago on a Montgomery , Ala. , bus altered American history. \"We just don\'t think our aunt would have wanted it this way,\" said McCauley, who grew up near Parks in Detroit and now lives in suburban Atlanta . Jessica Litman, who teaches intellectual property and copyright courses at Detroit \'s Wayne State University Law School , said Parks\' name has little value by itself. But with an aggressive enforcement campaign to get license fees for its use, it could be valuable. \"Surely people will be interested in making motion pictures, biographies, documentaries about her,\" Litman said. \"If someone could claim to own either that right, or the right to pictures of her, I can imagine that going for a tidy sum.\"

A new History Channel show featured footage and photos courtesy of Wayne State University 's Walter P. Reuther Library. This episode examined 1979 showing clips and photos from the Douglas Fraser Collection and assembly line footage from the 1970's and 1980's.

This news-brief mentions that William Davidson, owner of the Detroit Pistons, and children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at Wayne State 's winter commencement ceremonies on December 15. Also being honored will be distinguished alumni Yousif Ghafari and Angela Kennedy. Graduating seniors Sharon Bobryk and Kevin Brown will receive awards for leadership, service and achievement.