Wayne State University full-time student Danielle Doniver is profiled in a piece examining the financial habits of people from varying occupations and life stages. A photo of Doniver standing in front of Old Main is included.

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plans to announce a national strategy for post-secondary education and will tackle issues such as access and affordability. Spellings said she was "not advocating a bigger role for the federal government in higher education" but the country "needs a coordinated approach to meet rising enrollment numbers and new economic demands." The commission will also focus on the lack of solid information about what colleges are and are not doing well.

In an op-ed piece, Dean Frank Wu of the WSU Law School argues that affirmative action programs are both necessary and effective. He counters the argument by UCLA law professor Frank Sander that racially conscious college admissions policies harm rather than help African Americans. "It isn't clear," Wu writes, "why anyone who, like Sander, insists he wished to help African American students would want to abolish a proven means of doing so." A photo of Wu accompanies the piece.

On his Sunday morning talk show, host Warren Pierce interviewed Wayne State Law School Professor Robert Sedler regarding the Senate confirmation hearings and other aspects of John Roberts' nomination by President Bush for chief justice of the Supreme Court.

An event held in recognition of Professor Carl Cohen's 50-year career at U of M included a panel discussion featuring Wayne State Law School Dean Frank Wu among other notables who raised the alarm about what practices are deemed acceptable at universities today.

Lyke Thompson, professor of political science and director of Wayne State 's Center for Urban Studies, offered comments about the recent Detroit mayoral debate during Sunday's segment of "Action News." Thompson said that Mayor Kilpatrick appears to have adopted an aggressive and tough campaign stance to fight for his political office.

Wayne State 's Warriors football team narrowly lost a GLIAC conference game to Northern Michigan University 15-13 by a single field goal. NMU's Kyle Marotz kicked the 37-year three-pointer with no time left on the clock. WSU led 13-12 following a 42-yard field goal by Dave Chudzinski at 8:25 of the fourth quarter. A photo shows Warrior safety Ryan Oshnock leaping for the ball in the Wayne State end zone.

Paul Clemens, noted as an administrator at Wayne State University , is profiled in a story about the publishing of his book, "Made in Detroit : A South of 8 Mile Memoir."

Several media outlets covered the Detroit mayoral debate held at Wayne State Monday. Lisa Collins (Detroit News) filed a story; a photographer took photos at both the debate and at the Student Center Building after the debate. Detroit News photographers took photos of the candidates speaking to the students and the students watching the debate during "Debate Watch." - David Runk and John Martin (AP) filed a story. Quin Klinefelter reported the piece for WDET; Lourdes Duarte (Fox 2) covered Debate Watch and participated in the interviews with candidates following the debate; Cheryl Chodun (Channel 7) covered the debate; Roger Webber (WDIV 4) covered the debate; Charles Pugh (WJLB/WJBK) covered; Mike Payne (WWJ) ran a report last night and this morning mentioning that the candidates and "vocal" audience engaged in a lively debate at Wayne State University. The Detroit News covered the debate this morning and quoted WSU Professor of Communication George Ziegelmueller, who declared Kilpatrick the winner. "He knew what he was doing. He controlled it, "said Ziegelmueller. The Detroit News editorial page had a different take though reporting that "Kilpatrick was missing his magic" during the event in an editorial. Wayne State pre-med student Cindy Chidi, 19, summed it up: "I think both candidates neglected to address the issues. They showed poor taste. What is your framework to help the poor? We are the poorest city in the nation."

Wayne State stands ready to accommodate people with physical or learning disorders. Jason Bradley, 30, went through three years of college depressed and suicidal and dropped out. He had an undiagnosed learning disability, but now he's planning to start over at WSU - starting with the university's Educational Accessibility Services (EAS). Last year about 300 WSU students used EAS, visiting the center more than 1, 700 times for an average of 2 hours a visit. College students with physical or learning disorders have a hidden problem, and often fall below the radar screen. "When they get to college, it's all about freedom, and they don't want to be seen as having something wrong with them," said Jan Collins-Eaglin, who coordinates the EAS counseling and support center. At WSU, some of the special services offered by EAS include a sealed area in the library to reduce noise, helpers to take special book orders and scan or record texts for the visually impaired and Braille services. The center tailors the services for all sorts of students and a wide array of problems. One year they hired a stenographer to take notes for a student who couldn't move his hands. The story features photos of the center, and learning specialist Jane DePriester-Morandi with returning student Jason Bradley.

Freelance writer Chuck Bennett covered Wayne State 's Pathfinders in Medicine Awards dinner, attended by 320 people, Oct. 8th at Ford Field. The event raised $130,000 for the Pathfinders in Medicine Scholarship Fund, the Black Medical Association of Wayne State University Endowed Grant Fund; and the Charles F. Whitten, M.D., Post-Baccalaureate Fund. The article features several photos of Wayne State faculty and award recipients.

In a public service announcement for the "Learn to Earn" initiative, President Reid urges parents to start talking to their children about the importance of attending college as a pathway to future success.

Hm, hm, nowadays we call it "elimination communication," and stay-at-home mothers are devoting themselves to training their children earlier. Carolyn Rowland, a nurse for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, worries that parents who try infant potty training may have unrealistic expectations. "My concern is if you put the child to do something you want them to do that they're not capable of doing, you may be setting them up for problems and you're putting a whole lot of pressure on them."

The News ran a higher education budget story by Booth Newspapers writer Judy Putnam. She points out that "big winners in the budget starting Oct. 1 are small and mid-sized universities with low per-pupil funding and which have GOP lawmakers from their areas sitting on the higher education appropriations subcommittees. The latest budget deal steers the most new money to Grand Valley State , Saginaw Valley State and Oakland University . " Those universities had representatives from their areas sitting on the committee that hammered out the final budget agreement, the article says. Wayne State is included in an accompanying list showing amounts each university would receive under the agreement. Sen. Shirley Johnson, R-Troy, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she spent decades watching as former Democratic Appropriations chairs protected funding to Wayne State and Northern Michigan universities. Her district borders Oakland University , which was one of the winners in the budget agreement.

A closer look at the numbers shows that a state budget agreement touted as a way to increase funding for every public university in the state actually only give more money next year to a handful with connections to well-placed lawmakers. The big bucks went to Grand Valley , Saginaw Valley and Oakland Universities . The idea was to level the per pupil playing field -- for example, Grand Valley's per pupil funding is $3,302 compared to $8,681 at Wayne State. A chart with stipend amounts by university supplemented the story.

Robin Boyle, professor of urban affairs, comments in a story about the labor impact on Michigan 's job market as Hurricane Katrina evacuees move into the area. Michigan 's unemployment rate is 6.7 percent - among the highest in the country, but experts say the state can handle the small influx of job seekers. "I could see there being a problem if there were planeloads of people being dropped off, but that's not the case," Boyle says.

During the morning news, the station mentioned the upcoming Monday evening debate at Wayne State University between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and challenger Freman Hendrix.

An interview with law professor Robert Sedler regarding the nomination by President Bush of federal Judge John Roberts for chief justice of the Supreme Court will be aired at various times throughout the week.

The early evening news carried a brief report on the grand opening of Wayne State's Towers Residential Suites. Background shots include the ribbon-cutting ceremony with President Reid accompanied by Governors Washington and Miller, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and Student Council President Tiny Sebastian. Also included were shots of the building exterior and a study lounge. News anchor Devon Skillian mentioned that the new residential hall has fitness rooms, a convenience store and a dining hall. "Pretty nice for a dorm," commented co-anchor Robbin Simmons.

During early afternoon news broadcasts, the station mentioned that Wayne State University will have grand opening ceremonies in the afternoon for the new Towers Residential Suites. The new residence hall is the third opened by the university in the past four academic years.