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More Metro students told to keep the pajamas at home

Jerry Herron, professor of English and American Studies, comments about dress codes for students at local K-12 schools. \"We have a culture that teaches young people that they should dress in a certain way to be accepted, and then we have a school code that says sorry you can\'t dress that way. The two are in fundamental conflict,\" Herron says. And he doesn\'t expect that gap to close anytime soon, especially at school, where students go to learn.

WSU's big man

A profile story features Warrior football player Chris Middlebrooks who has become the driving force behind the team's ground game. Middlebrooks, a 5-foot 7-inch, 177-pound power back, rushed for 89 yards on 23 carries, including a 24-yard touchdown, in the Warriors\' season opener, a 28-14 loss to Northwood. He thinks Wayne State is not far away from turning things around. \"The whole team was really young last year,\" he said. \"I was a sophomore and the starting quarterback was a freshman. With Coach Winters, it feels like the program is getting to be stronger. We just need to be a little more experienced.\"

Dissecting Diversity: Scholars weigh in on the meaning of diversity

Wayne State Law School Dean Frank Wu is featured in a cover story defining diversity. Wu and other selected scholars participated in a dialogue for this inaugural issue of "Diverse Issues in Higher Education." Wu said even though the diversity numbers often look great [in colleges] because there are many Asian Americans, increasing the number of Asian Americans doesn't do anything to appreciably help the condition of African Americans. Wu's photo is included on the publication cover and inside the story. In the same issue, Wu is quoted in a story titled "Stepping Forward: Historically not viewed as leaders, Asian Americans say, they are taking steps to create a leadership pipeline in the academy." "Asian Americans are thought of as very successful," Wu said, "but the path to leadership is important to all Americans. We should care as a society because this is a nation where anyone can rise up, even to the White House.

Prof 'smuggles' science into art

Free Press theater critic Martin Kohn discusses Carl Djerassi's play, \"An Immaculate Misconception,\" which opens today at the Hilberry Theatre. Djerassi, who is noted as holding his first academic position at Wayne State University in the 1950's, will also participate in a Sept. 15 symposium titled "An Examination of Assisted Reproduction Through the Lens of Carl Djerassi," 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hilberry. It will feature professors from Wayne State 's medical and law schools and the department of sociology, and includes lunch and a special performance of the play.
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Wayne State, LTU, LCC offer free tuition, housing to students at universities closed by Katrina

Wayne State University said last week it would offer a full tuition and housing waiver to students whose universities have been closed down by Hurricane Katrina. The offer applies only to students who have paid their tuition and housing for the fall semester in full. The university said two students taking advantage of the offer, Denetra Mack and Doctor Ashe, had just completed their first week of classes at Xavier University in New Orleans when they were ordered to evacuate at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. Mack is a junior chemistry major from Detroit , while Ashe is a junior psychology major from Detroit . They and 16 other undergraduate students from Xavier, Tulane and Loyola universities in New Orleans are now Wayne State University students. More at www.wayne.edu/katrina_aid.

Schools and Universities Open Their Doors

Colleges and Universities are offering Hurricane-displaced students opportunities to continue studies via Society for College and University Listserv. Most are offering students the opportunity to continue their studies on their campuses temporarily during the recovery period. Wayne State University is offering free admission and housing to students from universities closed due to Hurricane Katrina. WSU is reaching out to undergraduate, graduate and law students. For those enrolled in schools where they already paid their tuition WSU is offering a full tuition waiver for the fall 2005 semester. Students may be eligible for other assistance on a case-by-case basis. "Our admissions staff is ready to work with these students," said Susan Zwieg, executive director of undergraduate admissions and student financial aid.

Identity theft greets incoming college freshmen

Most universities have implemented practices of their own to prevent tampering with personal information. Social Security numbers have been replaced with student I.D. numbers. At nearly every campus across Michigan , PIN numbers are needed to access information via the Internet. A Wayne State University spokesperson pointed out that the university has taken every precaution to safeguard against outside persons getting into student records. Students may also elect not to permit outside access to information that is contained in the online student directory. To do so, students fill out a designated form at the time of registration, specifying they do not want personal information available online.

An intimate quest for perfection: women turn to plastic surgeons for vaginal rejuvenation

Women are having their genitals made over; procedures once reserved for women with traumas or medical problems are now being done for cosmetic reasons. "I don't think that's right," said Dr. Susan Hendrix, a professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Wayne State University . "It's really the wrong thing to do. Your goal as a physician is to help patients, but this is creating business by telling patients something is wrong with them when there is nothing wrong. And these people are operating for cash. It's morally and ethically unacceptable. To me, it's genital mutilation."

Courts to Allow Google Book Copying

While writers and publishers object, copyright law appears to be on Google's side, and despite objections legal experts say Google's initiative to digitize library books, will weigh in the search engine's favor. "The principle that Google should have to ask [for permission] is proving untenable," said Jessica Litman, professor at Wayne State 's Law School , who has published a book on protecting intellectual property. "The opt-out mechanism is pretty reasonable."

Fighting Breast Cancer - A Native woman's journal - The loneliest journey

This breast cancer patient, within months of diagnosis and initial treatments, had her cancer come back. Doctors ordered a bone marrow transplant at Wayne State University . During bone marrow transplants, doctors extract a patient's healthy stem cells and freeze them. Then they give the patient enough chemotherapy to kill every cancer cell, even though the therapy will bring the patient to the brink of death.

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