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The Maggie Allesee Department of Dance featured in the weekly WTVS program "Get Up! Get Out!"

The Maggie Allesee Department of Dance was featured in the weekly WTVS program Get Up! Get Out! Wayne State partners every year with the world-renowned American Ballet Theatre (ABT) to host the ABT Summer Intensive for over 100 young ballet students from across North America . A month of intense training and master classes in the Dance Department culminates with a performance at the Detroit Opera House. Lecturer Stephen Stone is interviewed in the feature. His says the prestigious dance program is crucial to the development and socialization of the promising young dancers who participate.

No dummy: Computerized crash tests pave the way for improved car safety

Researchers at Wayne State University are working to mimic the effects of a car crash's impact on the human body in a controlled and virtual environment. Professor King H. Yang, director of Wayne State 's Bioengineering Center , has spent more than 15 years developing computerized-crash models which, he says are far more economical for developing auto-safety standards. "Fifteen years ago we developed a computerized crash-dummy model, but after about five years, we decided that if we can develop a model for crash-test dummies, why not develop a model for human beings?" Yang says. "After all, we want to protect humans not crash dummies." A photo of Yang is included.

Dissident unions may secede from AFL-CIO

Douglas Fraser, former UAW president and university professor at Wayne State , commented about the AFL-CIO's struggle to prevent the Teamsters and four other dissident unions from seceding from the nation's largest federation of labor unions. The dissident unions' central complaint is that under AFL-CIO President John Sweeney the federation has spent too little money recruiting new members and too much on political campaigns. "We're playing the same record - we've been there, done that, and we didn't find the answer with that approach (seceding from the AFL-CIO)," Fraser said. "Leaving was not our finest hour."

Group begins effort to defeat anti-affirmative action proposal

As a state elections board deadlocked over placing an anti-affirmative action proposal on the November ballot, a grass-roots coalition has launched an effort aimed at defeating the measure, which calls for a constitutional amendment banning use of gender or racial preferences in university admissions and governmental hiring. The opponents say the petitioners deceived signers by misrepresenting the proposal's true intent and calling it a civil rights initiative. Dean Frank Wu of the WSU Law School noted that affirmative action admissions policies were found to be a "compelling state interest" by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003. He said racial diversity on campuses of many universities in California Washington and Texas , which passed similar bans, has declined into single-digit percentages. About 20 percent of Wayne State Law School students are minorities, he said.

State funds and tuition remain unsettled

State universities are still uncertain as to how much to raise tuition for this year. Wayne State and Northern Michigan would see large cuts under the House and Senate plans. Wayne State's budget director, Vanessa Rose said, "Frankly, we're working on a strategy right now." Wayne State would lose $13 million under the spending plans. Rose also added that not knowing the state appropriation makes it difficult for universities to create tuition estimates.

Research: Wayne State researcher wins Presidential Award

Sean Gavin, associate professor of physics, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, presented by President George Bush. Gavin received the award for his research in physics theory related to the Big Bang. He also developed a community outreach project tied to his research that will train K-12 teachers to help students better understand scientific theories in a historical and social context.

TechTown student needs help to get to Harvard

Jeannette Perryman, a Detroit Northwestern High School junior, has been accepted for the prestigious Harvard Summer School program for high school students and needs assistance with tuition and board. Perryman participates in a student program at WSU's Techtown, "Detroit's only research and technology park." The Parent Child Computer Learning Foundation brings Wayne State University students together with high school students to provide mentoring during the academic year. A start-up company at TechTown, Academic Computing Environments, has voluntarily created a computer lab for student use. The article gives an address where donors can send checks to Perryman to help cover expense of attendance at the Harvard summer program.

Engineering camp for girls offers a different kind of summer

Wayne State University is offering a Woman in Engineering Training four-week summer program starting Monday for a group of talented girls who will enter high school next fall. "We want to motivate them before high school when their dreams are still strong," says Gerald Thompkins, associate dean and director of the program. Participants attend computer classes, an aerospace class and they learn about Mars surface exploration projects while building model Mars Rovers and landscapes. On Fridays, they travel to nearby points of interest for fun and additional learning experiences. A contact phone number is given for registrations.

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