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Vile Parle boy's big fat link to a virus

Michigan-based professor Nikhil Dhurandhar has understood viral infection among chickens enough to lead him to his breakthrough research of the theory that obesity can sometimes be triggered by a virus. \"Obesity has many reasons, from genes to metabolism to hormones, but we want to draw attention to the fact that certain viral infections could also lead to obesity,\" Dhurandhar said. His team at Wayne State University identified three such viruses.

Increasing number of college students receive financial aid

Sixty-three percent of all undergraduates received some form of financial aid during the 2003-04 academic year, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics. The number is up from 55 percent in 1999-2000. The report was based on a sample of 80,000 undergraduates and 11,000 graduate and professional-school students who were enrolled at colleges across the country that are qualified to participate in federal financial-aid programs.

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On its noon news broadcast, the station reported on the firing of Wayne State University neurosurgeon Dr. Lucia Zamorano for unauthorized charges to a WSU-issued credit card. Against a backdrop of the Harper Professional Office Building, where the reporter said Zamorano worked, the station enumerated the incidents of alleged misuse of the card and said Zamorano could face criminal charges. Several students were interviewed regarding their thoughts on whether the university took appropriate action. Through her attorney, Zamorano has contended that the situation is a misunderstanding involving a family member who had access to the charge card.

Wayne State gets $1 million grant for disaster management

An effort led by Wayne State University to coordinate first responders throughout the Detroit area has received a five-year, $1.05 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The organization, called MAJOR (for Multiple Agency and Jurisdiction Organized Response), aims to coordinate more than 200 jurisdictions, thousands of public and private entities and those controlling a key international border to improve disaster management.

Surgeon fired for credit charges

Dr. Lucia Zamorano, a top Wayne State neurosurgeon, has been fired for thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on her university credit card, an account given to her for tax-exempt purchases she incurred overseeing a $3.4-million state-funded Life Science Research grant. WSU fired Zamorano from her $124,208-a-year job Feb. 7, capping an investigation that could lead to criminal charges and Zamorano losing her medical license, at least temporarily. Zamorano, a specialist in high-tech surgery advances, brought praise to WSU by being one of the first there to capture a coveted Life Sciences Research grant.

City Beat

Native Detroiter Wayne Dyer is setting up a $1-million scholarship fund at Wayne State University, his alma mater. The Wayne Dyer Memorial Fund will be in place by fall and will be set aside for Detroit-area students in need. Dyer said the university gave him a break when it admitted him in the early 1960s and now he wants to give back to the community where he grew up. Dyer started college in September 1962; eight years later, he had earned bachelor\'s and master\'s degrees and a PhD. He became a well-known author with his best-selling book, \"Your Erroneous Zones.\"

SBC launches fund for Wayne State journalism students

Saturday\'s annual Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Awards reception at Wayne State University will feature a special award from SBC Communications Inc. The San Antonio, Texas telecom giant, Michigan\'s largest phone company, will make a $5,000 gift to WSU\'s Journalism Institute for Minorities. The event runs from 6 to 9 pm. at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The gift establishes the \"Going Beyond the Call\" fund to fill a financial void that exists for JIM students who require additional funding for critical necessities that aren\'t covered by their scholarships, which only pay tuition.

Wayne State annual Science Bowl for middle and high school students

This event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wayne State Science Hall on Cass Avenue, north of Warren Avenue on Wayne State\'s main campus. Student teams from the Detroit Public Schools, along with students from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, will compete in their knowledge of science, engineering and math, in the Midwest region Science Bowl. It\'s sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Initiative in Wayne State\'s department of chemistry and the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

Area Sports in Brief

The Wayne State athletic department will provide a fan bus to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate men\'s basketball tournament this weekend in Findlay, Ohio. The bus will leave form the Matthaei Center at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The Warriors face Ferris State in a semifinal. The bus will return to Wayne State after the game. If the Warriors win the semifinal, there will be a bus leaving Matthaei Center at 4:30 p.m. Saturday for the championship game. The cost is $15 each night for students, $20 for adults.

Clark, Peyton are Wayne's glimmer of hope

The Wayne State women's basketball season endured a tough season finishing 6-20 overall and 3-14 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The addition of Shantona Clark and Ralphanee Peyton helped improve the team's overall standings throughout the season with Clark leading the Warriors in both scoring (14.5 points) and rebounding (6.9). Wayne's best stretch of basketball came in early February when it won three out of four games at home.

Commandments stir supreme debate

Christopher Peters, a constitutional law professor at Wayne State Law School, was quoted on whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in buildings paid for with tax dollars. If a state or city museum that receives public funding displays a religious picture or text, that\'s okay \"as long as they are not proselytizing the religion but showing the cultural or historical significance,\" Peters said. Muneer Fareed, a professor at Wayne State, said most Muslims would probably not find the Ten Commandments objectionable. \"But if displayed singly and separately either as a religious totem of America\'s origins or as part of this country\'s heritage, that would construe a certain alienation for those who are not Christian or Jew,\" he said.

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