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State 'eating its seed corn' in higher education

In an opinion piece, Phil Power discusses the recent Cherry Commission's call for doubling post-secondary degress in 10 years. Power says he can't understand how we can endorse the Cherry Commission's report while "tolerating a state that is dangerously withdrawing support for our public universities." He notes that Wayne State University, along with Michigan's other two research universities, will be playing a most important role in the state's economic development, high-tech growth and entrepreneurship. He calls on Michigan's legislators to have the political courage to focus resources where they will do the most good. "We've been 'eating our seed corn' for the past few years by cutting appropriations to our best universities, and I hope Gov. Granholm and the new legislature have the wisdom - and the guts - to do something about it before it is too late."

Men's Hockey Completes Another Split Weekend

The Wayne State men\'s hockey team had another \"split\" weekend with a 4-2 setback at Niagara University Saturday night. WSU has played 11 series this year, with eight splits, a sweep over Canisius, a win and a tie at Robert Morris, along with a loss and a tie at Alabama-Huntsville last weekend. Warrior sophomore left wing Jason Bloomingburg extended his goal-scoring streak to three games as he netted WSU\'s first tally of the contest with 1:39 remaining in the opening period.

MIKE WENDLAND: 2 experts out to spoil the fun for malware villains

Every spring and fall, emerging companies from around the region compete in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur\'s Quest, which is aimed at helping high-growth and high-tech companies develop business plans, find investors and jump-start operations. Wayne State University is one of the sponsors along with the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Business School and Michigan State University.

With different work values, Generations X, Y wait for boomers to move aside

Generation Y students from Wayne State are quoted on the expectations placed on them by previous generations. Gen Y consists of approximately 72 million people born between 1977 and 1994. \"We can\'t chill. The pressure is always on,\" said Athena Akram, a 23-year-old biology major at Wayne State University. \"You\'re competing against a whole bunch of people who are probably as smart, who are probably just as determined as you,\" said Sidra Khan, a 20-year-old premed student at Wayne State.

Today's News: President Bush is expected to call for changes that would increase Pell Grant awards and eliminate program's deficit

President Bush is expected to announce today that he will seek to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $500 over the next five years, as well as closing a $4-billion budget shortfall that has plagued the program for the past several years. According to an administration official familiar with the president\'s plans, Bush will ask Congress to mandate yearly $100-increases to the maximum award for five years. The president is also expected to propose a way to erase the program\'s accumulated deficit.

Call for WSU to take C.B.S. image seriously

Jorge Dante Hernandez Prosperi, a doctoral candidate in Wayne State's College of Education, responds in an op-ed to recent stories about the Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies appearing in El Central. Prosperi says Latino/a students should be respected as academic achievers rather than "party goers who shy away from academic rigor and take academics casually." He adds that the center needs to concentrate on bringing respect and admiration for the academic achievements of its current students and its alumni.

Wayne State gets $500,000 from Comerica Charitable Foundation

Comerica Charitable Foundation's $500,000 gift to Wayne State University, considered to be the single largest grant that Comerica has ever made to a university, is expected to support the newly named Comerica Charitable Foundation Academic Success Center, which provides tutoring and supplemental instruction for students. Comerica made the gift during the silent phase of the university's $500 million campaign. The university plans to take the campuswide campaign public in May, according to Susan Burns, Wayne State's associate vice president and chief development officer.

Today's News: Emergency scholarships available for some students affected by tsunami

Grants of up to $5,000 are available for students from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand who may no longer be able to study in the United States because of tsunami-caused financial losses at home. The Institute of International Education and the Freeman Foundation have invited accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. to nominate up to four students per campus. Information is available on the institute's Web site.

Supreme Court ruling delays Ann Arbor case

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the way judges have been sentencing about 60,000 defendants a year is unconstitutional threw the nation\'s federal sentencing system into turmoil Wednesday. The ruling determined that judges have been improperly adding time to some criminals' prison stays. Wayne State law professor David Moran calls the decision a "mixed bag," pointing out that it will take time for lower courts and Congress to determine ramifications of the ruling. But he said the situation has to be resolved quickly because "judges have to keep sentencing every day and the courts are going to have to figure things out on the fly."

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