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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."

MEDC, auto execs focus on fuel cells

An article about Michigan's role in developing fuel cell technology mentions that Gov. Jennifer Granholm is "a strong supporter of the state's $50 million NextEnergy fuel cell project at Wayne State University." NextEnergy is a corporation founded by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to advance the state as a leader in the study of alternative energy. In her State of the State address a year ago, Granholm announced an economic plan that included making Michigan the hub for fuel cell research.

Leadership group focuses on diversity, tolerance

Kurt Metzger, research director with WSU's Center for Urban Studies, spoke at a "Breakfast of Nations" gathering Wednesday in West Bloomfield. The program, aimed at getting people from different cultures better acquainted with each other, attracted more than 200 participants. Metzger told the group that there has been more immigration to Michigan in the past few years than in any previous decade. He pointed out that the state needs new, highly skilled workers to make up for a decline in young and middle-aged working people. He pointed out that this would help boost the economy and tax revenue.

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