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How to make investors whole?

An Associate Press article that ran widely throughout the country and focusing on how the SEC can punish corporate crime without penalizing shareholders, includes comments from WSU law professor Peter Henning, a former SEC attorney. At issue is interpretation of a recent SEC statement regarding financial penalties to corporations for wrongdoing. The statement said the commission "is expected to seek penalties from culpable individual offenders acting for the corporation." But Henning says the statement is so general that it doesn't say much. "It's kind of what everyone knew already: If you cooperate, it's going to help you." He points out that the extent of wrongdoing and the time frame it covered are factors the SEC considers in recommending penalties.

Putting a spit shine on old pair of sneaker

Jerry Herron, director of the Honors Program and former director of the American Studies Program here, is quoted in an article about how Detroit is putting its best foot forward in preparation for the Super Bowl. The writer calls Detroit "a gritty working city with a checkered history that's busy trying to redefine itself." He says Detroiters are a little defensive about their national image. Herron points out that "Americans don't like poverty. Americans don't like things old. Americans don't like urban violence. We have all the problems that everyone else has that people like to pretend exist only in Detroit."

Spendthrift Detroit may follow China

Columnist Tom Walsh calls the city of Detroit's payrolls "wildly bloated in several areas compared with other major U.S. cities." He points out that the city employs 18,000 persons, second only to the Detroit Public Schools' 23,000. Wayne State is mentioned in a list of several other of the city's top employers. Walsh criticizes the Detroit City Council for requesting a 4 percent budget increase to its $17 million budget. "No wonder Detroit's administrative costs have ballooned when the administrators in charge of the purse strings pad their own payroll," he says.

Different cities, same Web site wording

This article about Lincoln Park and Portage having the same wording on each city\'s Web site and potential cyber-plagiarism, quotes a Wayne State professor. \"If a city employee has plagiarized, the taxpayers of that city would presumably want to know,\" said Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University Law School who specializes in copyright law. \"So whether or not it\'s a copyright issue, it could be an issue of good government.\"

Oakland University students can enroll in Wayne State's pharmacy program

This article discussed an agreement between Oakland University and Wayne State, that will allow Oakland students to enroll in the PharmD program at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The article also quotes Rick Slaughter, assistant dean in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. ...Wayne State officials don\'t see increasing enrollment as a goal but see the arrangement as a recruiting tool for students from northern Oakland County, where it currently has difficulty drawing students, Slaughter said. \"We draw well from Wayne and Macomb,\" Slaughter said. \"Oakland University is a rich source for high-quality students for us. It will allow us to reach into a different group of students.\"

Majestic Movie Night; Joy in Solidarity

Two separate "shorts" appear in the events column, as follows: 1) WSU students, employees and alumni get in free with a WSU OneCard at Majestic Monday Movie Nights at the Magic Stick on Woodward near Alexandrine. 2) Wayne State's Walter P. Reuther Library will present the "Bernard J. Firestone: Joy in Solidarity" exhibit, opening Tuesday, Feb. 1. The exhibit highlights the life and service of nationally recognized Detroit labor leader Bernie Firestone.

Oakland University to partner with Wayne State

Pre-pharmacy students at Oakland University will soon have an opportunity to earn a doctorate through the PharmD program at Wayne State University. As result of an articulation agreement, Oakland students who complete a bachelor\'s degree in health sciences and meet certain admission requirements can be enrolled in WSU\'s six-year academic program. \"This collaboration is an example of two state-funded universities joining forces to benefit not only the students in their academic pursuits, but also making innovative use of precious state financial resources in tight economic times,\" said Wayne State President Irvin D. Reid.

Worlds (and wardrobes) collide in the office

Rodney Cole, assistant director of career services at Wayne State, is quoted in a feature story about current clothing trends in the workplace for Gen X and Gen Y members. \"I think students are starting to lose the awareness between the casual clothes they wear to class and casual clothes for work,\" Cole observes. He admits that even he was confused about the definition of \"casual\" Fridays at one of his first jobs. Claire Raines, author of a book on the generation gap in the workplace, notes that "some of us have a tendency forever to be critical of whoever is young at the time." The story includes a photo of Cole in his office with WSU Student Council President Earl Carruthers, who is a co-op student who assists United Parcel Service with on-campus recruiting here.

2-gallon-a-day habit led to rare disease

Michael Kleerekoper, professor of medicine at Wayne State, is quoted in an article about the possible health hazards of drinking liquids with too much fluoride in them. A 52-year old Missouri woman developed a mysterious bone disease called skeletal fluorosis, which was found to be caused by drinking unusually large quantities of tea. Kleerekoper said most average tea drinkers have nothing to fear, but pointed out that "excess of anything is no good for you." Above is a small sampling of the dozens of newspapers around the country that picked up the story from the Knight-Ridder wire.

From slavery to scholarship

Professor Michele Valerie Ronnick of the Classics, Greek and Latin Department is the editor of a just-published autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough, who was born into slavery in 1852 and became a world-respected scholar in Greek and Latin literature. \"His life is a fabulous slice of American life,\" she points out. Ronnick's traveling exhibit of 12 black classicists will be on display Feb. 4-28 at the Holland Museum. What's striking about the display is not what restrictions held African American scholars back, but what they achieved despite the obstacles they faced, says Ronnick. On February 10, she will give a presentation at the museum regarding her work in developing the exhibit, which has been touring the country.

Farmington Hills couple fund WSU scholarship

A story profiling Harriet and Allan Gelfond and their funding of a $10,000 scholarship for Wayne State University social work majors appeared in the "Neighborhood News" section for Farmington, Farmington Hills and Novi. School of Social Work Dean Phyllis Vroom, who is quoted extensively in the story, said she met Allan Gelfond three or four years ago at a grants workshop and asked him for pointers on how to raise funds. Before long, Vroom invited Gelfond to join the School of Social Work's board of visitors and he eventually led a fund-raising workshop for the board. "What difference does a scholarship make?" Vroom said. "It keeps you out of deep debt or reduces the debt." A photo of the Gelfonds accompanies the story.

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