Six Football Players Earn All-League Honors

The 2004 Wayne State University football squad had six players named to the all-conference teams announced by the league office after balloting by the league\'s head coaches. Junior defensive end Leo Wells was the lone Warrior named to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Five Warriors were named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention team: senior defensive lineman Joe Touzin, junior defensive back Bobby Boyer, sophomore corner back/punt returner Jerriel Burrus, redshirt freshman tight end John Rehberg and freshman wide receiver Ronald Williams.

November 11, 2004

Student numbers

An editorial that proposes school closings and personnel cuts to help the Detroit Public Schools accomplish painful "right-sizing" cites demographic information from Kurt Metzger, research director in WSU's Center for Urban Studies. He is quoted as saying that Detroit births have been trending downward since 1990, so it is likely the DPS will continue to shrink.

November 11, 2004

Entertainment: Detroit documentary film festival attracts thousands

The Detroit Docs International Film Festival, which opens with a party at the WSU Welcome Center this evening, is expected to attract over 7,000 people. The Nov. 11-14 festival takes place at Wayne State and other metro Detroit venues.

November 11, 2004

Bloomfield Hills Doctor vital to diabetes studies

A feature article about Dr. George Grunberger, founder of the Bloomfield Hills-based Grunberger Diabetes Institute, mentions that he is a clinical professor of internal medicine at Wayne State. The physician's office is participating in a major study to test three approaches to lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke for Type 2 diabetes patients.

November 11, 2004

Petway, Horton lead U-M to victory

The University of Michigan had trouble with shooting but managed a 67-54 victory over Wayne State last night in Ann Arbor. "We were tested in a lot of ways," U-M coach Tommy Amaker said. "Wayne is extremely quick and much smaller." The Detroit News article is accompanied by a photo of Wayne State's Morris Hall shooting the ball over a U-M defender accompanies the write-up.

November 11, 2004

News Briefs

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills will host the Second Academic Conference on Altruism Sunday, Nov. 14. Scholars, theologians and other experts will gather for the event. Panelists will include professors from Wayne State University.

November 11, 2004

Wayne State alerts public to 'Drive Safely' campaign

Wayne State will host the opening ceremony for its "Drive Safely to Wayne State" campaign at Gullen Mall on Oct. 11-13. The campaign will use computer displays, accident convincers, a driving simulator to teach about aggressive driving; distracted driving; drinking and driving/impaired driving; and safety restraint systems. Prize drawings will be held for students and staff.

November 11, 2004

WSU, Gullen Mall present the Rock the Vote concert

Wayne State University is hosting a free "Rock the Vote" concert on Oct. 14, at noon, at Gullen Mall.

November 11, 2004

Calendar: The Future of Affirmative Action: Strategies for Achieving Equality in American Society

A calendar brief notes an Oct. 13 event sponsored by the Wayne State University Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African-American Legal History, held Oct. 13 at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. Theodore Shaw, president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, will be the featured speaker.

November 11, 2004

Out of whack, out of mind

In this online science of aging magazine, Naftali Raz, neuroscience researcher with the WSU Institute of Gerontology, is quoted in an article about why memory declines with age. One theory is that age distorts the alignment of stacks of neurons in the brain. Raz explains that in older brains the "dark side of plasticity," might be manifesting itself. Cells in certain pliable regions could be more likely to stray from their proper positions. He said the idea that "minute structural shifts can have severe consequences is very exciting."

November 10, 2004

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Doug Fraser, university professor at Wayne State, talked about a recent push by members of the clergy with the United Church of Canada to unionize. Over 4,000 pastors across Canada are involved in the union movement, saying they endure bad working conditions and sweatshop wages.

November 10, 2004

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The evening news carried a report on the Detroit Docs International Film Festival and films that will be showing at Wayne State. It focused particularly on "A is for Auschwitz" by Zach Smilovitz.

November 10, 2004

Wayne State coach shoots for 400

Wayne State hockey coach Bill Wilkinson will have to beat Robert Morris in order to obtain his 400th win. The game is the College Hockey America conference opener for Wayne State. After leaving his coaching job at Western Michigan in 1999, Wilkinson started the hockey program at Wayne State. This is Wilkinson's 6th season with Wayne State and 23rd as a college head coach. Wilkinson's next major aim it is to get a hockey arena built on campus.

November 10, 2004

Metro and State

Wayne State sophomore on the men's hockey team, Mark Nebus, is the College Hockey America offensive player of the week. Nebus had two goals and an assist in the Warrior's split at Providence. He set a Wayne State season-high with eight shots on goal Sunday and scored for the Warriors in a 4-1 loss.

November 10, 2004

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November 10, 2004

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Kevin Piotrowski will run a public service announcement Wed. - Sunday: The Detroit Docs International Film Festival, featuring 105 films from around the world, is November 11-14. The festival starts with a Gala celebration Thursday, from 7 to 10 pm at the Wayne State University Welcome Center, with live music, food, films and filmmakers. The party is free and open to the public. The films will show Friday through Sunday at Wayne State University, the Detroit Institute of Art and the Birmingham 8. All films are free to Wayne State Students. For a complete schedule including film screenings and workshops, locations and ticket information go to detroitdocs.org or call (313) 577-2150.

November 10, 2004

Students Fight Copyright Hoarders

College students around the country are forming Free Culture to teach their peers about the consequences of overly broad copyright law. One of the speakers at the Free Culture Fest is Wayne State law professor Jessica Litmam. Historically, copyright law has been crafted by lobbyists for powerful copyright owners who represent the software, music and movie industries, she said. \"I\'m hoping that awareness (about copyright law) spreads like a virus and infects the rest of the country,\" Litman said. \"Consumers ought to have a significant say in what the law says is legal and illegal.\"

November 10, 2004

People in the news

James P. Spica has joined the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Spica has been an adjunct professor of law at Wayne State University.

November 10, 2004

Wayne State President Reid and wife pledge $600,000 to school

Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid and his wife, Pamela Trotman Reid, have pledged $600,000 to the university, most of which will be used to support an endowment in global education. The rest will support various schools and colleges at WSU, the honors and athletic programs and the Journalism Institute for Minorities. The gift is among the largest ever given by a university president in Michigan, according to Susan Burns, associate vice president for development and alumni affairs.

November 9, 2004

Wayne State Men's Hoops Selected Third In The South

The head men\'s basketball coaches of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) selected Wayne State to finish third in the South and chose Michigan Tech University and the University of Findlay to win the league\'s North and South Division titles.

November 9, 2004