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Turnaround dreams take root in Detroit

This national newspaper with regional editions picked up a story that appeared in the Lansing State Journal (and mentioned in this report last Friday) regarding the challenges facing Detroit in the light of loses in manufacturing industries and severe population decreases since the heyday of the 1950s. The writer compares Detroit to New Orleans in some ways. "We're just as flooded as New Orleans, except we are not waving flags from the roof," observed Robin Boyle, professor of urban planning at Wayne State.

Their city in decay, mayoral candidates get personal

This online publication of The Repository in Canton, Ohio, picked up a Los Angeles Times article about the Detroit mayoral election and what significance it may have for the future of the city. The article includes a comment by WSU political science professor and Director of the Center for Urban Studies Lyke Thompson. "How the city is handled in the next year or two will determine whether it will have a federal overseer rather than a mayor," he said. Campaign officials for both Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and challenger Freman Hendrix say the outcome of the election will hinge upon the 12 percent of voters who are still undecided.

Wayne State, Walsh support "Return to Learn"

Wayne State University said Friday it would offer incentives to undergraduate students throughout November in support of Gov. Granholm's "Return to Learn" month. The initiative is designed to encourage Michigan adults to return to the classroom and complete their higher education degrees or to initiate study leading to postsecondary degrees. Walsh College has designated its Walk-in-Wednesday for the statewide program. E-mail addresses are given for further information at both schools.

Two incumbents ousted from university board seats

Democrats won five of the six open seats this week in the three state university board races -- a fact that did not escape Republican Paul Hillegonds, who was ousted in his bid to return to the Wayne State University board. \"I\'m feeling resigned to the reality that these seats generally go as the top of the tickets goes,\" he said Thursday. \"I\'m just grateful for the opportunity to have served on the board and I expect to continue supporting Wayne State University however I can.\"

Seven ways to fight those post-election blues

Fred Pearson, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State, was quoted on America's reactions to the election. He advises most people who are unsatisfied with the election results to find a common ground with the opposition on long-term issues like health care and the war on terrorism. \'\'We need to be able to listen to each other,\'\' he says. Pearson thinks the Web potentially could unite citizens who seek to put aside rancor and brainstorm solutions to problems.

DMC hires expert to promote new development

The Detroit Medical Center is hiring John Lore - a former health executive credited with creating one of the nation\'s largest hospital chains - to revive philanthropy at the city\'s largest health system and promote new development. Two years ago, DMC leaders disbanded the health system\'s development department, which includes philanthropy, because donations to the financially-ruined health system had slowed to a trickle. \"We are probably the only major health system in the entire country without a development department,\" said DMC\'s chief executive Mike Duggan, who has improved the health system\'s finances. \"That really bothers me. I really plan to build this institution up to rival the Cleveland Clinic, and somebody like John Lore will be an invaluable help.\"

'A' is for Awesome

This three page feature on the Detroit Docs film festival describes a day of Jewish films at the Birmingham 8 on Sunday. In addition to those films, part of the 105 film international festival, Detroit filmmaker Harvey Ovshinsky will be honored on Thursday, November 11, at the gala kickoff party for Detroit Docs at the WSU Welcome Center. His work will be shown at the Welcome Center, and in the Bernath Auditorium of the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. Ovshinsky attended WSU in the 1060s, and taught here as well. The story names all the film venues at WSU.

Court: When kids visit, divorced dad's girlfriend can't spend night

WSU law professor Joan Mahoney is quoted in an article about a Michigan Court of Appeals decision that says a divorced father cannot allow his girlfriend to be in the home overnight when his young daughters are visiting. The appellate decision is based on a 1931 law outlawing cohabitation. Mahoney says the ruling is "contrary to most trends in family law." She adds, "I find it somewhat troubling, given the number of people who now live together. It seems like a backward-looking decision."

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