This article by John Corvino of the Philosophy Department takes issue with a Connecticut clergyman's assertion in a newspaper piece that God ordained marriages to be between one man and one woman. After refuting the cleric's argument, Corvino concludes, "A resounding lesson of history is that we ought to be very careful when people try to make their interpretation of God's commands the basis for civil law."

Wayne State University will participate in a parent information night at Monroe County Intermediate School District on Oct. 27. Michael Peterson of the WSU College of Education will join a teacher from the Southfield Public Schools in presenting the program "Multi-Level Teaching: The Keys to Teaching and Reaching Children with Different Abilities."

Law professor Peter Henning is quoted in an article about a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the accounting practices of General Motors Corporation's pension accounting practices and its relationship with auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. "This is an area where companies really rely on their accounting firms," Henning said. "But the temptation is always there to play with an estimate because it can help with your cash flow."

This newspaper picked up an earlier Detroit Free Press story about a new video game that involves bullying by school children. "We know that in terms of school violence, and school shootings in particular, one of the main factors that contributed to the school violence was bullying," explains Debra Jozefowicz-Simbeni, professor in the School of Social Work here.

Detroit Receiving Hospital named Michael Stellini vice president of medical affairs in addition to his other duties as medical director of palliative care services for Detroit Receiving and Harper University Hospital , hospice medical director for Karmanos Cancer Institute and section chief of the palliative medicine section at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

George H. Shade, a Detroit obstetrician and gynecologist and an associate professor at Wayne State , has been re-elected to the Michigan Doctors' Political Action Committee board of directors.

Both Detroit dailies covered an enrollment report released by the University of Michigan yesterday that shows that the number of African American freshmen is up 26 percent from the previous year. Black students now represent 7.5 percent of the student body. The number of Hispanic students was up 5.1 percent. Minority freshmen enrollment had declined last year after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a U-M admissions procedure that gave extra points to minorities.

The Bonstelle Theatre will open its season on Oct. 28th with the docudrama "Ten November" by Steven Dietz. The tale of the play focuses on the 30th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald ship and its 29 member crew. The play will run through to Nov. 6th. Prices range from $11-$14 with discounts available for senior citizens and students.

Dr. Seetha Shankaran, WSU pediatrics professor and division director of neonatal-perinatal medicine at Children's Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women's Hospital, led three years of research on a technique that involves a cooling treatment for new babies suffering from HIE, a condition that occurs when the brain fails to receive sufficient oxygen or sufficient blood before birth. The story reports on a child who was successfully treated at Hutzel Women's Hospital using the technique.

An obit on Cheryl McCall, who parlayed her love of children into a career defending their rights as an attorney, mentions her experiences as a student at Wayne State, where she caused a stir on campus as the first freshman and first female editor of The South End student newspaper. While at WSU, she participated in marches on Washington , D.C. , and hitchhiked to Berkeley , Calif. "As students," she once explained, "we were consumed by the war; we were digging into all the university's alliances into what we believed was the wrong side."

Detroit News business columnist Daniel Howes says in a feature piece on page one of the business section, that Wayne State University is an example of what it takes to get people back in Detroit . He attributes much of the university's success to President Irvin D. Reid and his "voice of educational entrepreneurialism." Reid is meeting with hotel development companies to discuss his vision of a hotel and conference center that would draw from the university community and visitors to Detroit's two large medical complexes nearby - Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital. "What do we bring to the partnership? We bring the land and a substantial number of customers," Reid says. "Emphatically, yes, people are coming here." Howes writes that when Reid arrived in 1997, Wayne State had 1,200 occupied beds in residence halls. Today it has 3,200. Within 15 years, according to its long-range plan, it wants to have as many as 8,000 students living on campus. Howes concludes that " Wayne State is offering tuition-paying customers what the next mayor must provide if he hopes to rebuild Detroit 's weak tax base and stem the exodus to the suburbs - safe streets, a good education and solid services and amenities at lower tax rates.

Wayne State 's Journalism Institute for Minorities (JIM) is noted as one of the beneficiaries of scholarships offered by the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation. The foundation was established in 1980 by the Detroit News in partnership with the Detroit Public Schools. Contact information about the foundation and JIM is noted in a sidebar.

Melba Joyce Boyd, professor in Wayne State 's Department of Africana Studies, commented about the life of Rosa Parks and her contributions to the civil rights movement and society. \"When people reach that level of impact, that\'s what happens. It\'s because what she did got to the core of what was wrong with American society.\"

High-tech systems and lower-tech systems often don\'t work well together. Flight delays, network crashes and the blackout of 2003 are prime examples. A new report from Detroit \'s Wayne State University examines problems caused by such \"technological peripheries.\" A group of researchers, organized by Wayne State and sponsored by the National Science Foundation of the United States and el Consejo Nacional Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico, met last year in Mexico City to examine the challenges of large-scale systems, focusing on air transport networks. The workshop found that the development of technology in the developed world was outstripping the diffusion of that technology to developing countries. The mismatch will continue to lead to disasters until the world air transport system gets better at managing the introduction of technology, Wayne State University officials say.

Wayne State University and the University of Michigan received a combined 297 patents between 1999 and 2003, according to a report released by Automation Alley. The study, titled "Driving Southeast Michigan Forward," analyzed six industry areas: advanced automotive, advanced manufacturing, chemical and material, information technology, life sciences and other technologies. NextEnergy, a non-profit corporation that promotes the advancement of alternative energies, has also acquired more than $13 million in federal research funds to support research and development in homeland defense, hydrogen, fuel cells and clean diesel fuel (biodiesel).

Asterand Inc., the Detroit-based supplier of human tissues and related services, last week announced it will distribute nine new cell lines for cancer research. The cell lines were all developed at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute of Wayne State University and will be of interest to researchers seeking a cure for several types of leukemia, lymphoma and pancreatic cancer. The Wayne State lines will be added to a portfolio of cell lines that are currently distributed by Asterand. The Asterand tissue bank now contains more than 330,000 samples.

Wayne State University has been awarded a $9,100 grant from the United States Golf Association for research into the potential impact golf can have on individuals with mental illness. Dr. John Dziuba, assistant professor of psychiatry at Wayne State , has designed a program to teach golf to schizophrenia patients as a tool in the treatment of the disease, which afflicts 2.2 million Americans. The WSU Medical School and Sinai Grace Hospital are working on the research effort. Dziuba said the goal is to show that golf \"can help our patients\' self esteem and self confidence, their ability to concentrate and socialize and improve their overall quality of life.\"

Wayne State University is holding a conference Nov. 4 to discuss why women continue to lag in earnings, benefits and rank within U.S. businesses. The conference comes on the heels of the Michigan Women\'s Leadership Index report, released earlier this week, that shows that Michigan \'s top female executives make 49 cents to every dollar male executives make. It also revealed that just 5.7% of all top-compensated executives are women. The conference, called Gender and Corporate Citizenship, runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Delila Owens, assistant professor in the Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations Department, received the 2005 NCACES small Research Grant from North Central Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors. Owens also was recently appointed to the Professional School Counselors editorial review board. The journal is published by the American School Counseling Association.

Wayne State University School of Social Work appointed Anna Maria Santiago as director of a new doctoral program leading to a doctor of philosophy in social work.