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CHRIS EHRMANN News Correspondent Wayne State will help sponsor “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Art Van Furniture” by financing a floating frog, and hosting volunteers for the parade Nov. 28. Renee Rodriguez, a WSU graduate and seven-year director of volunteer and tour services at the Parade Company, said WSU will supply space for students to get ready in the Student Center, among other partnering activities. “Wayne State is actually going to be sponsoring the Kermit the Frog balloon. So we are pretty excited about the partnership,” she said. “They are supplying all the buildings for us.” While the Thanksgiving parade is their biggest event, the Parade Company also sponsors and helps with other events throughout the year, and is always looking for volunteers. “Somebody who looks to have a good time — you know, energetic … good with people because you’re
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dealing with people a lot of times. Somebody that’s adaptable — those are the big workers,” she said. “Regarding the parade itself, to be in the parade, you have to be able to walk at least three miles because that’s how long the parade route is. That’s the main thing, and of course to be outside for long periods of time.” Rodriguez said they have many opportunities for people to come in and volunteer with them. “It’s an event that you really cannot have enough people for; we always find something for somebody,” she said. “I’ve been getting some calls from Wayne State groups that want to come in and volunteer as a group, so we have lots of opportunities for that or even individuals.” She also said that there will be an Old Main parade float for WSU this year. “We are going to be having costuming at Wayne State, in the Student Center,” she said. “So on parade day, everyone who will be in the parade that’s getting into costume and make-up and everything, they will be in the Student Center getting
ready. And all of the volunteers will be parking in Structure 5.” The Parade Company has also announced that the grand marshal of the parade will be Jim Leyland, former manager of the Detroit Tigers. Rodriguez said the parade this year was extended from Kirby at Woodward to end at Congress. “We love it because we get to incorporate Midtown more,” she said. Barb Trombley, a 14-year veteran volunteer with the Parade Company, said she loves her position. “When I first started, I thought, I am artistically challenged,” she said. “I can’t draw a stick figure. Why would I come here … I just thought I would try something different.” Trombley, who gives tours, said, “I love doing the tours — I get very excited about it. I like doing it and walking the people to the door and having them tell me this is the best tour they ever had,” she said. Tony Michaels, who has been the president of Parade Company for the past four years, notes annual addi-
tions to the parade that bolster its bottom-line. “We wanted to improve the facility, which we’ve done. We wanted to make the parade bigger and better than ever, which we are always in the process of doing,” Michaels said. “We wanted to increase the revenue so that the Parade Company will have a very strong future, and we are in the process of doing that, and probably a new home down the road closer to the downtown area to increase tourism and parties and functions throughout the year.” The Parade Company gives tours all year, but Rodriguez said near Thanksgiving is when they give the largest amount of studio tours. There is still time to help volunteer for the parade. Rodriguez said she is still looking for costume marchers, who will march alongside a matching float and banner carriers. For further infomation on volunteering, see The Parade Company website at: www. theparade.org/volunteer. php.
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Marwil Bookstore to close Online stores contribute to downfall ELI HOERLER The South End As fall turns to winter, so comes the death of Wayne State’s favorite small bookstore. After serving the WSU community for 65 years, Marwil Bookstore announced Oct. 28 that it will close up shop for good. The shop is not accepting textbook orders for the Winter 2014 semester, and owner Brian Kramer hopes to make a clean break by the end of the calendar year. The decision has been in the works for a good long time, said Kramer, who has run the shop for nearly 30 years. “The bottom dropped out last fall, and it’s been getting worse ever since. It’s time to move on,” he said. “I’d love to stay, but look around. Things have changed.” Marwil was opened in 1948 by Milton and Lenore Marwil. Its original location was on Woodward, but soon moved to Warren. In the early 70s, it moved to its current location at Cass and Woodward, Kramer said. His family bought it from the Marwils in 1983. It’s been a family operation as long as it’s been around. Marwil Bookstore is a campus landmark – few students have not heard the name. If your parent is a WSU graduate, ask them what the name Marwil means to them. It
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saw the golden age of Motown, the civil rights movement and weathered the riots and their aftermath while many small businesses crumbled. After decades of service, the Internet was what finally brought Marwil down. “Kids aren’t buying books. Books are expensive – they go online to buy them. There’s rentals, changing traffic patterns, Amazon,” Kramer said. “It just totally changed. People shop online — they don’t shop in stores.” It’s the latest omen of the end of an era – the era of the small bookstore, or any bookstore, really (seen Borders Books around recently?) More and more, students turn to the Internet for their textbooks, crippling large booksellers and utterly maiming small operations. And this latest sign that the times are changing really hits close to home. “This is like a family,” Kramer said. “It’s tough. People have been here over 30 years. We thought we’d grow old together.” Kramer notes that although they will not be taking textbook orders, their doors will stay open for the rest of the year for people to shop big sales and pay their respects to the historic bookstore. “I wish people would stop in and say goodbye, or maybe look at something that’s a bargain,” Kramer said. “People still need their Blue Books and Scantrons.”
Blurred lines Racial division is topic of conversation JILL LUBAS The South End Racial lines will blur as numerous Detroit legends come together Nov. 11 at the Fox Theatre for conversation and celebration. “Detroit Legacies in Black and White,” hosted by Mitch Albom and Judge Damon J. Keith, aims to celebrate how people get along across racial lines in Detroit, as well as spreading goodwill news about the city. The event has been inspired in part by the unique friendship between Albom and Keith. “Here he was, this 91-year-old black judge and me this 55-year-old white sports writer,” Albom said. “The only thing we had in common is that we like each other.” All proceeds from “In Black and White” will benefit S.A.Y. Detroit and the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil
Rights, Detroit charities that strive to impact and better lives throughout the city. The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights opened Oct. 19, 2011, located at Wayne’s law school, offers scholarship for WSU law students interested in pursuing civil rights and helps to support the next generation of civil rights activists. S.A.Y. Detroit, founded by Albom after the Detroit Super Bowl in 2006, is now comprised of six charities that seek to help better the lives of needy people in the city all year round. Some aspects of S.A.Y. Detroit include providing healthcare for homeless woman and children, providing shelter for the city’s homeless and providing homes for working, needy families. The overall theme for the evening is Detroit and all the people working together to make the city great. It’s about bringing together and showcasing
people from different backgrounds and races who aren’t letting their differences separate them. “That’s why I wanted to do this event,” Albom said. “People sitting side-by-side, looking nothing alike, and not thinking anything of it.” Some of the evenings special guests will include sports greats Matthew Stafford, Barry Sanders and Jimmy Howard; SNL comedian Tim Meadows; Detroit news personalities Carmen Harlan and Bernie Smilovitz; as well as performances by the Four Tops and KEM. Jim Leyland, former manager of the Detroit Tigers, will also be celebrated as the guest of honor. Some guests will also be reading excerpts from Keith’s long anticipated auto-biography, “Crusader for Justice,” that is scheduled for release later this month. Keith will share his experiences from over seven decades of work in civil rights, including stories of encounters
with presidents, A-list entertainers and leaders of the civil rights movement. All tickets include a copy of Albom’s latest novel, “The First Phone Call from Heaven,” that is scheduled to release worldwide Nov. 12. The longest novel Albom has written to date – and his first book set in Michigan — “The First Phone Call from Heaven” is the story of citizens in the small town of Coldwater that begin receiving what appears to be miracle phones calls from loved ones who have passed away. One man, convinced the calls are a hoax, sets out to disprove the supernatural events and put an end to “miracle fever.” Tickets are $40, or $150 for VIP tickets, and can be purchased online at www.olympiaentertainment.com. Student tickets are $25 and are only available for purchase in person at the Fox Theatre or Joe Louis box offices. The VIP meet and greet begins at 6 p.m., with the main event starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Tragedy hits home Missing student found dead ELI HOERLER The South End The body of missing Wayne State Law Student Tiane Brown was found Oct. 30 in a vacant lot on Detroit’s east side. Brown was found in her dark colored 2008 Chevy Trailblazer. A gunshot to the head is the apparent cause of death. Police have charged two homeless men, Michael Booker and Robert Windsor, with crimes surrounding the incident, but not the murder itself. The Detroit Free Press reported that Booker, a habitual offender, could face life in prison for his role. He is charged with tampering with evidence, breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny from a motor vehicle, receiving and concealing stolen property under $1,000, and two counts of assault and battery. Windsor is charged only with receiving and concealing stolen property under $1,000 and faces a less severe punishment. Brown, a Waterford resident, was last seen Oct. 28 around 8:15 p.m. at WSU’s Law School near Cass Avenue and W Palmer Street. She was reported missing Monday evening after she failed to pick up her children from her parents’ house in West Bloomfield. Police do not know whether the crime took place on campus, but President Wilson once again urged students to be aware of their surroundings. “This is a sad time, but also a time to remind ourselves of the importance of safety. Wayne State is one of the safest campuses in Michigan, with a highly trained, professional police department that works in coordination with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, and is supported by the latest approaches and technology,” Wilson wrote in an email. “While there is no evidence that this week’s unfortunate
incident is connected to our campus, we can never become complacent, and must always remain willing to assess our overall preparedness.” The president went on to say he had ordered a thorough review of campus safety. A multi-departmental effort involving Waterford and WSU Police discovered her body near the abandoned Packard Plant after a search that began early Tuesday morning, and included her driving routes, hospitals, WSU’s campus and police databases. Further details of the crime have not been released by police or President Wilson. “Tiane’s death is a devastating loss to her family, including her three children, her fellow students, and the entire campus community,” Wilson wrote in a different email. “She was an exceptional and active student, and our sympathies extend to her parents, children, family and friends. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.” A fund has been set up by the university to assist Brown’s children. More information is available at giving.wayne.edu, or by calling the Wayne State Fund Office at 313577-2263 or 313-577-2275. In his announcement, President Wilson said the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services had been notified, and will be available for anyone needing their assistance. They can be reached at 313-5773398. Several campus safety measures are in place to make students feel safe on campus. One such effort is the Safe Ride program. All students and faculty can call the WSU police to have a police car escort them to their car. Of course, this protection ends when they leave campus. Any information regarding Brown’s death can be reported to WSUPD at 313-5772224, or the Waterford Police Department at 248-618-7550.
PHOTOS COURTESY FAMILY OF TIANE BROWN
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Tell us how you really feel! Each week we go out and ask you a question regarding current news. Check them all out on our Facebook page!
BY JON ADAMS
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Has the recent Death of WSU student Tiane Brown changed your views on campus safety around here? DARRYL TERRELL Photography Major
“Since the situation has happened, I have been a little more cautious where I am, specifically by myself because of course I don’t want that unfortunate event to happen to myself. Because I have so many female friends I try to keep my eye out for them; we all walk together. I do feel like since it happened the police have been more on their P’s and Q’s.”
CLAIRE WINTER Nutrition Major
“It hasn’t really changed how I feel about the safety of campus because it’s just how you act around it. I never go anywhere by myself after dark, and I usually always have people with me when I’m walking around. It hasn’t changed my view because I already knew the basis of how it was around here.”
JUBY ABRAHAM Pre-Pharmacy Major
“Definitely, because my friends and I walk to parking structures all the time. Even at night we think we’re safe and we’re really not. One of my friends, he would see her (Brown) every single day, as a random student. They would go to the parking structure at the same time. And to think that could happen to any one of us, is just completely scary. You never know until it happens.”
TYLER GRIFFIS Photography Major
“No, of course not. It’s Detroit. Things are gonna happen, but unfortunately that’s the way of the world. Yeah, the cops need to start paying attention to things and cracking down, but the city is going through it’s own thing right now. Campus safety can only do so much.”
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The best meals Disclaimer: This review is based on several occasions of ordering and eating food. I have been to all of the trucks at least twice. It is an overall critique from all my trips. BY DEBANINA SEATON
EL GUAPO
MAC SHACK
OVERALL B+ | SERVICE A- | FOOD B
OVERALL B+ | SERVICE A- | FOOD B+
El Guapo has been a favorite of mine since it arrived on campus last year. On my most recent visit, I got two Korean beef tacos and a side of rice and beans. The server was kind, but the barrier of the truck weakens interpersonal customer relations at times. The rice and beans were presented in a “go-green” style eightounce cup and the contents contained black beans, flavored rice, Mexican cheese, cilantro and salsa. The food was still warm after I walked through the cold to find a place to eat, but this time around some of the beans were undercooked. Many menu items at El Guapo, rice and beans included, contain a generous portion of garlic. Priced at $2.25, the rice and beans are great to snack on but if you plan on speaking to a potential boss or kissing someone you love, order something else. Thankfully, when I opened my Korean beef tacos there weren’t any rice and beans. The serving size is disappointingly small for the $3.75 price tag, so I bought two. Veggies included carrots, celery, red bell peppers, onions, cabbage and cilantro marinated in a light sauce. The vegetables were crispy and fresh but were thinly sliced, almost shredded. The beef was marinated in what seemed like some kind of bourbon sauce and shredded. If you ask, you can get the tacos in burrito form. The prices range from $1.50 for drinks up to $8.50 for a seafood burrito. The prices have increased from last year so wait for payday, choose wisely and enjoy.
I have been to The Mac Shack twice, and both visits produced different experiences. The first experience showed good customer service, but the dish was rather questionable. The first dish I tried was the “Cluck like a Buffalo” for eight dollars. Spicy chicken met blue cheese dressing while green onions clashed with buffalo sauce, all towering over another type of cheese mixed in with spiral macaroni. In most situations, buffalo chicken and blue cheese sauce go perfectly together, but large crumbs meant for salad soak up all the buffalo sauce from the chicken, and don’t belong in a mac and cheese dish. I love blue cheese, but it was too overwhelming. Also, the ingredients come layered on top of one another, so if the chicken is eaten off the top, only a heavy noodle concoction of possibly slimy white cheddar and thick blue cheese over macaroni remains. Thankfully, there are other menu items that balance that experimental accident. My second dish, “Cheech’s Trip,” countered my first trip’s disappointment. Eight dollars buys a 16-ounce recyclable bowl of macaroni, chorizo, homemade pico, spicy cheese, jalapeños and cilantro. Though it was layered the same way as the first dish, these familiar flavors work well, and don’t fight each other like in “Cluck like a Buffalo”. The Mac Shack’s menu ranges from $1.50 for beverages and peak at $8, but many of the menu items are more than $4. Don’t eat here right before singing or performing a speech, or the heavy dairy content will create a cheesy performance.
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on four wheels When the first licensed food truck, El Guapo, came on Wayne State campus last year, it changed the face of campus dining — and Mexican cuisine — for good. Now there are a total of four trucks that offer a variety of food. The other trucks include The Mac Shack, with macaroni and cheese inspired dishes; The Grindhouse features eastern European inspired sausages and pizza; and Beignets 2 Go specializes in New Orleans-style doughnuts.
BEIGNETS 2 GO
THE GRINDHOUSE
OVERALL: A | SERVICE: A- | FOOD: A
OVERALL: C+ | SERVICE: B+ | FOOD: C+
It’s pretty difficult to mess up a doughnut, and thankfully Beignets 2 Go doesn’t even come close. This will be the shortest of the reviews because the menu, the service and the doughnuts were short and sweet. Lunch isn’t their focus, but if you are looking for a snack, try it out. There are only seven menu items and three of them come with coffee. A Beignet (pronounced bay-YAY) is a French style pastry popular in New Orleans that is deep-fried and sometimes includes powdered sugar. Beignets 2 Go offer the pastries with powdered sugar and a choice of raspberry or dark chocolate drizzle. The first time I tried it, I went with the raspberry drizzle. I was nervous about the sugar ruining my clothes, and though it did, I recognized it was just powder. As a doughnut lover, all I could say was “delicious” and “oh crap, my black skirt turned white.” The second time I went, I tried the Beignets with bacon for $6, two dollars more than regular price. I thought it was weird until I indulged in what tasted like a fried, sugary pancake drenched in bacon and syrup. Prices range from $1.75 to $6. Other items include coffee and “cronuts” (croissants and doughnuts together). The service was great, even out in the rain. There is nothing
The Grindhouse has a lot of potential but without the right menu to deliver. This truck specializes in Eastern European cuisine, particularly sausages and Hungarian-style pizza called “Langos.” With a price range starting at $4 up to $8 for the pizza and sausage menu, The Grindhouse sells El Guapo-priced food that does not reflect El Guapo quality. My first meal at The Grindhouse was the Tempeh sausage. Tempeh is a type of soy patty product originally from Indonesia. The description says it is Korean marinated tempeh, kimchi and sriracha, but don’t let that fool you. They handed me cold hard soy beans mashed together in a hard bun on top of what tastes like butter-flavored pickles, topped with sriracha and a garlic mayo condiment. The garlic content in this dish is enough to send any vampire running. There was, however, a light at the end of the tunnel. When I went back a second time, I tried the Frites (pronounced frEEt). They were simple Belgiancut fries with pancho sauce — an interesting combination of several different sauces and other flavors including ketchup, ginger, Worcestershire sauce and horseradish. Initially the sauce was good, but the flavors began to combat one another instead of working together. At least this time my food was warm. The customer service was interesting. When I asked for a menu, the cashier took longer than expected and eventually handed me a paper with the corrections of the menu in an illegible grey marker. Needs work. I gave The Grindhouse a C+ because I know it can be better. It is willing to take risks, but it needs to find something that works first and then expand on the culinary experiments.
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Music and spirit Canadian artist returns to Detroit TIM CARROLL A&E Correspondent City and Colour always sells out whenever he comes back to the Motor City. For the second time in a row, an extra show has been added to Canadian artist Dallas Green’s stop in Detroit. For those who don’t know, Green makes music under the name City and Colour and occasionally has friends play with him during tours and albums. This is the first time
Green has been back to Detroit since 2011, when he was on tour promoting his album “Little Hell”. A second show was added when tickets for the first show sold out too quickly. He’s back on the road to promote his newest album, “The Hurry and the Harm”, and selling out venues all over again. The artist will be at The Fillmore Nov. 8 and 9. Green said he loves playing in Detroit because of its closeness to his home. “Being from Canada, I grew up in a border town and enjoy that my
Canadian fans can just hop over the border to see the show as well,” Green said. Green’s style of music can be described as indie folk or indie rock. His music is almost always acoustic and calm, throwing in a fun upbeat song every once in a while. In regard to Detroit’s recent problems, Green says he wants to help. “Obviously nowadays Detroit is in a tough spot. And you can feel that in the mood of the city,” Green said. “So when I play there, I feel a sense of responsibility to help brighten up the
spirit. If only for a few hours.” Green says fans can expect a lot from this show. “(Fans can expect) a healthy mix of all of the albums, but more of the new record because that’s what we are out here for. Plus, we’ve been out on the road for eight weeks and are firing on all cylinders.” The concert will be Friday, Nov. 8 and Saturday, Nov. 9 at The Fillmore. Doors open at 7 p.m. both nights. Tickets range from $25-$45. For more information visit www.thefillmoredetroit.com.
Exploring celebrity New novel blends pop culture with Greek mythology
SHAWN BOHN Contributing Writer “Dion: His Life and Mine,” the debut novel of Sarah Cate Anstey, follows the rather extraordinary life of Ariadne. Her story begins on the island of Crete where she is raised with her four siblings under the watchful eye of her cruel father, King Minos. When her prized brother, Andro, dies tragically at the games in Athens, her father’s madness knows no bounds. Desperate to flee her father’s oppressive rule, along with her condemned brother Aster, a representation of the Minotaur, Ariadne enlists the aid of Theseus, Prince of Athens, to help them escape. This fateful decision leads her to Dion, a grunge-rock musician of unparalleled talent and the love of her life. Ariadne rides the highs and lows of celebrity and love. “Dion” is at times a fascinating reworking of the Greek myths of Ariadne and Dionysus. While placing a modern twist on an old story isn’t new, it’s safe to argue it’s never been done like this. The novel is very forward in its take on the manipulation of media and our fascination with celebrity. From
the moment they meet, Ariadne and Dion are the subject of media scrutiny. Articles written about the couple, which, in a creative twist, can actually be read by clicking on the hyperlinks in the novel if read on a Kindle, are often baseless, ungrounded and shallow, much like any tabloid found on newsstands today. “Dion” isn’t so much a critique of the media as it is a commentary on them creating myths of celebrities, and in a sense creating the myths of our time. “The idea was how (some factions) of the media create myths out of famous people/ celebrities….these myths often last long after the celebrity does,” author Sarah Anstey said. “Dion” does a very admirable job of showing this creation of celebrity into myth. In the beginning of their life together, there is fascination, driven by the media, of Ariadne and Dion. They are scrutinized but loved as the beautiful and talented couple. As events unfold, they are eventually reviled and abandoned. As tragedy follows not long after, and hatred turns to grief, the myth is solidified. Particularly useful in painting this picture are the supplementary articles, again
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that can be read by simply clicking on the hyperlinks. “The texts build up a picture of Dion… they also highlight the fickle nature of the press, who may champion a person but then drop them at a whim…[and] how the media chooses to portray stories and the language it uses, which can manipulate the reader’s perception,” Antsey said. While the media articles are not always as enlightening as one would hope, they do manage to convey the media’s side, as they genuinely appear to be pulled out of any tabloid today. This is perhaps the major accomplishment of the novel, and worth the price of admission. The contrast of Ariadne’s version of events and Dion and the media’s version provide both pictures of a misunderstood talent and the creation and evolution of his myth. Beyond the classic love story, the coming of age, the grunge-rock god in the mold of Kurt Cobain, readers may get an understanding that their perceptions of famous people may not be their own, but simply a myth. “We don’t have myths in the sense of the ancient Greeks. For them, myths were a way
of explaining natural disasters; their reason of being…they also gave [them] a standard to strive for…a lot of people view the world of celebrity in this manner in terms of wealth, fashion, the perceived glamor…celebrities’ lives have become our modern myths,” Anstey explained. The execution of this idea is not always flawless, but it is very arguably achieved. Reading “Dion” will bring to mind various musical celebrities such as Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse or any other member of the 27 Club. It challenges the reader to think of their perceptions of these individuals and to consider if those perceptions are really the person, or the myth. While this ambition may at times overshadow other elements of the novel that needed more care, such as character development and pacing, and one pivotal character curiously dropping out of the story, the end product more than makes up for it. Beyond the allegory of media manipulation, there’s the tale of love gained and lost, tragedy, grief, acceptance and rejection, and even heroism --- with a whole lot of Greek mythology thrown in. If any find interest in this, it’s well worth the read.
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WSU extends in-state tuition Great Lakes residents offered discount LATONYA BERRY Contributing Writer In the search to find a college or university to attend, an abundance of factors is taken into consideration — location, population, scholarships and cost of attendance. Among the most important concerns is affordability, and Wayne State is addressing that concern head on. Late last month, WSU announced that under a program referred to as The Great Lakes Award, the university will be extending in-state tuition to undergraduate residents in states and providences bordering a Great Lake. “The program offers in-state tuition — plus a 10 percent fee — to undergraduate students from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada. Students taking 15 credit hours per semester will save an average of $11,633 per each year,” WSU reported. Margaret E. Winters, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, said the university wants to build the student body, as well as become more competitive. “In-state tuition is obviously very attractive to a lot of people,” she said. According to Winters, this was a principled way to find a group of students to offer in-state tuition to. WSU sophomore Alexandra Reading said offering in-state tuition to out-of-state students is a great idea. “There are a lot of students in the states around us who are really good
students and are getting into other schools that aren’t as good as Wayne, she said.” She also said that students look at out-of-state tuition costs and rule those options out — at most universities, the cost for out-of-state attendance doubles. WSU is one of three research universities in the state of Michigan. WSU Board of Governors member Kim Trent said, “Wayne State has long been the state’s most affordable major research university and continues to be so.” In spite of Wayne State’s credentials, fall enrollment has been on the decline since the 2009-10 school year. In the fall of 2009, WSU reported a boost in enrollment from 31,025 in 2008 to 31,786. According to the Detroit News, student enrollment fell to 27,897 this fall. “We believe this initiative will strengthen the university’s enrollment rates. We are hopeful that stronger enrollment will help the university stabilize tuition rates and help the university’s overall financial picture,” Trent said. The issue of reduced enrollment of students at WSU could be correlated to the latest hike in tuition. “It’s not entirely clear yet that we lost students because we raised the tuition so high,” Winters said. “We haven’t finished doing that analysis on it.” Winters wants students to remember that WSU is still a bargain. She said that competitively, WSU is still under Michigan and Michigan State in regard to costs. According to Trent, there are many factors that have led to the decline in
student enrollment. “The pool of college students in the state is decreasing and universities in other parts of the state have been very aggressive about recruiting in southeast Michigan,” Trent said. “For all kinds of reasons having to do with the economy, having to do with lots of things, enrollment did go down and we’d like to make it up. At the same time we can introduce Wayne State to a whole bunch of people, who otherwise wouldn’t have thought of it.” Not only will out-of-state students benefit from the Great Lakes Award, but current students also look to gain. “Current students will have the benefit of a more geographically diverse student body, which could lead to a more robust learning environment,” Trent said. Reading said she thinks currents students would love to have a bigger out-of-state population. “Here, you don’t get people out-of-state,” she said. “You usually get people from Michigan. The closest you get to far away is usually the UP.” She said the other option is a population of students from other countries, “so other states would add another piece to culture here.” Because most of WSU’s undergraduate students come from southeast Michigan, Winters said what she hopes to see happen, and is excited about, is the prospect of geographic diversity. “Because the Great Lakes Award works all the way to New York and Minnesota and further into Ontario than just right around Windsor,
we’re going to have students coming in from different places, I hope,” she said. WSU freshman Alexis Perez is also optimistic about the change. She said she thinks it’s a great idea and that other schools should adopt it. “I would like to see more students attend WSU from this,” she said. “Hopefully prospective students will find incentive to come to Wayne and be a Warrior.” Over the years, Wayne State has cultivated the potential of the Midtown Detroit area and continues to do so. According to the university, “Wayne State has assumed leadership roles in collaborations designed to ensure public safety, provide local transportation, boost economic development and beautify the area.” Winters said that bringing out-ofstaters to WSU will benefit the city in the same way that new graduates and people in their 20s and 30s who come to the city contribute to growth. “We’ll have an influx of students from around the Great Lakes. And of course, Wayne State is in the middle of the city, so what makes Wayne State strong is good for the city,” she said. “We believe Wayne State University can and should play a vital role in problem solving for Detroit through its research and the faculty’s and student body’s direct involvement in shaping the city’s future,” Trent said. According to Trent, attracting students from diverse backgrounds – ethnic, socioeconomic, academic and geographic – will strengthen WSU’s campus and the community that surrounds it.
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Thank you for not smoking Student Senate fights for smoke-free campus JON ADAMS/THE SOUTH END
CHRIS EHRMANN News Correspondent To smoke or not to smoke? A new subcommittee in the Wayne State Student Senate is trying to reduce the amount of cigarette smoke and butts around campus. While taking smoking away may lead to a healthier campus, enforcement could be problematic. Rohit Anand, the community affairs committee chair of Student Senate, along with Madhu Sanm, the Senate’s parliamentarian, have started a new committee in order to try to get smokers to stop smoking on campus and help those who want to quit. “We started running for Senate our freshman year and that (smoking) was the biggest complaint,” Sanm said. Anand said some of the problems people have with smokers include secondhand smoke. “We have pregnant women who should not have to walk through secondhand smoke,” Anand said. “I think in 2013 we all know the pros and cons of smoking. And it’s OK for one person to smoke, but it’s not fair for everyone else to have to go through that as well.” “If you look at a lot of statistics, most smokers want to stop; they just can’t,” Sanm said. The Student Senate also met with WSU President M. Roy Wilson to dis-
cuss their ideas about the smoke-free initiative. The biggest problem that they face is enforcement. Anand said as of now, Manoogian is the official smoking area — more specifically, behind Manoogian. Some of the other zones they are thinking of putting for smokers include the parking structures. “We asked President Wilson … to give the individual building managers the added responsibility of enforcing outside,” Anand said. Currently, students and faculty cannot smoke if they are within 25 feet of a public building. Students are still seen smoking right next to the Undergraduate Library and other buildings, however, often leaning on them as well. “Honestly, the university has not helped either by putting those bins right next to the door, so I think it’s a failure on all the parts. And if we have a university policy, it should be enforced or it shouldn’t be a policy at all,” Anand said. Sanm and Anand have gotten together a committee of around 20 students for the smoke-free initative and say they are looking for more. “We’ve got a committee of about 20 students, which is the largest in the entire Senate … they write their name down and be like, ‘OK, I want to be a part of the smoke-free initiative,’” Anand said. In the past, there have been attempts
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to have a smoking ban but they have failed. Wilson has experience dealing with smoking bans both effective and non-effective. In Colorado, he was able to get a smoking ban on the medical campus, but while in Texas, he was not able to get an effective ban. “Similar to here, it was something we worked through with the students and faculty and tried to get enough support and finally just had to say this is what we’re gonna do,” Wilson said. “This is what I told the students: I don’t think it’s easy, enforcement is a major issue. My understanding is that we have some policies down in terms of how far you gotta be from a building and that’s not even enforced.” “Some people are really addicted to it,” he said. “So you’ve got to do two things. You’ve got to put programs in place to help (those) who are addicted stop smoking. And the second thing is you’ve got to have some interim step, some place where they can go smoke, for an example.” Ian Ballad, a junior, and Greg, a sophomore, were smoking outside of the UGL even though they said they’ve seen the signs prohibiting it within 25 feet of the buildings. “I’ve seen the signs, they’re never enforced. They’re never enforced anywhere — the faculty members smoke, (so) where are they going to go? They’re gonna go crazy,” Greg said. “There are other resources that are
more important than us smoking, like the campus in general. That deserves more work than someone smoking,” Ballad said. They both proposed different ideas for areas that smokers could go to if they did have a ban. They mentioned a smoke-zone or heated indoor smoke rooms. Law School Representative Gurrajan Singh has been on a smoking committee in the past, but he said certain parts of the school might be upset if a ban is put into place. “A lot of the law school will definitely have an uproar; I guess cigarette smokers tend to go hand-in-hand with stress. I know from the law school’s perspective, ‘cause I’m there all the time, we actually have a strong smoker presence in the law school,” Singh said. “The enforcement is always tricky; you know who’s gonna enforce it, how are you gonna enforce it? Obviously the police here, with the recent shooting of Tinae Brown, have a lot more serious things to do than push smokers off campus,” Singh said. Anand and Sanm said they are putting together a survey that they will send out to students. It will be a big part of finding out where a large number of students stand on the issue. To find out more information about getting on the committee, students can send an email to studentsenate@ wayne.edu.
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Project@Wayne hits right notes Program offers music education to Detroit children
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HANNAH ORLICKI Contributing Writer Ever noticed a group of music-playing rugrats at Old Main? That would be the children participating in String Project@Wayne. Every year, Detroit-area youth come to Wayne State to learn how to play the violin, viola, cello or bass. The program enlists WSU undergraduate string majors as insructors. String Project@Wayne helps Detroit’s youth participate in the arts at a time when school art programs are dissolving. String Project@Wayne allows children to explore new forms of creative expression while the WSU student instructors gain teaching experience and training. It is a win-win for learning. So far, the program has been very successful. In 2011, the American String Teachers Association named String Project@Wayne, “String Project of The Year.”
Classes are currently in session, meeting two days a week from September to May. At the end of each semester, there is a performance. This year, the first concert will be in December at the WSU Community Arts Auditorium and the second concert will be held at Detroit’s historic Orchestra Hall in May. String Project@Wayne is a threeyear project but new instructors and new students may apply for the program at the end of each school year. Tuition is $200 per child for three years of instruction. There is a $40 registration fee per family and an instrument rental fee of $17 to $48 depending on the size of the instrument. When a child or student instructor enters String Project@Wayne, the teacher-student relationship begins. When a child is placed into a class, the instructor that he or she is assigned to, will be their instructor for the entire duration of the program— all three years. By maintaining the same teacher for three years, children
develop strong mentor relationships with them. Not only do the children have student instructors for mentors but student instructors have master instructors for mentors, too. For three years, master instructors mentor the student instructors and student instructors mentor the children. Laura Roelofs is the associate professor of violin in the WSU Department of Music. She is also co-founder and director of String Project@ Wayne. When asked about the most exciting part of String Project@Wayne, Roelofs said, “The most exciting part about String Project for me is watching the students and the teachers grow. It’s so inspiring to see nervous first-year teachers become confident and skillful by year three, and to hear their young students start from scratch (literally) and develop into an orchestra they can be proud of. Even better is to see the instructors graduate and go on to master’s programs or jobs as school orchestra directors, and to see the young students also
‘graduate’ into more advanced groups such as the Detroit Civic Youth Ensembles.” For children in grades three through six, no skill is required to join. For children in grades seven and eight, at least one year of string experience is required to join. However, there is no audition to join String Project@Wayne — all are welcome. For undergraduate string majors, String Project@Wayne prefers freshmen or sophomores who can complete all three years of teaching. Classes are two days a week with class sizes of five to eight students. Also, instructors get paid $3,000 per academic year with slight raises. No child that has graduated from String Project@Wayne has been rejected from his or her ensemble of choice. Student teachers also go on to bigger and better things. For more information about String Project@Wayne, please visit the website, www.music.wayne.edu/stringproject, call at (313) 993-4306 or email stringproject@wayne.edu.
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Africa to India Restaurant offers affordable cuisine SOPHOCLES SAPOUNAS Contributing Writer Grace of India, a restaurant featuring Punjabi style Indian cuisine, opened recently in the Wayne State area at 4445 2nd Ave. It complements the adjacent hookah bar, which has the same owners. The business partners, Abe Alaswadl and Salman Sufyan, decided it would be a good location for their new venture. Childhood friends from Africa, the two made their way to the States almost 30 years ago and had been in the greater Detroit area for ten years when they decided to begin their venture. There are many obstacles in opening a restaurant, but the greatest test is the first year of operation. “If you can make it for a year, your business will prosper,” Alaswadl said. “The trick is staying afloat.” Before Indian cuisine, Grace of India was meant to be an Ethiopian restaurant. Being Ethiopian themselves, the proprietors had trouble finding cooks that could provide patrons with authentic taste, so they opted for Indian.
This was not a chance decision — the Midtown area is home to many who hail from South Asia, but not too many restaurants with South Asian flavors. Indian cuisine takes longer to prepare, delicate timing and a fair share of multitasking, so it comes as no surprise that they aren’t in abundance. For that reason, the duo felt they could change the status quo and bring good, affordable, and relatively quick food to the residents of the Midtown area. To do this, a highly skilled cook toils in the kitchen with authentic ingredients, and cooks with lots of love in order to make sure that taste buds are not disappointed. Despite their relatively large campus population, South Asians are not the main target group by any means. Alaswadl said all kinds of people head over to enjoy the dishes that Grace of India has to offer, the main reasons being affordable prices, dine-in, pick-up and delivery options, and of course, the good food. Wayne State students get 15 percent off their purchase, and “student special” combo meals are also available.
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Dual matches bring mixed results ZEINAB NAJM Senior Writer The Wayne State women’s volleyball team returned home this weekend for two matches at Matthaei Center. They split their matches against Ohio Dominican University and Tiffin University. On Nov. 1, the Warriors lost in five sets to Ohio Dominican. They traded sets as the Panthers won the first, third and fifth while WSU won the second and forth. The first set was a back-and-forth one, but ODU would win it, 25-22, with a 7-1 run. WSU controlled the second set from the beginning and would hold off a Panthers comeback to win. The Warriors jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the third set but lost the match after Old Dominican went on a 10-3 run to win, 26-24. WSU dominated the fourth set with a 13-2 lead that they would extend to 19-4 and win with a kill from Carlee Hunt. The final set between the two teams was a tight one, but the Panthers earned the set and match win. Kristen Bulkiewicz collected her 32rd
career double-double and Heather Weiss had 14 kills for the Warriors. The next afternoon, WSU defeated Tiffin University in four sets, 3-1. For the first time this season, the Warriors played a set to 30 points. The first set was close from the beginning. A kill from Avery Punches helped WSU get the 30-28 win over the Dragons. The second set was another tight one as the two teams were tied 5-5 before Tiffin made a run to earn the win. WSU would take the last two sets easily to win the match. They would win the third 25-15 and the forth 25-14. With her 18 kills, Bulkiewicz moved to fourth in program history with 1,246 kills. Madison Reeves had a big weekend for the Warriors with 80 assists in two matches. WSU will stay at home for the next match against The University Findlay Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Madison Reeves had a big weekend for the Warriors with 80 assists in two matches. WSU will stay at home for the next match against The University Findlay.
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Ferris State Bulldogs ravage Warriors WSU still looking for first road win COURTESY WSU ATHLETICS
HUMBERTO MARTINEZ JR. Sports Corresponent Winless on the road coming in, the Wayne State football team looked to earn its first win away from Tom Adams Field this season against the Ferris State Bulldogs. It didn’t come close. The Bulldogs (6-3 overall, GLIAC) racked up 467 yards of offense and tallied 41 points to defeat the Warriors (3-6 overall, 3-5 GLIAC) 41-10, Nov. 2 in Big Rapids, Mich. “We really struggled early offensively to get going,” Warriors head coach Paul Winters said. “The defense held us in the game for a while. But (I’m) disappointed.” Each team’s first drive of the contest ended with a punt. On FSU’s second possession, it put together a nine-play, 62yard drive that resulted in a touchdown at
the 7:13 mark. WSU’s second possession mirrored its first, and the Bulldogs would have their ensuing possession end on downs. But after another WSU punt, FSU extended its lead to 14-0 on a Jamaal Jackson touchdown run – his second of four on the day – with 8:31 remaining in the first half. The drive was abetted by two WSU penalties –a 15-yard personal foul penalty and an offside penalty on a third-and-12 play that would have resulted in a FSU punt. Instead, the Bulldogs converted on third-and-seven. A big difference in the game was third down conversions. The Bulldogs converted on 55 percent (6-11) of their third down plays whereas WSU only converted on 21 percent (3-14) of its attempts. “That was a huge difference because they were able to get a rhythm offensively,” Winters said. “We were unable to get the rhythm.”
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The Warriors finally got on the board about six minutes later with a Stefan Terleckyj 26-yard field goal at 2:39 in the second quarter. With 25 seconds remaining before intermission, FSU added a field goal, making it a 17-3 game at the half. While the Warriors’ offense continued to struggle in the second half, FSU’s offense found its legs. The Bulldogs scored 17 points in the third quarter to take a 34-3 lead. All three WSU possessions in the third resulted in punts, including one that was blocked and would lead to a Bulldog touchdown, while FSU scored on all three of its possessions. “Second half we came out, really just had a bad first 10 minutes where we weren’t a very good football team,” Winters said. “That’s where the game got out of hand.” It wasn’t until a Toney Davis two-yard
touchdown run two minutes into the fourth quarter that the Warriors would find the end zone. But that would be all for the Warriors. FSU widened the margin with Jackson’s final rushing touchdown of the contest. WSU is now 0-5 on the road this season. “I think part of it is we didn’t play well early against some teams that we should have beat,” Winters said regarding the team’s road woes. “We also played some very good teams on the road. It’s just been a struggle all year.” The Warriors have one road game left – the season finale – on Nov. 16. But before that, the Warriors return to Tom Adams Field for a Nov. 9 contest against the Grand Valley State Lakers. “We gotta do the things we haven’t done yet,” Winters said. “Not turn the ball over and finish drives on offense. Defensively we need to create some turnovers.” Kickoff is at noon.
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Warriors hunt down new record Second-place ranking caps prize season ADAM BOUTON/WSU ATHLETICS
GABRIEL CAMERO Contributing Writer The women’s tennis Warriors went the distance and made the finals over the Oct. 25-27 weekend at the GLIAC tournament in Midland, only to be taken down by the Northwood Timberwolves, 5-2. This is the first second-place ranking for the program in the roughly 10-year-old team’s format of the GLIAC tournament, according to Coach Sheila Snyder. About setting the new record, Snyder said, “It feels great and I think we’ve been really solid the past few years. Finally we had that extra edge that got us to that point this year.” The tournament began for the Warriors Oct. 25 at 6:45 p.m. against the Ashland Eagles. The Warriors swept the Eagles, 5-0, featuring 8-4 doubles wins from both the calculating juniors Yahsha Moore and Anne Li Briand and the powerful sophomores Anastasia Burobina and Alex Poissant. Freshmen Andrea Mitrache and Lauren Hughes took an 8-1 victory in the
third doubles flight. Mitrache then fully swept her singles oponent 6-0, 6-0 in the third flight while Li Briand defeated her fifth flight opponent 6-1, 6-0. The Warriors defeated the Eagles earlier this year 7-2 on Sept. 22 but Snyder said, despite her confidence, “we didn’t relax at all … we got right to the point and won fairly quickly.” The Warriors’ next prey were the Tiffin Dragons in Oct. 26’s semifinal game at 3:45 p.m. Again, the Warriors emerged victorious, but with a closer 5-1 score. “The semifinals was a much harder match and the girls again did not relax; they brought the intensity and were able to pull that out,” Snyder said. Mitrache and Hughes once again defeated their doubles opponents, this time 8-2, while Li Briand and Moore were entrenched in a match they won, 8-6. Moore regained her footing by the end of the singles top flight, winning 7-5 and 6-2. To recover and get the win, Moore said, “I was trying to get in her head a little more because I knew there was pressure on me, but I knew there was a lot of pressure on her too … and it kind
of came down to who wanted it more and who had the stronger mentality.” Mitrache sustained her victories with a 6-3, 6-0 third flight match, but it was Burobina who got the largest singles win margin in the fourth flight with a 6-1, 6-0 victory. The Warriors fared much better in this match than when they defeated the Dragons 6-3 Sept. 20. About Mitrache, Snyder said, “She’s been the silent killer for our team because she battled some injuries earlier in the year and she was sick so she didn’t play every match. So I don’t think people knew who she was - she’s tough, she’s a tough competitor for us.” However, when the No. 1 Northwood Timberwolves descended on the No. 2 Warriors on Oct. 27 at 8:30 a.m., the hunters became the prey. Burobina and Poissant won the only Warriors doubles victory at 8-4 in the second flight. In the singles flights Li Briand was the last warrior standing with a 6-0, 6-4 win in the fifth flight. About being the lone victor, Li Briand said, “I’m pretty proud of myself but I’m proud of my team too. Even if some girls lost, we all fought till the end.” The final score was 5-2 Timber-
wolves. Snyder felt the score could have been 5-4 had the two remaining matches been able to play out. Snyder said Mitrache, “would’ve beat Northwood - she was just about ready to close out her match but they stop it as soon as somebody gets to 5 points.” The Timberwolves have won the GLIAC tournament for three consecutive years and defeated the Warriors 6-3 on Sept. 11, the only loss for their regular season. For the offseason, Moore said, “I want to improve my game more, I want to be more consistent and be able to shutout matches without having any type of downfall because a lot of my matches I find myself in a hole and I have to dig myself out.” Li Briand said her main problem is in double matches and she will “just work on my mental for finishing the volleys and putting the ball away.” The Warriors will pick themselves up, catch up on some homework, hit the weight room and return Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. against the University of Northwestern Ohio Racers in the Multipurpose Indoor Facility behind the Matthei Athletic Center.
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MIKE DUGGAN WINS DETROIT MAYORAL ELECTION
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ELI HOERLER The South End It’s Duggan. Mike Duggan was elected mayor Nov. 5 after a heated campaign against Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon. With 100 percent of precincts reporting at 10:50 p.m., the race was called in Duggan’s favor. Unofficial results posted by the City of Detroit show Duggan with 55% of the vote to 45% for Napoleon. Duggan will be the first white mayor of Detroit since Roman Gribbs left office in 1974. In his victory speech, Duggan vowed
to make his administration as diverse as the city he will serve. Duggan was born in Detroit and attended Catholic Central High school, despite claims early in his campaign that he wasn’t a native Detroiter, and has remained in the metro area. A big selling point of his campaign was his work with the Detroit Medical Center. Duggan said, under his guidance, that it was able to avoid bankruptcy, reduce wait times to under 30 minutes, and build $18 million in profit over five years. It sounds eerily similar to what Detroit needs – to shake a bankruptcy, cut red tape ‘waiting times’ and finally put some money together. His campaign was almost shaken in
June, when failure to comply with the letter of election proceedings dropped his name off the ballot. He instead ran a write-in campaign, and garnered around 48,000 votes. As mayor, he has promised to combat blight, poverty, and unaccountability of land owners who neglect their properties. He has also planned new recycling initiatives and improved police department efficiency. City council also got a massive overhaul, with five new members elected that night. Incumbents James Tate, Andre Spivey, Brenda Jones and Saunteel Jenkins held their seats, while newcomers George Cushingberry Jr, Scott Benson, Mary Sheffield, Raquel Castaneda-Lopez and Gabe Leland all
won seats. Lopez is believed to be the first Latina in Detroit city council history. “I’m really happy the city of Detroit has a new mayor. This brings a sense of hope and revival to the city,” said Anthony Scamihorn, a Senior at WSU. “Quite possibly we can turn a new page and look forward to a better future.” For the first time in years, Detroiters have good reason to get their hopes up. While a new government cannot shake a bankruptcy, an emergency manager, or offer anything close to a clean slate, it’s something new. A change. And after years of the same drama coming from Detroit’s public offices, that’s all residents are really asking for.