March 2014 Print Edition

WSU Brotherhood fosters culture of service, achievement See News, page 3

Detroit Soup satiates city’s appetite for startups See Features, page 9

WSU Women’s basketball wins conference title See Sports, page 12

HER HAT’S IN THE RING

WSU’S BOARD OF GOVERNORS CHAIR DEBBIE DINGELL ANNOUNCES HER CANDIDACY FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEE NEWS, PAGE 4 TIM CARROLL/THE SOUTH END

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WSU research reveals new dialysis therapy DEBANINA SEATON Contributing Writer Wayne State researchers have discovered a potential supplemental treatment for hemodialysis patients that could improve lipid profiles. Hemodyalysis is a process that removes waste and extra fluid from the blood of patients with kidney disease.

The research is the work of several individuals, including Pramod Khosla, an associate professor of nutrition and food science at WSU. According to Khosla, the researchers gave patients a supplemental variation of vitamin E that improved lipid profiles in those hemodialysis patients. The supplement is made of tocotrienols and there are four different variants of this form of vitamin E, he said.

The four different variations of tocotrienol are set to the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma and delta. The supplement in this study was a mixture mainly

composed of alpha tocotrienol and gamma tocotrienol.

According to Khosla, this research was a pilot study – the first of its kind – as a proof of concept.

Khosla said the experiment took place at a Detroit clinic in which they recruited hemodialysis patients to take part in the research. Khosla said they gave the supplement to the patients three times a week in addition to their dialysis treatment. The research used an intervention group that took the tocotrienol and a control group that took a placebo. Khosla said this went on for 16 weeks and was a double-blind test so no one knew who received either treatment.

“At the end of the study, the tocotrienol supplement was found to improve lipid profiles,” he said.

“So it basically increases the good cholesterol in these subjects receiving tocotrienol and it lowered triglycerides. Generally in dialysis patients, those are normally high (while) in the good cholesterol – HDL cholesterol is low.”

But different foods produce different combinations of the tocotrienol, Khosla said. Foods like barley, rice bran oil and palm oil – the product they used in the research to extract the supplement – that are already known to have the nutrient.

“You give it for a short period and see if there are any problems, and one didn’t anticipate any because this stuff occurs naturally,” he said. “This is stuff you can buy commercially.”

With this study, Khosla said they would like to expand it in multiple clinics for longer periods of time to see if this improvement in lipids is sustained.

“The next trial we are planning may involve a few hundred subjects,” he said. “If a trial with a few hundred subjects over a longer period of time, say up to one year, shows benefits, then this is something potentially that physicians can recommend to their patients.”

James Sondheimer, associate professor of internal medicine in

WSU’s School of Medicine, said this was a preliminary finding and was statistically significant in the study. However, anytime one finds a positive association with the use of a supplement or food, one should repeat the study.

“What we have here is a biochemical effect in this relatively short term,” he said. “Would these effects last if these were continued for six months or a year, we don’t know that. I would describe it as a hopeful first step.”

Boniface Tubie, clinical associate professor at WSU’s School of Medicine and one of the supervising participants of the research, said, “This is really the first study looking at tocotrienol … in hemodialysis patients, especially African-Americans, so having a study like this shows that hemodialysis patients … can benefit from this anti-inflammatory agent.”

The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Vascular Health and Risk Management.

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Student org empowers men of color through fellowship

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SYDNEE THOMPSON The South End Wayne State’s chapter of the Student African American Brotherhood held its first “SAAB Saturday” event Feb. 22 in the African Room of Manoogian Hall. WSU hosted dozens of SAAB students from other regional chapters, including University of Toledo, Tiffin University, Wilberforce University, Ohio Northern University, Black Male Engagement-Detroit, and Bridging Lost Gaps at Madonna University.

“SAAB is committed to ensuring that its members graduate from colleges and universities throughout the United States with the skills and motivation essential for future success,” according to an email announcement for the event. “SAAB provides African-American males (and all students with similar interests), with high impact academic and professional development programs to enhance their intellectual growth, social capital and leadership skills.” SAAB was founded in 1990 at Georgia Southwestern State University, according to the organization website.

Student members proudly recited the SAAB affirmation at the beginning of the event, followed by the motto: “I am my brother’s keeper and together we will rise; saving lives and salvaging dreams.”

Inspiration and bridge building were main components of the program. WSU SAAB members gave presentations on leadership, self-esteem and the importance of being a positive role model for others. In addition to providing inspiration, the event acknowledged the reality

young men of color face when dealing with law enforcement officers. A short film called “10 Rules for Dealing with Police,” produced by the nonprofit Flex Your Rights organization, was shown to members.

“It’s not the most positive thing,” WSU SAAB Advisor Henry Robinson said regarding the presentation. “But it’s something that every man of color needs to know. It’s like medicine — you don’t like it at the time, but should you need it, it’s like a vaccine shot … it protects you from disease.”

“Sometimes as a male of color you are presumed guilty until you’ve proved yourself innocent,” he said.

The event occurred just a week before President Barack Obama announced the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, which aims to advance opportunities for young men of color. According to the White House website, “this includes ensuring access to basic health, nutrition, and to high-quality early education to get these kids reading and ready for school at the youngest age.”

“It aligns with what SAAB has been doing for 25 years, so you know we’re already on board with that,” said Jerome Bledsoe, office manager for SAAB National Headquarters.

Creating opportunities for minority students remains an issue on college campuses nationwide. On Feb. 18, the United Coalition for Racial Justice rallied University of Michigan students, faculty and community members for a “Speak Out” event to protest low enrollment rates of students of color, as well as a “poor racial

climate,” according to the event announcement. The event garnered nationwide attention through social media, particularly Twitter, where hashtags such as #BBUM and #SpeakOutUM were trending topics.

Dwight McDonald, the SAAB WSU membership chair, said in general, WSU has more issues with segregation than racial tension.

“If you walk into the Wayne State Student Center, you still see certain races (staying) together … I feel as though that’s something we have to do on our own; we have to actually take a step and reach out to other people,” McDonald said. “I believe movements can help with that, but at the same time I think it’s more so on us as individuals to say we’re going to spread out instead of keeping (to ourselves).”

But SAAB WSU President Lawrence Robinson said isolation is still a reality for many college students of color.

“Belonging, support, accountability and the culture — those are some of the main things that young African-American and Latino — you know, men of color — say they lack on a college campus,” Lawrence Robinson said.

“Belonging means more than what money can buy … that’s why gangs are so big and so successful — because a person just wants to belong,” he said. “Somebody’s got their back, somebody cares about them, so they’re willing to go out and rob and steal and kill just to belong in a group.”

Because of this, Bledsoe said SAAB wants to be an “alternate family” for men who lack a traditional one. And this goal isn’t limited to black male students — although “African-American” is in the

organization’s name, SAAB members said membership is open to males of any ethnic or racial background.

“This group is definitely not one that is closed off to non-African-Americans,” Co-Academic Chair Joshuel Frye said. “If anything, it’s here for other ethnicities and other cultures to get an exposure to African-Americans.”

“I like the idea of SAAB,” Financial Chair Will Russell said. “I’m doing my student teaching because I’m going to graduate in May, and at the school I’m at, there’s only one black male classroom teacher … every other male in the building is either an administrator, janitor or a paraprofessional, so when I walked in … and when (the kids) saw me actually in the classroom, it was just like total shock. So it’s part of showing that black men do go to college, black men do graduate and then they do come back to the community to help them and mold them.”

“It’s an opportunity to change the perception, change the image of us on campus, and you know, I guess also change the statistics about the black males on campus,” Communications Chair Frank Addo said. “It’s up to us to change that because the graduation rates are terrible, especially for us African-Americans. So we want to change that and make sure we graduate.

That’s what SAAB represents to me.”

In addition to SAAB Saturday, SAAB WSU will sponsor the 10th Annual SAAB National Conference at the Adoba Hotel in Dearborn on March 28-29. This will be the first time the conference is held in Michigan. More information is available at http://www.saabnational.org/.

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Debbie Dingell, chairwoman of Wayne State’s Board of Governors, announced her candidacy for U.S Representative in Michigan’s 12th District in three locations on Feb. 25.

Dingell is the wife of John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress. John Dingell announced he would retire after this session of Congress after 29 consecutive terms, and Debbie Dingell is running for her husband’s seat.

“I’m not here to replace him,” Dingell said of her husband in her prepared remarks. “I think he’s irreplaceable.” Dingell made light of the subject as well, saying, “There is no one in this district, no one, who has a better sense of just how big his shoes will be to fill, because I’m the one who does the shoe shopping.”

Dingell’s announcement was held at the Panera Cares branch of Panera Bread in Dearborn, Dingell’s hometown. She chose this spot because she meets with a coffee group every week there to discuss politics, the city, Michigan and other things. She also chose the Panera Cares location because the business helps the less fortunate with food donations and other community outreach programs.

Some of her coffee group members aren’t even Democrats, according to Dingell, but the 59-year-old politician said that only makes their friendly debates better. Some of her Republican friends even said Dingell would be the first Democrat they ever vote for.

Dingell spoke briefly at the event, touching on topics like jobs and education. She also made it clear that she is not her husband.

“I’ve learned a lot from John, so I’m lucky,” Dingell said. “Like any married couple, we don’t agree on everything and as we go down the road, there may be some differences. I’m not going to try to be John Dingell. I’m going to be Debbie Dingell.”

Dingell also spoke about her home away from home, WSU, where she has been on the Board of Governors for seven years. As chairwoman of the BOG, Dingell had much

oversight of policy, finances and administration choices at WSU. She also elected three presidents on the board – Jay Noren, Allan Gilmour and WSU’s current president, M. Roy Wilson.

“You know Wayne State is my first love,” she said. “Education is one of the critical issues I’ve fought for all my life.”

Dingell went on to talk about student issues like accessibility to higher education and student loans.

“I think having access to college is so important and too many young people who can’t afford it are graduating with huge student loans,” she said. “We’ve got to find a way to make sure that anyone who wants to go to college can.”

Mayor of Dearborn John O’Reilly introduced Dingell, citing her experience as a Washington spouse as strength in her campaign.

“In order to succeed in Washington, you have to know Washington and Washington has to know you,” O’Reilly said.

Many political operatives expect Dingell to win the seat with ease, but there will be a primary. State Senator Rebekah Warren plans to challenge Dingell for the Democratic nomination. Republican Terry Bowman, founder of the Union Conservatives, will announce his candidacy for the seat as well.

This is Dingell’s first serious campaign for a national office. She flirted with the idea of running for senator after Carl Levin announced his retirement, but decided not to run after thinking about all the time she would be away from her husband.

“I would have been gone from John, state wide, for almost two years,” Dingell said.

“I have a love affair with the man I love … I wasn’t going to be away from John for that long.”

Some have been calling Dingell’s run the third installment of a “Dingell Dynasty.” Dingell would be the third person in the family to hold the district. Her husband has been serving since 1955, when he took over from his father John Dingell Sr., who started serving in 1933, the day before President Roosevelt took office.

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WSU parking director strives for efficiency, affordability DANIEL FORTUNE Contributing Writer Cars scurry past Parking Structure 2 – it’s filled to capacity. So is the nearby Parking Structure 5. The caravan of automobiles turn south onto Anthony Wayne Drive, searching for alternative parking. A blue Chevrolet Cruze tries to maneuver into a tight parallel space, before finally giving up and turning east down West Warren Avenue. A young female student struggles to swipe her credit card in a malfunctioning pay station. An older male student waits impatiently behind her – he’s late for class in Manoogian Hall.

It can’t be easy fitting nearly 28,000 students into 13,500 parking spaces on the campus of Wayne State, especially with the addition faculty, administration, and guests.

But the responsibility of solving this conundrum belongs to one man, Jon Frederick, who is the director of Parking and Transportation Services at WSU. “Nice thing is we’re in better position than most universities,” Frederick said. “We’ve never gotten 100 percent full in parking op-

erations across campus. Some of the closer facilities do fill up, and some of the further facilities do not. We can almost always accommodate anyone who wants to park on campus.”

While Frederick said the semester pass is the best way to guarantee consistent parking on campus, he understands why some students would not opt to purchase one.

“You can possibly get closer to other classes (by not committing to one parking structure), and you’re not tied into paying for a semester pass upfront,” Frederick said.

Parking and Transportation Services has considered offering different types of semester passes to accommodate part-time students, but Frederick believes it would only exacerbate the parking issues at WSU. “It would become more inefficient,” Frederick said. “It doesn’t allow for your daily individual commuters to know on a regular basis what facility to park in. It makes it difficult to reroute traffic. It’s an operational challenge and an administrative challenge.”

Frederick believes there are better solutions to the problem.

“Lot 50 is always open, unless there’s

a huge event going on,” Frederick said. “I recommend a lot of students use that lot, especially those who attend classes one to two days a week.”

For those concerned with cost, Frederick reminds WSU students to take advantage of their privileges.

“You get a discounted rate on your OneCard debit: $3.50 per swipe (at the eight campus parking structures),” Frederick said.

“And there are specific parking lots (where you get a discount): lots 70, 71, 72, and lots 11 and 15. And that’s subject to change. Currently the rate is $1.50 per OneCard debit (swipe).”

Frederick said keeping parking affordable for students is a high priority.

“Anything we can do to keep the cost down, that makes me happy,” Frederick said. “If it helps the students save money, then I don’t have to pay as much for parking either.”

Frederick said great thought goes into every decision.

“We take all the feedback we get, and we discuss it, and we look at every situation that is out there,” Frederick said. “We make

our decisions based on the majority’s needs, not the few. There’s a chance there’s a good suggestion that comes along, and we can adapt and make it a good process.”

Frederick said his department is always striving to improve parking on campus.

“We are constantly looking at ways to look at operations and making things more efficient and effective, including the semester passes, new technologies we’ve implemented with equipments, the counts – we have a centralized count system now,” Frederick said. “Everyone at our facilities used to be independently counted. That’s one of the technology improvements we’ve made over the years. We continually look for improvements, and it’s whatever we can fit into the budget. We’re going to make the improvements as we see fit.”

Frederick said things could always be worse.

“I’d much rather come to Wayne State to park than (University of) Michigan!”

Frederick said.

Get more information and live parking counts on the Parking and Transportation website – parking.wayne.edu.

MARCH 2014 CALENDAR WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

MSW Informational Meeting

Career Fair Prep Workshop

March 3 at 5:30-7:30 p.m.; March 15 at 9:30-11 a.m.; March 21 at 3-4:30 p.m.

Free. Thompson Home Room 150.

313-577-4409. sbarlow@wayne.edu.

RSVP at waynebizcareers.com. March 4 at 4:30 p.m., March 5 at 12:30 p.m. Free. Prentis

Doctoral Program Info Meeting

School of Business Career Fair

Learn how to use technology to enhance your career. March 5 at 1 p.m. Free. Lab A, UGL floor

Building Rooms 25 and 27, respectively.

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App-ademic Success: Making Technology Work For You

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Learn about two doctoral nursing programs, the Doctorate of Philosophy and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice. March 17 at 3 p.m. Free.

Cohn Building Room 117. 313-577-4144.

IOG Colloquium: Next Generation Graphics

Canine Advocacy: Dogs Assisting Child Witnesses in Court

March 18 at 9:30 a.m. Free. Freer House Hoobler Room, 71 E. Ferry. 313-6642625.313-577-4409. sbarlow@wayne.edu.

March 19 at 12:15 p.m. Free. Law School,

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Place, (Dis)Place & Citizenship Conference

March 20 at 6 p.m. Free. Lab A-1st floor UGL. 313-577-4195. au1072@wayne.edu.

March 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

McGregor Memorial Conference Center.

313-577-6140.

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Water@Wayne Seminar March 27 at 2:30. Free. WSU Welcome Center Auditorium, 42 W. Warren. 313-577-5690. ev3129@wayne.edu.

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Room 2242. 313-418-8391.

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Sustainability@Wayne Seminar John Southerland of Purdue University will be speaking. March 20 from 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. Welcome Center Auditorium. 313577-5690.

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Michigan Collegiate Job Fair March 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Burton Manor Banquet and Conference Center.

734-487-0400. ejones49@emich.edu.

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IOG Colloquium: Leadership and Sustainable Change in Aging and Health April 1 at 9:30 a.m. Free. Freer House Hoobler Room, 71 E. Ferry. 313-577-4409. sbarlow@wayne.edu.

and submit your resume to companies. March 6 at 3 p.m. Free. McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 Gilmour Mall. 313-577-4781.

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Study Skills Workshop: Stress: Prevention and Management

Meet employers, learn about job opportunities

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Stress, Self-Regulation, Eating Behavior, and Obesity in Young, Low-Income Children March 27 from 12 p.m.-1 p.m. Free. Freer House Hoobler. 313-664-2505.

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Career Services 2014 Employment Expo April 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free. McGregor Memorial Conference Center. 313-577-3390. prao@wayne.edu.

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Thompson Reuters Presents: Interview Tips Workshop (all majors) April 2 at 12:30 p.m. Free. Location to be determined. 313-577-4781.

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Blizzard tweaks ‘Diablo’ in time for expansion

LISA FRALEIGH TSE Columnist It’s no secret that when “Diablo III” was released in May 2012, it was a highly anticipated game that had players flocking to it. It’s also no big secret that the game quickly lost traction after its release due to its many shortcomings, such as the loot system, endgame content and the auction house.

Since the start, Blizzard has struggled to keep the game balanced and keep players interested. Blizzard has had some time over the past two years to reflect on the

game’s downfalls, listen to the community and strategize on how to fix it.

But the newest fix, patch 2.0.1, might be doing the trick this time around. What’s different about this patch, you might ask?

Well, it’s not just a game update; it’s a complete overhaul of the game just in time for the game’s “Reaper of Souls” expansion set to release later this month.

Blizzard has revamped almost everything in the game, addressing many of the issues it had before. One of the biggest changes from this update is the mode overhaul. The modes are all redone and renamed to Normal, Hard, Expert, Master and Terror. Picking a higher difficulty rewards you with more experience points and gold, but the best part is that monster level now scales with your character no matter the difficulty. So say goodbye to the days of monster packs so hard to kill it wasn’t even fun, and say hello to a more balanced difficulty that puts the fun back in!

The paragon leveling system has also

been reworked to be more beneficial for players. There is no longer a cap on how many paragon levels a player can gain.

These levels are account-wide, meaning each of your characters can use the feature.

Gaining a Paragon level previously granted small stat increases and a greater chance of finding rare loot; however, Blizzard decided this wasn’t quite good enough.

Instead, players who gain a paragon level now get points they can spend in various categories to boost different attributes.

This gives players more flexibility in customizing their characters for a play style better suited to their needs.

But of all the problems “Diablo III” had before, the loot system was by far the most extensive. Finding gear your character could actually use was near impossible due to extremely low rare item drop rates. This forced players to spend gold on items in the auction house in order to be able to progress further in the game, since everything relied so heavily on your gear. Blizzard has finally found not one,

but two great ways to correct this crippling problem.

First of all, the auction house is being taken out of the game, so players will no longer feel pressured to use gold to buy gear.

Second, they are introducing a new “smart loot” system. This system allows all drop items a chance to become smart loot.

These smart loot items roll intelligently based on the character you’re playing to determine what attributes the item will have. This makes it much easier to find useful gear for your character and makes the game progress faster.

There are a plethora of other changes that this patch brought, like revamps to class skills, crafting, social features and too many others to go in to detail. But each has a purpose and a role in improving the overall gameplay in “Diablo III.” So if like many others you haven’t played the game in a while, or haven’t even checked it out yet, now is the perfect time to enter the world of Sanctuary.

Bars of Gold releases album despite setbacks NICK POWERS Contributing Writer Bars of Gold released their second album, “Wheels,” in 2013. The record took three years to complete and was made difficult when drummer Brandon Moss moved to Washington D.C. Moss, a Wayne State grad, traveled to and from Michigan until the record was completed, saying that the band sort of “hobbled along,” recording in short bursts over the three years.

Before his participation in Bars of Gold, Moss and vocalist Marc Paffi were in a band called Bear vs. Shark; they were signed to the prominent indie/hardcore label Equal Vision Records. The band toured constantly, eventually calling it quits after an EP and two full length albums in 2005. Moss was also part of Wildcatting, which he describes as the “anti-band” since the band did little to promote themselves. Wildcatting would also play unconventional events like baby showers and bachelor parties. Bars of Gold essentially evolved from Wildcatting, according to Moss.

Moss said when Bear vs. Shark first started, Paffi was reluctant to join the band.

“We were all like ‘guess what, we’re starting a band and you’re going to sing in it,’” Moss said.

Paffi was still hesitant and had a potential job opportunity in Colorado he was considering.

“And we’re like, ‘no you’re not, you’re going to sing,’” Moss said. He explained that once Paffi tried it out he was “all in.” According to Moss, the process essentially repeated itself with Bars of Gold.

“The lyrics for ‘Wheels’ are really about how to balance life and art as you get older,” Paffi said. “The theme that comes about over and over again is the need to create and the need to have the time to create. Meaning, the quiet times in life that help you reflect on what has happened and how you really feel about it.”

“The song ‘Tree Fort’ is literally about trying to make something with your friends that will last,” Moss said. “A lot of the record, from what I understand, was about stuff like that.”

“When you’re writing the record you just want it to come out tomorrow and it doesn’t, which is really frustrating because you just want everyone to hear it and be done with so

that you can revel in it for a second and start writing a third one,” Moss said.

He said the slow, gradual way a democracy makes changes is much like the way Bars of Gold has evolved. He explained that sometimes group members will have things to contribute and other times they won’t, depending how strongly they feel about a song.

Moss said part of the reason that Wildcatting formed was so they “could get together, go record shopping, and show each other the records that we bought and order pizza.”

This aesthetic of sharing music carried on to Bars of Gold’s first record.

“It took us forever to do anything because half of our practice would be talking about parts we liked in other people’s music,” Moss said.

When Moss moved to Washington D.C., this dynamic changed.

“With this last record, it’s kind of super discombobulated,” Moss said. “We were not listening to the same stuff at all. We were not talking about it like we did in the past. It was kind of a theme for us to share what we’re listening to in the past. Because I lived far away, it was hard for me to sit around and talk to them about this cool thing I’m listening to.”

Paffi explained: “The band has changed immensely since the first record. Marriages and kids have been added to the equation, but really it’s the same changes that would happen to any group of fellas in their late 20s, early 30s.

“The only difference is that we are still trying to keep creating music that makes us happy and hopefully makes others happy as well,” he said.

“If anything the album is about tenacity.

Being able to survive, which is a pretty tough thing for some people,” Moss said. “I’m definitely pretty lucky and we’re all pretty lucky.

But I know there’s a lot of people having a tough time just hobbling along as they are and a lot of the record is just about trying to survive as we were.

“We’re lucky to have met some amazing people and people have been really nice to us. It’s not like we’re doing it in a void or anything,” Moss said. “I can see why people stop.

I do get it. But I also think stopping because something is inconvenient is not a really good excuse for stopping something. There are a lot of inconvenient things in life and you should not let them bother you.”

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Salad 101 serves tasty but generic fare DEBANINA SEATON Contributing Writer Note: This was based on my opinion, not the opinion of The South End. I rated the food and customer service to get an overall average on a scale that begins at a “C” grade at 2.0 points and continue to increase and decrease by .5 points. The highest ideal is 5.0, or A+.

Not much can be said about soup, salad and sandwiches. There are plenty of sandwich shops around campus – some on flatbread, some on wheat or white, some rolled up, hot, cold, big, small and others one could even call bizarre. Nothing is new about that and nothing is particularly lavish about “Salad 101” either.

Despite undergoing new ownership after winter semester (maybe sooner), few changes have taken place. Though the window reads “Al Basha Subs: coming soon” I cannot tell if that is an indication of new menu items or something else. The

menu is the same, the furniture is still there with a few added tables and chairs and so are the prices. It still says “Salad 101” outside as well. But there are some differences: there are submarine sandwich bags, different snacks to choose from, and possibly some ice cream-making machine intentionally placed in the back of the restaurant.

I had a combo No. 5 that includes a Panini and side salad for $8.99 but ended up costing $9.31. The Panini was BBQ chicken and included romaine lettuce, Swiss cheese and a tasty BBQ sauce over seasoned grilled chicken. This Panini wasn’t available until a few semesters ago and it is one of several different kinds of sandwiches like chipotle chicken, chicken bacon ranch and teriyaki chicken. Without the meal, it would have cost $5.99 but despite the cost, the Panini was good and I really liked the BBQ sauce. As always the chicken was grilled and marinated well.

For my side salad, I acquired various vegetables like carrots, corn, cucumber,

cauliflower, spinach and various green leaves with tangy raspberry vinaigrette. I feel that salad and all its contents depend on the individual for taste but none of these things are unique so it was a light and refreshing part of the meal.

And the unchanging classic was given a B+. It could have gotten an A or higher but honestly this time around my meal was boring. I have had many of the menu items when I first began going to the restaurant — some of them more than once. Even with the changes to the menu, which are for the better, there isn’t really anything catching my interest except to have a meal I’d know I wouldn’t mind eating. But the idea behind being “boring” may come from the fact that I have been so often – I can never complain when I go so it never upsets me. Perhaps if something else were to change and it got people’s attention well enough, the review grade would change.

For the newcomers on campus and for those who have never been, I do recommend this place. There are many sand-

wiches, several different wraps, and two different salad sizes; usually four soups to choose from daily, fountain drinks and candy.

Prices range from $1 for candy up to $8.99 for the priciest combination meal.

Usually many people go to this place for lunch so there are a lot of people in a small space. Most of the customers are also regulars and are quite mellow. The seating is also cramped so try to accommodate as best as you can.

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Mondays at The Max

Tour the Department of Music

Guitar Studio Recital

Brass Studio Recital

With University Orchestra and Concerto Compe-

March 14 at 10:30 a.m. Free. Old Main, room

tition winners. March 3 at 7:30 p.m. $5+. Max

No.1321. 313-577-1783. bb9260@wayne.

M. Fisher Music Center. 313-577-1783.

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Guitar students perform. March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

Brass students perform March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Schaver Music Recital Hall. Free. 313577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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March 21 at 11:45 a.m. Free. Schaver Music

March 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. $5+.

Schaver Music Recital Hall. Danny DeRose at 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

Arts Achievement Award Recipient Jerry Grant

Opera Workshop

Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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43rd Annual Student Composers Concert

March 24 at 7:30 p.m. $5+. Max M. Fisher Music Center. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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Electronic Music Ensemble

March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

Mondays at The Max with Jazz Big Band

Thomas Court directs. March 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall.

313-577-1795.

A Trumpeter’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Multimedia Planetarium Concert March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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Detroit Camerata: Vivaldi and Bach

Faculty Recital: Tchaikovsky Piano Trio and more…

March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

March 30 at 3 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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Jazz Big Band II and Jazztet

Piano Studio Recital

Moon Over Buffalo

String students perform. March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

Christopher Collins conducting. April 1 at 7:30

Piano students perform. April 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-5771783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

Through April 5. $20. Hilberry Theatre.

313-577-2972.

p.m. $5+. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-5771783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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The Louise Heck-Rabi One Act Festival Through April 5. $5. Hilberry Theatre.

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Audition for the Vagina Monologues

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Presented by the Zeta Pi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega. March 19 from 12 to 4 p.m. Student Center Hilberry C. 313-577-1010.

Through March 22. $12 - $30. Hilberry Theatre. 313-577-2972.

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‘Foodture’ and ‘UMWELT’ in the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

UNBOUND: WSU MFA 2 Thesis Exhibition

Prospective students: Tour the Dept. of Art and Art History

James Lee Byars tribute exhibition at MOCAD

Through April 10. Free. Old Main, Elaine L.

Through March 6. Free. Community Arts Department Gallery. 313-577-2423. wsugalleries1@wayne.edu.

Please RVSP. March 5, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Free. Art Building No. 150. 313-577-4736. michele.porter@wayne.edu.

Weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, until May 4, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. 313-832-6622.

Jacob Gallery. 313-577-2423. tpyrzewski@ wayne.edu.

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Detroit Soup funds micro grants for creative projects in Detroit LIZ SCUTCHFIELD The South End A five dollar bill doesn’t buy much these days. A visit to the gas station or coffee shop is proof of that.

Then, there’s Detroit Soup.

“For $5 you receive soup, salad, bread, and a vote,” claims their website. That’s an understatement.

“What normally happens at Soup is a lot of people coming together around a very simple meal,” said Amy Kaherl, director of Detroit Soup.m“You might go away a little bit hungry but I hope that it’s a different kind of hunger, like a hunger for a better city. You know, it’s not the biggest meal on the planet but that’s kind of the point, right, we all got a little.”

It’s unlikely anyone leaves a monthly Detroit Soup event feeling physically hungry. Food at the February meal was abundant. There were 17 steaming pots of soup, four salads and half-a-dozen desserts, all brought and served potluck style. Loaves of artisan bread, donated by Avalon Bakery, were stacked near every seat. Drinks can be brought in, or limited items are available for a donation at a bar.

An appetite for a better city seemed to be both satisfied and stimulated for a crowd of more than 300 that ranged from retired hippies to hipsters - and every sort of folk in between.

A five dollar meal may be hard to pass up, but most come for the vote, and sense of community and democracy, that comes with it. Detroit Soup is, according to detroitsoup.com, “A monthly dinner funding micro-grants for creative projects in Detroit. You will hear from four presentations ranging from art, urban agriculture, social justice, social entrepreneurs, education, technology, etc., who have four minutes to share their idea and then field four questions from the diners. We eat, connect, share resources and vote on what project you think should win the money gathered from the night. When the night nears to a close we count the ballots and whoever has the most votes takes home the money from the door.”

February’s dinner marked Detroit Soup’s fourth anniversary. To celebrate, they collaborated with D:hive, inviting four graduates of their BUILD social program to pitch their ideas to the diners. Matching funds from the Skillman Foundation, a pledge of $1,500 worth of design services from the New Economy Initiative and $1,542 collected at the door meant winner Sarah Pappas received $4,542 to launch her Fresh Cut Flower Farm in the Woodbridge neighborhood.

Kaherl said Pappas won because

she had the spirit right. “I mean she really hit the nail on the head. I mean, she shared from the heart, she shared from the head, she shared that it’s part of the Woodbridge community,” said the energetic 32-year-old. “She shared that, yes it’s her business, but it’s about having people purchase these flowers to be a gift to their home. And you could see it wasn’t about her. She needs the compost for the land but she’s going to do it from a small business here in Detroit. So all of a sudden you could already see where that money was not only reaching her but reaching somebody else already, immediately.”

Kaherl said proposals range anywhere from art to urban agriculture, to people who are trying to start small businesses, to people who are trying to do homeless engagement, or social justice projects, or women’s empowerment, or anti-bullying, or land cleanup, or land development. I mean the list goes on and on. It is so broad and diverse.”

“As of January 2014,” according to their website, “SOUP events have raised more than $55,000 that have gone directly to community projects.

Past SOUP winners have started nonprofits, local businesses, after-school programs and park clean-ups. In 2013 alone, more than 4,000 people attended SOUP events across the city and have spent time connecting, sharing and supporting each other.”

Applications to present your project for a chance at funding during an upcoming Detroit Soup can be submitted on their website. They also offer workshops to help presenters put their pitches together, and they encourage those who don’t get accepted to keep trying. Detroit Soup has expanded into several Detroit neighborhoods and continues to grow. Currently, there are ten Soups that operate in Detroit, which means 40 pitches are made monthly and ten projects receive funding.

Detroit Soup was the beneficiary of a 2013 grant from the Knight Arts Foundation that made it possible for them to find a more permanent and suitable location to hold Detroit Soup events.

After getting its start above the Mexicantown Bakery in Southwest Detroit in 2010 and a brief stint in an unheated Corktown warehouse, Detroit Soup now holds their events in the Jam Handy building on the first Sunday of every month.

The Jam Handy building at 3100 Grand Blvd. in Detroit has its own interesting history. It’s named for Henry Jamison “Jam” Handy, an Olympic swimmer who won the bronze medal

for his breaststroke in 1904. Later, he used the building as a film studio and made training films for General Motors before being drawn in to the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II and making more than an estimated 7,000 films for the armed services out of the building.

“It just seemed like a natural thing to do Soup there; I love raw space. I think raw space helps build raw ideas,” said Kaherl, “Because if it was a beautiful space, then I think those starting point ideas would get lost in the environment. So, for me, I think it’s really helpful when you’re on the floor, or in this huge, old film studio and all these ideas can happen – because you have this raw space and can think about what it could look like.”

Wayne State freshman Nicole Lassiter has been volunteering with Detroit Soup since September.

“Detroit Soup is a unique way to introduce people to how things are going in Detroit,” she said. “I don’t think there’s any better way to bring people together than over Soup. It’s a good source to bring community together,

talk over good food and a good way to learn what’s going on in Detroit. It’s better for the community, instead of watching T.V. news that just tells them bad things about Detroit.”

A pair of middle-aged women standing in the Soup line would only identify themselves as “Thelma and Louise, from Bloomfield.” They didn’t tell their husbands where they were going because they thought they would worry. “Louise” has a friend in France who had seen a documentary that featured Detroit Soup and assumed her friend had heard about it. “I hadn’t, so I told Thelma about it and she wanted to go too,” Louise said. “Now we wish we would have brought our husbands.

We’ll bring them next month.”

Detroit Soup is held the first Sunday evening of every month. The doors open at 6 p.m., the proposals are made at 7, the meal is shared at 8 and the winner is announced by 9. Returning attendees are encouraged to bring a pot of soup, a salad or a dessert, although it is never necessary. Since the Jam Handy is a “raw space” a pillow to sit on is also a good idea.

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Detroit or bust: Bosom buddies find support in Midtown JESSICA SADER Contributing Writer There’s a little place in Midtown that can support the women of Detroit in big ways. Its name will make you smile, but not as much as when you leave as a satisfied customer. With the power to uplift women, Busted, the only full service bra boutique in the city, is making its name known in the community.

“I woke up one morning giggling,” co-owner Lee Padgett said. “When my husband asked what was so funny, I told him that I should have a bra shop called Busted. It just came to me.”

Padgett’s bright pink, dip-dyed hair and vivacious personality complement the essence of Busted. Affordable undergarments of all shapes and colors hang in the light pink shop that carries bras ranging in sizes 30A to 56K. Styles such as nursing, sports and fashion bras are available, along with panties, pajamas and robes.

The 1,300-square-foot storefront located in the Park Shelton opened in December 2013. The shop gained popularity through the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, where it made the semifinals.

Hatch Detroit is a competition that encourages would-be business owners to submit a business plan. Winners are given a $50,000 grant to start the brick and mortar business they’ve envisioned.

Before their Busted days, in 2003, Lee and her husband Patrick opened Café de Troit, a coffee shop located downtown that displayed artwork from local artists. They closed the café three years later when Patrick’s job relocated them to Germany. When he was given the opportunity to move back to Detroit, the Padgetts

jumped on it.

“One of my biggest complaints while living in Detroit had been the fact that there was no place to buy a pair of panties or a bra,” Padgett said. “When we moved back, I decided to join the Hatch contest to see if anyone else would be interested having a bra shop in the city.”

The response was overwhelming.

Although she didn’t win the grant, Lee acquired two investors and was able to start her business.

Most women wear the wrong bra size.

Luckily, bra fitting is Padgett’s specialty and she has taught her employees how to properly size women, too. After measuring customers in the curtained dressing room, Padgett brings in garments tailored to what the customer is looking for. Their name, size and preferences are then written on a customer care card that is stored until the customer’s next visit.

Wayne State graduate student Whitney Hardin appreciates the store’s variety of sizes. She’s been fitted at other stores in the past and realized they were telling her a certain size because they didn’t carry her actual size.

“It’s appealing to think of being sized in a place that carries all of these sizes, because they won’t be motivated to try to make you fit in to a size they can sell to you,” Hardin said.

Private parties held after store hours also are an option for those who want to share the experience exclusively with their friends. Women can look forward to shipments of swimwear coming soon as well.

For store hours, go to bustedindetroit. com, or like their Facebook page, “Busted in Detroit.”

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Yogis gather for record-setting session at Ford Field JESSICA SADER Contributing Writer On Saturday, Feb. 22, more than 2,000 vibrantly-dressed people covered the Detroit Lion’s home turf. As the music of Ziggy Marley blared, yogis of all ages participated in a unique morning event hosted by Come Play Detroit fitness studio and Yoga Shelter, a group of yoga studios in Michigan and California. They came together to participate in what the creators hoped to be a world record-breaking yoga session.

“We haven’t been able to find a documented class to break the record, so we’ll actually be setting the record,” Nicole Yo-

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der, chief operating officer of Yoga Shelter, said. “More than anything, we are bringing the community together in an uplifting event to promote and encourage health and wellness among the people who live here and in the suburbs of Detroit.”

Proceeds of the gathering benefitted the Yoga by Design Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds yoga programs in underserved areas.

Founder of Come Play Detroit Justin Jacobs noted the event is “something that anyone is able to participate in.” His main goal was to showcase Detroit. He got the idea after attempting to break the record for the world’s largest dodgeball game a couple of years ago at Belle Isle.

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the time, the positive buzz we created and to (for) a national audience, to me, it was exactly what our goals were,” Jacobs said.

D:Hive provided buses, shuttling people from the yoga shelters around metro Detroit and offered two sets of bus tours after the 75-minute yoga session led by Yoga Shelter founder Eric Paskel.

Paskel was the sole instructor of the session. He called out movements and words of encouragement. In return, the yogis swayed like pendulums.

“It doesn’t matter what you’re feeling, it’s the fact that you can feel today,” Paskel preached to the crowd that stretched across the field in rows.

Yoga Rocks is one of the many classes taught at the six Yoga Shelter locations.

It incorporates a series of sequenced postures that flow together. The drummers on stage set up on the field helped achieve the high-energy that kept the yogis moving as they did pose after pose.

For Wayne State Zumba and yoga instructor Regina Ward, attending the event was driven by her love of fitness.

Her favorite part about yoga is the sense of “community” it creates. The word she repeatedly used to describe the event was “awesome.”

Approximately 18 vendors present at the event offered deals and services to those who came out to Ford Field. Each participant received a Violet Love headband, further creating a sense of unity in the stadium.

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Energy drinks may damage heart SEAN MCCABE Contributing Writer It’s the week before spring break, which can only mean one thing for Wayne State students: midterms.

That means many students will turn to coffee and energy drinks to fight the Sandman and cram that last bit of information into their brains. But while they’re busy trying to ace their exams, those energy drinks might be hurting another one of their vital organs.

A recent report authored by University of Bonn radiology resident Dr. Jonas Doerner found that the amount of caffeine and taurine – a kind of stimulant - in certain energy drinks can be harmful to the heart.

“We know there are drugs that can improve the function of the heart, but in the long term they have a detrimental effect on the heart,” WSU Medical School professor and cardiologist Kim Williams told brudirect.com.

The study took 18 healthy adults and used a MRI to measure their heart function one hour after consuming an energy drink.

What the researchers found was a 6 percent increase in the participant’s heart rate.

According to Doerner, it is the blend of sugar, caffeine and taurine that contributed to the increased heart rate. The study also tested a second group of people with a drink only containing caffeine, and they did not show an increase in heart rate.

A January 2013 Drug Abuse Warning Network study found the number of emergency room visits due to energy drink consumption

increased by more than 50 percent in four years, going from 10,068 in 2007 to 20,783 in 2011. The Food and Drug Administration investigated five deaths linked to “Monster” brand energy drinks in 2012.

Los Angeles is also currently considering putting an age restriction on the sale of energy drinks in the city.

The drinks could be especially dangerous for people that have a pre-existing heart condition, such as a tachycardia (fast heart rate) or an arrhythmia (irregular heart beat).

The American Beverage Association said in a statement that they believe energy drinks are safe, and that the study was too small to be taken seriously.

“The fact remains that most mainstream energy drinks contain only about half the caffeine of a similar size cup of coffeehouse coffee,” the statement said. “Caffeine is a safe ingredient consumed every day in a wide variety of food and beverages, which have been enjoyed safely by millions of people for nearly three decades. Also, this paper, which looks at only 18 adults, has not been peer reviewed or published.”

Williams told brudirect.com that more follow up would be needed to have a definitive answer on the effects of energy drinks.

“Without data, one can only speculate,” Williams said. “If you speculate on existing drugs that have that effect, it would be cause for concern.”

Several WSU students admitted they would continue to drink energy drinks even after being informed of the study.

“They keep me up and taste better than coffee,” said junior Danielle Crosse.

MARCH 2014 EVENT CALENDAR EVENTS

Visions of Pakistan

Brass Studio Recital

Grad Expo

Talent Show

Hosted by Pakistani Student Association. March

Brass students perform March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Schaver Music Recital Hall. Free.

313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

March 20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. WSU

Hosted by Alpha-Omega Co-Ed Christian Fraternity. March 21 at 7 p.m. Free. Student Center Room 289, 5221 Gullen Mall. 313577-1010. et7853@wayne.edu.

7 at 6 p.m. Free. Student Center Ballroom.

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Formula SAE Open House March 22, 9 a.m to 2 p.m. Free. College of Engineering. 313-577-3829 or formulasae@eng.wayne.edu.

March 27 at 9 p.m. Free. Student Center U Club. 313-577-1010. ed9117@wayne.edu

April 1 from 5-10 p.m. Free. Student Center Ballroom. Barbara Gonzales at 313-5771010 or dz9666@wayne.edu.

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A Trumpeter’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Multimedia Planetarium Concert March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Schaver Music Recital Hall. 313-577-1783. danny.derose@wayne.edu.

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Kick Off Fair

PASSfest

101-A-Thon

Hosted by the GLBTA Student Union. March

Hosted by Psychology Academic Support Services. April 1 at 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Student Center Hilberry. 313-577-1010.

April 1 from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free. Student Center Room 289. 313-577-1010.

31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Gullen Mall Flagpoles/UGL Court. 313-577-1010.

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Pride Potluck

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Warriors nab conference title, snap three-game losing streak RYAN RAGER Contributing Writer The Wayne State women’s basketball team clinched the conference title for the first time in 33 years and ended a threegame losing streak with an 80-74 win over Lake Superior State at home on Feb. 27. It was the regular season finale and Senior Night for WSU. Five Warriors scored in double figures with junior forward Kayla Bridges leading the team with 21 points on 8 of 9 shooting and senior forward Imari Redfield adding 14 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

“It meant a lot to win as a senior, I’ve been through a lot since I’ve been here. To come together and win the way we did, it was awesome, something I won’t forget… we’re outright champs,” Redfield said.

“We had spent two weeks playing really tight basketball and not performing at our best, we had to do something different.

The focus when we came back this week was let’s get them back to where they’re feeling confident, having fun. If I didn’t have them mentally it didn’t matter what

they had physically, I saw a rejuvenation tonight,” Head Coach Carrie Lohr said after the game. “I think that when we come back in the gym tomorrow I’m gonna see the team I saw in November, December, January.”

LSSU gave the Warriors all they could handle in a game that saw 17 lead changes and 13 ties. Redfield found junior center Shareta Brown as she cut down the middle of the lane for a layup with 25 seconds left in the game to give WSU a 76-74 lead.

LSSU took a timeout but were unable to inbound the ball on the following possession as the Warriors forced a five second violation to regain possession and force the Lakers to put WSU on the free throw line. Sophomore guard Destiny Lavita-Stephens and junior guard Jackie Jones each went 2-2 from the stripe to seal the win.

“It’s rare that you’re gonna see a blowout game in the playoffs, so games like this prepare us,” Bridges said.

Both teams struggled out of the gate to a 12-12 score with 9:45 left in the first half. WSU got the shots they wanted in the paint and pulled down 11 offensive boards, but only shot 30 percent from the

field in the half as leading scorers Brown and Redfield connected on just 3 of 15 field goals combined.

“I don’t know how many times Imari and Shareta passed it to themselves from left-to-right under the basket,” Lohr said.

“Those are shots we want to take. Their center was 6’3,” that was a different look for us… her extra inches may have deterred us. At halftime I turned to both my assistants and said ‘do I tell them to stop shooting?’ We all agreed ‘don’t say a word.”

Bridges ignited the Warrior offense scoring 15 points in a six minute span on 6 of 6 shooting as the rest of her team struggled from the floor. Despite Bridges’ play, LSSU answered behind 14 first-half points from Laker forward April Lacross and superior half court execution, tallying 11 assists as a team compared to three for WSU. Jones, who finished the game with 13 points and 10 assists, found Redfield for a layup 30 seconds into the second half to set the tone for WSU the rest of the way.

The Warriors hit 19 shots off 14 assists en route to 50 points on 52 percent shooting from the floor in the second half.

“That’s the point guard we need. I didn’t think Jackie played very well the last couple of weeks, we said forget about that, just play basketball. The way she gets the ball into her teammates isn’t often by design, she’s allowed to freelance,” Lohr said.

Down 55-51 with 10 minutes left in the game, Lavita-Stephens sized up an opponent on the right wing before knocking down a contested three. Jones found Lavita-Stephens on the next possession for three again, this time from the left wing, giving the Warriors a 57-55 lead and spark a 15-4 run to take 66-59 lead with 6 minutes remaining.

“Those threes really generated us. We were sharing baskets, we couldn’t quite break away,” Lohr said.

LSSU fought back to tie the game two more times, but never took a lead despite center Laura VanEs and guard Kandace Crittendon combining for 13 points in a four minute span.

The Warriors finished the season 10-2 at home and secured the No. 1 seed for the GLIAC tournament. WSU also set the team record for points per game with 78.8 which ranked first in the GLIAC this season.

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Basketball season ends with bittersweet redemption MICHAEL LEWIS Sports Correspondent The Wayne State men’s basketball team has been through a painful season. Due to injuries and unfortunate circumstances, WSU posted their first losing season since 2008 and missed the GLIAC tournament. However, the Warriors were able to close their season on Senior Night with an 82-78 win over the current GLIAC champions, Lake Superior State.

The game started off with a ceremony to honor WSU’s departing seniors. Bryan Coleman, Deon Dismuke, Michael Martin, Michael Hollingsworth, Gerald Williams-Taylor, Jamar Rangland and Chene Phillips were all recognized with their families for their contributions to the team.

“These guys are special,” head coach David Greer said. “Those guys were a part of some pretty good basketball teams and I know they’re disappointed they’re missing the tournament; but, what a way to go out beating the No. 1 team in the conference.”

WSU dominated the opening minutes jumping out to a 13-2 lead after five minutes. The Lakers then sparked a 19-6 run to take a 21-19 lead with six minutes left in the first. Derek Billing scored nine points for LSSU during the stretch. The Lakers were able to keep momentum going, building a 29-23 lead with just under three minutes left in the half. But, WSU responded with an 8-2 run of their own, closing the half tied at 31. Williams-Taylor led all first

half scorers with 11 points and Bryan Coleman added six.

The second half saw a surge in energy from the visiting Lakers. There were eight ties in the first eight minutes of the second with the last coming at 50-50 off of a Bryan Coleman jumper.

After a block by Michael Martin at the other end, Coleman drained a triple to put the Warriors up 53-50 with just under 12 minutes left to play.

The Warriors continued to stretch their lead after Philips and Rangland fueled a 7-0 run to go up 62-54 at the 8:30 mark. Foul trouble ultimately kept the game out of reach for LSSU. The Lakers found themselves in the penalty with almost eight minutes left to play. Every time the lead would come into striking distance, Warrior free throws would force it back out of reach.

With under a minute remaining, Derek Billing sank a deep three-pointer to cut the Warrior lead to just two (78-76). Billing scored a game-high 38 points in the contest. The Lakers full court pressed, but fouls kept the Warriors at the free throw line and WSU was able to hold on for the win.

Williams-Taylor led his team with 25 points and eight rebounds in the upset win. Bryan Coleman added 19 points with three blocks.

“Bryan Coleman was the special one tonight,” Coach Greer said. “He had hurt his knee in practice and he wasn’t even supposed to play today … he was advised not to. But he was hell bent on finishing his senior year and boy did he do it with a bang.”

The Warriors finished the season 12-13 and 10-12 in the GLIAC.

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Warrior baseball sweeps Pumas in season kickoff AARON STALLINGS Contributing Writer It surely doesn’t feel or look like its baseball season in Michigan, so the Wayne State baseball team took their act to Kentucky for a season-opening doubleheader against St. Joseph’s on March 2. The Warriors handled the Pumas with ease, earning 12-4 and 12-3 victories.

Jeremy Carrell had a busy day on the base path for the Warriors. While tallying the first run of the season for the Green and Gold, the sophomore touched home plate thrice more and swiped a pair of bags. The three hits from the speedy shortstop paced the team in

game one. Needless to say, getting hit by a pitch in the first inning had no ill effects on him for the game.

Kyle Zimmerman was responsible for silencing the St. Joseph’s bats. Zimmerman struck out seven before exiting after 3.2 innings. With the game well in hand — as the Warriors held a 9-2 advantage — senior Jimmy Jackson took over and helped keep the Pumas at bay. To start the final frame, freshman Chris Horvath got his first action as a Warrior, pitching a hitless inning and recording his first strikeout.

The second game didn’t start with the domination the Warriors displayed in the first game. St. Joseph’s got to WSU starter Alex Kinch early, sending three guys across home plate. That was the

beginning and end of the overmatched Pumas. Kinch settled down after the two-hit, three run first inning and slowed the St. Joseph’s attack to a crawl.

Kinch allowed just one runner to reach third base after the first inning. The redshirt sophomore gave way to senior David Frederick (2.0 innings pitched) and sophomore Brandyn Hall (1.0 inning pitched) to close out the game.

Carrell once again scored the first run for the Warriors while also stealing his third base of the season in the bottom of the first inning. Eric Cunningham, who launched the first home run of the year in game one, picked up an RBI in the inning to trim the WSU deficit to 2-3.

Third baseman Cameron Walker sent a solo shot over the fence in the second

inning to even the score. Walker stayed hot while leading the team in hits, runs and RBIs with three each. He was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

After three scoreless innings, the Warriors pumped in nine runs in the seventh and eighth innings combined to remove all suspense from the game.

Redshirt sophomore Travis Rodery joined Carrell as the only two players to steal a base in both games for WSU. Continuing to dodge a historically snowy and frigid winter in Detroit, WSU will travel to Winter Haven, Fla., from March 7-15 for 13 games against seven opponents. After five road contests to open GLIAC play, the Warriors will take their home field for the first time this year March 26 against Ashland.

WSU fencing finishes fifth at MFC championships FUAD SHALHOUT The South End The Wayne State fencing team placed fifth overall during the team portion of the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships with a total of 1,150 points. The championships were held at Notre Dame University, March 2. Twenty-one teams participated in the team competition.

Ohio State won the team competition, edging out host Notre Dame by 40 points, 1,590-1,550. Northwestern University finished third with 1,365 points.

As a team, the women took fourth place

with 640 points. They placed fifth in both the foil and sabre and eighth in the epee.

WSU was seeded 11th in the sabre, but defeated No. 6 Cleveland State, 5-3, in the first round. After losing to No .3 Notre Dame in the quarterfinals, WSU earned consecutive wins over Oakland (5-1) and Detroit Mercy (5-4) to clinch fifth place.

WSU, the No. 6 seed in the foil, defeated Oakland 5-1 before falling to No. 3 Northwestern, 5-0. The women’s foil team then defeated Indiana 5-0 before defeating Michigan in the fifth place title match, 5-2. The WSU women’s epee team was No. 7 entering competition and won its first round match, 5-2, over Indiana. The

epeeists then lost two straight matches to Michigan State and Lawrence to finish in eighth place after losing to No. 2 Northwestern.

The men’s fencing team finished in a tie for sixth with Michigan and Minnesota, tallying 510 points total. They finished third in the foil, sixth in the epee and 20th in the sabre.

The WSU men’s foil squad was the No. 3 seed entering competition, and won consecutive matches over Case Western Reserve (5-0) and Minnesota (5-1) to reach the semifinals. WSU lost to No. 2 Notre Dame in the semifinals, 5-2, but earned a 5-1 win over No. 5 Cleveland State in the

third place match.

The WSU men’s epeeists were the No. 9 seed and upended Lawrence in its first round match, 5-1. The Warriors fell to No. 1 Ohio State, 5-0, but came back for a 5-1 victory over No. 4 Case Western Reserve.

In the fifth place match, WSU lost to No. 7 Cleveland State, 5-2, to finish in sixth place.

In the sabre, WSU lost its first round, play-in match against Wisconsin, 5-3, to finish in 20th place.

WSU will next compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships March 8-9 at Calihan Hall on the campus of Detroit Mercy.

Women’s tennis shines, men fall in openers FUAD SHALHOUT The South End The Wayne State women’s tennis team opened up its spring season defeating Northwestern Ohio 8-1 and improved to 17-2 overall with the victory dating back to the fall.

The Warriors opened the match with three blowout wins in doubles.

The No. 1 doubles team of juniors Yahsha Moore and Anne Li Briand picked up an 8-0 victory to improve to 19-3 as a doubles team this season.

Sophomore Alex Poissant and freshman Andreea Mitrache combined for an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles, while the WSU duo of sophomore Julia Kamenko

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and senior Jessica Kruczek had an 8-2 win at the third flight in doubles.

Leading 3-0 after doubles play, the Warriors sealed the match, 5-0, after Mitrache and Briand won in straight sets at No. 2 and No. 4 singles, respectively. WSU earned its sixth point after Moore battled to a victory at No. 1 singles. She fell in the second set, before defeating her opponent in the third set and winning 6-0, 5-7 and 6-4.

At the No. 5 and No. 6 flights, Kamenko and freshman Lauren Hughes each earned straight-set victories. That gave the Warriors wins seven and eight to finish off the match.

The Warriors will next travel to Florida for six matches in five days.

WSU opens up competition in Florida

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against Chestnut Hill at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 6 in Tampa Bay. Meanwhile, the men’s tennis team dropped its 2013-14 home opener March 1, falling 7-2 to Northwestern Ohio at the Multipurpose Indoor Facility. The Warriors dropped to 0-2 overall.

In doubles play, the Warriors won at the third flight as the duo of freshman Stephane Robineau and sophomore Mohamed-Fazyl Kechai earned an 8-3 victory. Northwestern Ohio took the matches at the top two flights, however, to gain a 2-1 advantage heading into the singles matches.

In the singles competition, there were four matches going to tiebreakers at some point. Freshman Clement Charriere picked up the only victory for the

Warriors in singles, earning a third-set victory after dropping a second-set tiebreaker. He won 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5.

At the top flight, Robineau also split sets after winning the first set and dropping the second. Robineau fell in a third-set tiebreak as Northwestern Ohio’s Daniel Rueda won 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2).

Junior Trey Keating won a second-set tiebreaker, 8-6, at No. 6 singles to push the match to a deciding set. Keating fought hard in the final set, but UNOH’s Michael Kock earned a 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 15-13 win over Keating.

WSU will next begin its Florida trip with an 11 a.m. match Thursday, March 6 against Chestnut Hill College in Tampa Bay, Fla.

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MARCH 2014 SPORTS CALENDAR WARRIOR WEDNESDAY MARCH MADNESS Break out your green and gold apparel and join us on March 5 for Warrior Wednesday’s March Madness celebration of Wayne State Athletics. Look forward to a full day of fun with treats, giveaways, lunch activities and playoff basketball. March 5. Free. Campus wide. 313-577-8155.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 Women’s Basketball hosts GLIAC Basketball Quarterfinals 7pm Matthei

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 NCAA Fencing Midwest Regional (25th annual) All Day Calihan Hall- Detroit, MI (Detroit Mercy hosts)

SUNDAY, MARCH 9 GLIAC Basketball Championship Game 2pm | No. 2 seed hosts NCAA Fencing Midwest Regional All day | Calihan Hall- Detroit, MI

FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Baseball hosts Saginaw Valley 1pm WSU Baseball Field

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 Baseball hosts Saginaw Valley Noon | WSU Baseball Field Men’s Tennis hosts Michigan Tech 1pm | WSU Tennis Courts

SUNDAY, MARCH 30 Men’s Tennis hosts Lake Superior 10am WSU Tennis Courts

TUESDAY, APRIL 1 Softball hosts Hillsdale 3:30pm WSU Softball Field THESOUTHEND.WAYNE.EDU I MARCH 2014 I 15

Tell us how you really feel! Each week we go out and ask you a question regarding current news.

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BY JON ADAMS

THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Russia has invaded a section of ukraine in what president obama called a breach of international law. DO YOU THINK THE uNITED STATES SHOULD INVERVENE? KERRY NEIL

Environmental Sciences Major

“I think the U.S. should wait and see how it turns out, and try to do some negotiating before sending troops over. Perhaps they should help out the Ukranians diplomatically.”

JUSTIN WRUBEL Music Technology Major

“I think right now we need to have a diplomatic approach; until it gets violent we shouldn’t have a say in it. We should let them figure it out for themselves.”

SARA GOODMAN Graduate Student

“I think the U.N. should take a look at it and there should be a lot of group discussion before anything happens. I’m certainly worried about what Russia is doing, and what they’re doing is harsh and unnecessary. The welfare of Ukrainian people should be taken into account before there’s bloodshed.”

The God Debates: Video Series Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig John Lenox Dinesh D’Souza

Christopher Hitchens is an acclaimed author and commentator on politics and culture. More recently, though, he has gained tremendous notoriety as one of the vanguard of the New Atheists. In this debate series, he takes on three preeminent apologists for theism, in a series of lively, entertaining, and edifying debates. This is an issue at the core of any society, and so should be of interest to anyone who cares about participating in the culture. Discussion to follow.

John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science, and Pastoral Advisor at Green Templeton College, Oxford. His most recent book, on the interface between science, philosophy and theology, is God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God?, Oxford, Lion-Hudson 2009. He has lectured extensively in North America, Eastern and Western Europe on mathematics, the philosophy of science and the intellectual defence of Christianity.

Wednesday March 26th Bernath auditorium 4pm

William Lane Craig is research professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

He has earned doctorates from the University of Birmingham (England) (Ph.D. 1977), and the University of Munich (Germany) (D.Theol. 1984) Dr. Craig is an international lecturer and debater.

He has spoken at numerous universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Moscow, and Peking.

Wednesday March 19th Bernath auditorium 4pm

Sponsored by the Student Senate and Metanoia Graduate Union, Inter-Varsity and Ratio Christi

A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D'Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1983.Mr. D'Souza's books have had a major influence on public opinion and public policy. His 1991 book Illiberal Education was the first study to publicize the phenomenon of political correctness. The book was widely acclaimed and became a New York Times bestseller for 15 weeks. It has been listed as one of the most influential books of the 1990's.

Wednesday April 2nd Bernath auditorium 5:30pm

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