B. DuBois announced the “color line” between blacks and whites in..
. p Columbia University Professor Manning Marable speaks at the br / 4th annual Conference in Citizenship Studies held at br / Wayne State University’s Law School. br / /p br / Markeysha Davis /strong br / em Contributing Writer br / br / /em br / More than 100 years ago, W.
E.B. DuBois announced the “color line” between blacks and whites in America to be the major problem of the 20th century.
But last night at the WSU Law School, scholar and author Manning Marable announced that the problem has expanded to the global apartheid of people of color by means of marginalization and racialization. /p p At the conference, Marable, a professor of public affairs, political science and African American studies at Columbia University, presented for the first time his paper called “Racializing Justice, Disenfranchising Citizens: Dismantling Democracy Through America’s Criminal Justice System.” /p p The study analyzes the disparities between white Americans and blacks and the Latino and Mexican-American population in terms of unequal imprisonment patterns.
His presentation is the first one of the fourth annual Conference in Citizenship Studies hosted by the Center for the Study of Citizenship. The conference will last three days. /p p Marable began his analysis with an overview of the ways blacks have been marginalized and discriminated against throughout American history, from slavery to Jim Crow segregation laws.
/p p “Throughout the entire history of the United States, a series of state-sanctioned institutions existed that had in fact alienated the African American population,” he said. “African Americans are historically affected by the limitations imposed by racist policy in America.” /p p While these institutions and laws were meant to suppress the freedom of blacks, Marable said, racial violence, especially lynching or hanging, was meant to instill fear and reaffirm white power.
/p p The emergence of organizations like the NAACP and the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), legislation like the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the executive order for affirmative action and the establishment of the black middle class all helped improve the conditions of blacks in America during the 20th century. /p p But, he said, this left a black-brown underclass vulnerable to government oppression and marginalization. /p p With this point, Marable began analyzing the Reagan administration’s response to the growing underclass of black and brown Americans by curtailing assistance services and making criminal enforcement on offenses like drug or gun possession stricter.
/p p However, these policies affected whites and black, Latino and Hispanic populations disproportionately. /p p “Justice Department officials encouraged local enforcement officials to become more aggressive in their efforts to combat what they defined as the ‘scourge of urban crime,’” Marable said. “Municipalities began initiating massive street sweeps in predominantly brown, black and poor neighborhoods.
” /p p He said the police activities heavily targeted participants in street drug transactions, few being white, even though a much larger percentage of white Americans were involved in drug transactions than blacks, Latinos, or Hispanic Americans. /p p Disproportional arrests and jail sentences between the groups continued due to racial profiling and the proposed “War on Drugs” taken on by the government. Even in 1992, when President Bill Clinton took office, the disproportionate imprisonment of minorities continued, though studies showed that, in 1996, blacks comprised only 16 percent of all drug dealers in the U.
S., while whites accounted for 80 percent. /p p According to Human Rights Watch, blacks only comprise 13 percent of the national population, but they are 30 percent of people arrested, 41 percent of people in jail and 49 percent of those in prison.
Also, nationwide, black men are incarcerated at 9.6 times the rate of white men. /p p Marable, who worked at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York in 1996, said that the people in prison have no real chance of making it outside because their resources to education, health care and vocational training within the system are cut.
The stigma of having served time in prison, despite the sentence, has also affected the civil rights of the nearly 6 million people living in America who were formerly incarcerated. /p p “Six million Americans cannot vote in this country,” he said. “But they can pay taxes.
” /p p He also expressed concern for the amount of money the country spends on prison each year compared to the money it takes away from education. /p p “This is an incredibly costly process,” he said. “But some people say, yes it costs millions of dollars, yes it’s socially destructive, but by god, they have to be punished.
” /p p Dana D. Dyson, a doctoral student in political science, said that Marable’s presentation reached her because of its relationship to her dissertation research on the inequalities of education in public schools throughout Michigan, examining elements such as graduation and dropout rates and student performance. /p p “If we would spend the money to properly educate our kids and give them books and resources, then it would mean that you would reduce the number of people who end up in the prison system,” she said.
/p p Marc Kruman, chair of the department of history and director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship, said that he immediately thought of inviting Marable as a speaker because of his prolific work in the fields of African American studies, history and politics. /p
In 1992 Boggs founded Detroit Summer and three years later...
p Grace Lee Boggs is a feminist, activist and public speaker for over 60 years. She has written four books, two of which she co-authored with her late husband James Boggs. In 1992 Boggs founded Detroit Summer and three years later the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership was founded in their name.
Both organizations offer service-learning programs that promote community involvement. br / br / Brandi Trapp /p /strong News Editor /p yesterday in a Bernath Auditorium lecture that service-learning, a community service, is one of the best ways to create change in a struggling community like Detroit. /p p She said the community and individuals within the community would feel a sense of belonging and achievement.
/p p “Detroit is a dying city,” she said. “But we can bring it back to life if we give back to the community.” /p p Boggs said building relationships within a community leads to better long-term results.
“We need to change the way we deal with each other,” she said. “We need to focus on relationships and not instant economic growth.” /p p Boggs said service-learning was important to the women’s movement because it focused on relationships in the community, which is where change starts.
/p p “We don’t understand that change can take place in small ways,” she said. “Change isn’t based on critical mass, but by critical connections.” /p p Jerry Herron, director of the WSU honors program, said he agrees.
/p p Honors students must take classes called City I and City II which use service-learning methods. /p p “It’ll help them in the world because it’ll help the world,” he said. /p p The students operate a “Free Store” that gives clothing, household goods and food to residents of Detroit’s blighted Brightmoor neighborhood.
/p p The Free Store, founded by honors student Lauren Henrikson, has been in operation for more than two years. /p p Honors students also actively participate in the Detroit Fellows Tutoring Program, in which WSU students tutor Detroit Public Schools students. The program has been in operation for three years.
/p p WSU professor Francis Ranney uses service-learning techniques in her classes. In 2000, Ranney taught a technical communications class that partnered with Back Alley Bikes, a free bike shop in the Cass Corridor. /p p Ranney said her students created a Web site and promotional materials for the shop.
She said it was something students could have done in class, but she wanted to support the community. /p p “We let the community tell us what their needs were instead of just taking over,” Ranney said. /p p Boggs said teaching responsibility is more important than teaching accountability.
“Accountability is having some bureaucrat standing behind you making sure you do your work,” she sad. “Nobody wants that.” /p p She said responsibility was the driving force of the voting and civil rights acts.
/p p “People took to the streets,” she said. “That’s what we need to do now.” /p p Boggs said the Detroit’s 1967 riots, which she said she preferred to call a rebellion, were such an example.
She said that the word “riot” denotes a breakdown in the law, whereas Detroit’s “rioters” were resisting social injustice. /p p “Young people were scared they wouldn’t get the same jobs their parents had,” she said. “The cops were all over black people, too.
” /p p She said this summer she wants to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the riots by having a community celebration near the intersection where they began — Rosa Parks Boulevard (formerly 12th Street) and Clairmont. /p br / br /
Stephen KnochManaging Editor The possibility of a new student center, as well as...
p Board of Governors member Annetta Miller takes notes at the Student Council meeting. br / Six board members met with Council to discuss issues yesterday at the Student Center. br / /p p The possibility of a new student center, as well as retention rates, campus safety, the enforcement of Wayne State’s smoking policy and relationships between various ethnic groups on campus were all addressed in a dialogue session between Student Council and the Board of Governors at yesterday’s council meeting.
/p p Gov. Eugene Driker said that the Board was given an “informal, lengthy informational presentation” about the Student Center more than a month ago but no proposal has been made for renovation or a new structure. /p p Gov.
Jacquelin Washington said “students are way out in front” on this matter. /p p “I think that what has happened is a lot of interest has been generated on the whole issue of a student center and we are in the process of getting more info for ourselves, so that such time when a proposal is given to us we can make an informed vote on what should happen,” she said. /p p Council members had mixed opinions about what should happen with the Student Center.
/p p Councilman Andrew Dyjach said other than the fact that the Student Center has been on campus for a long time, he doesn’t “see any reason to keep this building, because there is so little meeting room space” and that it is “serving the student population barely at this point.” /p p Councilwoman Cindy Chidi is opposed to a new student center because students would be paying for it through a fee. /p p “We are talking about students who literally have to work full-time to go to school part-time,” she said.
“They can’t take another fee.” /p p Low retention and graduation rates are a major concern for the university. Councilwoman Ashley Terhune said she feels retention is low because of poor teacher-student relationships.
Driker attributes low retention rates to the high number of non-traditional students at WSU. /p p Gov. Paul Massaron said retention rates are “still going down” and that degree completion rates are “disastrous.
” /p p Concerns about campus safety were brought up, most notably about lighting. /p p Council said it has been trying to work with public safety to get new lights installed, broken ones repaired and to improve overall campus safety. /p p Chidi said an objective this semester is for Public Safety to enforce the campus smoking policy, which states that smoking is prohibited within 20 feet of building entrances.
/p p “We don’t necessarily want to eradicate (smoking) on campus, we just want to move it away from doors,” she said. /p p Chidi suggested that WSU police cadets issue tickets to those in violation of the policy. /p p “We’re looking into this issue as of right now,” she said.
/p p Gyjach suggested that the university create shelters for smokers to move them away from building entrances. /p p Gov. Annetta Miller said if such a proposal came before the Board she would vote against it.
/p p “Having everybody clustered together will make sure that somebody gets cancer,” Miller said. /p p Council members said they hadn’t brought up the non-enforcement of the smoking policy to Public Safety. Driker said the Board will look into it and report back to council.
/p p Driker asked the council its thoughts on the relationship on campus between various ethnic groups. All council members who commented said they didn’t notice any tension between people of different ethnicities. Dyjach called diversity Wayne State’s strength.
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.. /p /strong strong Nicole Jones /strong br / em Staff Writer br / br / /em br / Education in any right can be seen as positive, but in the current music scene and industry, it’s hard to find.
Blinded by a curtain of simple-minded media and oversaturated pop culture, the only way to reconnect with our musical roots is to take it back to the old-school sounds. /p p The second installment of Positive Education this Friday does just that, reintroducing music’s organic prime. The first Positive Education covered electronic music ranging from 1986 to 1996, but this time, the electrifying tunes will be from 1980 through 1997.
/p p The lineup for the affair includes some of Detroit’s most nostalgic DJs, like Mike Huckaby, Norm Talley, Mike Servito, Jay Langa and Matt Clarke. The bill also includes Carlos Souffrant, Michael Geiger, Greg Campbell and Keith Kemp — all sure to bring the pain from dark till dawn. /p p Positive Education is put on by a collective entity called Subculture, founded in 1996.
In the past, they’ve thrown a series of parties named Culture Shock, with DJs like Terry Mullan and Barry Weaver. /p p Digging deeper, they’ve also put together events that went on tour in different states and flaunt an award-winning and now-defunct Web site, which provided people around the world with free mixes from various Detroit artists. /p p If you’ve never been to The Works, you’re in for a surprise.
The Works has been a staple for the Detroit after-hours nightlife and a hub for electronic music excellence. Open till the wee hours of the morning, it’s the ideal place to go when all other clubs have ceased to continue the party. /p p The South End caught up with DJ Matt Clarke to find out more about Positive Education.
/p p The South End: What is different about this installment of Positive Education? /p p strong Matt Clark: /strong Every DJ has a different viewpoint, history and their own experiences, which has shaped them creatively. The artists booked for this party have a stronger house music presence than the previous line-up.
/p p strong MC: /strong Thus far, the old and new faces that have come out to support and of course the music. The DJs that have come out have taken the time-span constraints very seriously. Michael Geiger told me he spent a couple hours on www.
discogs.com to pinpoint the years on a few records, so that he didn’t play anything post-‘97. I thoroughly enjoy how much effort and thought people are putting into the process of the night.
/p p strong MC: /strong Everything from classics, rare pressings and each DJ’s favorite records they love. Personally, I hope to hear the tunes that were stuck in my mind after leaving a party years ago that I only heard a few times back in the day. /p p strong TSE: /strong Why do you think the Positive Education series has been successful thus far?
/p p strong MC: /strong It has to be a combination of things. The older partygoers get to relive some of their favorite records with the DJs who actually played them back in the day. The newcomers get to experience some hard-to-find music that has influenced the progression of what’s happening now.
/p p strong MC: /strong All the DJs on the line-up have been doing this for over a decade and were booked because they are exceptional at their art form. I respect them all as artists and as individuals. The night is intended to celebrate them as much as the music that they have been apart of.
Also with a roster as diverse as this, people can expect to hear some great Italio-Disco, Acid House, Ambient, Detroit Techno, Classic House tunes and so on. I’m really excited to see how deep into the basements and crates these guys go. /p p strong MC: /strong The history!
Detroit reinvented the world’s viewpoint on electronic music (Techno/Electro/Ghettotech) which formed such a strong heritage in this city. /p p strong MC: /strong For me the foundation is always the music and the caliber of the DJ’s who are playing. When it’s all said and done, the crowd controls a lot of the environment.
If they are dancing and having fun it makes it a great party. /p p Positive Education kicks off tonight at The Works; located at 1846 Michigan Ave. in Detroit.
The party is 18+ and doors are at 10 p.m. Cover is $5 until 2 a.
m. and $10 after. /p
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, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards Although Hollywood’s awards season is history...
p Although Hollywood’s awards season is history and you can now watch the “Best Picture” winner, “The Departed,” on DVD there are still plenty of worthy movies on deck waiting to be released. /p p Fortunately, one such notable flick opens in wide release today, and it just happens to be the Pick of the Week. “Zodiac” is a powerful crime thriller that, despite its near three-hour run time, manages to keep viewers enthralled and entertained with an intriguing plotline and performances that equate powerful cinematic brilliance.
/p p “Zodiac” chronicles the hunt for a San Francisco serial killer known simply as “The Zodiac.” The film is primarily based on books by Robert Graysmith (who is a character in this movie, portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal) and it follows several characters as they attempt to solve the case during the early 1970s. /p p The San Francisco Chronicle’s gritty crime reporter, Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.
), attempts to crack the identity of the shadowy serial killer. The curiosity of the Chronicle’s political cartoonist, Robert Graysmith, results in his involvement with the madness of the killer as well. /p p Meanwhile, homicide detective Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and his partner William Armstrong (Anthony Edwards), have their work cut out for them as they try to not only solve the murders, but also prevent new ones.
/p p David Fincher is well-suited to direct this spine-tingling flick. The man who brought us “Fight Club” employs the skills he acquired while working on previous films and integrates them into nostalgic 1970s ambiance, creating a riveting crime thriller strong . /strong /p p One of the most notable features of the film is that it looks like nothing you’ve seen before—its visual distinction on the silver screen is difficult to ignore.
The film is fresh and original with a natural and cohesive feel, strung together via onscreen chemistry and excellent writing and directing. /p p All the elements, including the art direction of Keith Cunningham and set decoration of Victor Zolfo that added the realistic 1970s look, combine to make a splendid motion picture. And the enormous and talented ensemble cast is just icing on the delicious multi-layer cake.
/p p Out of all the films that have opened since the start of this year, it is entirely safe to say that “Zodiac” is the best thus far. Moviegoers have been anxiously waiting for a film of this caliber to overtake the theaters; a film not just good and somewhat entertaining, but truly mind-blowing, sprouting goose bumps on audience members everywhere. /p p Do yourself a favor and take a partner in crime, a buttery box of popcorn and a taste for deliciously frightening fun as you experience “The Zodiac” in all its suspenseful grandeur.
(4 out of 4 stars) /p
. p Procrastinators beware — tomorrow is the FAFSA priority date, the deadline for first-time filers and those renewing their financial aid forms for both fall and winter semesters to maximize their aid opportunity. /p p WSU launched an early FAFSA campaign in January to drive home the importance of filing early by sending every student an e-mail reminding them to submit their paperwork before March 1.
/p p However, only around five students showed up for the workshop at the Undergraduate Library, according to a financial aid officer. /p p By getting everything in by the deadline, students are guaranteed federal funding, said Susan Zwieg, WSU executive director of financial aid and director of admissions. /p p Filling out a FAFSA application involves eight pages of questions pertaining to both student and parent income information which is used to determine individual financial need.
Initial submission of the paperwork is followed by a series of verifications and promissory signatures. /p p The maze of paperwork that can accompany applying for financial aid has led Zwieg to spearhead a summer enlightenment program for parents aimed at demystifying the process. br / The whole process can be confusing and we re here to try to clear things up, she said.
/p p Along with student loans, submitting early allows students a better chance of being considered for gift assistance that does not have to be repaid, like scholarships and grants. Even if you don t think you re going to qualify, you need to find out, Zwieg said. You could really miss out.
/p p She added that WSU is allocated a definitive amount of grant money each year and some students never realize they re eligible for the no-strings-attached cash. /p p I thought I couldn t apply after the deadline, said biology major Jacob Shamailov. I ll definitely make sure I get it done.
/p p WSU s urban demographic, paired with the numbers of students who work full- or part-time, make financial aid a necessity for many students, Zwieg said. /p p In 2006, over 14 million financial aid applications were processed nationally. Ten million of those students received aid, totaling $77 billion, according to Joe Aiello, a representative from FAFSA.
/p p A 2004 study by National Postsecondary Student Aid Study found that two-thirds of undergraduate students graduate with financial aid debt and the average amount owed by seniors is $19,202. /p p According to a WSU financial aid officer, the office has not been receiving an unusual amount of calls concerning the March 1 deadline, but did warn that students who wait to file for financial aid can face more delays before receiving their funds. /p p Students who file before March 1 start receiving their award letters around March 15, Zwieg said, /p p The more closely you get to school start(ing), the more things you have to verify.
br / Zwieg said her goal has been to provide the best possible customer service to students, calling the /p p March 1 priority date a way of encouraging students to get the type of financial benefits they deserve. /p
Partrich Auditorium. He said if the government continues..
. p Middle East scholar Dr. Anthony Sullivan didn t give a positive outlook on the state of American foreign policy at a lecture Tuesday afternoon in the law school s Spencer M.
Partrich Auditorium. He said if the government continues in its plan to maintain a military presence in Iraq, it will be an invitation to more attacks of terror on the country instead of less. em /em /p p It s not a rosy picture, but it s a real one, according to Sullivan, who holds an honorary associate s position at the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
/p p There s no limited number of terrorists, Sullivan said. They re like weeds. They regenerate once (one is cut down)…unless something is done to dry up the marsh or swamp they come from…It s the policy that causes the marshes to spread.
/p p He said during the lecture that the chances of America experiencing another attack like 9/11 in the next five years was a probability of seven or eight out of 10. /p p During the speech, Sullivan debunked some notions about terrorism. He said the concept of terrorism has been around for thousands of years and it isn t intrinsic to Middle Eastern or Islamic cultures.
He said terrorism has been around since Jewish people fought against the Roman occupation of Palestine in the First Century and has been performed by many secular and non-secular organizations and not just people claiming to be Islamic extremists. /p p Sullivan mentioned a key difference in today s terrorist versus terrorists from the past. The primary motive was once to get as many people watching the act as possible and have them experience fear and vulnerability.
Now, the driving motives are to kill as many people as possible in hopes that people watching the event will feel fear. /p p Sullivan pointed out that many weak points still exist in the U.S.
, and that foreign policy can be written in conjunction with internal improvements. He cited reports that U.S.
rail traffic is still insecure, despite upgrades, since the attacks of 2001. Threats could also come from the sales of weapons on the black market or through breaches of security to access airplanes and the U.S-Canada border, he said.
/p p These concerns are even more haunting, especially since, according to Sullivan, an intelligence official said in a report that he could shut down America with $1 billion and 20 hackers because of a lack of security for its computer networks. /p p When the audience asked about alternative methods, Sullivan said there were no easy solutions for the conflicts with foreign policy and terrorism. He said Americans need to understand that terrorism is a part of the world we live in and that it is impossible to separate good and evil.
/p p Improving military and civil intelligence-gathering and placing a stronger emphasis on citizens learning more languages than English were some suggestions Sullivan offered. However, hard measures, such as compelling obedience through a military presence, and soft measures, such as cultural collaboration, must be used together to have success. /p p Terrorism will be diminished, not eliminated, only when Arabs and Muslims believe the U.
S. is addressing seriously…the complaints…of them and other parties in the Middle East, Sullivan added. /p p The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, which is part of Wayne State s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, hosted the lecture as part of a series to increase knowledge of national and international issues.
CPCS also operates the Detroit Council for World Affairs, its community arm. /p
.. p Economic instability in developing nations, rather than easy access to guns, was found to be the primary cause of personal crime, in a study done by Irshad Altheimer, a Wayne State assistant professor of criminal justice.
em /em /p p Altheimer gave a presentation on his research, titled Firearms and Crime: A Multi-Level Cross-National Approach, yesterday in the Faculty/Administration Building. br / Looking at international crime victimization data and studying the relationship between guns and crime in developing nations, Altheimer found that economic levels are the biggest indicator of levels of crime. He added, There is no consensus between guns and crime.
/p p Altheimer studied a sample of 45,913 individuals in 39 of the largest cities in developing countries, measuring gun availability by the percentage of respondents who reported owning guns during a four-year period. He looked at gun assault and robbery, as well as victimized crimes committed without a gun, and said that research has not provided a definitive conclusion on the relationship br / between gun availability and its effect on individual victimization. /p p Research must move beyond the simplistic explanations of how guns cause crimes, said Altheimer.
/p p He believes that availability of firearms isn t why gun robberies and gun assaults occur and that the crimes are motivated by other factors. /p p Another theory discussed he discussed is that guns could actually decrease crime because individuals who own guns gain protection as a result having this weapon available to them. /p p Altheimer hypothesized that if everyone in Detroit owned a gun, violent crimes would go down because of the knowledge that potential victims are capable of defending themselves with a firearm.
/p p Living in a neighborhood with high gun ownership that has high neighborhood cohesion, you are less likely to be victimized, Altheimer said. /p p He said guns may be an effect rather than a cause. /p p America has a tremendous amount of (personal) crime most committed with handguns, Altheimer said, adding that data does not prove crimes are committed because of guns.
/p p His findings showed a correlation between age structure and the amount of violent crimes in developing cities and he added that young adults who go to after-hours night spots are more likely to be crime victims. /p p Althemier said that this is a social process with a connection to personal behavior. br / It s a social trend we can change, he added.
/p p Altheimer also said gun limitations should not be viewed as a cure-all for crime problems, rather a policy that looks at crime as a sociological problem within a community. /p p He said the U.S.
would be hard-pressed to pass a law further limiting firearm sales. /p
.. p While his college career is over, Kris Krzyminski s hopes for post-collegiate basketball seem to be taking off.
em /em /p p Krzyminski drew attention by finishing the GLIAC regular season as the league s leading scorer, averaging 24 points while playing 980 of WSU s possible 1010 minutes. /p p Gaudy shooting numbers (53 percent from the floor, 50.6 from 3-point range and 84.
1 from the free-throw line) have also made professional clubs take notice. /p p WSU coach David Greer said before last night s quarterfinal game that the Portland Trail Blazers had requested game film of Krzyminski. /p p While any exposure gained from a deep GLIAC or NCAA Tournament run would have helped, Krzyminski will have some chances after the season to improve his stock for a potential pro career.
/p p Greer said that Krzyminski has been invited to participate in a pre-NBA draft exposure camp in Akron, Ohio, for non-Division I players. /p p During a three-day stretch, the camp, which is in its second year, will take the top 60 players from /p p NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, for a series of team games. /p p After the first two days, the top 20 will be invited to play in an All-Star game televised on an ESPN network.
/p p Greer, for one, thinks that situation would be a haven for Krzyminski to showcase his offensive talent. /p p He s so skilled on offense, Greer said, he should thrive in those types of camps because there s no defense played. Nobody guards anyone - everyone s looking to score.
/p p I ve said that if he had two more years here, we d make him a heck of a defender. At his size, that s something he s going to need to improve to play at the next level. /p p It helps that he played some point guard for us last year, if teams want to take a look at him at both guard spots.
And everything he s done offensively during his career stands out, especially this year with guys hanging all over him. /p p If Krzyminski can t catch on anywhere in the U.S.
through various camps or summer leagues, the next step will be to find an agent with established connections overseas. /p p He can t start talking with agents until after the season because of eligibility issues, Greer said. /p p But guys like Jermaine Jackson and Desmond Ferguson (who Greer coached at Detroit) that have been successful overseas have talked to Kris and recommended their guys for when he starts that process.
/p p Greer said that while Krzyminski s graduation will be bittersweet for the WSU men s basketball program, it should present the opportunity for his basketball career to flourish even more. /p p He s such a strong student, Greer said. Being a business student, you can see how much time and effort he puts into his classes.
Once he graduates and basketball becomes a full-time thing, you should see his game take off. It will be a great opportunity for him to put all his time into basketball and see where it takes him. /p
Kyle StefanSports EditorPlaying four hours away from home in front of a sparse crowd, Wayne State couldn t overcome a subpar night...
/p /strong span style= font-size: 0.6em; Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News /span br / strong Joe Carr guards Avi Fogel yesterday in the Warriors 59-54 loss to Mercyhurst. br / br / br / Kyle Stefan /strong br / em Sports Editor /em br / br / br / Playing four hours away from home in front of a sparse crowd, Wayne State couldn t overcome a subpar night from one of its senior leaders.
/p p WSU saw its season come to an end with a 59-54 loss to Mercyhurst in a tightly-contested GLIAC quarterfinal game last night at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center in Erie, Penn. /p p Senior Joe Carr scored just five and made only one field goal. He was held to 1-of-11 shooting and finished 0-of-6 from behind the arc.
/p p After Will Pierce nailed a triple to bring WSU within three with 24.5 seconds left and Richard Field missed a pair of free-throws, Carr dribbled out of control down the court and lost the ball out of bounds. /p p The final turnover was symbolic of WSU s ballhandling woes, as the Warriors turned the ball over 18 times in the game.
/p p I thought we were efficient offensively and pretty much did what we had to there, said Wayne br / State coach David Greer. Joe wasn t very good tonight and the turnovers hurt us. br / I ve said it all year, we re not going to win if Joe or Kris (Krzyminski) aren t good.
/p p Krzyminski scored 20 to lead the Warriors while Jason Saddler was the only other WSU player in double figures with 16 points. /p p Joe couldn t hit today, Saddler said. We controlled the rebounds, we controlled the inside game.
It was a lot of turnovers, careless stuff. It s hard to accept right now. /p p Mercyhurst (18-10) advances to play in the GLIAC semifinals Friday at the home of the highest-remaining seed after last night s quarterfinal play.
/p p Wayne State (13-13) fell in its first GLIAC Tournament appearance since 2005. /p p I thought they dominated the glass for 35 to 36 minutes of the game, Mercyhurst coach Gary Manchel said. We finally started getting some loose balls, and then we hit some big shots.
The seniors stepped up. That s what we need. We go as our seniors go.
/p p Wayne State turned the ball over 10 times in the first 11 minutes, but remarkably trailed by just six, 21-15, with 7:15 left in the half. /p p WSU pulled to within two points but allowed the Lakers to take a 29-22 lead at the half. /p p Despite allowing 18 points off 14 first-half turnovers, the Warriors stayed in the game by controlling the boards — 21-9 at the half — and withstanding a bevy of 3-point attempts (Mercyhurst finished the first half 6-of-15).
/p p The Warriors came out with energy to start the second half and quickly cut the deficit to one at 31-30. After a Mercyhurst timeout, the Warriors edged ahead for the first time on a pair of Saddler free throws. /p p NOTEBOOK br / Mercyhurst took all three meetings against WSU after winning 65-57 at the Matthaei Center on Dec.
2 and 67-57 in Erie on Feb. 8. .
.. Krzyminski started the game fourth on Wayne State s all-time single-season scoring list with 600 points.
/p p His 20 points left him three shy of third-place Bob Solomon s 623 ...
With two triples, Krzyminski extended his single-season record to 83 ...
After playing all 40 minutes, Krzyminski sits seventh on WSU s all-time list with 1020 ...
Saddler, who was hovering around 18 percent free-throw shooting for the season, moved to the far right side of the line and improved his percentage to 23.6 (13-55) entering the Mercyhurst game…Saddler finished 4-of-7 from the line, a career-high for free throws made. /p
Shawn WrightStaff Writer Cody s defeat of Pershing in a Public School League crossover game...
p Cody s defeat of Pershing in a Public School League crossover game yesterday ultimately came down to the last minute of play. With the score tied at 66 during a match-up at Cody High School in which neither team ever led by more than five points, the Comets used the charity stripe to seal a 71-66 victory over the Doughboys. em /em /p p After a Pershing timeout with 40 seconds remaining, Doughboy guard Larry Nixon opted for a 3-pointer; it missed and Terry Braithwaite pounced on the rebound.
/p p Braithwaite was fouled and made both of his free throws, but the game was still within Pershing s reach. /p p Pershing is a heck of a team, said Comets coach Bryant Tipton. They came with it.
/p p Luckily we made some free throws at the end of the ball game. Our guys really pulled it out by making those free throws. /p p With his team down two, Marvin Skipper had the ball underneath the rim with 12 seconds left but was called for traveling, an uncharacteristic mistake for the 6-foot-8 center.
/p p The Doughboys were forced to foul again and this time Demetrius Ford went to the line. Ford missed the last of the pair and the Doughboys were still in the game, down by three points but Lugene Davis rebounded the ball and turned it over to Cody s Rasheed Williams, who was then fouled and sank both free throws. /p p Those are things you can t predict, said Pershing coach A.
W. Canada of the mistakes made by Skipper and Davis. You can never forecast any of those things happening, but they did.
/p p The Comets, not known as stellar free-throw shooters, made more than 50 percent of their attempts from the line. /p p Braithwaite went 8-of-10 from the line, all coming in the second half. /p p Free throws and lay-ups usually hold us back, the 6-foot-5 forward said.
We had to do what we had to do to win this game. br / Most surprised by his free-throw shooting was probably his coach. /p p That s like Shaq stepping to the line and knocking all of them down, Tipton said.
That was big for us. /p p The stellar performance of Larry Nixon, Pershing s 6-foot-2 guard, who led all scorers with 30, wasn t enough to save his team from defeat. Demetrius Ward was Pershing s only other player to score in double figures with 12 points.
/p p The Comets were led by Williams, who had 22 points, going 4-of-5 from the field. Ford ended the evening with 16 and Braithwaite had 14 points. /p
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p Hillsdale scored early and never slowed down yesterday night in a 76-59 defeat of Wayne State in the first round of the GLIAC tournament in Hillsdale, bringing the Warriors postseason to an end. em /em /p p Wayne State tied the game at two 39 seconds into the game, but that was the last time the Warriors were able to knot the score. WSU never led.
/p p The Chargers held a commanding lead throughout the first half and headed to the locker room with their largest lead of the first half, up 38-22. /p p Hillsdale led by as many as 22 in the second half, never allowing WSU to get within 13 points. /p p Chastidy Miller was Wayne State s leading scorer with 14 points (4-of-9 shooting).
She was perfect from the free-throw line, going 6-of-6. /p p Nicole Rogers grabbed six rebounds and scored five points (1-of-6) in 28 minutes. Joy Nash ended the game with 12 points (4-of-11) and was 4-of-5 from the charity stripe.
/p p The Chargers had two players in double figures, with Jenn Carlson scoring 14 (4-of-9) and Jodie Haines with 17 (6-of-9). Jessie Miller grabbed a game-high eight rebounds to complement her six points (1-of-5) and three assists. /p
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p Many major cities have acknowledged the sneaker enthusiast with stores like New York City s Alife, Los Angeles Undefeated and Boston s Bodega. em /em /p p And now, Bob s Classic Kicks is leading the way for the sneaker market in Detroit. br / The shop is located at 4717 Woodward Ave.
at Forest Avenue, next to the Detroit Artists Market. /p p Jason Johnson and his father own and operate Detroit s first and only sneaker boutique, selling high-end Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Gola Medium and Converse. According to Johnson, the store s clientele is about 80 percent Wayne State students.
/p p Bob s Classic Kicks is also leading the way in supporting local artists by carrying custom shoes designed here in Detroit. They have about 10 to 12 shoe designs available at a time and change things up every month. /p p Johnson just got back from the Las Vegas Magic Show, a national designers convention, where he picked up 10 or so new lines of t-shirts and jeans to accompany the kicks.
Every month Bob s Classic Kicks houses a special event at the store. /p p The event, from Plugged v. Unplugged, featured a group of DJs that made beats on the spot and a guitar virtuoso with a band from Wayne State s School of Music, plus a fashion show showcasing t-shirts, shoes and pants designed by Wayne State and College for Creative Studies students.
This month there will be an art exhibition of chairs from the Cranbrook Institute displayed at the store. /p p To help spread the word, Johnson plans to start a Web site in the near future. Websites like slamxhype.
com and hypebeat.com document the sneaker craze. /p p There are a bunch of posts on different blogs every day about the happenings in the sneaker world.
It s basically the only way to keep up on the new gear, said Johnson. I look at them about five times a day. /p p In the December issue of RISE Magazine, Bob s was listed in the top 25 best sneaker stores in the nation s largest markets.
Bob s Classic Kicks has just picked up the artist Crash s new clothing line, Brook Avenue. /p p Crash is a graffiti artist from New York who appeared in and helped produce John Mayer s last video, Waiting on the World to Change. He also writes a blog on Mayer s website.
/p p Crash is in the middle of this urban culture explosion, designing watches, shoes, t-shirts, music videos and guitars for major designers. Now deciding to branch out on his own, Crash has picked br / Bob s Kicks as the only spot in Michigan to carry the line. The artist almost skipped over Detroit until hearing about Bob s from a mutual friend.
His line is expected to arrive in late February or early March. /p p Rachel Keast, a sophomore at Wayne State, said, This is the only place in town I can find sweet shoes, and I also really like the comfy couches they have to try them on. Griffin Wilson of Royal Oak added, I drive here because we don t have a store like this in the suburbs.
I like the events they have — good music, drinks, tight kicks and good people. /p p Sneaker prices range from $50 to $150, but Wayne State students receive a 20 percent discount with their OneCards. /p p Bob s Classic Kicks is one of the many new Detroit stores attempting to bring Detroit back to the forefront of style and culture.
/p p Bob s Classic Kicks is open from 12 p.m. to 7 p.
m. Monday through Saturday and 12 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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. p Procurers of minimal techno Miss Fitz and Shaun Reeves will be anointing Masonic Temple this weekend for Dorcia, a party modeled after a wholesomely murderous theme: Brett Easton Ellis American Psycho em . /em /p p Hailing from the electronic music Mecca of Berlin, Miss Fitz is a highly anticipated and talented performer of the evening.
Accompanying Miss Fitz on the bill is Shaun Reeves, a Detroit native who moved to Berlin four years ago to further pursue his electronic music endeavors. /p p In a league of their own, these DJs/ producers are slated to enliven a diverse crowd of electronic music connoisseurs as well as those searching for the ultimate vibe. /p p The party promises to create the distinctive ambience only the Masonic can provide as well as an appealing concoction of swanky, glitchy beats.
br / Other DJs of the evening include the enigmatic Seth Troxler as well as the mellow and melodic John Johr. /p p The South End had a chance to catch up with Miss Fitz this week to discuss electronic music and her upcoming gig at Masonic Temple. /p p The South End: Can you describe the type of music you produce/play and the sound you re trying to achieve?
/p p Miss Fitz: I play and produce all sorts of underground dance music, including what is recognized as house, techno, minimal, etc.When producing, I usually try to create a synergy in texture, so all the sounds that I use disappear, and instead there s a new sound which is thicker. br / When I DJ, I prefer loopy tracks stripped down beats.
/p p TSE: How long have you been making electronic music? /p p Miss Fitz: I have been producing for almost nine years and DJing for five years, maybe less. /p p TSE: Can you describe the minimal techno landscape in Berlin right now?
/p p Miss Fitz: I think Berlin has a very wide range. There are almost no DJs that play strictly minimal techno. You hear in many sets that are a combination of more Electro House (like in Poker Flat Records or Chicago) and deep house together with the traditional minimal techno and minimal house tracks, as well as the new style of minimal which is more glitchy and with many layers of sounds and effects.
/p p TSE: Detroit and Berlin have immense electronic music ties. Who are your biggest influences from Detroit? /p p Miss Fitz: There are so many.
I used to be a big fan of Detroit techno back in the days when techno was above 135 bpm. br / However, Dan Bell is first on my list, both as a producer and DJ. He always had that casual raving attitude with, what I found; extremely straight sets and tracks that are full of energy but never go over the top.
Of course my friends Shaun, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Seth Troxler are constantly inspiring me, and we kind of grow together in music. /p p TSE: What kind of set do you have planned for this weekend? /p p Miss Fitz: Well, lately I ve been combining more and more of my own works in the DJ sets, whether it s tracks of mine, edits I make from other tracks, or loops I create especially for my DJ sets.
br / In general I think I sound like slow techno, It s not too heavy, kinda deep and fun. /p p TSE: What are some of your upcoming projects? /p p Miss Fitz: I just had an EP called Death Of Cool on Kalimari.
The next release would be Eklo 002; an EP called Ambatia with Ryan Crosson s remix on it. br / There s an EP coming out on Raum..
.Musik this year with a Villalobos remix, as well as a compilation on Circus Company and a free net release as Spunky Brewster on Unfoundsound. br / In the second half of 2007, Kalimari 007 and Kalimari 008 will be of Uli Kunkel (a project from Shaun Reeves, Lee Curtiss and myself).
/p p The Masonic Temple is located at 500 Temple Ave. in Detroit. Cover is $5 all night along with $5 premium drink specials.
The party kicks off at 10 p.m on Saturday, March 3. For further information, please call 313.
790.2734. /p
Best known for being the most popular female on the social networking site, her first single I Love U was released on iTunes yesterday...
p Anyone caught up in the MySpace obsession may be familiar with Tila Tequila. Best known for being the most popular female on the social networking site, her first single I Love U was released on iTunes yesterday as she attempts her next big challenge: changing the music industry. /p p Tila Tequila, born Tila Nguyen, joined myspace.
com in 2003 and has since become part of the new trend of do it yourself celebrities. br / Thanks to MySpace,she, along with several other unsigned artists, has been able to promote her br / music, which has attracted nearly 1.7 million friends on the site to date.
/p p Her Myspace popularity has earned the singer-songwriter articles in several magazines and a cameo in Adam Sandler s upcoming film to be released this summer. Most recently she self-released the Lil John-produced I Love U in hopes of gaining more fans and launching her Tila Tequila Movement. /p p Tequila is already making history.
The music video for I Love U is the first br / to be specifically shot for cellular phones. The MySpace queen is attempting to change the current music industry in other ways as well. /p p According to a blog on her page, www.
myspace.com/tilatequila, Tequila turned down two record deals to prove she can make it big on her own. Refusing to mold herself into what the industry wants, she plans to become successful by being herself and strengthening the rapport she has with her fans.
/p p In addition, Tequila has a special deal for anyone that purchases her new song on br / iTunes for 99 cents. Purchasing the single will also give fans the music video for free. Only time will tell if the Tila Tequila Movement will be successful, but either way, her determination has already initiated a road to fame.
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She’s 88 years old...
p Michael Griffin still goes to shovel his grandmother’s sidewalk after a snowfall. She’s 88 years old and hasn’t been able to brave the cold air or the lifting for a while now. He’s 46, and that’s what grandsons are supposed to do anyway — shovel the walk.
According to Griffin, his grandmother, Cleo Jones, has lived in that house in Detroit on the corner of Vassar Avenue and Marlowe Street forever — or at least to him what seems like forever. /p p Standing on her half-shoveled sidewalk with his coat unzipped, rubbing his neck, he begins recalling bits of the past. His tall, thick body seems to keep him from shivering in the cold.
He mentions the riots of 1967. He was about six when President Lyndon Johnson ordered the military to Detroit to quell the riots. /p p He points out to the Lodge Freeway, which is so close that he has to talk over the rumbling semi-trucks bulleting past and explains that everything happened just “down there.
” He looks across the street to a red-brick house — 19375 Marlowe St. No one seems to be home at the moment. /p p Griffin remembers two white kids that lived in that house back in the 1960s.
Tommy and Tony were their names. They had an old, beat-up VW bug in the driveway, but it wasn’t for driving. /p p “They would go out there with baseball bats and whoop the hell out of that thing,” he remembers, still astonished today.
“I was young but I knew that I wanted to stay away from those kids.” /p p He shovels some more snow to the side and stomps his feet on the concrete to get the excess off his boots. He looks up at the house across the street and said, “but this was after their mother was murdered.
” /p p Their mother was Viola Liuzzo, widely said to be the only white woman murdered during the civil rights movement — shot to death by a car load of Klansmen March 25, 1965, on a hot, humid night in Montgomery, Ala. She was 39 years old, a wife, a mother of five and a nursing student at Wayne State University. And that house — 19375 Marlowe St.
— was hers. /p p She didn’t have the greatest of lives. She grew up in poverty, raised in the South’s discrimination and segregation.
Her father was a mineworker until he lost his arm in an accident and lost his job. Her mother was a teacher. Shortly after the start of World War II, the family moved to Ypsilanti, because her father finally found work at a bomber factory there.
/p p Liuzzo was pretty. She had blond hair, curled at the ends. She was engaging and outgoing — quick to make friends regardless of race.
One such friend that she held near to her was Sarah Evans, a black woman she met in a grocery store in Hamtramck. /p p Evans was the clerk and Liuzzo was the patron wanting to buy pepper. Pepper was scarce during World War II and the owner of the store was hoarding it for the more loyal customers.
Evans decided to pass the pepper along to Liuzzo anyway and the two of them quickly became friends. Shortly after, Evans began working for Liuzzo, watching the children while she worked as a waitress. /p p Liuzzo was an active member of the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as being involved in education and economic justice reforms.
/p p On top of this, there were five children that she adored and a husband who wasn’t too nice. But she made the best of it, as she always did. /p p Then she heard Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. call for help in the South. She became deeply moved and, despite the misgivings of her husband, in March of 1965 she drove three days from Detroit to Alabama in order to participate in King’s Selma-to-Montgomery march for equal voting rights.
/p p “She had a great deal of courage to do what she did,” said Nancy Dickenson, producer of “Home of the Brave,” a 2004 documentary about Liuzzo. She explained that for a 39-year-old white woman from the North, dropping everything, driving down to Selma and participating in this march, “well, that meant something to a lot of people.” /p p It also meant something to a lot of the wrong people.
The Klan thought of her as an “outside agitator,” and less than a week after her arrival, as the marches were finishing up, four Klansmen followed this “outside agitator,” while she was driving home19-year-old marcher Leroy Moton, and shot her to death. He survived. But on that hot Alabama night, Liuzzo was forced to break a promise to her children when she became the only marcher that didn’t come home.
/p p “[President] Johnson couldn’t have a white woman dying down there in Alabama,” Kara Young, president of Wayne State’s Organization of Black Alumni, said with a slight hint of attitude. “So he used the momentum of Liuzzo’s death to speed up the passing of the Voting Rights Act.” /p p And on Aug.
4, 1965, the act, which removed literacy tests and poll taxes that had kept many Southern blacks from being able to vote, was passed. /p p Less than 24 hours after the shooting, the four Klansmen were arrested. This hasty capture was attributed to one of the men, Gary Thomas Rowe Jr.
, being an FBI informant. Tommy, as he was known, was a barrel-chested man, not too tall, quick tempered and even quicker to fight. Because of his informant status, he was allowed to participate in the terrorism that the Klan inflicted on the civil rights workers without fear of an arrest.
He was protected by the FBI, which essentially allowed the abuse of the activists to occur. /p p The murder of Liuzzo was everywhere — in the newspapers and on the television. However, because an FBI informant was involved in this criminal act, then head of the bureau J.
Edgar Hoover started a smear campaign to ruin this woman’s reputation, to avoid any official embarrassment. /p p To some degree it worked, but that was over 40 years ago. Liuzzo is no longer the focus of such a campaign.
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