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COMMENTARY

Talk to loved ones while you can

Sitting in Noodles & Company in front of my mac and cheese and in the middle of a meeting, I read the text message my mom sent: “My grandmother passed away :(.” Buica, as we used to call her, lived in Romania.

COMMENTARY

State News CHM coverage unfair

I love Grand Rapids. I was born and raised in the city and witnessed its transition into a medical mecca firsthand. So I am perhaps slightly biased on the issue of the expansion of MSU’s College of Human Medicine. Then again, I’m allowed to be biased; I don’t write newspaper headlines.

COMMENTARY

University oversight committee not needed

Adding unnecessary, unwarranted bureaucracy for public universities is just another day for the state government.A bill was introduced in the Michigan House last month to create a single 11-person board to assess the efficiency of state universities. The bill primarily is sponsored by State Rep.

NEWS

Police Brief 10/10/11

A 19-year-old male student reported his bike stolen between noon Sept. 23 and 1 p.m. Sept. 25, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.