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...budget. Two weeks ago, he won reluctant approval from state legislators for a temporary income tax increase, from 4.6% to 5.6%. The next day, Michigan's economy was dealt a new blow when Moody's Investors Service dropped the state's bond rating from A to Baa-1, the lowest of any state. That will make it difficult for Michigan to borrow needed funds when the new fiscal year begins in October. So far, ten Democrats and seven Republicans have announced themselves as candidates for Milliken's job. No clear leader has emerged...
...Crimson, the BAA's decision means the dozens of Harvard athletes who will tackle Heartbreak Hill will probably never get the notice they deserve for their efforts. The Crimson has always had reporters and photographers working the race; but this year, for the first time, we have been shut...
...When BAA President Will Cloney '33 was asked this week how 'The Crimson--without credentials--could expect to cover properly the many Harvard runners in the Marathon, he could only respond, "I didn't know there were that many Harvard students in the race. I thought they were smarter than that...
...BAA decision is a slap in the face to Boston-area students and schools. Not only does it downgrade the importance of college runners, but it relegates college journalists to an undeserved second-class status...
While reporters from Oregon, Arizona, and California sit comfortably in the Prudential Tower press offices, writers from the Marathon's own backyard will be excluded. The students of Boston treat the Marathon with great respect, and we deserve more than the back of the BAA's hand in return...