The presidents of Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan brought their campaign for a two-tiered university appropriations system to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education at Saginaw Valley State University on April 19. Leaders from some universities opposed to the plan also addressed the committee. "Because of our intensive research work and robust technology transfer, Wayne State, MSU and U-M play a unique role in fostering the innovation that can, and will, fuel new industries for Michigan," said U-M President Mary Sue Coleman. She mentioned that the larger schools do not want to take funding away from the other universities. A photo of President Irvin D. Reid, MSU President Lou Anna Simon and Coleman addressing the legislators accompanies the story.