On WestSouthwest, two Western Michigan University students working to save premature babies in developing countries. And a Battle Creek native's book about tea party leaders.
A device developed by two Western Michigan University students may help save the lives of premature babies in developing countries. Joseph Barnett and Stephen John worked on an affordable, easy to use machine that can help keep babies breathing where hospitals don't have advanced equipment.
Illinois Wesleyan Sociology Professor Meghan Burke interviewed tea party organizers in Illinois for her book Race Gender and Class in the Tea Party: What the Movement Reflects About Mainstream Ideologies. Burke, a graduate of Pennfield High School, says even people who don't share the tea party's political beliefs can learn a lot from listening to its leaders.
