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College towns felt ignored by universities and resented the students. Then COVID-19 hit.
Chrissie Thompson, USA TODAY
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A dozen mayors wrote to Big Ten officials last fall. Football was returning to their communities, and they wanted help.
“We humbly request,” the mayors wrote, “a few practical measures that the Big Ten Conference can take to ensure we have the tools we need to combat the spread of COVID-19.”
A humble request. The words are telling: about where power lies, and where it doesn’t. And about where the leaders of these Big Ten college towns often dwarfed in size and in influence by their university neighbors fit into the conversation. Which is to say, often on the side. ....

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