But today's actions also represented another important change, officials said.
But to the alumni, the change says something deeper about the students' place in town these days.
In 1992, a change to the Michigan constitution said that a person could only be governor for two terms.
Commission members who supported the changes said the proposal was the only one with enough support to pass.
The change says a lot about the persona he was already being driven into.
"Five key changes in such a short piece," she said, tapping the last one again for emphasis.
But Hitchcock's changes say everything about the differences between literature and film.
"Change of plans," he said a few seconds later, hanging up the receiver and coming back into the living room.
The change in administration, they said, addresses the core nature of the institution.
And others argue that over a relatively limited period of time, changes in short interest may say nothing about market sentiment at all.