When the choice is between going to class or getting more sleep, many students choose sleep. In the 5th Annual Central Michigan Life Readers’ Choice Awards, students said lack of sleep was their number one reason for skipping class. “Sometimes my bed is just too comfortable to get up, or my roommate forgets to set the alarm,” said St.

The word is out.
The Bird Bar & Grill is the area’s best kept secret bar, as
voted by almost 350 members of the Mount Pleasant and CMU communities.
The downtown bar, located at 223 S. Mission St., is reaching new
levels of recognition in the 5th Annual Central Michigan Life Readers’
Choice Awards.
Voters also said the Bird has the [...]

A local attorney has been voted Best Attorney of Central Michigan 2005
for the fifth consecutive year.
Joseph T. Barberi received 63 votes from Mount Pleasant residents
and students, faculty and staff from CMU during the 5th Annual Central
Michigan Life Readers’ Choice Awards survey.
Barberi said he contributes his success to his staff and the fact
his law firm [...]

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1. Best Apartment
1st Place: Deerfield
2nd Place: Tallgrass
3rd Place: Village at Bluegrass

2. Best Attorney
1st Place: Barberi
2nd Place: Bloehm
3rd Place: O’Neil

3. Best Auto Body Shop
1st Place: Pete’s
2nd Place: Krapohl
3rd Place: Heritage

4. Best Bank
1st Place: National City
2nd Place: Independent
3rd Place: Isabella Bank

5. Best Bar
1st Place: [...]

Want a bar with good-looking clientele and a good value for the money?
Look no further than Shaboom’s Pub Club.
The pub, 106 Court St., rocked to the top of the Best of Mount
Pleasant list with 67 votes for having the best value for the cover
charge. They also won for having the best-looking bar patrons, with 53
votes.
“I’m [...]