Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 29, 2008 A Galveston Island resident writes in this guest column that citizens need to rally and raise awareness and support for UTMB. The spirit that makes Galveston so unique is worth saving, as is the excellence of UTMB. "The research and education components of UTMB are exceptional. Our graduates outperform the graduates of every other Texas state medical school in successfully passing the state boards ... better than UT Houston, UT San Antonio, Southwestern in Dallas, etc. . . . We Galvestonians aren't going to lie down and play dead. We need to help."