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• Graduate employees union's new contract takes effect

  Updated Wed 11:46pm

  After months of negotiations with the university, the Graduate Employees Union’s new three-year contract will go into effect tomorrow.

  The contract was ratified by 97 percent of the union’s general membership through an online vote with no changes from the tentative agreement the union reached with the university on April 22.

• Trustees to vote on new position, linking programs

  Updated Wed 11:45pm

  After an eight-year, $1.4 billion campaign ended in October, the MSU Board of Trustees is considering linking two of the university’s largest outreach programs to help increase fundraising.

  At its meeting Friday, the board will vote to add a vice president for advancement that would oversee University Development and the MSU Alumni Association.

  “It seems to be a trend across the country,” Trustee Colleen McNamara said.

• Barreled over

  Updated Wed 11:31pm

  From the images of Spartans lining the halls of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building to the railings on the walkways of the new Farm Lane, construction projects across MSU are working toward a changed campus within the next year. While 34 buildings deemed too expensive to repair are being demolished at Spartan Village, Wharton Center is receiving its first repairs in 25 years.