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GEU discusses potential strike platform

Stirring nervously in a cavernous, anonymous lecture hall and tapping a pencil against a desk, an MSU student waits to take a final exam — but it never comes. Because without teaching assistants to proctor for larger classes, some exams can’t be administered.

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Copyright confusion

It fills coursepacks, is printed on handouts and makes up many documents posted online — copyrighted material within the university is something most students and professors come across every day in their academic lives.

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U-M grad employees plan to stage walkout

Following a tense, five-month-long contract negotiation, the clock is ticking toward a walkout for graduate employees — but not at MSU. The University of Michigan’s union for graduate student employees, the Graduate Employees’ Organization, approved a plan to stage a two-day walkout today and Wednesday for all graduate student instructors and workers after the union and university were unable to agree to a contract.

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MSU drafts policy for learning assistants

Departments across campus soon might have a reference point for the training and duties required of undergraduate learning assistants as a drafted policy winds its way through MSU’s Academic Governance system.

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MSU e-mail could get major overhaul

Lack of storage, basic text features and a clunky interface — these are some of the complaints leveled against MSU’s e-mail system. But all of those issues could disappear if plans being explored by university officials to overhaul or eliminate the system come to fruition.

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MSU to test HDTV in campus housing

Clear, crisp high-definition television could be coming to campus next year. The MSU Telecommunication Systems Department is conducting a campuswide test until the end of the month that provides high-definition channels to students on campus.

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Medical students moving on

At the stroke of noon, Miguel Sanchez took his cell phone and what he considered to be one of the most important unopened envelopes he would ever hold into the hallway.

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Range to stay warm in winter

Michigan golfers are used to hibernating from November to late March, but the university’s golf course soon will be offering a way for locals to keep swinging during the winter.