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MSU Academic Governance bylaws on hold

Updates to MSU’s Academic Governance bylaws failed to move past Faculty Council for the second time this academic year after members sent the final substantive piece back to the committee-level Tuesday.

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MSU, WJR continue radio agreement

A deal completed Tuesday by MSU and Detroit radio station WJR (760-AM) would continue to give the station exclusive radio broadcast rights to MSU athletics until 2020, a university official said.

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State GOP leader Bishop proposes public employee pay cuts

Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, announced a budget plan that could save the state between $2.24 and $2.6 billion during a Tuesday press conference. In the plan, all public employees — which includes MSU staff members — would receive a 5 percent pay reduction and would be frozen at that rate for three years. The public servant pay cut would comprise the largest portion of savings at an estimated $1.2 billion.

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Simon's salary in middle of Big Ten

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s two-year track record of declining salary increases is part of an emerging trend at public universities, according to a survey released Monday by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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ASMSU plans Dubai inclusion

For MSU students in Dubai, taxation without representation is a reality. For the past two years, MSU Dubai students have paid the $16.75 ASMSU tax and not received benefits, such as free blue books and legal counsel, available to students in East Lansing.

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Students volunteer time for MLK Day

For Raven Lewis, the ability to participate in a community service project Monday was something she knew she could not take for granted. “Fifty years ago I wouldn’t have been able to go to MSU because blacks weren’t allowed to step foot on campus,” Lewis said.