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MSU Student Urging Conservatives To Run For Student Government Gets Targeted For Using Student Government Logo

Kassy Akiva

Last Thursday, members of the general assembly of the Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) attempted to remove a student representative after he tried to encourage conservatives to run for the student government.

The controversy started after Sergei Kelley attempted to get more conservative students to run for ASMSU by reaching out to students on conservative email lists, asking them to fill out a survey about running for student government. When Kelley followed up with the students over email, his email signature included the student government logo, which some members of the student government have deemed inappropriate as attempting to represent the student government.

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