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The Michigan State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to revoke an honorary doctorate of law degree bestowed upon Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1990. This is the first time an honorary degree has been revoked in school’s history. President Mugabe’s policies have be largely rebuked by the international community as not being complicit with the needs and demands of his people and earlier this year after losing the most recent election Mugabe refused to surrender his post, asserting tampering with the ballots. The Michigan State student government has been pushing for the board to revoke Mugabe’s degree for several years. In 2005 the Academic Assembly passed a bill that demanded the removal of Mugabe’s degree, and in 2007 the Student Assembly passed a similar bill reiterating the students’ demands.

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