MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

January 29, 1997

President  McPherson  called  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  order  via
conference telephone call at 11:00 a.m. in the President's Office Conference Room.

Trustees present:  Dolores M. Cook, Dorothy Gonzalesy  Colleen McNamara/ Donald W.
Nugent, John D. Shingleton, Bob Traxler; and Robert E. Weiss.

Trustee absent:  Joel Ferguson.

University officers present:  President McPherson/ Provost Simon, Secretary Pogel,
General Counsel and Vice President Noto7 and Vice President Webster.  Others present
via telephone:  Roderick K. Daane, Attorney.

All actions taken were by unanimous vote of the Trustees present, unless otherwise
noted.

1.  On a motion  by  Mr. Nugent,  supported  by  Ms. McNamara;  THE  BOARD  VOTED  to

approve the proposed agenda.

2.  There were no requests to address the Board of Trustees.

3.  President McPherson reported there had been a request for the Board to meet in
Executive Session to consider material exempt from discussion or disclosure by
State  statute as  authorized  by  Section  8(e) and  8(h) of  the Michigan  Open
Meetings Act.

On a motion  by  Ms. Cook,  supported  by  Ms. Gonzales, A ROLL  CALL VOTE  was
conducted by Secretary Pogel.  The motion passed unanimously for the Board to
meet in Executive Session.

4.  Following the Executive Session, the meeting was called to order by President

McPherson.

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jRequest  for
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5.  On a motion by Mr. Weiss, supported by Ms. Cook, it was recommended that the
Board of Trustees authorize the administration to request reconsideration of
the Court of Appeals  decision of January  14, 1997 in the  case of Federated
Publications, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Michigan State University by filing
a motion for rehearing with the Court of Appeals.

Request Reconsider-
ation of Court
Decision in
Federated
[Publications case

On A ROLL CALL VOTE conducted by Secretary Pogel, THE BOARD VOTED to approve
the recommendation.  The vote was  4-3,  Trustees McNamara,  Shingleton,  and
Traxler voted No.

6.  On a motion  by  Mr. Nugent,  supported  by  Ms. Gonzales,  THE  BOARD  VOTED  to

adjourn.

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Peter McPherson, President

Nancy H. Pogel, Secretary

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