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Nassar Survivor Plots Potential MSU Board Of Trustees Run

Two separate photos edited together of Mike Balow standing outside next to the MSU campus Sparty statue and Travis Menge at the Lansing Center for the GOP nominating convention.
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Travis Menge and Mike Balow
Mike Balow (left) and Travis Menge (right) are the state Republican party nominees to serve on the MSU Board of Trustees.

A woman who says Michigan State University ignored her sexual assault complaints is considering a run for the school’s board of trustees.

Amanda Thomashow says a survivor of abuse by Larry Nassar. He’s the former MSU doctor who sexually assaulted his patients for years. Thomashow is a former gymnast who reported Nassar to school officials, but her complaint was swept under the rug.

Thomashow says she’ll likely decide within a couple weeks.

“I’ve always loved that school and I’m a little disappointed in them right now,” she says. “But I don’t think that that means they don’t have a chance to be better. And if I can be part of that positive change I definitely would like to.”

Thomashow attended a day at the state Capitol to call attention to sexual assault and abuse.

For months there have been calls for the entire MSU Board of Trustees to step down.

Thomashow says if she runs, it will be as a Democrat. Michigan Democrats will choose nominees for two vacancies on the board at a state party convention in August.

Before becoming the newest Capitol reporter for Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an attorney. She spent her days fighting it out in court as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County.
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