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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls b/macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
index b7d90a5fc7..07e3fee9c3 100644
--- a/macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
@@ -168,11 +168,12 @@
% Version 3.4 2022/06/30 Added a starred version of \makecopyrightpage;
% removed colons from captions;
% updated documentation on algorithms and captions
+% Version 3.5 2022/08/15 Added \setabstractnamespace to allow user control over thesis office idiocy
%
% Report bugs/problems/questions to <amunn@msu.edu>
%
-\def\msu@version{3.4}
-\def\msu@date{2022/06/30}
+\def\msu@version{3.5}
+\def\msu@date{2022/08/15}
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{msu-thesis}[\msu@date\space Michigan State University Thesis Class version \msu@version]
\newif\ifmsu@dissertation\msu@dissertationtrue % added v2.7 boolean for \msu@thesistype
@@ -506,6 +507,11 @@
\feetbelowfloat % footnotes will appear below bottom floats
% set up abstract and public abstract
+% The thesis office is inconsistent in how they measure what they call a "double space".
+% Adding a fudge factor that can be changed at the user level (v3.5 8/15/2022)
+% We'll set it to 1 for the moment; 0 is what should be 1 double space, but they seem to want more
+\newcommand\setabstractnamespace[1]{\gdef\msu@abstractnamespacefactor{#1}}
+\setabstractnamespace{1}
\renewenvironment{abstract}{%
\setlength{\afterchapskip}{\onelineskip} % changed 2020/12/14 again removed manual spacing from 2016
\chapter*{\abstractname}
@@ -514,7 +520,7 @@
\begin{center}
\MakeUppercase{\thetitle}\plainbreak{1}By\plainbreak{1}\theauthor
\end{center}
-% \plainbreak{-.5} % changed 2016/06/08 after complaints
+ \plainbreak{\msu@abstractnamespacefactor} % changed 2016/06/08 after complaints
\DoubleSpacing
}{\par}
%