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Fix centering of committee #12

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72 changes: 35 additions & 37 deletions authesis.cls
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% AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
% LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
% OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
% SOFTWARE.
% SOFTWARE.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2025/11/01]
\ProvidesClass{authesis}[2026/06/03 v1.0.0 Auburn University Graduate School Dissertation/Thesis]
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\newcommand{\degreetype}[1]{\def\@degreetype{#1}}
\newcommand{\keywords}[1]{\def\@keywords{#1}}
\newcommand{\committee}[1]{\def\@committee{#1}}
\newcommand{\committeemember}[1]{\item{\hspace{-1.5em}#1}}
\newcommand{\committeemember}[1]{\item\parbox[t]{\textwidth}{\centering #1}}
\ifdissertation
\def\thesistype{dissertation}
\else
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\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
\newgeometry{margin=1in,top=2in,bottom=1in}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\newpage
\singlespacing
\begin{singlespace}
\begin{center}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\tagstructbegin{tag=Title}
\tagmcbegin{tag=Title}
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\tagpdfsetup{para/tagging=true}
\tagmcend
\tagstructend

%
\vspace{\baselineskip}

%
by \par

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\vspace{\baselineskip}

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\@author\par

\vspace{4\baselineskip}

%
\vspace{4\baselineskip}
%
% Handle default degree type
\ifdefined\@degreetype
\def\@@degreetype{\@degreetype}
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in partial fulfillment of the\\
requirements for the Degree of\\
\@@degreetype \par

%
\vspace{\baselineskip}

%
Auburn, Alabama \par
\@date \par

\vspace{4\baselineskip}

\ifdefined\@keywords
Keywords: \@keywords \par
\vspace{2\baselineskip}
\fi

\ifcopyright
Copyright {\the\year{}} by \@author \par
\vspace{2\baselineskip}
\fi

Approved by\par
\begin{itemize}[label={}]
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}
\centering
\@committee
\end{itemize}
\end{center}
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\vspace{4\baselineskip}
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\ifdefined\@keywords
Keywords: \@keywords \par
\vspace{2\baselineskip}
\fi
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\ifcopyright
Copyright {\the\year{}} by \@author \par
\vspace{2\baselineskip}
\fi
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Approved by\par
\end{center}
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0em \itemsep=0pt}
\sloppy
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\@committee
\end{list}
\end{singlespace}
\restoregeometry
}

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\RequirePackage[backend=biber, biblabel=brackets, defernumbers=true]{biblatex}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\citenum}{}{\bibhyperref{\printfield{labelnumber}}}{\multicitedelim}{}
\setlength{\bibitemsep}{\baselineskip}
\AtBeginBibliography{\singlespacing}
\AtBeginBibliography{\singlespacing}
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% one entry per committee member
\committee{
\committeemember Bob Barnard, Chair, Professor of Nutritional Sciences
\committeemember Charlie Clarke, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
\committeemember Dan Drower, Professor of Nutritional Sciences
\committeemember Eve Earlsfield, Professor of English
\committeemember{Bob Barnard, Chair, Professor of Nutritional Sciences}
\committeemember{Charlie Clarke, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences with a Really Really Really Really Really Really Long Title}
\committeemember{Dan Drower, Professor of Nutritional Sciences}
\committeemember{Eve Earlsfield, Professor of English}
}
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