Ex-football players sexual assault pretrial held off record
The pretrial conference for three former MSU football players accused of sexual assault was held off the record Wednesday morning.
The pretrial conference for three former MSU football players accused of sexual assault was held off the record Wednesday morning.
MSU has announced a new legal team as the current vice president for legal affairs and general counsel, Bob Noto, announced his retirement. Kristine Zayko, MSU's current deputy general counsel, will take over following Noto's retirement.
Melting snow, spring-like temperatures and heavy rainfall led to parts of campus being flooded. In response, the university has closed multiple roads and parking facilities.
Stop Spencer at Michigan State University held another discussion to give the community a chance to talk about Spencer's visit to MSU, scheduled for March 5.
Starting from the first day of Nassar's sentencing through Tuesday, the total number of criminal sexual conduct cases reported to MSU Police reached 84. Of the 84 cases, 70 could be tied to Nassar based on the location and year of occurrence.
Joshua King, Donnie Corley and Demetric Vance have a pretrial conference at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Veteran's Memorial Courthouse, 313 W Kalamazoo St.
Three new lawsuits were filed against MSU since Feb. 17, regarding the handling of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Kyle Stephens, a survivor of sexual abuse by ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, shares how her childhood trauma has impacted her as an adult and touches upon the healing process through a video on the Washington Post on Feb. 13.
A flood warning for the Lansing Area has been issued by the National Weather Service.
Teal ribbons and posters can be found across MSU's campus, from the Communication Arts and Sciences Building to the Hannah Administration Building to the trees outside.
MSU's undergraduate student government met with Trustee Brian Mosallam at its last general assembly meeting. The organization talked calls for resignations, working with Interim President John Engler, lack of awareness among MSU's administration, the appointment of a new president and more.
At the first MSU Board of Trustees meeting led by recently-appointed Interim President John Engler, the trustees commented on campus climate, health and wellness on campus, the appointment of personnel positions and other issues.
The Board of Trustees extended MSU's head football coach Mark Dantonio's contract and appointed Andrea Amalfitano as interim Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Beekman as interim athletic director and Carol Viventi as vice president and special counsel to the president.
During Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees discussed changes to health colleges and services, appointed personnel to new roles and commented on the campus climate.
ESPN's "Outside The Lines" released a report Thursday night detailing an alleged incident between a woman and freshman walk-on guard Brock Washington.
The MSU Board of Trustees is planning on holding its regularly scheduled meeting 9 a.m. Friday at the Hannah Administration Building.
Since the resignation of former MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, students, faculty, staff and the MSU community have engaged in several events in order to bring awareness to the survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, the Board of Trustees’ lack of transparency, MSU’s newly appointed interim president and more.
Ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will begin his life behind bars at a high-security federal prison in Tuscon, Arizona that specializes in treating sex offenders.
In the recent weeks, a new trend has caught the internet by storm — eating Tide pods. The internet has been full of pictures of the pods in recipes and jokes about consuming, but Olin Health Center and Sparrow Hospital have not seen any cases of consumption.
Appointed special prosecutor William Forsyth, who is in charge of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's investigation into MSU, is "under my direction," Schuette wrote in a letter obtained by the Detroit Free Press.