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Investigation finds MSU mishandled sexual assault cases

The Department of Education's Office of Civil Right's Office has found MSU did not resolve two separate cases quickly enough in accordance to OCR mandates. Three cases were found to be pending against MSU in February of 2014. In a letter to Deputy General Counsel Kristine Zayko, the office indicated MSU also did not notify students of the name or title of the Title IX Coordinator. "OCR determined that the University failed to adequately notify students and employees of the name or title of the Title IX Coordinator, and the University’s notice of nondiscrimination failed to indicate that inquiries could be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator or OCR’s Page 3 – Ms. Kristine Zayko Assistant Secretary as the Title IX implementing regulation requires.

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Freebies galore at Sparticipation

On Tuesday, students will have the opportunity to get some freebies and learn more about clubs and registered student organizations on campus. Sparticipation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cherry Lane Field.

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Week in Review: August 14, 2015

Here are the top stories for August 14. MSU Football held its media day earlier this week, where its goals for the season were discussed. Despite their recent success, including being ranked No.

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VIDEO: Violin and Piano duo rock MSU's Botanical Garden

Michigan State's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden hosted its third concert of the summer on Friday, Aug 7, when Oleg and Natalia Bezuglova performed a their duet at lunchtime.  The Bezuglova's are both graduate students here at MSU and their performance is exactly what organizers of the event had in mind when setting up the Music in the Garden program.  "This is exactly what we were shooting for on this sort of event," Botanical Technician Pete Murray said.

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Week in Review: August 7, 2015

Here are the top stories for the week of Aug. 7.  The 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference used MSU as a venue this week, with 15,000 boy scouts foraging onto campus just a week after the scouts voted to allow openly gay leaders.  Beginning on Monday and lasting until Saturday, the major events included a ribbon cutting where the Goodman Edson Observatory, a museum to the last 100 years of the Order of the Arrow, was opened.