EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MSU to host annual Juneteenth event
Michigan State University will host its fourth annual Juneteenth celebration in the Breslin Center on June 14, from 5 - 8:30 p.m.
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Two men charged in MSU armed robbery
Two Lansing-area men were charged today in connection with an armed robbery that set off a campus-wide emergency alert at Michigan State University last week.
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Afrofuturism and Quilts: Artists tell stories of a Black, liberated Future in MSU Union Exhibit
The MSU Union Art Gallery, in collaboration with the MSU Museum, The Quilt Index and the MSU African American and African Studies (AAAS) Department, has created an exhibition dedicated to Afrofuturism, exploring the past and envisioning the future, and different stories told through quilting.
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MSU’s updated Anti-Discrimination Policy delayed by federal changes
New federal regulations are stalling the implementation of Michigan State University’s updated Anti-Discrimination Policy, delaying the long-anticipated revisions until the fall.
BUSINESS
Brothers win Student Startup of the Year Award for MedTech startup, Reel Free
The Student Start Up of the Year Award was given to Reel Free, a medical technology, or MedTech, startup co-founded by brothers Alexander and Austin Pollock and supported by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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$100 billion ransom threat is not credible, MSUPD says
Michigan State University's Department of Police and Public Safety has confirmed that a "vague and nonspecific threat" sent across Michigan Wednesday night is not credible.
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MSU University Health and Wellbeing, Rec Fitness to hold yoga In Beal Botanical Garden this summer
MSU University Health and Wellbeing, in a collaborative initiative between Recreational Sports and Fitness Services and Beal Botanical Garden are hosting free yoga sessions throughout the summer season.
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MSU DPPS to test emergency alerts on Tuesday as part of new system upgrades
Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety, or MSU DPPS, announced that starting on May 21 at 10 a.m. as a first test, a semesterly alert upgrade will take place for students at the university and some surrounding areas in Ingham County. This brand new system will “provide emergency notifications and timely warnings to the Spartan community,” according to a news release from DPPS.
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MSU administrator got raise, resignation package after incidents
On a Thursday last September, Michigan State University learned a senior administrator did two things: He pitched a financial quid-pro-quo to a vendor, and he sent a disturbed alum to a campus building where they were later arrested. Days later, the administrator got a five-figure raise, records show. Weeks later, he got a favorable resignation agreement including nearly $50,000 in transitional pay.
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MSU Graduate Employees Union ratifies contract granting higher wages, expanded healthcare, falls short of goals
A union of graduate students employed by Michigan State University has renewed its contract with the university, winning increased wages and expanded healthcare coverage but falling short of the group's original goals.
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Attorney general supports MSU’s refusal to publicize Nassar documents
Michigan’s attorney general is supportive of Michigan State University’s refusal to publicly release the infamous Larry Nassar documents during her department’s investigation into them, her office said Tuesday.
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MSU changed its mind about releasing Nassar documents to the public
Michigan State University did release some of the infamous “Larry Nassar documents” in response to a public records request — then changed its mind about the rest.
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Cost of board impropriety investigation tops $1.5 million
Costs associated with the outside investigation into impropriety within Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees have now topped $1.5 million dollars.
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MSU didn't address warning that its leadership was ill-prepared for emergency. Then the campus shooting happened.
The chaotic leadership response during and after the campus shooting disrupted the healing processes of victims and their families and interfered with MSU’s ability to respond to the crisis, according to outside reviews and previously unreleased documents obtained by The State News.
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MSU to expand surveillance system into East Lansing
Michigan State University plans to expand its new centralized surveillance system into the city of East Lansing, a move experts say exacerbates current privacy and civil liberty concerns with the system.
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Former MSU football coach Dantonio tells graduates to 'dream big and leave a legacy' at spring convocation
Thousands of graduates and their family members and friends packed Breslin Center on Friday afternoon for the spring 2024 convocation, an event held for students who will be receiving bachelor’s degrees during the spring and summer 2024 semesters.
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MSU Gaza solidarity encampment protestors say morale is high after first night in camp
Student protestors in the Gaza solidarity encampment have been set up on MSU campus for over 24 hours now, waking up this morning to a breakfast of donated coffee and snacks following their first night in the tents. Morale is still high, they say.
STUDENTS
After 30 years, MSU student returns to campus to finish degree
Tina McGinnis dropped out of MSU in 1990 to support her family after a drunk driver killed her father. For most of her adult life, when she would hear MSU's alma mater "MSU Shadows," she would cry because it reminded her of a "missed opportunity." In spring 2023 McGinnis returned to MSU to finish her degree and will graduate on Saturday, April 27.
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Live updates: Gaza solidarity encampment to continue through Sunday; group grows by nightfall
Michigan State University students have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus, the latest and most extreme effort in their calls for the university to divest funds from Israel.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: The best MSU FOIA redactions of 2023-2024
This academic year, we filed hundreds of requests with Michigan State University’s Freedom of Information Act Office. Sometimes, the redactions are quite funny — at least to FOIA nerds like us. We’ve compiled the funniest FOIA redactions of this academic year.