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Student claimed MSU retaliated against her for reported assault

Simon Schuster
April 2, 2014

As the Department of Education investigates MSU’s response to reports of sexual assault and harassment, documents obtained by The State News from a Freedom of Information Act request reveal allegations leveled at the university span over three years and three separate cases. The documents provide a new level of insight into the federal investigations, one of which has not yet concluded close to 33 months after it began.

MICHIGAN

Obama: Higher wages would help students

Michael Kransz  and  Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
April 2, 2014

ANN ARBOR — President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Michigan on Wednesday to rally support for raising the federal minimum wage, a change he said could drive down student loan reliance.In front of hundreds of students, many of whom had camped overnight earlier in the week to receive their admission tickets, Obama addressed what he called a need for fair wages in America.

MICHIGAN

Local taxi drivers speak out at city council meeting

Erik Sargent
April 1, 2014

The city of East Lansing continues to struggle with an overload of available taxi services operating in the city, and local taxi drivers are starting to speak out.At the East Lansing city council meeting Tuesday night, cab drivers from the East Lansing cab company Shaggin' Wagon Taxi spoke out about the current cab situation, citing too many licensed cab drivers in the city taking away business from them.According to a previous interview with East Lansing city clerk Marie Wicks, there are over 190 licensed taxis with permits in the city.On top of that, there are plenty of other taxi services available that aren't licensed and are just started up by people who want to make some extra money.

MICHIGAN

MSU could lose $500k for union affiliation

Olivia Dimmer
April 1, 2014

A recent state subcommittee proposal could cut $500,000 out of MSU’s appropriations because of the university’s involvement with union-building workshops. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education approved a budget on March 27 that included new language requiring public universities to “not participate in any instructional activity that encourages or discourages union organizing of employees.”

MICHIGAN

Dodging the competition

Erik Sargent
March 27, 2014

T hrowing, ducking, jumping and dodging are all necessary moves for success at an MSU club dodgeball practice.

MICHIGAN

Vets of a different breed

Sara Konkel
March 26, 2014

When long-time MSU Veterinary Medical Center client Cory Russell trailered her horse Ben to East Lansing from her home in Chelsea, Mich., for surgery, she had little hope he would pull through.“He was (laying) down in the trailer on the ride up there and the vet said to me, ‘Cory, it’s not looking good. I need to warn you,’” she said.

MICHIGAN

Snyder: Gay marriages valid, but no benefits yet

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
March 26, 2014

Gov. Rick Snyder declared the marriages of about 300 same-sex couples married in Michigan valid Wednesday, but newlyweds shouldn’t expect to see full marriage benefits yet. In a statement, Snyder said the state would recognize the legality of the same-sex marriages that took place on Saturday after U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman’s ruling struck down the ban.