Letters to the editor: Community reacts to administration response
Editor's note: The following are letters sent to The State News about recent events. Only mild edits have occurred for spelling or brevity.
Editor's note: The following are letters sent to The State News about recent events. Only mild edits have occurred for spelling or brevity.
For the Spartan community to continue its revolution, we have to remain vigilant in all circumstances. We have to question every alleged perpetrator, scrutinize every possible enabler and fight every incident of potential abuse.
As the Spartan hockey team continues its fight to finish the season strong, sophomore forwards Taro Hirose and Patrick Khodorenko and freshman Mitch Lewandowski secure 48 percent of the total points for the entire team.
The New York Times Editorial Board called for the MSU Board of Trustees to resign and for Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan legislature to remove them if they refuse.
The City of East Lansing has a new city clerk — and she's "always been intrigued by election work."
A junior hockey player could travel to different cities to play, but as a minor they will have to move in with a billet family — a host family to provide a home and support during school and the hockey season.
Ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar began day one of his Eaton County sentencing for three counts of criminal sexual conduct Wednesday morning.
After trailing Penn State 41-29 with 15:23 to play, MSU (21-3, 9-3 Big Ten) used red-hot shooting to win its fifth-straight Wednesday night, defeating the Nittany Lions (15-9, 5-6) at the Breslin Center, 76-68.
MSU students participating in a sit-in at the Hannah Administration building could be arrested at 5:30 p.m., if they do not leave the room.
Making good on its promise, the Steering Committee, composed of faculty liaisons to the MSU Board of Trustees, called for a vote of no confidence in the board following the appointment of former Michigan governor John Engler as interim MSU president.
MSU’s chapter of the Delta Chi Fraternity has been suspended for “at least 4 years,” according to an email obtained by The State News.
Amid an investigative report that alleges Izzo mishandled multiple claims that different MSU players participated in sexual assault and violence against women in 2010, the No. 5 Spartans (20-3, 8-2 Big Ten) host Penn State (15-8, 5-5) looking for their fifth-straight win.
This is a weekly series in which The State News asks seven questions to a MSU ice hockey player. This week's player is junior forward Cody Milan.
MSU's reported intent to appoint former Governor John Engler as interim president has been met with backlash from some.
The MSU Steering Committee released a statement Tuesday and said it will call for a vote of no confidence in the Board of Trustees if former governor John Engler is appointed interim president.
To get a better understanding of MSU’s next opponent, The State News caught up with Vincent Lungaro, men’s basketball beat reporter for The Daily Collegian, Penn State’s student publication.
Attorney General Bill Schuette called for increased transparency at Michigan universities as a part of his gubernatorial campaign, but a watchdog group says Schuette has struggled with transparency himself.
Engler, an MSU alumnus, is expected to take over as an outside hire while the Board of Trustees looks for a permenant replacement for President Lou Anna K. Simon, who resigned last week after the fallout of the Larry Nassar case. He is expected to be appointed at Wednesday's board special meeting at 9 a.m.
MSU donor Peter Secchia, under fire for his recent comments regarding Larry Nassar, has made donations related to former Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth, who is leading Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s investigation of MSU.
Former MSU men's basketball player and coach Travis Walton denied allegations made in ESPN's most recent "Outside The Lines" report.