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Associated Students of MSU reform presidential elections, advocate for student input in Berkey Hall decisions

Kaspar Haehnle

February 16, 2024

The Associated Students of MSU voted in favor of a popular voting system that would allow MSU students to vote for the student body president, the East Lansing City Council adopting a ceasefire resolution to the Israel-Hamas war, and student involvement in the Berkey Hall decision making process at last night's general assembly meeting.  

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Students are demanding divestment, but MSU says doing so isn’t practical

Alex Walters  and  Owen McCarthy

February 16, 2024

If MSU wanted to act on their demands, a complex web of outside asset managers and contractually-bound investments would put the university in a bind – without much control over its own endowment.

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MSU already spent over $500k on investigation into allegations of board chair misconduct

Theo Scheer

February 15, 2024

An outside investigation into allegations that board chair Rema Vassar violated board bylaws and university policies has cost Michigan State University $500,669.98 as of Nov. 30 2023.

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MSU community gathers to reflect on one-year anniversary of campus shooting at remembrance event

Demonte Thomas

February 14, 2024

The MSU community came together for a remembrance gathering last night to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 13, 2023 campus mass shooting that killed three students, injured five students, and continues to affect the community. 

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Spartan advocates for gun control hope for continued reform

Ridhima Kodali

February 14, 2024

While MSU's advocates on the frontlines of rallies after the MSU Feb. 13 mass shooting have seen legislation change around guns, they believe there is still work to be done.

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'Spartans protecting Spartans': First responders share their experiences on Feb. 13

Hannah Holycross

February 13, 2024

MSU Chief of Police Chris Rozman was at his home the night of Feb. 13 when he first got word that there was a potential active shooter on campus. Now, first responders from the night of Feb. 13 look back at their experiences from that night.

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'She was an experience': Arielle Anderson's family remembers her selflessness, dedication

Alex Walters

February 13, 2024

Arielle Anderson’s family sat down with The State News to talk about their beloved daughter, niece, and granddaughter. They spoke about her with measureless admiration, often in present tense.

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Sheer numbers can’t explain the layered pain of school shootings

Alex Walters ,  Bella Johnson  and  Audrey Richardson

February 13, 2024

The story of what happened that night became simple to the nation: three dead, five wounded in shooting at MSU. But that distillation is a disservice to the totality of what MSU experienced that night, and what other shooting sites have experienced.

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For MSU professor who witnessed campus shooting, joy paves the road to healing

Amalia Medina

February 13, 2024

Everything that grounds Marco Díaz Muñoz — hibiscus in the backyard, leaves changing colors, memories of childhood, brushstrokes on canvas, quiet churches, and teaching — brings him joy. And that is how he heals from the day that changed his life forever. 

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MSU students decorate luminary displays for one-year anniversary of campus shooting

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 12, 2024

MSU students gathered at the Breslin Center Monday evening to pick up and decorate memorial luminaries in preparation for the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 13 campus shooting. Students said a sense of community and solidarity among students is important as the campus observes the anniversary this week.

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MDHHS announces new firearm storage safety law in Michigan to go in effect

Anna Rossow

February 12, 2024

MDHHS announced a new firearm safety law that will go into effect Feb. 13. The law, Public Act 17 of 2023, requires safe storage of firearms to prevent access to minors. According to the MDHHS, the act requires Michigan residents to “keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that a minor is likely to be present on the premises.”

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The Spartan Strong Fund: Where the money has gone so far

Owen McCarthy

February 12, 2024

In the wake of the Feb. 13, 2023 shooting, Michigan State University received calls from community members asking how they could provide monetary support to those most impacted. In response, MSU established the Spartan Strong Fund, which raised $2 million. Here's where that money has gone so far.

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MSU Museum preserves items from memorials created in wake of campus shooting

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 11, 2024

In the weeks following the Feb. 13, 2023 shooting on MSU's campus, the MSU Museum began the process of preserving, digitizing, and archiving the thousands of items that were left at memorial sites across campus. From handwritten notes to stuffed animals, the museum plans to add all memorial items to its Cultural Collection, which will likely take another year to complete.

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MSU professors navigate student wellbeing nearing Feb. 13, struggle with lack of university guidance

Hannah Locke

February 9, 2024

MSU professors try to make accommodations for students as the one-year mark of the Feb. 13 shooting on MSU's campus nears. Without clear guidance from the university, many are finding this prospect difficult and are unable to support their students.

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Seven additional individuals charged in connection to 2021 MSU fraternity hazing death

Owen McCarthy

February 9, 2024

Seven additional individuals have been charged with hazing resulting in death after Phat Nguyen, an MSU business college student died of alcohol intoxication in 2021 at a welcome event at the now-disbanded Pi Alpha Phi fraternity.

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MSU's secret steam tunnels reveal hidden history beneath our feet

Theo Scheer

February 8, 2024

The university has taken great steps to draw attention away from what’s beneath campus’ surface. But despite its efforts, intrigue and a lack of security has kept the student body talking about — and sometimes entering — the world below their feet for decades.

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'I'm tired': ASMSU vice president of academic affairs resigns due to marginalization, isolation

Kaspar Haehnle  and  Jack Williams

February 7, 2024

"This is not a welcoming place of work and has not been for the three years I've been involved," Alissa Hakim wrote in the letter. "I am so appreciative of all the opportunities I've been granted and for all the relationships I’ve built, but it's not enough. I'm tired. I'm drained. This isn't one of those jobs where you pour from your cup and others pour back. It's a job where you have to work for everyone, even people that look at you as a monster."

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Changes to MSU student rights document make it easier to investigate policy violations, protecting those who report them

Theo Scheer

February 7, 2024

Michigan State University has made it easier to investigate a variety of policy violations and protect those who report them.

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'Whiplash' actor Miles Teller visits local bar Crunchy's, some MSU students catch a glimpse

Ridhima Kodali

February 6, 2024

Michigan State University students soaked up the more forgiving weather as they lined up outside local East Lansing bar Crunchy's, waiting to meet "Top Gun: Maverick" star Miles Teller. However, not everyone was able to make it through the pear green door. 

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MSU police respond to false alarm of weapon in Engineering Building

Staff Reports

February 6, 2024

MSU Police and Public Safety officers responded to a false alarm call from someone who reported seeing a person inside of the Engineering Building holding what they thought might be a weapon this afternoon. The officers determined that the item the person was holding was not a weapon.