MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and members of the Board of Trustees addressed several controversies and the current campus climate surrounding MSU at Friday morning's Board of Trustees meeting.
It was a long night in room 116 of the Eppley Center, where ASMSU met this past Thursday night. Despite the length of time ASMSU met, there was not a lot achieved.
After learning about the allegations of sexual abuse against former MSU faculty member Larry Nassar, MSU alumna Catherine Hannum sent an email to MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon detailing her interactions with Nassar. MSU has not reached out to past Nassar patients, according to Hannum’s letter.
MSU’s Board of Trustees met for its second meeting of 2017 Friday morning. Amidst controversy, the board addressed issues regarding ex-MSU employee Larry Nassar, Trustee Mitch Lyons’ controversial tweet and other cases on sexual assault and harassment. Here are other highlights and big takeaways from the meeting.
The current limited operations and temporary suspension of MSU’s Gamma-Omicron Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha are a direct result of a violation in self-imposed probationary terms, chapter president Daniel Morehouse confirmed.
MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages retired from her position Tuesday amidst allegations she discouraged athletes from reporting sexual abuse.
After a long time in the making, the Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU’s Safe Ride Initiative might finally see the light of day in the form of a pilot program.
Now that the semester in full swing, and ASMSU has settled back in, it is worth taking a look at what projects ASMSU looks to work on and get done this spring semester.
MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages retired amid her suspension from MSU on Feb. 14, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed via email.
In the past week, new charges have been brought against former MSU employee Larry Nassar, and new plaintiffs might to be added to the lawsuit against him.
The Office of Institutional Equity at MSU was created almost two years ago, but students might still be unfamiliar with the office and how it works. The office was created in April 2015 as a way to review discrimination, harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking concerns.
On Saturday afternoon, a large group of students and other Michiganians, both male and female, gathered at the Rock on Farm Lane to show their support for Planned Parenthood.
Members of the MSU and surrounding communities gathered at the Rock on Farm Lane Thursday to stand in solidarity with students affected by the executive order on immigration and the F1 visa. The event was called Academics United - No Visa and Immigration Ban MSU Rally.
“Pics of your dress are required ... Discreetly of course,” John T. Madden, the director of the Spartan Marching Band, wrote in a text message to an MSU student on Feb. 20, 2016 at about 10:42 p.m. This information was found in documents obtained by The State News. The documents were given to The State News from a victim of sexual harassment.
Two motions were filed in Grand Rapids on Tuesday to add five new plaintiffs to a lawsuit against former MSU employee Larry Nassar.
Former MSU basketball star Mateen Cleaves will be in Genesee County Circuit Court on March 27 for arguments on the appeal of a sexual assault case that was dismissed on Dec. 5, 2016.
A first-generation Muslim American, Lyman Briggs freshman Maya Al-saghir is personally affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order which bans citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the United States.
Eli Broad has urged senators to vote in opposition to Betsy DeVos' nomination for secretary of education. Broad wrote a letter to senators Kentucky Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) Wednesday encouraging them to vote 'no' on her confirmation.
International students from any of the seven countries affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order are advised to not leave the country until the situation changes, MSU College of Law professor and Immigration Law Clinic member David Thronson said.
MSU's Gamma-Omicron Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha has been placed on limited operations by Lambda Chi Alpha Inc. and has been suspended by MSU's Interfraternity Council. The Gamma-Omicron Zeta chapter is currently under investigation in Lambda Chi Alpha's headquarters.