At a meeting for campus workers in 2018, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement Vennie Gore said that “a very large majority of the women did not understand that it was a medical procedure."
In a series of secretive decisions, MSU canceled an art opening and added a disclaimer to the exhibition. The university later admitted it had acted in response to a complaint over a piece depicting a protest in support of Palestine. The closed-door discussions have sparked debate over censorship and academic freedom on campus.
MSU's internal communications throughout the Nassar saga — contained in 6,000 pages of documents released last week by the attorney general's office — show a constant push and pull between the PR pros tasked with salvaging the university's image, and the lawyers tasked with avoiding a large settlement.
Newly-public documents shed light on former MSU President Lou Anna Simon's handling of the Nassar scandal. Some internal communications cement popular negative opinions of her, while others show a president beset by the constraints of her office.
Long-secret documents reveal the ways MSU monitored and categorized survivors of Nassar’s abuse.
In long-secret documents, MSU’s lawyers and leaders say the Nassar issue is, to them, "a lot like the fight in a 'Rocky' movie."
The MSU Department of Police and Public safety released more photos this morning of the suspect in a sexual assault that was reported near the union last Thursday.
With less than 50 days to go until the highly anticipated Election Day, political organizations on MSU campus are getting to work. MSU Vote, MSU College Democrats and MSU College Republicans are making sure students are registered to vote and have the knowledge they need heading into the voting booth.
The firm representing former board chair Rema Vassar says MSU hasn't reimbursed its legal fees despite agreeing to.
An embattled member of MSU’s board asked administrators to secure favorable housing for the son of his boss, the then-chief of Lansing police.
Students will need to be aware of the possibility that the university may have oversold student section tickets, not expecting so many students to attend games.
MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz, in a statement Friday afternoon, called the conclusion of Attorney General Dana Nessel’s investigation into ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar an opportunity “to continue reflecting on our past, learning from it and building a safer, more accountable institution for the future.”
The Associated Students of Michigan State University spoke with President Kevin Guskiewicz at their General Assembly meeting last night, before passing bills to open more seats, stream meetings via Instagram and advocate to remove Justin Morrill's name from MSU's Agricultural Hall.
Michigan State University Department of Public Safety and Police sent out a campus-wide email Thursday night informing the community about a reported sexual assault on campus.
MSU dorms are overcrowded with students. Some rooms have an extra transitional roommate, making living arrangements more cramped. Though MSU is filtering students out to permanent housing, the situation is putting stress on housing services and students alike.
A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck outside the Curious Book Shop on Grand River Ave. Thursday afternoon.
Michigan State University students, staff, and faculty, alongside East Lansing first responders, came together to pay tribute to the first responders that lost their lives answering the call following the September 11th attacks.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday that her investigation into MSU's handling of Larry Nassar has concluded. The 6,000 long-withheld additional documents relating to the scandal, which were handed over to Nessel in March, contained information that was "embarrassing" for MSU, but not "incriminating."
MSU has a lot of interim administrators. Faculty say that, in many cases, that's a bad thing, especially when those interim administrators are rushed into positions lacking the institutional and day-to-day knowledge to be effective. On the other hand, faculty say, some interim administrators are especially willing to make necessary changes before their limited time is up.
A report is set to be released this evening calling into question the death of Brendan Santo, a Grand Valley State University student who went missing on MSU’s campus in October of 2021. Oakland County's Chief Medical Examiner Ljubisa Dragovic believes Santo’s case should have been left ‘undetermined’ rather than closed, as no water was found in his lungs during the autopsy.