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MSU administrator got raise, resignation package after incidents

Alex Walters

May 16, 2024

On a Thursday last September, Michigan State University learned a senior administrator did two things: He pitched a financial quid-pro-quo to a vendor, and he sent a disturbed alum to a campus building where they were later arrested. Days later, the administrator got a five-figure raise, records show. Weeks later, he got a favorable resignation agreement including nearly $50,000 in transitional pay.

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MSU Graduate Employees Union ratifies contract granting higher wages, expanded healthcare, falls short of goals

Theo Scheer

May 15, 2024

A union of graduate students employed by Michigan State University has renewed its contract with the university, winning increased wages and expanded healthcare coverage but falling short of the group's original goals.

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Attorney general supports MSU’s refusal to publicize Nassar documents

Alex Walters

May 14, 2024

Michigan’s attorney general is supportive of Michigan State University’s refusal to publicly release the infamous Larry Nassar documents during her department’s investigation into them, her office said Tuesday.

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Activists support Strike for Rafah movement, call for divestment

Jaden Beard

May 10, 2024

MSU faculty members and student organizations gathered in downtown East Lansing Friday morning in support of the Global Strike for Rafah movement and to continue to call for MSU to divest from Israel. The group marched through campus to the Hannah Administration Building, where activists assembled on the steps of the building and called for divestment. 

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MSU changed its mind about releasing Nassar documents to the public

Alex Walters

May 6, 2024

Michigan State University did release some of the infamous “Larry Nassar documents” in response to a public records request — then changed its mind about the rest.

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Cost of board impropriety investigation tops $1.5 million

Theo Scheer

April 30, 2024

Costs associated with the outside investigation into impropriety within Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees have now topped $1.5 million dollars.

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MSU didn't address warning that its leadership was ill-prepared for emergency. Then the campus shooting happened.

Theo Scheer

April 29, 2024

The chaotic leadership response during and after the campus shooting disrupted the healing processes of victims and their families and interfered with MSU’s ability to respond to the crisis, according to outside reviews and previously unreleased documents obtained by The State News.

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MSU Gaza solidarity encampment ends; protestors disappointed by university response but remain undeterred

Amalia Medina

April 28, 2024

The Gaza solidarity encampment packed up and left last night after three days of camping on MSU campus. 

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MSU to expand surveillance system into East Lansing

Alex Walters  and  Theo Scheer

April 28, 2024

Michigan State University plans to expand its new centralized surveillance system into the city of East Lansing, a move experts say exacerbates current privacy and civil liberty concerns with the system. 

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Former MSU football coach Dantonio tells graduates to 'dream big and leave a legacy' at spring convocation

PJ Pfeiffer

April 26, 2024

Thousands of graduates and their family members and friends packed Breslin Center on Friday afternoon for the spring 2024 convocation, an event held for students who will be receiving bachelor’s degrees during the spring and summer 2024 semesters.

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MSU Gaza solidarity encampment protestors say morale is high after first night in camp

Emilio Perez Ibarguen  and  Amalia Medina

April 26, 2024

Student protestors in the Gaza solidarity encampment have been set up on MSU campus for over 24 hours now, waking up this morning to a breakfast of donated coffee and snacks following their first night in the tents. Morale is still high, they say.

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Live updates: Gaza solidarity encampment to continue through Sunday; group grows by nightfall

Emilio Perez Ibarguen ,  Alex Walters  and  Theo Scheer

April 25, 2024

Michigan State University students have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus, the latest and most extreme effort in their calls for the university to divest funds from Israel.

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MSU community wants campus shooting memorial to be a space of reflection, honoring

Theo Scheer

April 22, 2024

The Michigan State University community has weighed in on what the Feb. 13, 2023 memorial should be like.

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Everything you need to know for MSU spring commencement 2024

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

April 22, 2024

MSU's commencement ceremonies for graduating seniors will be held on April 26, 27 and 28 at the Breslin and Wharton Centers. Former MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio will be addressing all baccalaureate degree candidates at the Breslin Center on April 26 at 1 p.m.

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Vice President for Health Sciences to leave MSU

Vivian Barrett

April 19, 2024

On June 30, 2024, Michigan State University Vice President for Health Sciences Norm Beauchamp will leave MSU to take a new position at Georgetown University.

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Victims of hate crime want more security at MSU Library after injuries from attack

Ridhima Kodali

April 17, 2024

Bradley Cooper went to study with his boyfriend, Ryon Baldwin-Williams, at the main library of MSU's campus on April 15. Neither of them could have anticipated that both of them would end up injured and spend nine hours in the emergency room the same night. 

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MSU faculty, staff members write letter on concerns over Faculty Senate's divestment decision

Ridhima Kodali

April 16, 2024

Ninety Michigan State University faculty members have signed an open letter expressing their concerns to the MSU Faculty Senate over its decision last month to go against the resolution to divest from Israel’s military campaign.

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Recordings, texts show how student lost trust in embattled MSU trustees

Owen McCarthy

April 16, 2024

The hours of secretly-made tapes and hundreds of text messages — now shared with The State News — tell a fuller story, one of a student's month-long wrestling with whether to trust the trustees Dennis Denno and Rema Vassar.

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Seven suspects identified in hate crime, aggravated assault at MSU Library

Ridhima Kodali

April 15, 2024

A group of five suspects aggravatedly assaulted two victims based on sexual orientation bias at the Michigan State University Main Library, according to the police and public safety timely warning email sent out to MSU students and faculty April 15. The hate crime occurred at the Michigan State University Library at 5:45 p.m. and was reported to MSU police at 5:50 p.m. 

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MSU James Madison College to hold open forum in response to student calls for improved DEI efforts

Demonte Thomas

April 15, 2024

MSU's residential college in public affairs and international relations, James Madison College, is hosting an open forum tonight for students to discuss concerns regarding a lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in the college.