Survivors and parents value integrity in trustee candidates
Parents of Sister Survivors Engage interviewed all four MSU trustee candidates. Here's what they learned.
Parents of Sister Survivors Engage interviewed all four MSU trustee candidates. Here's what they learned.
To promote exercise on campus, participants walked quarter-mile laps around the indoor track of IM East fitness center.
"And here we are now over 100 years later," MSU alumna Lauren Dietz said. "And those women, that 17 women really started something, giving me goosebumps.”
At the ASMSU committee meetings on Oct. 13, one bill was delayed and one bill was passed despite sparse attendance rates.
Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced his resignation from Michigan State on Thursday. Leading up to that was over a month of controversy surrounding discussion of his contract. The State News has broken down the timeline of events that led to Stanley leaving the university.
"We are in the middle of a transitionary period," ASMSU President Jo Kovach said. "This will always be uncomfortable and things will be unexpected, but I'm hoping this is a good thing and we'll come out of this better because Spartans deserve better."
"Whether they personally have dealt with something or know someone affected by (mental health), I'm sure everyone can relate to it," Junior Jamie Delas said.
Professor Felicia Wu said she was devastated when she heard the news of Stanley’s resignation. “I could not imagine a better president for our university,” Wu said.
In the statement, the board expressed appreciation for Stanley's service and stated it will cooperate with Stanley during the resignation process.
"It's very confusing to be a student right now." MSU students express confusion over a lack of transparency surrounding the events that led to President Stanley's resignation.
President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. has given the Board of Trustees a 90-day notice of resignation.
“A lot of people don’t know what service animals do,” MSU Leader Dog Club Secretary Camille Davis said. “And especially leader dogs, how much they can make a difference in someone’s life.”
“It’s really helpful when people kind of understand your situation a little bit … to help you to be more connected and empowered in the community,” RCPD Director Michael Hudson said. “I didn’t walk in thinking I was going to be blind someday, but it can happen to any of us. Life happens and being able to realize that there is a path forward under almost every tough situation.”
"The board is saying it can do whatever it wants regarding personnel matters if they're in the interest of the university according to the board," Senator Jack Lipton said. "If they are able to dig down into the university and talk to individual faculty members or find anything to be a 'matter of concern,' then all of us are in danger."
The board’s statement says that Quinn Emanuel has been hired for two investigations. The first is an assessment of the Title IX office and the second is around the circumstances of Gupta’s departure.
These 12 students have been selected to represent MSU as members of this year's homecoming court, an achievement considered to be of one of the highest honors for seniors.
"Our First Fridays program provides students with unique and just outright fun ways to explore the museum outside of our normal hours," MSU Museum Graduate Assistant Berkley Sorrells said in a press release. "From dancing with the dinosaurs to carnival games, it has been very exciting to help develop engaging events to welcome MSU students into the museum."
Once-donated items to the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center are now being used by MSU Arts and Humanities students to construct costumes for the homecoming parade on Oct. 14.
“I felt insult and disgust,” Rocky Ratliff, an attorney for the survivors said. “It's like they just spit in our face, like they don't really care — and not just my face, (but also) the face of about every other survivor, including those that have fought very valiantly and hard in their cases.”
“Nothing is gained from a vote of no confidence. However, it sends a powerful message that we, the undergraduate community, are strongly in opposition to the current conduct of this board.” ASMSU voices its opposition to the Board of Trustees' actions and calls on members to resign.