Hundreds march to support survivors of Nassar's abuse
Roughly 500 students attended the March for Survivors and Change at MSU Friday evening to stand in solidarity with survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse.
Roughly 500 students attended the March for Survivors and Change at MSU Friday evening to stand in solidarity with survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse.
Football head coach Mark Dantonio denies ESPN’s ‘Outside The Lines’ report released Friday afternoon just before the men's basketball game against Wisconsin Friday night.
The report states former MSU assistant basketball coach Travis Walton assaulted a female student and allegedly took part in the rape of another student, while little action was taken by head coach Tom Izzo or other high ranking officials.
MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis is done at MSU.
MSU's Board of Trustees appointed William "Bill" Beekman as interim president in a board meeting Friday. The trustees, many of them visibly emotional, also read statements and apologies.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will hold a media conference on his office's investigation into MSU's handling of sexual assault allegations.
MSU did not publicize the fact that 16 football players were accused of sexual assault and violence, according to an investigative report by ESPN's Outside the Lines.
Former MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s resignation is uncharted territory for the university. While investigations continue to reveal what Simon knew and when, more questions remain regarding her husband, Roy Simon’s, role at MSU.
Vice president and secretary of Board of Trustees Bill Beekman appointed acting president following Simon's resignation.
Amid the sentencing and notoriety of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's scandal, MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis tendered his retirement Friday.
MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis is expected to resign Friday morning, according to the Detroit Free Press.
But within the confines of the world-renowned stadium, the MSU pep band was overheard chanting a simple phrase: "We are not Penn State."
MSU's Board of Trustees will hold a public meeting Friday to discuss MSU's presidential transition.
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows and Mayor Pro Tem Erik Altmann called for the MSU Board of Trustees to resign. Other councilmembers commented on the trustees and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon's resignation.
MSU released the letter sent to them from the NCAA opening an investigation into the handling of of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's case.
The MSU basketball's student section, known as the IZZONE, will participate in a "Teal Out" at Friday's basketball game to support sexual assault survivors.
Gov. Rick Snyder has been served a lawsuit demanding that he begin an inquiry into the removal of the entire MSU Board of Trustees.
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According to documents obtained by Outside the Lines, MSU asked federal officials to stop monitoring the university because administrators had gone "above and beyond" meeting standards laid out by federal officials.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has officially resigned.