An MSU report obtained by The State News shows the MSU Office of Institutional Equity found a former employee engaged in “severe, persistent, and pervasive unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” with an unnamed female claimant who was a student at the time."
An ordinance allowing medical marijuana provisioning centers failed and a debate over advance rental payments got heated — and personal — at Tuesday's eventful city council meeting.
The East Lansing City Clerk’s office will be open Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to issue and receive absentee ballots before the midterm elections.
Republican Bill Schuette’s gubernatorial campaign has cancelled more than $400,000 worth of previously purchased TV ads in most major Michigan media markets.
Elite gymnast sisters Tasha and Jordan Schwikert are hoping to hold ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics (USAG) doctor Larry Nassar, USAG and the U.S. Olympic Committee accountable in a new lawsuit. The two civil lawsuits were filed in the Superior Court of the State of California of Los Angeles Oct. 29.
Interim President John Engler appointed Marilyn Tarrant as an associate vice president and permanent head of the newly organized Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance Oct. 30.
On Saturday, Oct. 27, an armed gunman ambushed worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg, PA, killing 11 people. To remember and honor the lives lost in the shooting, hundreds of members of the East Lansing and MSU communities gathered outside the MSU Hillel in a candlelit vigil Monday night.
Award-winning broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts will speak at MSU as part of the annual Governor Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum Nov. 27.
Dr. Rebecca Campbell, a professor in MSU’s Ecological Psychology Department, gave a talk concerning the science behind the trauma of sexual assault and how best to help survivors Monday night at the Wonders Kiva. The talk described how the brain processes trauma and, afterwards, a Q&A session was held where survivors and other community members asked for a psychological perspective on how to move forward after trauma occurs.
The MSU Healing Assistance Fund, established in December to provide survivors of Nassar's sexual abuse with resources needed for counseling and mental health services, has been suspended since July.
An MSU alert for shots fired went out to students in the early hours of Saturday.
The Board of Trustees held its second 2018-19 meeting Friday morning where the board called for additional state funding to universities that freeze undergraduate tuition, as MSU will in 2019-20.
Five Democratic candidates running in the Nov. 6 midterm elections attended a panel held by the MSU NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the MSU College Democrats Wednesday night. The panel talked about tuition, mental health and more.
The final gubernatorial debate was held Wednesday night in Detroit, as Republican Bill Schuette and Democrat Gretchen Whitmer discussed university funding, roads, the economy and more.
A new restaurant will open Oct. 29 in East Lansing's Brookfield Plaza, combining offerings from established Lansing restaurants Punk Taco and The Cosmos.
The MSU Board of Trustees will hold their second meeting of the 2018-19 academic year on the fourth floor of the Hannah Administration Building at 8 a.m. on Friday. This will be the second of three meetings held this semester.
At ASMSU's general assembly meeting on Oct. 18, a bill calling for ASMSU to advocate against the Food & Drug Administration’s current one-year deferral policy on blood donations for gay and bisexual men sparked argument among the general assembly and led to a recess in the middle of discussion. The bill finally passed after over 17 minutes of debate.
The Department of Political Science will be hosting the Michigan Political Science Association (MIPSA) Conference for the association’s 50th annual conference Oct. 25 to Oct. 26 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.
The first phase of the MSU presidential search process, a month of listening to the community through "input sessions," is over — but there are eight months of work left to do before the search ends.
Oct. 30 will give Halloween a run for its money this year, with spooky events and trick-or-treat opportunities going on all around East Lansing.