MSU’s Board of Trustees met for its second meeting of 2017 Friday morning. Amidst controversy, the board addressed issues regarding ex-MSU employee Larry Nassar, Trustee Mitch Lyons’ controversial tweet and other cases on sexual assault and harassment. Here are other highlights and big takeaways from the meeting.
After a preliminary examination, Judge Donald Allen, Jr. has decided that People of the State of Michigan v. Lawrence Gerard Nassar will move forward to trial.
A fourth warrant request has been issued by MSU Police for the sexual assault investigation involving three MSU football players and a staff member, according to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office.
The current limited operations and temporary suspension of MSU’s Gamma-Omicron Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha are a direct result of a violation in self-imposed probationary terms, chapter president Daniel Morehouse confirmed.
A fraudulent email claiming to be from Lou Anna K. Simon is being sent to MSU faculty and staff, according to MSU Police. MSUPD is asking people to not click links in the email or open files attached to it because it is a scam.
MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages retired from her position Tuesday amidst allegations she discouraged athletes from reporting sexual abuse.
A native of Maryland, Beier studied economics at MSU as an undergrad, faced with a choice as a high school Junior when her parents decided to move to India. “I had to choose between going to India and going right to college, and one of the only colleges that I could get into without actually graduating was Michigan State,” Beier said. Despite this, Beier said she has an affinity for MSU, and after earning her Masters at Duke University she moved back to East Lansing in 1990, later settling here with her partner and their shared family of four children.
After a long time in the making, the Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU’s Safe Ride Initiative might finally see the light of day in the form of a pilot program.
Now that the semester in full swing, and ASMSU has settled back in, it is worth taking a look at what projects ASMSU looks to work on and get done this spring semester.
East Lansing has budgeted a -5.9 percent revenue growth for 2017 compared to a -2.6 percent expenditure growth, resulting in a $1,273,145 deficit that would be taken out of the general fund, according to the city’s Long-Term Financial Forecast.
MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages retired amid her suspension from MSU on Feb. 14, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed via email.
The sexual assault investigation involving three MSU football players and a staff member is still ongoing.
The Lansing Polar Plunge, which helps send children and adults to the Special Olympics, was a huge success last Sunday and helped raise around $80,000 for the cause.
The International Student Association put on its annual Valentine’s Day Ball last Friday at the East Lansing Marriott Hotel where instead of looking for love, the theme was loving one another’s cultures. “The theme is ‘Love Without Borders’”, said Vice President of the club, Chris Symons.
Political science senior Maisie Rodriguez, an MSU Intercultural Aide and student activist who is Mexican-American, said that President Trump’s reference to Mexican immigrants as “rapists” in his very first campaign speech was enough to permanently color her opinion of the businessman-turned-politician. “When Donald Trump, back in 2015, he started to call Mexican men rapists...that’s when I knew, like, okay, this guy’s a racist...So when he is calling my father a rapist, I knew exactly what he is saying when he is calling Muslims potential terrorists.
New charges have been filed against Brad Cournaya, who is believed to be involved with the disappearance of MSU student Krista Lueth on Nov. 11, 2008.
2018 Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer’s visit to MSU is now set for the Feb.
In the past week, new charges have been brought against former MSU employee Larry Nassar, and new plaintiffs might to be added to the lawsuit against him.
Spartan Sierra Club, an on-campus student run environmental group, is on a mission to stop the ‘dangerous’ flow of crude oil through Enbridge’s Line 5 in Michigan’s Great Lakes.
The Office of Institutional Equity at MSU was created almost two years ago, but students might still be unfamiliar with the office and how it works. The office was created in April 2015 as a way to review discrimination, harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking concerns.