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MSU Museum preserves items from memorials created in wake of campus shooting

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 11, 2024

In the weeks following the Feb. 13, 2023 shooting on MSU's campus, the MSU Museum began the process of preserving, digitizing, and archiving the thousands of items that were left at memorial sites across campus. From handwritten notes to stuffed animals, the museum plans to add all memorial items to its Cultural Collection, which will likely take another year to complete.

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MSU professors navigate student wellbeing nearing Feb. 13, struggle with lack of university guidance

Hannah Locke

February 9, 2024

MSU professors try to make accommodations for students as the one-year mark of the Feb. 13 shooting on MSU's campus nears. Without clear guidance from the university, many are finding this prospect difficult and are unable to support their students.

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Seven additional individuals charged in connection to 2021 MSU fraternity hazing death

Owen McCarthy

February 9, 2024

Seven additional individuals have been charged with hazing resulting in death after Phat Nguyen, an MSU business college student died of alcohol intoxication in 2021 at a welcome event at the now-disbanded Pi Alpha Phi fraternity.

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MSU's secret steam tunnels reveal hidden history beneath our feet

Theo Scheer

February 8, 2024

The university has taken great steps to draw attention away from what’s beneath campus’ surface. But despite its efforts, intrigue and a lack of security has kept the student body talking about — and sometimes entering — the world below their feet for decades.

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'I'm tired': ASMSU vice president of academic affairs resigns due to marginalization, isolation

Kaspar Haehnle  and  Jack Williams

February 7, 2024

"This is not a welcoming place of work and has not been for the three years I've been involved," Alissa Hakim wrote in the letter. "I am so appreciative of all the opportunities I've been granted and for all the relationships I’ve built, but it's not enough. I'm tired. I'm drained. This isn't one of those jobs where you pour from your cup and others pour back. It's a job where you have to work for everyone, even people that look at you as a monster."

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Changes to MSU student rights document make it easier to investigate policy violations, protecting those who report them

Theo Scheer

February 7, 2024

Michigan State University has made it easier to investigate a variety of policy violations and protect those who report them.

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'Whiplash' actor Miles Teller visits local bar Crunchy's, some MSU students catch a glimpse

Ridhima Kodali

February 6, 2024

Michigan State University students soaked up the more forgiving weather as they lined up outside local East Lansing bar Crunchy's, waiting to meet "Top Gun: Maverick" star Miles Teller. However, not everyone was able to make it through the pear green door. 

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MSU police respond to false alarm of weapon in Engineering Building

Staff Reports

February 6, 2024

MSU Police and Public Safety officers responded to a false alarm call from someone who reported seeing a person inside of the Engineering Building holding what they thought might be a weapon this afternoon. The officers determined that the item the person was holding was not a weapon.

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FAFSA recipients must wait until April for financial aid following delay

Willow Symonds

February 3, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education announced that Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FASFA, packages will be delayed until April. The delay is to fix a $1.8 billion mistake that could potentially have harmed low-income students' packages. The department's mathematic formula incorrectly overestimated the annual income of low-income students' households, meaning they would earn less than what they need in financial aid as a result of this error. 

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Associated Students of MSU passes bills for more available parking, emergency contraception access on campus

Jack Williams

February 2, 2024

The Associated Students of MSU passed bills to reform campus parking, provide emergency contraception and harm reduction vending machines and expand community engaged learning at the general assembly meeting on Thursday. 

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Multiple MSU student groups withdraw from CORES and COPS coalition

Demonte Thomas

February 2, 2024

APASO, CRU and BSA have all withdrawn from the CORES and COPS coalition in the last week, citing a misalignment of objectives and lack of communication.

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MSU board approves campus infrastructure changes

Owen McCarthy  and  Theo Scheer

February 2, 2024

Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved several agenda items that revise existing university policies and make changes to university infrastructure. That includes leasing two buildings on Hagadorn Road, renovating the packaging building and Campbell Hall, and revising a policy on how the university names buildings and facilities.

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MSU board to review university investments following calls for divestment from Israel

Theo Scheer

February 2, 2024

Michigan State University's board of trustees' finance committee will review MSU's financial investments, following continued calls for the university’s divestment from Israel at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. 

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MSU board says it will voluntarily recognize Union of Tenure Stream Faculty before April board meeting

Owen McCarthy

February 2, 2024

Organizers with the Union of Tenure Stream Faculty called on Michigan State University to voluntarily recognize the union “as soon as possible,” during public comments at Friday’s board meeting. 

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MSU board presents resolution honoring Interim President Woodruff for her leadership as term set to end in March

Owen McCarthy

February 2, 2024

Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution honoring Interim President Teresa Woodruff for her “steadfast commitment” to the university as her term comes to an end. 

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MSU implements 'thorough, factual investigation’ of donors prior to naming buildings, strengthens donor accountability

Theo Scheer

February 2, 2024

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees has imposed stricter rules for naming campus buildings and facilities, after a donor who went on a racist tirade had his name removed from a university lab in October. 

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MSU Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Marlon Lynch resigns

Theo Scheer

February 2, 2024

MSU Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Marlon Lynch is leaving his position in early March. Lynch will be replaced by current Deputy Chief Safety Officer Doug Monette until the position is filled.

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MSU says transfer of Nassar documents to attorney general will occur in late February

Owen McCarthy  and  Theo Scheer

February 2, 2024

MSU announced it will release the thousands of long-withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of years of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in late February. 

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MSU students hold protest demanding university divest from Israel

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 1, 2024

MSU students demonstrated outside the Hannah Administration Building Thursday afternoon demanding that MSU divest from Israeli aid and its other investments in weapons manufacturers and international hedge funds.

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What to expect if you file a report with MSU's office of institutional equity

Theo Scheer

February 1, 2024

Title IX Communications Manager Christian Chapman lays out the process that MSU’s Office of Institutional Equity takes to respond to Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct and Title IX cases.