ELPD Sgt. Jayson Young said the crash involved two cars and that the intersection would be closed down for a "few hours.”
The vice president for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator finalists will visit campus on April 10. Later in the week, the community will have opportunities to give feedback on both candidates.
“The display of bandanas is essentially bringing awareness to the issue because farmworker women who are working in the fields do wear bandanas not only to shield them from the sun and other elements but also (metaphorically) in regards to sexual harassment, sexual assault,” Caluk said.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills Wednesday morning repealing Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortions, finishing the process started by the passage of Proposal 3 by voters in November.
Since the mass shooting on MSU campus in February, students have demanded that Michigan lawmakers enact stricter gun control. To continue this fight, some students are now turning their attention to the university itself.
The East Lansing City Council convened on April 4 to vote on a resolution to recognize ‘No Mow May,' during which residents are encouraged to hold off on mowing their lawns until June to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions and produce less waste from lawn clippings. The council also voted to approve an application for $625,000 to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources through the Spark Grant program.
RVSM adviser Rebecca Campbell discussed student, faculty and staff concerns about internship workplace incivility, undergraduate rates of sexual violence and improvements in the Title IX investigation process during a "Know More" survey discussion.
A group of MSU faculty has circulated a petition demanding an end to MSU’s controversial gambling deal. In response to the petition, the interim provost said this is "exactly what is being worked on now by the president as she indicated in her remarks to the faculty senate."
The final student who was critically injured during the Feb. 13 shooting on Michigan State University’s campus has been released from Sparrow Hospital on Tuesday, April 4, according to MSU Police and Public Safety.
Experts of gun violence and child psychology say that modeled violence, sensitivity to rejection, and unhealthy externalization of social frustrations during childhood are factors that can to lead men being the most common perpetrators of gun violence.Davido Dupree, an assistant professor of psychology at the Community College of Philadelphia, said that children and adolescents learn their coping mechanisms from behaviors they observe.“We can learn new behaviors because we see it and store it,” Dupree said.
Michigan State University has many buildings that are jointly run with Sparrow, including the Sparrow MSU Family Medicine and Sparrow Laboratory and MSU Clinical Center. Dover said he “would find it doubtful” any buildings on campus would be renamed to include the University of Michigan brand name.
On April 3, 2023, the MSU Union officially opened its doors to welcome students and community members back into its building. Countless student workers began preparing for their shift to see familiar faces and student customers, while students prepare to enter the building again after almost two months.
The MSU Union welcomed the community of students and staff back into the building at 8 a.m. on April 3. Counselors from Counseling and Psychiatric Services, faculty, priests and student employees delivered speeches during the reopening ceremony.
The election cycle begins Monday, April 3 and lasts through Sunday, April 9. Students can vote in the spring 2023 general assembly election by visiting studentelections.msu.edu.
Students are advised to avoid any walkways, roads, lots or ramps that are closed in case the water depth and speed are worse than they appear. Anyone traveling throughout campus should give themselves enough time to get to where they’re going.
“Every time we send a message, we review the message and we look at how we can improve that process (going) forward,” emergency management division captain Dave Oslund said. “So we’ve made a couple of changes that will likely create a faster, cleaner message in the future.”
The more than $1 million investigation used the departure of the former business college dean Sanjay Gupta as a case study in its review of MSU’s Title IX process. Here's what it recommended MSU change.
The board’s more than $1 million investigation into the removal of Sanjay Gupta says debate still continues over whether dismissal was a fitting punishment for his failure to report sexual misconduct.
Transgender Day of Visibility, an international holiday, provided a backdrop for the event, and speakers emphasized the importance of protecting transgender youth in the face of several anti-trans bills currently in question in multiple states across the U.S..
Bringing sexual assault prevention education programs to campus, Michigan State University’s spring "It’s On Us Week of Action" will begin on Monday, April 3 and run through Friday, April 7.