Students made their way into Brody Hall on Tuesday morning to begin casting their ballots in one of the most critical midterm elections in decades.
Whitmer, who received her undergraduate degree from MSU in 1993, hosted her final campaign event of the 2022 midterm election cycle on campus Monday night near The Rock on Farm Lane.
The State News sent each candidate the same questionnaire, and eight candidates responded. Here are their answers to questions on a variety of issues ranging from COVID-19 recovery to LGBTQ representation.
“It’s really important to me that I have an ability to make my voice heard,” Zoology sophomore Ellie Barron said. “It’s not a given.”
"I'm not sure what I'm gonna do honestly," one out-of-state student said. "I'm just worried that it's not gonna get here in time ... I don't want to miss out on (the election) just because I didn't get the ballot in time."
“This week is an opportunity to double down on our commitment and put action into place that will mobilize our community around stalking and gender-based violence awareness,” POR peer educator coordinator Alex Babbitt said in a press release. “‘It’s On Us’ is a reminder that change starts with each one of us.”
Two Board of Trustees seats are up for election. Voters will be able to choose up to two candidates. Election Day is Nov. 8 and voters can cast their ballot at their local precinct. For more information on where to vote, visit the city clerk's website or an on-campus satellite voting office.
Recent research shows that young people, particularly Michigan State University students, have a high likelihood of swaying key races in Michigan.
Pence’s trip to Charlotte comes just days after Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming endorsed Slotkin in East Lansing. Barrett, who had called Slotkin and Cheney “warmongers,” said that he would rather have Pence’s support than Cheney’s.
“(Students are) the reason that I have been willing to be a president and in higher education to really have impact with students,” Stanley said. “The opportunity to meet with them, see their potential and watch them achieve.”
Vice chair Dan Kelly said the findings of the investigation confirm president emeritus Samuel L. Stanley Jr. has done little to address issues in the certification process over the past two years, while Stanley defended his position, saying there were "no surprises" in the report.
Over 75 percent of Michiganders polled believed their economic prospects would worsen or stay the same over the next year, and 83 percent are expecting that the financial situation in their community will be worse off or the same in the coming year.
“On behalf of this great university, I decided to coin a new term ... it is called ‘stagility,’ the combination of stability but the ability to be agile,” Woodruff said. “So we need some stability on this campus but we need to not sit and be potted plants. We need to be able to move forward.”
Michigan is one of several key states identified by Tufts University where youth voters, particularly college students, are predicted to have an outsized influence on midterm election outcomes.
Division between board members with eight individually strong beliefs about how MSU should run was a recipe for chaos responsible for pushing out President Stanley.
Members of Academic Governance said Trustee Pat O'Keefe's Oct. 28 comments "demonstrate a threat and danger to the operations of this university."
The commission asked the public questions related to accountability, transparency, community and trust.
The last time Cheney was in the Lansing area, it was for a series of media appearances in opposition to actions Slotkin had made in Congress.
MSU President Samuel L. Stanley released an email stating his last day will be this Friday. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs will step in as interim president on Nov. 5.
“You’re never going to be alone in this process,” Creative advertising sophomore Wanny Ng He said. “Sometimes it feels like you’re the only one feeling this way, but I guarantee you there are a lot of people who are feeling this way.”