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Letter: There is no healing at MSU, trustees must resign
If MSU wants to recover as an institution and a community, the next step must be the immediate resignation of the entire Board of Trustees, along with every single official in Interim President Engler’s cruel and corrupt administration.
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Editorial: Trustees, you're done
The State News Editorial Board — among several other voices echoing in your ears — is calling for every single one of you to resign, effective immediately.
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Letter: MSU should respond to campus racism
" I wouldn't object to that; honestly, I just want to see some effort at accountability and doling out of disciplinary action on the part of the university, some sort of practical consequence to truly send the message that this will not be tolerated on our campus, something other than a blasé, 'Well, people talk, nothing we can do about it.'"
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Letter: MSU should add multiple students, faculty to Board of Trustees
"Faculty members are represented on the boards of four Big Ten institutions, almost one quarter of public universities and more than one quarter of private institutions. Students are represented in even greater numbers."
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The State News is your voice — and it needs your help
The day started in court. It ended with the conclusion of a 20-year storyline — with 156 victim impact statements, with ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar behind bars and with President Lou Anna K. Simon’s resignation letter. On Jan. 24, MSU launched into uncharted waters.
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Column: Bridges and Jackson may not want to leave, but they should
If you asked Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. what they’d rather be doing right now, they probably would say preparing to play Duke in the Sweet 16. Instead, they both have a big decision to make.
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The State News ranks MSU neighborhoods
The State News broke down what we believe are the best — and yes, the worst — residence halls of each of MSU’s five neighborhoods, according to factors like distance from classes, proximity to the best dining halls, amenities offered by each hall and more.
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Letter: Why I will resist Richard Spencer
"The connection is clear: white nationalist ideologies are historically and inherently violent."
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Column: First year of rebuild under Cole shows hopeful future
Cole knew he had to rebuild this team, but that it also would take and energy time to get this team where it needs to be.
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Letter to the Editor: Stop Spencer at MSU
The crisis of the university continues: neo-Nazi Richard Spencer will be speaking on campus on March 5.
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ASMSU letter to the editor: 'We are listening'
We recognize many students will disagree with this path; we can only say that we see this as the best choice among unappealing options at a difficult time for our university.
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Editorial: One year later, MSU still needs to be transparent
MSU has no right to be quiet about issues of sexual harassment and sexual assault, nor should MSU sit back and allow these issues to boil over until the administration is forced to address them.
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Letters to the editor: Community comments on Trustees and Engler
Editor's note: This article features letters sent to the Editor-in-chief about the Interim President John Engler and the Board of Trustees. Minor edits have occurred for spelling, grammar or brevity.
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Letter: Board, ASMSU has not been transparent
Through its support of the board, ASMSU has continued the cycle of ignoring student concerns in favor of the convenient answer. Students on campus are clearly dissatisfied by this state of affairs, and their activism represents clear policy goals. These policy goals cannot be achieved by the current administration.
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Letter to the Editor: Spartans should attend Spencer's 'marketplace of ideas'
MSU students are being afforded an incredible opportunity: to be able to directly hear the unfiltered ideas of Spencer, to consider them, and to directly challenge them by asking questions if they should so choose.
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Editorial: Spartans are ready to talk, MSU must be ready to react
In order to create change, in order for every Spartan to move forward on a united front, in order for MSU and its Spartans to learn anything from the Nassar situation, there needs to be an open, honest dialogue from both sides. Spartans are doing their part.
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Column: MSU needs to reclaim spot as top dog in Big Ten against Purdue
With all due respect to Minnesota, Northwestern, Illinois and Wisconsin, they aren’t high on the Spartans’ priority list right now. A matchup with No. 3 Purdue, however, is.
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Letter: The next steps at MSU must be the right steps
Michigan State University needs to move forward with new leadership, pledging an exceptional level of commitment to accountability from every employee.
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Letter: Don’t let this be the end
Simon is gone, but the problem is not. The sexual assault crisis at MSU did not begin with Larry Nassar’s despicable acts, and it won’t end with them either.