Trustee Chair Rema Vassar said MSU is rushing to ask the Legislature for security upgrade funds, which will likely include tightening building access. She also signaled an upcoming review of campus security by outside experts.
At a town hall meeting on campus Tuesday night, Michigan State students had their first public opportunity to directly address university leaders about the deadly mass shooting Feb. 13. They pushed for restricted access to buildings and more flexibility from professors.
MSU student Kirin Krafthefer created the site as a forum for MSU students to share their experiences from the campus shooting. She said students are too often left out of debates about how to prevent and respond to mass shootings, when they “should be leading this conversation.”
‘In a country that idolizes freedom, I need freedom. I need freedom to go to my dining hall without checking over my shoulder for a gunman. I need freedom to tell those close to me I love them without fear it’ll be the last time I say it. I need freedom to get a violence free education.’
MSU students described their return to class Monday as anything but normal, yet many called it a necessary step in the long road back to normalcy. Some professors eased students slowly back into academic life, while others proceeded without change.
Outrage over the MSU shootings combined with a Democratic majority in Lansing would suggest a clear path for gun reform. But history shows there will be hurdles. An MSU professor explains what gun safety advocates must do to win this time.
On Spartan Sunday, volunteers provided a day of positive vibes and plenty of treats for MSU students as they prepared to return to class following last Monday’s mass shooting. The idea, one volunteer said, is to show ‘there is still good in the world.’
MSU students return to classes Monday after last week’s mass shooting for what university officials admit will not be a normal week – or a normal semester.
MSU is conducting a security review over the coming months. It’s a debate that seeks to balance the openness of a large, public university with keeping students and staff safe. Here is how other colleges have tried to protect students.
MSU is set to resume classes Monday, a week after a deadly mass shooting. The student paper’s editorial board says that’s too soon, but not all students agree. MSU said it will reopen with an effort to show flexibility and empathy to students as they return.
Support for MSU after Monday’s mass shooting is growing in East Lansing and across the country. Donations, volunteers and thoughtful gestures — like moments of silence at other colleges — are intended to show the school that people share its pain.
Students say they are still processing the terror of Monday. One said she feels like she can never again walk comfortably without looking over her shoulder. Experts say most students will show resilience, but want students and those who love them to monitor their progress.
MSU has a sprawling camera system, but officials needed three hours to comb through footage to find an image of the suspected shooter. The university is moving to live camera surveillance.
Marco Díaz-Muñoz, a language and humanities professor, described the terrifying moments when a masked figure entered the classroom and wordlessly began shooting, killing two students and injuring others.
Guadalupe Huapilla-Perez, a hospitality business major at Michigan State University, is 'incredibly hard-working, focused, and ambitious,' her family said. In a post on GoFundMe, they said it could take her months to recover.
Communities across the state are showing their support for MSU victims and the University community as a whole by organizing candlelight vigils following the tragedy Monday night.
What these shootings do when they target young people is also target possibility. The 50,000 different stories on campus last night converged into one shared, terrifying detour. And for them, what was going to be is no longer.
Michigan State University senior Miranda Dunlap wrote a column this week in the student paper about her own painful experience reporting sexual assault to the school. In a Q and A, she tells Bridge how the school can improve the process.
From free school lunches and community college to water line improvements and subsidized field trips to Michigan’s state parks, the Democrat outlines her wish list. It could look very different once it’s approved.
