“I find this frustrating and it kinda makes me look bad,” said a MSU board member as he ran into problems trying to get his boss' son a good room assignment. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

Remember the MSU Trustee demanding administrators improve a student's roommate assignment? We figured out who he did it for. The kid's dad is the trustee's boss: the then-chief of Lansing Police statenews.com/article/2024/0…

@theSNews has previously reported on this MSU trustee's pattern of overstepping in the day-to-day operations of the university. This latest development adds a whole new wrinkle. Scoop from Alex Walters and Theo Scheer: statenews.com/article/2024/0…

MSU stopped paying a law firm representing embattled former board chair Rema Vassar despite agreeing to reimburse the firm for its work, court filings claim.statenews.com/article/2024/0…

For MSU, the Nassar scandal was a ‘war’ to be won. From myself, ⁦Alex Walters⁩ and ⁦Theo Scheer⁩ search.app/bE4HhqoCKehCgZ…

A current MSU VP attempted to 'justify' Nassar's abuse in a meeting with campus workers. “A very large majority of the women did not understand that it was a medical procedure,” he said of Nassar’s patients, who were repeatedly abused during treatment. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

Long-secret documents reveal the ways MSU monitored and categorized survivors of Nassar’s abuse. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

MSU’s top lawyers edited the results of Title IX investigations to enhance their litigation defense strategy in the Nassar crisis. Experts say that’s a big problem. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

NEW: an investigation nearly two years in the making. At least two dozen schools in Michigan serve students with severe behavioral disabilities. A Free Press analysis of nearly 8,000 emergency dispatch records show these schools are leaning on police. freep.com/story/news/edu…

MSU knew it omitted key details in the investigation that cleared Nassar in 2014, allowing his abuse to continue, documents reveal. "It messes with your mind," the survivor said. "(MSU) convinced me that I was crazy." statenews.com/article/2024/0…

New State News podcast all about the Nassar documents, with me, Theo Scheer and Owen McCarthy

Ben Carson’s visit to MSU was close to being a typical conservative event containing a typical conservative speech. Then, an audience member asked him if he believed people would have to die in order to defeat those in power. “We may have to,” he said. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

Throughout the Nassar scandal, MSU staff often briefed leaders on other crises they feared could leak — wide-ranging lists that included everything from high-profile sexual misconduct allegations to a controversial maple syrup vendor. statenews.com/article/2024/0…

Board chair Dan Kelly tells me that, "whenever possible," MSU's board and administration should be "united." But crises like the Nassar scandal complicate things, he says. Trustees wanted separation from admin during Nassar scandal: statenews.com/article/2024/0…

Over 6000 long-secret documents related to MSU’s handling of Larry Nassar were finally released. We read them all so you don’t have to … 🧵🧵🧵

Want an overview of our coverage of the Nassar docs? Check out this thread:

Our wonderful admin team took lots of time and care with reporting on the 6000 Nassar documents. All 12 stories in our Inside the Nassar documents collection have been published, giving insight into a university’s handling of an unprecedented crisis. statenews.com/section/inside…