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☆ United States condemns 'horrific terrorist attack' in southern Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Lanao Del Sur Provincial Government/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMANILA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The United States condemned the "horrific terrorist attack" during a Catholic Mass at a university in southern Philippines that killed at least four people and injured dozens, the State Department said on Sunday. The United States is in close contact with its Philippine partners and stands with Filipinos in rejecting the act of violence, it said in a statement. "We continue patrols and security in schools is tighter," Major Alinaid Moner, spokesperson of the Lanao del Sur police office, told News5 radio station on Monday. Mindanao State University (MSU) is continuing operations as it is the period for final exams, Moner said. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and security officials said on Sunday the crime was perpetrated by "foreign terrorists".

Persons: Mamintal Adiong, Alinaid Moner, Moner, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Neil Jerome Morales, Karen Lema, Kim Coghill, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Mindanao State University, REUTERS, Rights, State Department, MSU, Islamic State, Thomson Locations: Lanao Del Sur, Marawi, Philippines, Lanao Del Sur Provincial Government, Rights MANILA, United States, Lanao del Sur

Fourteen months between a deadly high school shooting and another at MSU. Ossege was severely wounded during the Nov. 30, 2021, attack on Oxford High School, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) north of Detroit. On the day of the Oxford shooting, a bullet traveled through Ossege’s clavicle and ribs and exited her back, causing a concussion of the spinal cord that left her briefly paralyzed. An Oakland County sheriff’s deputy who befriended Ossege during the Oxford shooting drove to MSU, picked her up and took her home. When Ossege is home from school, she makes the 30-minute drive north from Oxford to Mayfield Township, where Blaze is boarded.

Persons: Kylie Ossege, Blaze, ” Ossege, “, ”, Ossege, Hana St, Juliana, Justin Shilling, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate, Ethan Crumbley, Marita, Uber, Daniel Sciubba, Sciubba, ” Sciubba, “ I’m, “ He’s, Robert Bumsted Organizations: Oxford High School, Michigan State University, MSU, Oxford, Oxford Elementary School, East, Northwell Health, Lenox Hill, Oakland County sheriff’s Locations: MAYFIELD, Mich, Michigan, Detroit, Pontiac, Oxford, East Lansing, New York City, U.S, Oakland County, Mayfield Township, New York

CNN —Michigan State University apologized for displaying a picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard during a trivia quiz before the school’s football game against in-state rivals the University of Michigan on Saturday. Photos began circulating on social media before kickoff of Hitler on the videoboard at Spartan Stadium with a trivia question asking where he was born. “MSU is aware that inappropriate content by a third-party source was displayed on the videoboard prior to the start of tonight’s football game,” Michigan State athletic director Matt Larson said in a statement. Quiz was part of YouTube videoThe quiz was part of a video from a YouTube page called The Quiz Channel, the university said. “MSU’s subsequent statement appears to allude to a third-party source, which seems to suggest The Quiz Channel as that very source.

Persons: Adolf Hitler, Hitler, Matt Larson, Larson, Teresa K, Woodruff, ”, “, Mel Tucker, ” Floris van Pallandt, ” Van Pallandt, “ MSU’s Organizations: CNN, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Spartan, “ MSU, Michigan State, Sunday, Michigan, Spartans, Michigan State’s, YouTube Locations: “, Michigan, Israel, Gaza

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The creator and producer of The Quiz Channel on YouTube, which includes Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a quiz Michigan State used on its videoboards before a game against No. 2 Michigan, said the school didn't ask for permission to use his content or pay him for it. “It’s an absolutely normal trivia question, shown in an inappropriate setting,” Floris van Pallandt wrote Sunday on his YouTube page. 2 Michigan was finishing off a 49-0 win over the Spartans on Saturday night, Michigan State spokesman Matt Larson apologized that the inappropriate content was displayed more than an hour before kickoff. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesMichigan State streamed The Quiz Channel, which had 40 questions in its latest video, including asking where was Hitler born with his image before showing Austria as the answer.

Persons: Adolf, ” Floris van Pallandt, Matt Larson, “, ” Larson, Hitler, Teresa Woodruff, ” Organizations: YouTube, Michigan, Spartans, “ MSU, Michigan State, “, Trek, Spartan, AP Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Austria

The university informed Tucker on Monday that he will be fired without compensation for misconduct involving Tracy, who said Tucker sexually harassed her during a phone call in April 2022. Michigan State paid her $10,000 to share her story with the football team. In part, Tucker said MSU “knew about the information on which it supposedly relies to end my contract since at least March 2023." Michigan State, however, said the actions Tucker acknowledged were unprofessional and unethical. A hearing is scheduled for the week of Oct. 5 to determine if Tucker violated the school’s sexual harassment and exploitation policy.

Persons: Mel Tucker, —, ”, Brenda Tracy, Tucker, Tracy, ” Tracy, Tucker masturbated, “, Ms, ” Tucker, Karen Truszkowski, Truszkowski didn't Organizations: Michigan State, MSU, USA, ” “ MSU, “ Locations: LANSING, Mich

After a female Michigan State graduate filed a complaint about Nassar's abuse in 2014, a school investigation found he didn't violate school policy. And now, Michigan State has another mess. A hearing is scheduled for the week of Oct. 5 determine if Tucker violated the school’s sexual harassment and exploitation policy. Michigan State paid her $10,000 to share her story with the football team. “When he admitted that in March, he could have been immediately fired if the proper processes were in place at Michigan State and if the board was trained — or if they cared about this.”___Follow Larry Lage at https://twitter.com/larrylage___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

Persons: Mel Tucker, Larry Nassar, Nassar, ” Rachael Denhollander, Brenda Tracy, Tucker, Tracy, Alan Haller, Emily Guerrant, Teresa Woodruff, Guerrant, “ They're, ” Denhollander, ” Johanna Kononen, Kononen, ”, Karen Truszkowski, “ Brenda Tracy, ” Truszkowski, “, Larry Lage Organizations: — Michigan State, Michigan State, Education Department, Associated Press, USA, AP, Michigan Coalition, MSU, USA Today, Michigan, “ Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan

☆ Mel Tucker denies sexual harassment allegations in detailed statement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 27, 2021; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Mel Tucker looks down during the second quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSeptember 12 - Suspended Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker released a lengthy statement through his lawyer Monday afternoon defending himself against allegations that he sexually harassed a rape survivor. Tucker, 51, is in his fourth season as head coach of the Spartans. His overall record at Michigan State is 20-14 after a 5-7 season in 2022. Defensive backs coach Harlon Barnett will serve as Michigan State's interim head coach in Tucker's absence, with former coach Mark Dantonio assisting as an associate head coach.

Persons: Mel Tucker, Raj Mehta, Tucker, Brenda Tracy, Tracy, Ms, Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer, Harlon Barnett, Mark Dantonio Organizations: Michigan State Spartans, Penn State Nittany Lions, Spartan, USA, Michigan State, USA Today, University, Michigan, MSU, Spartans, Thomson Locations: East Lansing , Michigan, USA, Michigan

July 27 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Thursday by former Michigan State University athletes victimized by Larry Nassar alleges that its trustees voted in secret to withhold thousands of documents related to the disgraced team doctor in violation of state law. The lawsuit asked the Ingham County Circuit Court to require the board to vote publicly on whether to release the documents or keep them confidential. MSU, Nassar's former employer, previously agreed to a near $500 million settlement with the hundreds of women who were sexually abused by Nassar. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, with whom Nassar also worked as a team doctor, reached a $380 million settlement. Earlier this month, Nassar was stabbed multiple times by another inmate in prison and was in stable condition.

Persons: Larry Nassar, Azzam, Elder, Nassar, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, unflinchingly, Kanishka Singh, Frank McGruty, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Michigan State University, MSU, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic, Thomson Locations: Ingham, Washington

☆ Scientists are growing seeds in space to help adapt to climate change on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nadia Leigh-Hewitson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of changing climate conditions and although changes to temperature, rainfall patterns, and frost might extend a growing season or enable the cultivation of different crops, climate change also introduces major challenges for farming. Shoba Sivasankar examines sorghum seeds that spent around five months at the International Space Station . K. Laffan/IAEABy selectively breeding plants grown from the mutated seeds, Sivasankar and her team hope to create new crop strains. The private sector has also taken an interest in the impact of spaceflight on plant seeds. StarLab Oasis plans to grow seeds on external docking platforms at space stations, shown here in a rendering Nanoracks/Starlab OasisSending seeds to space will help “sustainability, climate change, and food security on Earth,” StarLab Oasis’ co-founder Allen Herbert told CNN in 2022.

Persons: Shoba Sivasankar, ”, “, StarLab, Allen Herbert Organizations: CNN, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Agriculture Organization, FAO, International Space, of, Food, Agriculture, Space, Michigan State University, MSU, United Arab Emirates, StarLab Oasis, Oasis Locations: China, Abu Dhabi

☆ Gen-Z is taking courses on how to send an email and what to wear in the office, according to a WSJ report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some companies and colleges are offering new grads training on how to work in person, WSJ reported. The courses can cover everything from office chitchat to work attire and meal-time etiquette. Some experts say Gen-Z is lacking in soft skills due to virtual classes and remote internships. Some companies and universities have already begun offering training to help Generation-Z employees adapt to the office, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Since, the company has begun requiring its workers to come into the office for at least three days a week.

Persons: chitchat, Sandy Torchia, PwC, Proviti, Scott Redfearn, Marla McGraw, Spokespeople, Helen Hughes, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Wall Street, KPMG, Journal, Deloitte, Financial Times, Millennials, Michigan State, Proviti, MSU, Miami University, Leeds University Business School, BBC

☆ 'Trauma entrepreneurs' are accused of using tragedy to make a profit – here's how after a recent college shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In the aftermath of the shooting, the MSU community joined together to support. "Unscrupulous businesses" are accused of selling unlicensed MSU items possibly under the guise of donating proceeds. "They were NOT wearing this sweatshirt design. According to the Detroit Free Press, the original sweatshirt design was that of MSU donor recognition coordinator Andersen Herminia Boyer, who made sweatshirts for herself and other members of her alumni group. "Unscrupulous businesses and individuals have engaged in selling unlicensed apparel and other merchandise.

☆ Five students wounded in Michigan State shooting still critical, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Michigan State University students protest in front of the State Capitol against guns, following a mass shooting of eight MSU students on Monday at campus, in Lansing, Michigan U.S. February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca CookFeb 16 (Reuters) - Five students wounded in a shooting at Michigan State University remain in critical condition, three days after a heavily armed gunman entered two buildings at the campus and opened fire, killing three other students, police said on Thursday. The gunman, identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae of Lansing, Michigan, shot himself to death after the rampage on Monday night. The five hospitalized students were improving but were still in critical condition as of Thursday morning, Chris Rozman, interim deputy police chief at Michigan State, said during a news briefing. Their lives were saved by fellow students who rendered aid as the mass shooting was unfolding, said Marlon Lynch, the university's police chief.

☆ Fact Check-Michigan State University shooter is misidentified online
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A 43-year-old man named Anthony Dwayne McRae was identified as the gunman in the Michigan State University shooting on Feb. 13, 2023, contrary to claims online saying it was another man named “Lynn Dee Walker.”Reuters reported that three students were fatally shot and five critically wounded at the Michigan State University campus (here). The gunman has been identified as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, by Michigan State University Police in a tweet (here). One of the photographs being shared in the post was posted by the Twitter account “@Logo_Daedalus” (here) in October 2020. The same account posted tweets about being wrongfully identified as the shooter in social media posts (here) and (here). The men depicted in the posts being shared do not show Anthony Dwayne McRae, the gunman identified by the Michigan State University Police.

☆ Michigan State University shooter's motive a mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Dieu-Nalio Chery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Police officers surround a scene where the suspect was located as they respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio CheryEAST LANSING, Mich., Feb 14 (Reuters) - A 43-year-old gunman killed three students and wounded five others at Michigan State University before an hours-long manhunt ended with the suspect's death from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said on Tuesday. The gunman was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of the Michigan State University police force, at the morning briefing. Details about the sequence of events remained sketchy, but Rozman said shots were fired in two locations - an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. Students, faculty and residents in the surrounding off-campus neighborhoods of East Lansing had been told by authorities to "shelter in place" during the manhunt.

[1/4] Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 13, 2023. Few official details about the gun violence were immediately available, but Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the university police, said shots were fired in two locations - at an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. He also said the university was not aware of any threats made to the campus before Monday's bloodshed. Four classmates were killed and six students and a teacher were wounded in that attack, the deadliest U.S. school shooting that year. Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Twitter that she was being briefed on the East Lansing shooting.

The Detroit News reported one confirmed fatality on campus, inside Berkey Hall, citing Michigan State University (MSU) spokesperson Emily Guerrant, but Reuters could not independently verify that information. "There are multiple reported injuries," MSU said on its official police and public safety Twitter feed. Several campus building had been cleared and secured nearly two hours after the gunfire was first reported on campus, MSU police said. MSU is a major public institution of higher education whose flagship East Lansing campus accounts for 50,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Twitter that she was being briefed on the East Lansing shooting.

Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider how strictly to interpret the landmark Title IX civil rights law's protections for gender equality in college sports in a lawsuit challenging Michigan State University's elimination of its women's swimming and diving team. The high court rejected the university's appeal of a lower-court ruling in favor of former members of the team who say MSU violated Title IX by not providing enough opportunities for women athletes to participate in sports. At issue is how to determine whether a school has met a key benchmark in assessing if it provides equal opportunities to participate under Title IX, the 50-year-old law credited with expanding access to sports for female student-athletes. He said no court had ever held a gap of less than 2% violated the law. In a petition to the Supreme Court, MSU argued the 6th Circuit's approach was "unworkable" and conflicted with how every other federal appeals court that had examined the issued had approached Title IX.

My mom worked at K-Mart, earning $1.68 an hour. My parents worked for the Army Security Agency, encrypting top-secret communications between officers — the same level of classified intelligence making headlines today. Enlisting in the Army helped my parents build generational wealthAfter college, my mom worked for the State of Michigan for 27 years. My dad worked for the State of Michigan for 28 years. The military money helps cover bills for my 70-year-old mom, but she believes the direction and support they received in the military had a much greater impact.

Latinos were 31 percent of the state’s high school graduates that year. But at 31%, the six-year graduation rate for MSU’s Latino students lags far behind CU Boulder, where it was 63 %. On the CU Boulder campus stands a 4-foot-7 memorial to “Los Seis,” six activists, including CU Boulder students, who were killed in two off-campus car bombings in 1974; the killings were never solved. Seventy-two percent, 510, of the middle and high school students enrolled in the program for 2020-21 were Latino. Vela and three other CU Boulder students who spoke with NBC News first learned about the campus through the Aquetza program.

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☆ Studenții de la universitățile din Rusia sunt amenințați cu exmatricularea pentru participarea la mitinguri, ca în Belarus
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-23 | by ( Redactia Zdg | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +8 min

Universitățile din rusia amenință studenții cu exmatricularea pentru participarea la mitinguri neautorizate organizate de susținătorii lui Alexei Navalny. Potrivit acesteia, postările din grupurile oficiale ale universității sunt cele care „aruncă o umbră asupra universității” și nu studenții care participă la acțiuni. Universitatea de Stat din BashkiriaUniversitatea de Stat din Bashkiria a anunțat sâmbătă, 23 ianuarie, o zi academică. Mai târziu, Orlova le-a trimis studenților o declarație că nici ea, nici facultatea nu au nimic de-a face cu acest mailing. Dmitry Navosha, fondatorul Fondului pentru solidaritate cu bielorușii concediați de la muncă pentru participarea la mitinguri, a numit intimidarea studenților ruși cu exmatricularea pentru participarea la mitinguri „o practică totalitară lukashistă importată de Rusia”.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Irina, Vă, Lydia Orlova, Eduard Ibragimov, Mihail Lobanov, Lobanov, Dmitry, Alexander Lukashenko, Mihail, Solidaritatea, Le Organizations: Universitatea, Universității, Universitatea din, Stat, Bashkiria, Universitatea Rusă, Federației, Universitatea Financiară, Universității Financiare, Management, Universității de Stat, Universitatea Națională, Universitatea de Stat Locations: rusia, Kostroma, Universității de, Federației Ruse, Universitatea din Kostroma, Ruse, Moscova, necoordonat, Rusia, Belarus

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