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In the news today- Lansing and East Lansing Charter Amendment Proposals are at Odds, Students, faculty, reel over consequences of budget cuts at MSU board meeting, Students, faculty blast MSU for charges against Pro-Palestinian protestor, Michigan State Football vs. Minnesota Gophers.
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The State is a daily rundown of the headlines that matter to the East Lansing, MI community.
Hi, and welcome to The State. I'm your host, Rebecca McEvoy. Today's date is 11/03/2025. The forecast predicts there'll be a cold day with a high of being 54 and the low of being 36. The state brings you the stories that matter.
Speaker 1:Lansing and East Lansing charter amendment. Proposals are at odds. Lansing and East Lansing voters are facing divergent choices to move the values of democratic representation, inclusion, and regional cooperation in different directions as they head to the polls this year and the next with their respective city charters. Lansing's Charter Review Commission has proposed a new city charter that would remove the city of East Lansing, Delta Township, and other local municipalities from nonvoting representation on the Board of Water and Light board commissioners. If voters approve the charter, which contains numerous other provisions in all or nothing vote, these communities will lose their seat at the governing table of this important public utility.
Speaker 1:Students, faculty reel over consequences of budget cuts at MSU board meeting. Faculty members and students expressed their concern to Michigan State University's leaders at a board meeting Friday around the impacts that sweeping budget cuts are having on campus. Their misgivings come as the tangible effects of the 9% reduction plan reduction in general fund spending over the next two fiscal years take increasingly clear shape. Students have reported larger class sizes and canceled study abroad opportunities. Nearly a 100 MSU employees have thus far been laid off, and several colleges have paused admissions for graduate programs.
Speaker 1:The president of the Administrative Professional Supervisors Association, Joe Garza, addressed the layoffs during his public comments and the stress they caused for those affected. MSU ordered the spending reduction over the summer, claiming the university's financial trajectory was unattainable. As contributors to a recurring budget deficit, the university has pointed to rising costs for employee health care, inflation outpacing tuition hikes, as well as unbudgeted headcount and financial spending. Students, faculty blast MSU for charges against pro Palestinian protester. Public commenters at Friday's board meeting land based at Michigan State University for bringing disciplinary charges against a student in relation to his participation in a campus protest of the school's investments, saying it represents curbing of free speech.
Speaker 1:The student, social relations, and policy senior Eli Foltz is facing two charges, one count of disturbing university functions and one count of intimidation. The charges stem from a protest at the Hurriah Coalition, a collective of student organizations advocating for MSU's divestment from Israel and weapon manufacturers, organized during its participation in annual campus fair. Fultz was also initially charged with harassment, but that charge has since been dropped. In a police report of the incident, Fultz was described as making MSU president Kevin Guskowicz feel unsafe, though the president told the state news that he had nothing to do with the charges being filed. Fultz was formally denied responsibility for the charges and a hearing on the matter is scheduled for Tuesday.
Speaker 1:It's unclear if Guskiewicz will be present for it. Michigan State football versus Minnesota Gophers. On Saturday, November 1, Michigan State football traveled to Minnesota to try and win a conference game. But unfortunately, the game ended in favor of the Gophers with a score of 20 to 23. Thank you for joining us for The State, produced by The State News and Impact eighty nine FM.
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