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EAST LANSING — Michigan State University announced today that six current MSU students have been suspended on an interim basis as a result of their alleged participation in the Cedar Fest riots this past weekend.
A press release on the MSU website said, “Six Michigan State University students involved in last weekend’s disturbances in East Lansing have been suspended from the university by the vice president for student affairs, because their continued presence on campus raises clear issues of safety based on the acts for which they are charged.”
“The interim suspension shall not preclude, predetermine, or render irrelevant subsequent disciplinary action or procedures; nor shall an interim suspension create a presumption of guilt,” the press release quoted Dr. Lee June, vice president for student affairs as saying.
The release said the university has reviewed seven out of 11 cases of students accused of participating in the riots. Of those seven cases reviewed, MSU suspended six, and decided not to suspend the seventh.
The suspended students were not named, and will have an opportunity to defend themselves in a due process hearing petitioning for the right to return to the University. In order to have such a hearing, the students must file a petition, which then must be heard within five days.
If the students do not petition for reconsideration of the interim suspensions, the students will remain suspended until court matters and other academic procedures have been completed.
Also, today, the East Lansing Police Department announced it had created a $20,000 fund for rewards for tips leading to the arrest of people involved in the riot. The department has also established an online location for tips: www.cityofeastlansing.com/cedarfest. Police are also seeking video and pictures from the riot this weekend, and ask those with such images either email them to cedarfesttips@ELpolice.com or burn them to disc and drop them off at the police desk.
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