Ex-Boss of Larry Nassar Is Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct (28nassar) (28nassar)

(1) Aside from all the other negative and creepy things going on here, having porn of any kind (let alone *students*!) on a work computer *owned by the university* is profoundly, over-the-top stupid! The Dean would deserve to be fired for this level of stupidity regardless of any other factors. As it is, it's a shame he can only be fired once. (2) It's a shame that all this will detract from the fact that (like all Big 10 colleges), Michigan State is an excellent university with high-rated research programs in many fields. Even after this disturbing news, I would have no problem sending my children there.

The trustees are fiscally responsible, right? If they knew about abuse and didn't fire him then they should have to pay for the lawsuits as well, not just him. Forget firing them, they have to pay. If trustees and board members were truly fiscally responsible for criminal obstruction of justice, bam! these cases would stop overnight. C'mon Michigan, if you are REALLY sorry, prove it.

Michigan State is far from the only US university with bad behavior such as this - and worse - over several decades. More scandals will ensue, despite that many universities are busy destroying incriminating documents - as they have been advised by their armies of "risk management" lawyers. One lamentable - and related - area - of many, is medical malpractice, intentionally covered up, and aided by ridiculously short statute-of-limitations in states where universities have great lobbying power.

Cute usage of the back of the football scoreboard in a story that has nothing to do with football. Solid journalism.

The MSU story is a sad one but the news seems to be a part of a much bigger picture in worldwide news over the last few months and, to me, is positive and not negative. Examples of good news are women at last being heard about sexual harassment, Facebook (finally) getting scrutinized, dirty money going into building, cars etc. being highlighted, extreme right wing politicians in the States reviewing whether they can be re-elected and there is more of course. When so many people have abandoned newspapers and get their "news" "free" at Facebook, it is encouraging to see real journalism at its best both in the States and Europe by probing and publishing. Let's hope it leads to change for the better.

It is encouraging to think exposing presumed sinners at a high level will work wonders for society. A person will have one less worry if they are above suspicion. What is the science of determining the likelihood of transgressive behavior between administrators and the administered in advance? The NRA has a rating system testing gun friendliness. Here we are relying on accreditation and superior oversight. Perhaps these young victims should be carrying portable sirens, if not hand guns. Failing preventative measures, there is still growth possible in surveillance. They can hire someone to watch them.

I am an alum of Michigan State University and now conduct research at MSU. I cannot even begin to express the level of disgust that is felt by all of the faculty/staff and students that I have contact with. We began getting emails from L. Simon when this story first broke and we, now, continue to receive constant emails from J. Engler (the interim president) telling us how committed they are to making sure this never happens again. My problem is that neither of them have ever said this should have never happened to begin with.

It seems that today universities are run for university administrators and the sports machine. Any resemblance to an educational institution is entirely coincidental.

A Trump won state too, big surprise.

Those guilty of such villainies with children should suffer public humiliation, professional ruin, and in cases like this not insignificant jail time. I am a nurse and I tell you that this could not all have happened without significant collusion from not just administrators, but from other doctors as well. Of course I also believe that grabbing the private parts of unwilling women is wrong. Most Republicans, male and female, didn't just vote for such a perp, they adulated him and still do. They do not condemn such behavior; perhaps most of them they aspire to it. So my opinions are not in touch with those of many today.

And this, my friends, is how the old boy network thrives and survives: members cover for each other, shut their eyes, close their ears and blame anyone not in their group for their members’ wrongdoing.

Question 1: What is the difference between Osteopathic and Allopathic medicine? 2: If there is a difference, why do we have two different systems practising under one umbrella? 3: If there is NO difference, why do we need two systems when just one with the best practices and knowledge of both systems will do?

After the Penn State travesty involving Sandusky and his unethical faculty cohorts, the Michigan State scandal does nothing but add another piece of evidence of the pernicious arrogance of the American university today. American colleges have by and large abandoned their original mission of service to the student. The latter must content themselves with undergraduate courses taught by exploited coadjutants with zero change of ever attaining tenure, whilst a slob like Strampel complacently acts as if he can treat the campus like a swingers' club. Only a naive fool would send money to his/her alumni fund today !

MSU is my Alma Mater. The university's shameful scandal brings into focus a key point. Institutions of higher learning used to be the jewel of the crown among the universe of public institutions. Are the golden years of American universities over?

There was something going on very wrong at Michigan State, and I'm sure it was more than Nasser and Strampel. Next they will have to explain why football and basketball players who assaulted women were not punished, or even reported. The former president who resigned never expressed any responsibility and the minimum of regret to the women who were abused. I hope this whole investigation leads to her being held accountable, too. And whoever else willfully covered all this up, for the sake of winning, and raising money for the school.

When are we going to do a full investigation of Nassar, et al's relationships with medical colleagues, trainees and patients to begin to root out and expose medical professionals who sexually abuse patients, students and residents? These two men, I suspect, have a long history of abuse hidden behind the white coat of medical heirarchy and white male privilege which may have it's roots in their residencies or perhaps earlier in their training. Let's do all we can to get the medical, academic and scientific communities off the plantation. It's time for these willfull abuses to stop. Times up!

I would think that any school that allows someone who is accused of the crimes Strampel is to be the top official has serious problems and should be investigated. It's very hard to believe that none of the faculty at the school knew anything about what he is accused of doing so either they were unbelievably ignorant of what was going on under their noses or they were complicit in his activities.

I just read the complaint (http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/03/read_the_criminal_complaint_.... Any evidence from a student, such as a recording after the student's first visit to his office, would have doomed the guy. The risks he was taking make no sense for a rational actor.

I am an alum of MSU-COM & I am dismayed. So is my husband and many of my friends.....we are all committed, hardworking, dedicated physicians who have become members of the medical communities in the private setting as well as in academic practices (Mayo, Univ of Michigan, Univ of Chicago & beyond) here in the US and abroad. Many of us have achieved a great deal academically - fellowships, additional graduate degrees and the like. We have achieved this through hard work and a great education. Some of us teach internationally & train health care workers in resource poor settings. We are also training residents (osteopathic AND allopathic) at our respective institutions. MSU has many fine professors - osteopathic, allopathic, and basic science - who have dedicated themselves to training the next generation of physicians. They are to be commended and I am so sorry that they are working under this stain. The Larry Nassar scandal was a shock and a disappointment to us but even more damaging to his many victims (the gymnasts, their families and his own family, no doubt). Where is the sense of decency and leadership? Lou Anna Simon should undergo the same scrutiny as William Strampel. She is equally as guilty, in my opinion. William Strampel was quietly viewed as a poor choice by many students when he became dean. How is it possible that we perceived that he was often creepy and inappropriate and Lou Anna Simon and her board of trustees did not?

That this was allowed to happen is totally inexcusable. The fact that the charges are so mild is even worse. This University needs to be have its accreditation put on probation for at least five years, until it can prove it can provide a safe and valid academic and living environment. And it needs to be placed in financial receivership by the state with funding provided in increments and only as it meets stiff requirements to clean up its act and fast.

So confusing. Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, has been accused by numerous women of inappropriate contact And he is president - with the majority of the white women vote cast. Jones “dates” women under 18 and loses - but again with the support of the majority of the white women vote When will this end? When white men AND women stop tolerating - and rewarding - it.

What did the Michigan board of medicine know and when did they know it?

Where sexual harassment lies, other kinds of misbehavior lie, like embezzlement, child and spousal abuse, and every other kind of abuse like going postal.

Shame on my law school alma mater :(

I'm learning not to be surprised by anything, in this world, anymore.

It is finally starting to make sense how Mr. Nassar was able to perpetrate these crimes for so long. There were not only enablers who looked the other way and societal norms that rejected the notion of a privileged white male doctor committing abuse, but also a partner in crime who not only knew what was happening but also was taking pleasure in it. It's unsurprising that it turned out to be a 70 year old white male in power with what seems to be ideas of workplace norms from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dr. Strampel is entitled to his day in court, and it sounds like he will get it. Some of the things alleged in this article, such as nude photographs of female students on his computer, should be easy to prove or disprove. And there appear to be multiple witnesses. If guilty, he deserves severe punishment, likely including a lengthy jail term. Since he is 70, this may well be effectively a life sentence. There's a good chance his own malfeasance helped enable Larry Nassar. But, he is still entitled to his day in court, and it's probably premature to convict him in the media.

No wonder Nassar was protected for so long! He was feeding his violations to his boss!

To all the commenters saying we need more women in leadership, I agree wholeheartedly... but a female gymnastics coach at MSU repeatedly discouraged women from reporting Nassar (and will I hope get what she deserves for that). We need a much bigger cultural change than can be achieved by just adding some women in leadership.

Apply a lot of bleach to the whole department. Sadly this will cast a shadow on any and all who had standing in that department. Will be the price they pay for going along to get along.

Why is this news buried almost at the bottom of your homepage? Why isn't it at the top, where it should be? Is it too embarrassing for MSU, is it too embarrassing for the U.S. of A. that these things are happening in this country? A sex-psychopath-pervert as dean of a medical school... what's wrong with this picture? How could this even have happened? Maybe not enough checks and balances? And how about some common sense rules, like that ONLY female physicians and M.D.'s can be in charge of treating and providing services to female athletes/students? It seems to me that the whole system was DELIBERATELY designed with all these flaws and loopholes to ALLOW these things to happen: "Well, this is a golden opportunity to abuse scads of teenage girls and young women... think of all the things we'll be able to do!... All the things we'll be able to get away with!" SOMBODY, it seems, was thinking along those lines... FIND THAT PERSON! PROVE to me that this isn't the case!!!

It's often remarked that criminal perverts conspire to protect each other. When found, they should be prosecuted and imprisoned.

Until more women are at the top, in business, in tech, in academia, this type of abuse and harassment will continue. Sadly, men in power have repeatedly and regularly shown that they will not mind themselves or their bros.

We have trusted our colleges to the fault that we refused to think that anything could be happening that was corruptband sick. Dreams for our children to do well and be happy adults blinded us to the sick people who would prey on our children in the college hallways... The adults were hired to provide an outstanding education ,opportunities not to destroy our children and our lives forever. Every administrator in all cases needs to be found out and pay for there see no evil mentality. This country needs a complete overhaul and the ones running around pretending they have character need to be held accountable. This is the top once again of the iceberg. We have no idea how many other departments are up to no good.

Michigan State is starting to look a lot like Penn State.

Why in the world would a state university have an osteopathic medical school? Osteopathy, rejected by scientists as an evidence based discipline to the extent it exists as one, was tolerantly absorbed by the scientific establishment to avoid a greater battle that science would have won. Time to end this farce and the danger it poses of accepting, as science, doctrines that have no scientific merit (such as "The body is a... body, mind, and spirit," and capable ... self-healing...."). We don't need spirit in medical classrooms, if it exists, nor is there much to self healing as a doctrinal subject when we are sick. To emphasize self healing, as only one example, to the exclusion of all other possibilities (the field announces this as it's whole and singular form of healing) is more religion, or simple nonsense, than science. It has no place in a state university medical school. It becomes a school for quacks or worse

Extrapolating out, beyond the actual victims, how many lives, now and in the future are terrible adversely affected by these "monsters."? Wrecked relationships, suicides etc. They are only remorseful, after they are caught. And they are caught, only after those who always knew, are finally backed to the wall.

Amazing to me that in the face of these failures, Anna K. Simon and initially all but one trustee resisted the notion that she should resign as president. That level of arrogance and indifference is stunning. Of all the great institutions in America, universities are the least accountable; their stock can't be tanked by the market, and their officials face no electorate.

I went here. He hooded me. Prior to pronouncing him guilty in the court of public opinion, I will await the judgement from the court.

The fact that this dean ws able to get away with his behavior for so long suggests that this kind of thing is quite common at universities, and the few cases we hear about are probably the tip of an iceberg. The implication that underperforming students were allowed to get a degree also has serious implications for their patients.

So revoking the NCAA eligibility for about ten years is not acceptable punishment? Where is justice for victims?

Moms need to be in the examining room with their children.

Physician, heal thyself. Preferably in a small, solitary cell.