“There is like a pattern of things like this.” “I guess it does make me a little bit disappointed to be attending a university where something like this has happened before,” interdisciplinary social science senior Austin Hunt said. Students also conveyed their frustration with MSU’s long history of Title IX cases. “And now that it's leaked, now we’re receiving the backlash as a university.” “I’m glad that the university’s taking action, but it seems like this was something that was happening a while ago that they were trying to keep in and handle it internally,” Austad said. 10, after he was accused of sexually harassing Brenda Tracy, a rape survivor and advocate who worked alongside Tucker to educate his team on the importance of consent. While many students agree that moving forward with firing Tucker is the right step to take, they questioned why it took so long for MSU to act. Tucker was suspended without pay on Sept. “When they suspended him, I was pretty sure that was going to be it.” “I was following this story, so I’m not exactly surprised that’s what MSU is deciding to do,” computer science junior Noah Austad said. Following news that Athletic Director Alan Haller intends to fire head football coach Mel Tucker, Michigan State University students expressed that they were not shocked by this decision.

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