EAST LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Michigan State University Spartans are going through a tough time on the football field, in the court system, and around the board table. The latest problem involves Trustee Brianna Scott and her call to remove board chair Rema Vassar.

In a letter sent to the board on Sunday night, Scott alleges that Vassar bullied colleagues and interfered in legal disputes. In addition, Scott said Vassar meddled in the aftermath of the MSU February 13 campus shooting which killed three students and injured 5 others, and tried to keep that fact out of the official report. Scott, a Democrat elected to the board in 2018, describes a “fractured and contentious” board under Vassar’s leadership.

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Trustee Dianne Byrum agreed with Scott’s call for Vassar’s removal.

Vassar has served on the MSU Board of Trustees since 2021.

This is the latest in a long line of problems on the board. Last year, President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. resigned under then Chair Dianne Byrum and said he’d grown weary of the board’s micromanaging of MSU’s daily operations.

MSU has also been dealing with the fallout of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, saying its trying to “change the culture” while also refusing to turn over 6,000 pages of documents to Attorney General Dana Nessel during her investigation of the school’s handling of the abuse.

This letter comes on the heels of a beat-down on the football field from rival Michigan on Saturday night. The embattled football program is looking for a new head coach after the school hired head coach Mel Tucker amid a sexual harassment scandal. MSU dropped him from his $95 million contract.

The score of the game wasn’t the only talking point on Saturday. Michigan State University issued an apology after facing criticism for an image of Adolf Hitler being displayed on the video boards during a pregame trivia segment. The university’s associate athletic director, Matt Larson, expressed regret over the inappropriate content and said in a written statement content doesn’t represent the values of the university.

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Later on, MSU Athletic Director Alan Haller said he’s suspended an employee involved in allowing the image to be shown on the videoboards. The unnamed employee will be paid pending an investigation. Haller said no one in the department viewed the entire video prior to its display on the screen.