EAST LANSING, Mich. — Classes at Michigan State University are set to resume Monday, but students have mixed feelings about returning to campus after a mass shooting that killed three students and hospitalized five others.
Thousands of students have signed a petition calling for hybrid or online class options for those who don't feel safe returning to classes so soon after the tragedy at the university of about 50,000 students. Other students say they don't want to go back to the era of the pandemic, when the COVID-19 virus shut down the college experience, and argue being together will help the MSU community to heal.
MSU interim President Teresa Woodruff has said officials were discussing return plans. She also said classes in Berkey Hall, where two students were killed Monday and several others were injured, will move to a different location since the building will be closed for the rest of the semester.
