Michigan State University apologized for images of Adolf Hitler that were displayed on the video boards at its football stadium before a game Saturday night.
On Sunday evening, a university official said an unnamed employee was connected to the incident but didn't make clear whether was intentional or the result of lax oversight.
"An initial assessment was conducted, and an involved employee has been identified and suspended with pay pending the results of an investigation," Alan Haller, a Michigan State vice president and its director of athletics, said in a statement.
"The investigation will determine any future appropriate actions," he added.
The university will stop using the third-party source the image came from and implement stronger screening procedures for all videoboard content going forward, Larson added.
“Before it was displayed, the video was not viewed in its entirety by anyone in athletics, exposing a failure in our process,” Michigan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller said Sunday. “The video was not part of a sponsorship and had no affiliation with any of our corporate partners or our community.”
An “involved employee” has been suspended and an investigation is underway, Haller added, without elaborating on the worker’s role.
Interim university President Teresa Woodruff also apologized for the incident, the AP reported, calling it "unacceptable" and vowing to "work with our Jewish community and every member of minoritized populations to ensure Spartans feel that this is a place where everyone can live, work, go to class and attend events that are welcoming."
Haller said he will reach out to Jewish community groups in the East Lansing area and on campus to tell them personally how the department failed and provide a chance to give feedback.
"I understand our response might be met with skepticism," Haller said. "That skepticism is warranted, and we will do all that is necessary to earn back your trust."
Quiz Channel as that very source. If this is accurate, that is unacceptable to me, as it is unacceptable for The Quiz Channel to bear reputational, performance, or financial repercussions due to MSU’s unsolicited use of our content,” he wrote.
Further, he defended the question about Hitler’s birthplace as legitimate, if not necessarily in that context.
“The trivia question displayed at the stadium is a legitimate one, and it’s imperative we don’t shy away from history’s more dark facets. Nonetheless, I would certainly not have chosen this particular question for a live stadium audience,” he wrote.
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