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By Hannah Engelson,

Oak Park High running back Edwin Baker gets pumped up for the Knights’ game against the Lake Orion Dragons on Sept. 12 in Oak Park. At 5-foot-10 and approximately 200 pounds, Baker has verbally committed to the MSU football program as a member of the recruiting class of 2009.

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"Celebration of Life"

About 60 pets were honored Saturday at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s annual Celebration of Life event. The celebration honored pets who faced life-threatening situations. In this video, Veterinary Teaching Hospital director Patrick LeBlanc discusses the event and an owner tells her miracle pet story.

Festival of Listening

MSU graduate students talk about their experience as readers in the Center for Poetry at MSU’s second annual Festival of Listening. The event included 19 different readers presenting poetry in 18 different languages without translation.

The Michigan Meatout Debate

Spartans weigh in on Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision to declare Saturday Michigan Meatout Day. Michigan residents are encouraged not to eat meat Saturday, a day set aside to recognize healthy alternatives to eating meat.

Cheers with their beers

From left, Ferris State University student Matt Dobrowolski, interdisciplinary studies in social science and human resources and society senior Adam Carter, psychology senior Matt Carpenter and engineering senior Garrett Kerns raise their drinks after a car honked on Wednesday, St. Patrick’s Day, at their duplex at 1309 Albert Ave. The group started at noon, and had a sign up that said ‘You honk, we drink.”

Shamrock Songs

Residents and workers at Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with live music and food. Recreation coordinator Alexis Schneider said they try and have monthly parties for the residents and workers that vary on theme.

"Tremendously Rewarding"

Betty Allen said she never experienced anything as wonderful as the kindness shown to her by some MSU students.
Two groups of 12 MSU students painted the 72-year-old New Orleans resident’s home during an Alternative Spring Break, or ASB, trip. The house suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Breaking Ground

University officials broke ground Tuesday for the multimillion dollar Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at a ceremony that attracted more than 400 people. Eli Broad, who donated $28 million for the museum’s construction and art acquisition, and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon discuss the ground breaking and its implications for the university. Also, the project coordinator for the museum from a London-based architecture firm discusses how the museum’s design will promote interactions between art and the surrounding communities.

Studio art and Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, sophomore Maggie Piellusch sketches outside as RCAH freshmen John Coyle, center, and John Everett pause to laugh in the courtyard outside of Snyder and Phillips halls Tuesday afternoon.