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By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦  
Fans fill Memorial Stadium during the annual black and gold spring football game..

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦   Defensive lineman Ziggy Hood trys to make a tackle during the game.

By BEN DILLON  ¦   A woman sporting a mask and parasol fashioned from plants stands on Elm Street, dubbed Eco Avenue for the Earth Day Festival on Sunday.

By KATIE MICIK  ¦   Pam Fuller, right, discusses buying a pin from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom with Therese Folsom at the Earth Day festival on Sunday. Fuller said she works with community gardens in Columbia and is a long-time environmentalist.

By BEN DILLON  ¦   Elizabeth Allemann, a family physician who is running for state Senate, stands under her tent at the Earth Day Festival on Sunday. Allemann, an advocate for women's and children's health, said that the recent municipal elections proved to her that progressive candidates can do well against seasoned incumbents.

By Ben DILLON  ¦   Jeremy Saurage of Deep Mud Farm in Callaway County sells organic nursery plants under a tent on Elm Street during the Earth Day Festival on Sunday.

By BEN DILLON  ¦   Dick Parker, left, wears a suit covered in plastic water bottles during the Earth Day Festival in an effort to educate people about the pollution caused by bottled water production. Parker, a retired professor and entrepreneur, was working in conjunction with the League of Women Voters to present information from a study completed by MU student Kevin Parrish.

By Ben DILLON  ¦   Farrah Littlepage, center, and fellow members of the BoCoMo Drumheads Medicine Show and Social Club perform a dance during the Earth Day Festival on Elm Street on Sunday.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Nicole Henry, left, and Jordan Roberts, right, clap for Duke Newsted, 6, after he bowls down a few pins in Jayden Roberts' Wii Bowling Tournament, organized to raise money for the Judevine Center for Autism.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Duke Newsted, 6, swings the Wii remote behind his hip as he prepares to release the button that triggers the dropping of the virtual bowling ball.

By ALEX LEWIS / Missourian  ¦   While he hoped to play as the team's catcher, Missouri's Dan Pietroburgo is still considered part of the team by his fellow players and coaches.

By JULIE HEIDBREDER  ¦   The Budweiser Clydesdales parade draws a crowd for the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Open House.

By JULIE HEIDBREDER  ¦   Tony Hoard and his Purina Incredible Dog Team put on a show for spectators at the 2008 MU College of Veterinary Medicine Open House.

By JULIE HEIDBREDER  ¦   Children visit the reptile exhibit at the 2008 MU College of Veterinary Medicine Open House.

By Courtesy of Boone County Fire Protection District  ¦   Firefighters with the Boone County Fire Protection District work to extricate the driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned along Interstate 70 near the 136 mile marker near Millersburg.

By Courtesy of Boone County Fire Protection District  ¦   Firefighters worked for 35 minutes to remove the driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned Friday along Interstate 70 near Millersburg, but paramedics could not revive him. A second victim was then removed and also died at the scene.

By MICHAEL STONACEK  ¦   Lindsey Weber, a senior at Stephens College, has led the campaign to save energy and recycle around campus. Signs by the light switches, switching to CFL lightbulbs, keeping hallway lights off in the dorms and promoting recycling are all results of cumulative efforts.

By JACKSON FORDERER  ¦   The Civil War-era Guitar house, prior to being demolished in March.

By ALEX LEWIS  ¦   “I ran up the pasture and looked at the house, but there was no house. Equipment was moving, trucks were in a line, and the highway was shaking. In a matter of minutes, they were moving," said Colby Tinsley, who grew up next to the Guitar house.