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By CATALIN ABAGIU/Missourian  ¦  
MU Tigers Stacy Delaney pitches against North Dakota State on Sunday morning, March 16, 2008, at the University Field in Columbia, Mo.

By Alex Lewis/Missourian  ¦   Out fielder Aaron Senne catches the ball in the second game of the day versus Toledo on Sunday.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   Mark Haim, director of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, halts traffic at Ninth Street and Broadway as attendees of the 1,000 Strong for Peace March pass through the intersection Sunday. The march began with a rally at Courthouse Square and ended with another rally at Peace Park.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   An attendee of the 1,000 Strong for Peace March rests under a protest sign at Peace Park as other attendees gather for a rally following a march from Courthouse Square on Sunday. The march was organized by Mid-Missouri Peaceworks to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   Victoria Day, a member of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, participates in a jamboree following a post-march rally at Peace Park on Sunday. Participants played homemade drums made out of recycled propane tanks and painted with messages of peace and protest.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   An attendee of the 1,000 strong for Peace March play drums on a refrigerant tank during a post-march rally at Peace Park on Sunday.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   An attendee of the 1,000 Strong for Peace March holds a war protest sign during a pre-march rally at Courthouse Square on Sunday.

By BEN DILLON/Missourian  ¦   Folk singer Lizzie West performs during the 1,000 Strong for Peace Rally at Courthouse Square on Sunday. West spoke and sang in protest of the war in Iraq and the possibility of war in Iran.

By Lauren Palandro  ¦   A plastic model of a spine welcomes patients to the check-in desk at the new Spine Center on the fifth floor of Boone Hospital Center.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO  ¦   Matthew Cozad and Emily Gogel escort "St. Patrick" as they exit the 102nd annual knighting ceremony as fellow knights do the traditional grand kow-tow on the shamrock between Lafferre and Switzler Halls at MU on Friday. The knighting ceremony is one of the oldest traditions at MU and of E-week. The grand kow-tow started as a tradition with St. Patrick's first visit to campus in 1905. It is done in reverence and respect for the great patron saint.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO  ¦   MU Chancellor Brady Deaton is knighted by St. Patrick as an honorary knight as he kisses the sacred Blarney Stone at the 102nd annual knighting ceremony on the shamrock between Lafferre and Switzler Halls at MU on Friday.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO  ¦   Amy Conick is knighted by St. Patrick as she kisses the sacred Blarney Stone at the 102nd annual knighting ceremony on the shamrock between Lafferre and Switzler Halls at MU on Friday. The Knighting Ceremony is one of the oldest traditions at MU and of engineering week. The tradition is held as a way to honor the achievements of engineer seniors.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO/Missourian  ¦   Parveen Manchanda, right, and Varsha Pherwani socialize at the "We Can Make a Difference" banquet celebrating the second anniversary of the Hindu Temple and Community Center at the Courtyard by Marriot Friday.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO/Missourian  ¦   Mario Manzinni does magic tricks at the "We Can Make a Difference" banquet celebrating the second anniversary of the Hindu Temple and Community Center.

By REBECCA H. ROMANO/Missourian  ¦   Mario Manzinni does magic tricks to celebrate the second anniversary of the Hindu Temple and Community Center.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦   Dan Kelly, son-in-law of Carl and Merna Sneed, examines a pair of old gloves found at the scene of the house explosion on McNab Drive. Kelly, from San Francisco, was sifting through the remains of the house with two other family members of the Sneed's.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦   A bouquet of flowers sits outside the remains of Carl and Merna Sneed's house at 308 McNab Drive on Saturday afternoon.

By L.G. Patterson/The Associated Press  ¦   Harrisburg's Josh Taylor, top, leaps on teammate Mason Hardin after they defeated South Iron, left, in the Class 2 Championship game at the state basketball championships Saturday.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦   Missouri guard J.T. Tiller tries to stop Nebraska's Jay-R Strowbridge during a fast break.

By ALEX LEWIS  ¦   Former Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee signs copies of his book for fans after delivering the 2008 Schiffman Ethics in Society Lecture at Columbia College on Thursday.