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By MICHAEL STONACEK/Missourian  ¦   Rock Bridge’s Amaya Williams cuts around two Helias players in Wednesday’s game.

By SAIT SERKAN GURBUZ/Missourian  ¦   Hickman's Tyler Stevens is known for his ability to draw charging calls. “My teammates always say I should get the Oscar for best performance,” Stevens says. “I think they are fouls sometimes, but you could say I exaggerate a little bit.”

By HEATHER MCGUIRE  ¦   The orange couch, a fixture in Ragtag's front row, was loaded into the back of a pickup truck to move to its new, temporary home in the True/False Film Festival Office. Some Ragtag employees and fans say it was the most uncomfortable couch in the theater.

By Photo courtesy of Val Germann  ¦   An image from the total eclipse Aug. 28 as seen from MU's campus.

Stephen Webber

By file photo  ¦   Cuban President Fidel Castro salutes during a speech in Havana, Cuba, in this May 20, 2005, file photo. Ailing leader Castro resigned as Cuba's president early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in official online media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL  ¦   Eleven-year-old Justice, left, and Kielah, 11, play four square Friday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia. The fence behind the girls has been in disrepair for some time.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL  ¦   Eleven-year-old Jasmine yells to her friends playing outside on Friday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia. The window next to Jasmine was broken earlier in January and insufficient funds have forced the club to delay fixing it.

By SAIT SERKAN GURBUZ  ¦   Lanee Bridewell hands a cup of chili to Jordan Davis during Rootin'-Tootin' Chili Cookoff on Saturday at Holiday Inn Expo Center. Bridewell and Davis, members of the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia, volunteered at the club's booth.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL  ¦   Rick Puig, an MU sophomore from Kansas City, chats with Nicolás A. Jiménez, an MU junior from Miami, during a meeting of the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association on Tuesday night in Brady Commons. The two talk about Fidel Castro's announcement that he will not seek a new term as Cuba's leader. "It's just a solidfication of what has already happened," Puig said of Castro's announcement and passing of power to his brother, Raúl. "And that isn't positive at all."

Steven Rios

By TARA BALLENGER/MISSOURIAN  ¦   MU Tennis player Chrissy Svetlic won the Brock Olivo award, given to an athlete who demonstrates hard work.

By SAIT SERKAN GURBUZ/Missourian  ¦   Caitlin Leverenz swims in the preliminaries of the women's 200-meter breaststroke on Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix.

By ANN HERMES  ¦   Jessie Hammes from Carmel, Ind., competes in the 100-meter backstroke prelims at the Mizzou Aquatics center during the Missouri Grand Prix on Sunday.

By TARA BALLENGER  ¦   Gary Forsee answers questions from the press at a news conference held at the Old Alumni Center on the MU campus on Monday. Monday was Forsee's first official day on as president of the University of Missouri System, and he answered questions about topics including campus security, rising tuition rates and the future of MU sports.

By ALEX LEWIS  ¦   Cherie Sampson , an assistant professor of foundations, admires Katherine Johnson'spiece, "Trunk," at the Vantage Points Faculty Exhibition in the George Caleb Bigham Gallery at MU on Feb. 14. The exhibition runs from February 11-28 and features the work of five visiting faculty members.

By ALEX LEWIS  ¦   Cheng Saechin, a 2004 MU alumnus, leans in close to examine a photograph by Daniel Farnum on Feb. 14. Farnum is a visiting assistant professor of photography at MU and submitted eight pictures for the Vantage Points Exhibition.

By HEATHER MCGUIRE  ¦   Steve Ruffin, center, along with Ragtag employees and volunteers, begin moving boxes, filing cabinets and other items from the basement at the old Ragtag Cinemacafe off Tenth Steet to the new Ragtag at 10 Hitt Street on Monday. The new Ragtag will have two theaters.

By HEATHER MCGUIRE  ¦   An old film strip hangs on a door at the old Ragtag Cinemacafe on Tenth Street on Monday.

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL/Missourian  ¦   Micha Burden ended her retirement to train for the Olympics in the 10-kilometer open water race. She never competed in the event during her career at UC-Berkeley.