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By Emily Wilkins,

Journalism freshman Liz Magee and arts and humanities and psychology junior Matt Swartz, “interrogate” arts and humanities freshman Matt Radick during a ROIAL practice. Radick was sent out of the room while the audience provided prompts for a crime he committed and the victim of that crime. Swartz tried to get Radick to guess the clues by acting like a velociraptor.

• Improv ignites students' theater passion

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.

Repairing Kids, Repairing Bikes

Curt “Grandad” Eure didn’t realize a trip to Lansing to visit his family eventually would lead him to devote 15 years to teaching kids how to build and maintain bicycles.

Tom Izzo Press Conference March 15, 2010

Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo talks about his team’s matchup with New Mexico State. The Spartans and Aggies will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Money for Music

Criminal justice sophomore Madison Boden puts a dollar in the instrument case of Lansing resident Hugh Cochran as he plays the tin whistle Thursday on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Charles Street. Cochran also had a fiddle and a mandolin for playing traditional Irish music. “I’m supposed to be running errands, but I needed some gas in my car,” Cochran said.