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Bill Hagan, a boxer at Michigan State from the Class of 1938, rode in the Spartan homecoming parade on Friday, Oct. 7.
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Student Greenhouse Project members carry a banner about their bio-dome. Students in ghillie suits, marched with them.
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Two Men and A Truck moving company representatives in Friday's homecoming parade.
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Children screamed as Clifford the Big Red Dog made an appearance in the parade on Friday.
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The East Lansing High School marching band drumline keep the band in step during the Spartan homecoming parade.
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Parade Grand Marshall Tyler Oakley, a 2012 graduate of the Michigan State College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
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Michigan State University President Lou Anna K Simon officially open the 2017 homecoming parade.
On Friday, East Lansing citizens, Michigan State alumni, and students gathered along Grand River for the annual homecoming parade. Onlookers cheered as Grand Marshall Tyler Oakley, a 2012 graduate of Michigan State and YouTube star, rode past, along with the sounds of the Spartan Marching Band, among other areas high school’s bands. The kids all yelling when candy was thrown their way, as their parents tried to control them.
It may have been Michigan State’s homecoming, but the whole community was represented. When Clifford the Big Red Dog and Curious George rode by, the children cheered. The parade began at 6 p.m. along Abbot turning onto Grand River Avenue, and then proceeded to the campus entrance at Farm Lane. Thousands gathered along the parade route to enjoy not only the MSU homecoming but the community. Can’t forget the world’s most famous college mascot, Sparty who was at the head of the Spartan Marching band and cheerleaders.