♪ ♪WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK AT THE END OF A STORM THERE'S A GOLDEN SKY AND THE SWEET SILVER SONG OF A LARK WALK ON THROUGH THE WIND WALK ON THROUGH THE RAIN FOR YOUR DREAMS BE TOSSED AND BLOWN WALK ON, WALK ON WALK ON, WALK ON WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART AND YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE WALK ON THROUGH THE WIND WALK ON THROUGH THE RAIN FOR YOUR DREAMS BE TOSSED AND BLOWN WALK ON, WALK ON WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART AND YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE.

>> AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.

DEAR SPARTANS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I AM PASTOR, ONE OF THE PASTORS AT MARTIN LUTHER CHAPEL HERE IN EAST LANSING, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE MSU RELIGIOUS ADVISER'S ASSOCIATION.

WE ARE A GROUP OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS, THAT ARE DEDICATED TO SERVING THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY AND STAFF HERE AT MSU, AND I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED THAT I HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS THIS EVENING.

WE ARE GATHERED, TONIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, TO REMEMBER THOSE WE HAVE LOST.

ARIELLE ANDERSON, BRIAN FRASER, ALEXANDRIA VERNER, WE ARE GATHERED TONIGHT TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED AND RECOVERING.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT TO COME FORTH THOSE,WHO MAY HAVE ESCAPED PHYSICAL INJURY, BUT WHO ARE WOUNDED IN SPIRIT.

FINALLY, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT SO WE CAN CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

THERE IS A WELL-KNOWN VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES, THAT I SAY FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON AND A TIME FOR EVERY MATTER UNDER HEAVEN.

A TIME TO BE BORN.

AND A TIME TO DIE, A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH.

A TIME TO MOURN, AND A TIME TO DANCE.

>> TONIGHT IS OUR TIME TO MOURN.

TONIGHT IS OUR TIME TO WEEP.

AND TONIGHT IS OUR TIME TO GRIEF.

TONIGHT, AND IN THE COMING DAYS AS YOU PROCESS THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS, KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP AND SUPPORT YOU IN THAT PROCESS.

HERE, TONIGHT, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OUR GATHERING, ARE MANY COUNCILORS, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE RELIGIOUS ADVISER'S ASSOCIATION AND A BUNCH OF THERAPY DOGS, ALL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND TO CARE FOR YOU.

IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, PLEASE GO FIND SOMEONE TO TALK TO.

THEY ARE ALL HERE TO HELP, WHATEVER THE BACKGROUND, WHATEVER YOUR EXPENSE, WHATEVER FORM THE GRIEF MAY TAKE.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

THOSE VERSES THAT I READ REMIND US THAT THIS IS A TIME TO GRIEF AND MOURN, AND WE NEED THIS TIME.

BUT AS REAL AS THIS TIME IS, AND AS MANY TEARS AS WE MAY SHED, HOWEVER SHARP WE MAY FEEL THIS GRIEF, THOSE VERSES ALSO REMIND US THAT THE TIME THAT WE GRAVE WILL GIVEAWAY TO ANOTHER TIME.

AS WE HONOR AND RAILROAD, AS WE HONOR THOSE THAT WE REMEMBER TONIGHT IN THIS TIME, WE ALSO REMEMBER THEM BY WHAT WE DO IN THE TIME AHEAD.

IN THIS TIME OF WEEPING AND MOURNING, WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE HONOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM OR THE LAB OR THE OFFICE.

THE STUDENTS THAT WE REMEMBER HERE TONIGHT CAME TO MSU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WORLD IN THE HOPE THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.

AND WE HONOR THEM AND THEIR LEGACY BAY CONTINUING TO DO OURSELVES WHAT THEY CAME TO DO.

LEARN AND EXPLORING THIS GOOD CREATION, AND WORKING AND SERVING IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN, BE THAT WE MIGHT MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

THE TIME WILL COME, PERHAPS SOONER THAN WE REALIZE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE FAITH I REPRESENT MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS MANY WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT ALLOW ME JUST A MOMENT TO EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT I HAVE.

I HAVE HOPE IN THE GOD OF THE AUTHOR OF LIFE AND WHO GRIEVES WITH US, NOW, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE PAIN THAT IS CAUSED BAY DEATH.

I HAVE HOPE IN THE SAVIOR, JESUS, THROUGH HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION HAVE DEFEATED DEATH AND EVIL AND ONE DAY MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.

I HAVE HOPE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO ENDURE EVEN THE DARKEST DAYS.

I SHARE THAT TO SAY THAT MY FAITH DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE GRIEF THAT I EXPENSED TODAY, BUT IT DOES GIVE ME THE SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE FOR ANOTHER TIME, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF AND MOURNING AND WEEPING.

MY PRAYER FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE MIDST OF YOUR GREET AND PAIN THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE THAT WILL FOLLOW THE DARKNESS OF THIS CURRENT MOMENT.

TAKE THIS TIME.

WHATEVER TIME YOU NEED TO WEEP WEEP, TO GRIEF IN WHATEVER WAY AND WHATEVER WAY YOU NEED TO, TAKE THE TIME TO GET SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY, COUNCILORS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, OR EVEN SIMPLY BY PETTING A DOG.

NO MATTER HOW DEEP YOUR GRIEF IS IN THIS TIME, AS ECCLESIASTES REMINDS US, THIS WILL BE A TIME TO LAUGH AND TO DANCE, IT MAY NOT BE TONIGHT, BUT WE HONOR THEIR LIVES, BY GRIEVING AND BY LAUGHING AT THE PROPER TIME.

MAY GOD GRANT YOU PEACE IN THIS DAY AND ALWAYS.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN WHITMER.

>> TONIGHT, I AM HERE AS GOVERNOR, A MOM OF TWO COLLEGE KID, A FELLOW SPARTAN, A FELLOW MICHIGANDER.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A QUIET SHY SPARTAN, RIGHT?

YOU WILL TAKE THIS MOMENT AND LIVE THE ACTION IN MEMORY OF THOSE THAT WE LOST AND THOSE THAT ARE IDENTIFYING FOR THEIR LIVES.

WE SPARTANS SHOW UP AND REPRESENT MSU EVERYWHERE, FROM OUR CARS TO OUR HATS TO OUR MUGS, AND IF THERE IS MERCH THAT EXIST WE OWN IT.

YOU CAN SPOT US A MILE AWAY.

IF YOU DON'T SEE US, YOU HEAR BECAUSE WE SAY GO GREEN.

THE EXCITEMENT YOU FEEL DURING WELCOME WEEK.

CHERISHING THE YEAR ON THE BASE OF THE RED CEDAR.

WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS PLACE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER AND HOW WE SHOW UP FOR ONE ANOTHER.

I THIS THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS MOMENT SO MUCH MORE PAINFUL.

OUR PAR TAN COMMUNITY IS REELING THIS WEEK AND OUR LIVES AND OUR HEARTS BREAK FOR THOSE LIVES THAT WERE SHATTERED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

WE REMEMBER ARIELLE AS SHE WAS KNOWN TO HER LOVED ONCE AND BRIAN WHO WERE TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON.

WE THINK ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES, RECALLING THE LAST VISIT HOME.

WE HURT FOR THEIR FRIENDS WHO ARE REMEMBERING THEIR LAST CONVERSATION OR MAYBE REREADING TEXT MESSAGES.

AND WE ARE HOPING FOR THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN THE HOSPITAL, AND WE HOLD EACH OTHER CLOSER.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS UNIQUELY AMERICAN PROBLEM.

TOO MANY PLACES IN OUR NATION THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT LEARNING AND COMMUNITY OR JOY HAVE BEEN SHATTERED BY BULLETS, AND STAINED BY BLOODSHED.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARK LAP SHOOTING, A FEW WEEKS AGO AT A DANCEHALL IN CALIFORNIA, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TEXAS, COUNTLESS OTHER SHOOTINGS WERE BETWEEN GROCERY STORE, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, PARADES, BARS, WORKSHOPS AND CITY CENTERS.

MICHIGANDERS ARE NO STRANGER TO THIS PAIN.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE LOST FOUR YOUNG SOULS AT OXFORD HIGH, THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO LIVED THROUGH THAT, THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES, ONLY TO GO AND EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN HERE.

THERE IS A STUTTER STUDENT AT MSU TODAY THAT LIVED THROUGH SANDY HOOK, AS CHILD AND RELIVED IT AGAIN TWO NIGHTS AGO.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SUBCONSCIOUSLY SCAN EVERY ROOM FOR AN EXIT, GO THROUGH THE GRIM EXERCISE OF FIGURING OUT WHO THE LAST CALL WOULD BE TO, OUR CAMPUS, CHURCH, CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITIES SHOULD NOT BE BATTLEFIELDS.

AND SO IT IS OK IF YOU FEEL FRUSTRATED, OR SAD, BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE GUNS ARE THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

KILLER OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

TONIGHT FEELS HEAVY.

OUR CASTER, MOMENTS , WE NEED TO FIND THE LIGHT, SOMETIMES IT IS ONE ANOTHER.

WE SAW THE LIGHT IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT SPARROW WHO CARED FOR VICTIMS.

SO MANY OFF-DUTY NURSES AND DOCTORS SHOWED UP WITHOUT BEING CALLED THEY HAD TO TURN SOME OF THEM AWAY.

WE SAW THAT LIGHT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO RUSHED INTO HARM'S WAY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO SECURE CAMPUS.

OFFICERS CAME AS FAR AWAY AS OAKLAND COUNTY WHERE OXFORD IS.

WE SAW THAT LIGHT IN MSU STUDENTS, COUNTS SPARTANS WERE HEROS.

LETTING OTHERS INTO THEIR DORMS, BARRICADING ROOMS, HIDING IN DARK CLOSETS.

HOLING EACH OTHER'S HANDS, CALLING IN TIPS.

I WILL TELL YOU, I MET WITH TWO SURVIVORS TODAY.

ONE OF WHOM TOLD ME WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT A FELLOW SPARTAN TOOK OFF HIS SHIRT AND PRESSED ON HIS CHEST AND SAVED HIS LIFE.

AND WE SAW THAT LIGHT IN MICHIGAN PARENTS, WHO SHOWED THE POWER OF THEIR LOVE THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS.

MANY CAME AND ARE HERE TODAY WANTING NOTHING MORE THAN TO HOLD THEIR KIDS TIGHT AND TELL THEM IT IS GOING TO BE OK.

YOUR COLLEAGUE IN THE HOSPITAL SAID IS GOING TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO TEACHING AND FIGHTING GUN VIOLENCE.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OK WITH JUST WORDS AND THE TIME FOR ONLY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS IS OVER.

THE ROCK YESTERDAY SAID HOW MANY MORE HOW MANY MORE GRIEVING PARENTS AND KIDS?

HOW MANY MORE CITY AND TOWNS AND SCHOOLS WILL BE SHORTHAND FOR SHOOTINGS?

HOW MANY MORE UNTIL WE WORK TOGETHER ON COMMON SENSE REFORM?

WE DON'T KNOW BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO LIB LIKE THIS.

WE KNOW THAT WE WILL KEEP SHOWING UP FOR ONE ANOTHER.

WE KNOW WE WILL KEEP WORKING TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND WE WON'T STOP UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE.

AND WE KNOW THERE IS MUCH GOODNESS AND LIGHT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT OUTSHINES THE DARKNESS AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE SPARTAN STRONG.

I WANT TO END TONIGHT WITH A STORY.

I SPOKE TO THE FATHER OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS YESTERDAY.

HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS BEAUTIFUL DRIVEN DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS HOME LAST WEEKEND.

SHE COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THIS CAMPUS AND THIS SCHOOL.

SHE HAD THAT LOOK IN HER EYES THAT SO MANY OF US DO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MSU.

SHE WAS EXACTLY WHERE SHE WANTED TO BE.

SOCIETY IN THIS COUNTRY HAS FAILED HER AND FAILED YOU.

SHE WON'T GET TO GO TO ANOTHER BASKETBALL GAME OR GRADUATE FROM THE SCHOOL THAT SHE LOVED THE MOST.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WE CANNOT LET IT STAND.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WE LOST ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS OR STORIES TO BE FORGOT PHYSICIAN IN A WEEK OR MONTH FROM NOW.

WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO TAKE ACTION.

TO SAVE LIVES AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

AND WE WILL HEED THE WORDS OF ALEXANDRIA WHO WE LOST AND HAD SOME ADVISE FOR UNDER CLASSMEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK.

SHE WROTE "TODAY MAY BE HARD, BUT TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER.

TOGETHER LET'S MAKE SURE THAT TOMORROW IS BETTER. "

I LOVE YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DR.REEMA VASER AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HERE AT MSU.

AND MY COLLEAGUES TRUSTEE SCOTT, TRUSTEES, TRUSTEE KELLY, ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT.

RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT.

THIS WAS THE ALERT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ALL OF SPARTANS ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

WHEN I SENT MY BABY HERE, I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE WOULD GET A MESSAGE ABOUT HER HOMEWORK, NOT BEING DONE.

I AM SURE THAT IS NOT TRUE, RIGHT?

WHEREVER YOU ARE.

I AM SURE YOU GOT YOUR HOMEWORK DONE.

MAYBE SHE WOULD GET A MESSAGE ABOUT A PARTY OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER.

I DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD GET A MESSAGE ABOUT HOW TO KEEP HER LIFE.

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN A REPORTED 93376 GUN-RELATED DEATHS.

180,000 INJURIES.

IN ONE WEEK, FEBRUARY4th THROUGH 10th OF THIS YEAR, 354 DEATHS, 592 IN JURIES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS, RIGHT?

FOR THESE DEATH, PREMEDICATED ACTS OF AGGRESSION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUICIDE, I AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE GUN POLICY.

WE KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG.

AND I ALSO KNOW THAT SPARTANS ARE THE PEOPLE TO FIND SEW FIST INDICATED SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS.

PROBLEMS IN URBAN PLANNING, HEALTH CARE, URBAN POLICY, SOCIAL WORK, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, EDUCATION, ET CETERA.

WE KNOW SPARTANS WILL.

SPARS IN D.C. SPARTANS IN D.C. , A ARC.

CALIFORNIA.

ARKANSAS, CHINA, SOUTH AFRICA.

WE HAVE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY WHO CAN BRING ABOUT SOLUTIONS.

I BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION, QUITE LITERALLY CHANGE THE WORLD.

AM LIFELONG EDUCATOR.

KNOW EDUCATION CAN DO THIS.

WE KNOW SPARTANS ARE STRONG.

WE KNOW.

WE KNOW SPARTANS WILL.

I HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH THESE ISSUES THAT BROUGHT US HERE TODAY.

BUT FIRST, CAN WE JUST CENTER LOVE?

AND AGAPE LOVE THAT HAS RESTORATIVE POWER, A RADICAL LOVE, THAT CAN LIFT US FROM DEPTHS OF DESPAIR AND SADNESS.

A BRAVE LOVE THAT DRIVES AWAY FEAR, CAN WE CENTER LOVE?

I STUDY LOVE DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., JESUS, I HAVE TWO CHARGES FOR YOU, THE FIRST CHARGE IS TO LOVE YOURSELF.

THE SECOND IS TO OF ONE ANOTHER.

LOVE YOURSELF FIRST.

Z YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN THE WORLD FROM THE LATE GREAT LUCILLE BALL.

GRIEF IS PERSONAL AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT SAID IN HER VIDEO.

IT IS PERSONAL.

YOU HAVE TO COMMIT YOURSELF TOLL YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE TO COMMIT YOURSELF TO YOURSELF.

GIVE YOURSELF GRACE.

I AM TALKING TO MYSELF WHEN I TALK TO YOU.

PLEASE KNOW, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO RETREAT, TO CLOSE OFF WHEN I AM SAD.

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF FIRST, BUT THEN YOU NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER.

LOVE IS MORE THAN THREE WORDS MUMBLED BEFORE BEDTIME.

LOVE IS SUSTAINED BY ACTION, A POWER IN PATTERN OF DEVOTION AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR EACH EVERYDAY.

NICK CLOSE SPARKS TELLS US WE NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER.

THIS GRIEF IS COMMUNAL WE ALL HAVE THIS TRAGEDY TOGETHER.

WE ALL HAVE GONE THROUGH SOMETHING THAT SHAKES AND ROCKS OUR VERY WORLD THAT, THAT, BE THAT QUESTIONS ARE SECURITY AND IT MAKES US AFRAID AND WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP AND THAT LEADERSHIP WITH EQUITY AND JUSTICE AND BELONGING IT IS ROOTED IN LOVE.

TRANSFORMATIVE LOVE.

A LOVE THAT IS GENTLE, A SOFT LOVE, A RESTORATIVE LOVE, A HEALING LOVE.

GIVE THAT LOVE TO YOURSELF AND THEN GIVE IT TO ONE ANOTHER.

LOVE IS LIGHT.

LIGHT DRAWS OUT ALL MATTERS OF DARKNESS.

REMEMBER-WE STUMBLE, WE ALL STUMBLE.

EVERY ONE OF US, THAT IS WHY IT IS BETTER TO GO HAND-IN-HAND.

IT IS BETTER TO WALK TOGETHER.

WALK INTO THE BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT THAT NEEDS TO SHINE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.

SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER.

LOVING ONE ANOTHER.

GIVING GRACE TO ONE ANOTHER.

WE HAVE A SELECTION FROM TWO STUDENTS.

PERFORMANCE OF "AMAZING GRACE" BY PHOENIX MIRANDA AND JORDAN ANDERSON.

AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE 'TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEAR AND GRACE MY FEARS RELIEVED HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT GRACE APPEAR THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED THROUGH MANY DANGERS, TOILS, AND SNARES I HAVE ALREADY COME THIS GRACE THAT BROUGHT ME SAFE THUS FAR AND GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME WHEN WE'VE BEEN HERE TEN THOUSAND YEARS BRIGHT, SHINING AS THE SUN WE'VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING GOD'S PRAISE THAN WHEN WE FIRST BEGUN AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE 'TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEAR AND GRACE MY FEARS RELIEVED HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT GRACE APPEAR THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED THROUGH MANY DANGERS, TOILS, AND SNARES I HAVE ALREADY COME THIS GRACE THAT BROUGHT ME SAFE THUS FAR AND GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME .

♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PHOENIX, JORDAN AND HOSEA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU GOVERNOR WHITMER AND CHAIRPERSON VASSER, AND CHAPLAIN TRIER FOR YOUR REMARKS.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT THIS VIGIL.

AUSTRALIAN POET NAN WHITCOMB ONCE SAID "WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELY ON MEMORIES TO RECAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WE HAVE LOVED AND LOST" THEY LIVE WITHIN OUR SOULS AND SOME PERFECT SANCTUARY WHICH EVEN DEATH CANNOT DESTROY.

TONIGHT, WE REMEMBER AND HONOR THE THREE SPARTAN STUDENTS SO CRUELLY TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND FROM US LESS THAN 48 HOURS AGO.

EACH CAME TO EAST LANSING TO JOIN THIS VERY SPECIAL, THIS EXTRAORDINARY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.

ALEXANDRIA WAS NOTED FOR HER ENGAGEMENT AND KINDNESS.

BRIAN WAS A LEADER IN OUR GREEK COMMUNITY.

AND ARIELLE WAS HEADED TOWARD A CAREER OF SERVICE ARIELLE WAS HEADED TO CAREER AS SERVICE AS A PHYSICIAN.

AS WE UNFOLD THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES IN OUR UNITED EM BRIS, LET US EACH HONOR THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR DREAMS BY MAKING THEM PART OF OUR OWN.

THEY WILL BE SPARTANS FOREVER.

LET US ALSO PAUSE AT THIS MOMENT AND SEND OUR PRAYERS AND HUMBLE UTTERANCES TO THE HEAVENS FOR THOSE STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM THEIR WOUNDS.

OUR PRAYERS ARE ALSO WITH THE HANDS OF OUR SPARROW DOCTORS AND NURSES STILL WORKING TO COME FORTH AND TO HEAL.

I GIVE MY VOICE AS THE PROXY OF YOUR MANY VOICES IN GRATITUDE TO THE HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ANSWERED OUR CALL.

TENDED TO THE INJURED, KEPT THE COMMUNITY INFORMED, AND BROUGHT THIS ORDEAL TO AN END.

OUR PAIN AND GRIEF, WORDS IN HOPE, MUST BE THAT CALL TO BUILD A MORE HOPEFUL TOMORROW.

TO MSU, TO THE NATION, LET US CREATE A NEW FEATURE FUTURE TOGETHER.

ADDS OUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT DEMONSTRATES, THERE IS COME FORTH AND HOPE IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE BEE REEFED.

FOR WE ARE NOT ALONE, WE ARE JOINED TONIGHT BY COUNTLESS OTHERS ON DIGITAL CHANNELS AS WELL AS IN SPIRIT THROUGH THE MANY MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES WE HAVE RECEIVED.

SHALL THE LOST THAT DAYS THERE HAS BEEN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE FIRST LADY, OTHER OFFICIALS FROM FEDERAL STUDENTS AND UNIT LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY.

HOW BEAUTIFUL IT HATS BEEN TO SEE OTHERS WEARING OUR COLORS AND ILLUMINATING THE TOMORROW.

IN OUR COLLECTIVE GRIEF, HOPE AND RESOLVE, WE ARE TRULY A SPARTAN NATION.

LET US CONTINUE TO FIND STRENGTH AND HOPE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF SPARTANS, LET US KEEP OUR RESOLVE AND OUR HEADS AND IN OUR HEARTS AS WE RECLAIM OUR CAMPUS YOUR CAMPUS FOR MSU'S MISSION OF TRANSFORMATION.

AS WE GATHERED ON THIS BLUSTERY FEBRUARY DUSK, THIS STERN PASSAGE OF OUR ALMA MATER COMES TO MIND.

MSU, WE LOVE THY SHADOWS WHEN TWILIGHT SILENCE FALLS.

WHEN TWILIGHT SILENCE FALLS FLUSHING DEEP AND SOFTLY PALING O'ER IVY COVERED HALLS; BENEATH THE PINES WE'LL GATHER TO GIVE OUR FAITH SO TRUE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO TRUE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR GATHERING WITH US TO REAFFIRM OUR LOVE FOR MSU.

AND FOR THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST.

AND NOW I WANT TO BRA DUES A LEADER KNOWN TO YOU ALL AS SOMEONE ELSE WHO SPEAKS FROM THE HEART, MSU HEAD BASKETBALL COACH TOM IZZO.

COACH IZZO.

WOW, I NORMALLY SPEAK MORE OFF THE CUFF BUT FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT, THE DOCTORS, BEING JUST A BASKETBALL COACH, I DECIDED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE INTO IT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO START BY OFFERING MY CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY RAQUEL AND STEVEN WAS AT ONE OF THE BUILDINGS TWO NIGHTS AGO ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER THINGS HAPPENED.

SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH IT, THAT LITTLE MOMENT, BROUGHT ME A LITTLE CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING, BUT AS WELL AS OUR ENTIRE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY WHO WAS IMPACTED BY THE HORRIFIC ACTIONS MONDAY NIGHT, I AM REPRESENTING OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND I FEEL LIKE MICHIGAN STATE MY 40th YEAR HERE.

I DON'T LIKE THE PLACE.

I DON'T LOVE THE PLACE.

I LIVE THE PLACE.

TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO WERE SENSELESSLY TAKEN FROM US, WORDS SEEM SO HALLOW RIGHT NOW.

TO THE INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN A HOSPITAL AND THEIR FAMILIES, WE ARE TRYING FOR YOU, AND I KNOW THAT MY WIFE AND I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND I KNOW GOVERNOR WHITMER WAS THERE, I KNOW OUR PRESIDENT WAS THERE.

UNBELIEVABLE PEOPLE, THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, ALTHOUGH, FOR ME, I AM ALSO A FATHER TWO OF SPARTANS.

P OF MY OWN.

I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.

BUT I DO KNOW AS A CAMPUS COMMUNITY CAN OFFER OUR SUPPORT BOTH TO YOU AND TO EACH OTHER.

LOOK AROUND, LOOK NEXT TO YOU, SHAKE SOMEBODY'S HAND, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE.

THAT IS WHO WE NEED TO BE AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SPECIAL THANK YOU, AS ALL HAVE, TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY GET PAID LITTLE AND ASK THEM TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE EACH AND EVERY DAY AS I LEARNED THROUGH THE ASSISTANT COACH, NOT THAT LONG AGO.

THE COORDINATED RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM AROUND THE STATE FROM THE FBI, THE EMS, TO THE HOSPITALS WAS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

TOON THE STUDENTS WHO LISTENED TO THE SHELTER IN PLACE, DIRECTIVE YOUR ABILITY TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL EVEN IN THE FACE OF FEAR WAS INCREDIBLE IF YOU USE THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, IT WILL BE HELPFUL.

I WON'T BE LONG BUT I DID WANT TO OFFER A FEW WORDS THAT SOMEONE, THAT SOME OF YOU WILL HOPEFULLY FIND HELPFUL.

MICHIGAN STATE IS MY HOME.

EVERYONE THINKS I AM A UPPER, YES.

THAT IS WHERE I CAME FROM.

BUT VIRTUALLY, ALL OF MY ADULT LIFE, I HAVE BEEN A SPARTAN.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREDIBLE HIGHS AND YES, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAVE BEEN SOME DEVASTATING LOWS.

BUT AS A SPARTAN, WE ALWAYS GET THROUGH IT.

TOGETHER.

WE ARE SPARTAN TOUGH.

SPARTAN STRONG.

IF YOU NEED PROOF, LOOK AT US ALL STANDING HERE TONIGHT.

EACH AND EVERYONE OF US, WE HAVE COME FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS TO HEAL, TO GRIEF, TO HONOR OUR VICTIMS, TO STAND UP TO FEAR, WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT IN YOUR LIFE.

WHATEVER YOU ARE FEELING, IT US ALL VALID.

AND EMOTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON.

I CRY IN FRONT OF MY TEAM.

I CRY ON NATIONAL TV, DON'T BE AFRAID TO SHOW YOUR EMOTIONS.

WE ALL PROCESS TRAUMA IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY, I AM JUST GLAD WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER TONIGHT.

SO LET ME CLOSES WITH THE CHALLENGE.

LET'S ALL DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN BUT COVID HAS LET US TO ALL FEEL A LITTLE MORE SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND DRIVES ME CRAZY.

WE NEED EACH OTHER.

FOR 40 YEARS I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED AT MICHIGAN STATE, WHERE AT OUR OWN WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER AND THE BEST TEAMS ARE ALWAYS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL PARTS, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, GOVERNOR WHITMER, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID OUR POLICE, NOT ONLY DID OUR HOSPITALS, BUT JUST THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL BAND TOGETHER AT THIS INCREDIBLE UNIVERSITY THAT I HAVE GIVEN MOST OF MY LIFE TO AND HAVE A LOT MORE TO GIVE IN THE FUTURE.

IF ANY OF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE SPEAK UP.

IN VULNERABLE.

BE VULNERABLE.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

IT IS NO SECRET THAT I DO WEAR MY EMOTIONS ON MY SLEEVE.

SO I AM NOT AFRAID.

OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY.

OUR LOSSES GREAT.

OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN PERTINENTLY CHANGED BUT WITH A SHARED COMMITMENT TO HELP EACH OTHER, AND A PROMISE TO REMEMBER THOSE WE HAVE LOST, WE WILL LEARN TO FIND JOY ONCE AGAIN.

I THINK EVERYBODY SPOKE THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AMN OUR SOCIETY, GUN VIOLENCE IS INSANE RIGHT NOW.

WE ALL HAVE A PLATFORM.

SOME ARE SMALL.

SOME ARE HIGH.

WE ALL HAVE A PLATFORM.

I HOPE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU USE YOUR PLATFORM TO HELP OTHERS SO OTHER FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO GO WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH NOW.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HOPE YOU MEET THE TEN PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND BECOME CLOSER.

THE WORLD NEEDS YOU.

MICHIGAN STATE NEEDS IT.

THE GRIEVING TIME NEEDS IT.

I NEED IT.

NOW ITS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRODUCE TWO OF OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENT LEADERS AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED, MORE LEADERS.

PLEASE WELCOME JOE AND HANNAH, TO THE PLATFORM.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH THAT I WOULD LOVE TOFF SAY RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM NUMB, AND SO THE WORDS WON'T COME OUT.

I WILL HAVE TO READ FROM MY PREPARED SPEECH INSTEAD.

STILL ALL I CAN SEE SOMETIMES ARE TEDDY BEARS AND BLANKETS THAT SWADDLE THOSE YOUNG VICTIMS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.

I CAN FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE MILK AWAITED FOR THEM IN THE MICROWAVE TO HELP THEM GO TO SLEEP.

REMEMBER, EVERYONE, THAT THESE PROBLEMS AFFECT OUR GENERATION, AND WE ARE THE NEW GENERATION.

YOU HAVE THE POWER IN THE DARKEST OF TIMES.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER IN THE GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER.

ME, AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, STAND HERE, TODAY, UNITED WITH THE UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS OF MSU, AND OUR SHARED DESIRE FOR A SAFE CAMPUS.

WE ALSO SHARE PROFOUND GRIEF IN THE LIVES LOST AND EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THEIR FAMILIES, SAY THEIR NAMES, AND WITH THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY MONDAY'S SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE.

AND MANY MORE.

WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE MSU POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE THERE FOR US IN OUR TIME OF NEED TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE SCARED RIGHT NOW, PLEASE KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IS HERE FOR YOU.

WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT A SAFE CAMPUS IS POSSIBLE.

NEVER EVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE MSU COMMUNITY.

IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS, PEOPLE WILL RIGHTFULLY QUESTION WHETHER IT IS SAFE TO COME TO CAMPUS ANY MORE.

BUT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IS A PLACE WITH MANY STRONG COMMUNITIES AND, THERE ARE MANY RESOURCE HERE FOR YOU.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL NOT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS IN TIMES OF DESPAIR, I HAVE FOUND SO MUCH SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT.

THAT I KNOW EVEN IF I COULD NOT SEE THE WAY IN THE FRONT OF ME, THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE TO HELP ME MOVE FORWARD, JUST YESTERDAY, I SAW COUNTLESS HOW TO WE'RE BOUQUETS OUTSIDE OF THE SPARTY STATUTE BERKEY, MSU UNION, THOSE FLOWERS REMINDED ME OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR CAMPUS.

YOUR CANDLES-- I APOLOGIZE, THERE IS NO CANDLES, SET MY HEART AFLAME WITH COMPASSION AND THE DESIRE TO PROTECT MY FELLOW SPARTANS.

BUT THESE ARE NOT STOP GAP SOLUTIONS, WE PLAN TO CALL FOR ACTION AS COMMUNITIES, AS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AS OURS ARE WORTH PROTECTING, PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CALL OUT TO EVERY MICHIGAN STATE STUDENT PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, AND TO OUR ENTIRE LANSING COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE.

TO HELP EACH OTHER IN THESE DARK TIMES TOGETHER WE ARE SPARTAN STRONG.

THANK YOU.

>> HELLO EVERYONE.

I AM HERE AT MICHIGAN STATE.

I KNOW THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WITHOUT TEARS SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

TO MY FELLOW STUDENTS, MY WONDERFUL AMAZING SPARTANS, IT IS OK TO NOT BE OK RIGHT NOW.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE OR WHAT YOU WERE DOING, YOU ARE COMPLETELY VALID OF FEELING WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE FEELING THAT MOMENT AND WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

THIS IS OUR HOME.

WE WENT THROUGH THE UNIMAGINABLE.

WE LOST THREE BEAUTIFUL SOULS, WHO WE ATTEND CLASSES WITH, OUR FRIENDS WITH, ARE IN CLUBS WITH, THEIR ABSENCE ON THIS CAMPUS AND IN THIS WORLD WILL FOREVER BE FELT.

ARIELLE, ALEXANDRIA AND BRIAN.

SHE WANTED TO BECOME A DOCTOR TO HELP OTHERS HER ENTIRE LIFE HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY SHE HAD INFECTIOUS SMILE.

SHE WAS A HARD WORKER WITH PLANS TO GRADUATE EARLY AND SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL SOUL THAT LIT UP EVERY ROOM SHE ENTERED.

ALEXANDRIA WAS STUDYING BIOLOGY, HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY SHE WAS ONE OF THE KINDLESS PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD EVER MEET.

SHE WAS LEADER IN HER COMMUNITY AND TALENTED ATHLETE THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL.

ALEXANDRIA WAS TREMENDOUSLY LOVED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER AND MADE A MARK IN EVERY SPACE SHE TERNED.

BRIAN WAS THE PRESIDENT OF PHI DELTA THETA.

I AM SURE MANY OF HIS BROTHERS ARE HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR HIM BECAUSE WHAT A FANTASTIC LEADER, FRIEND AND BROTHER HE WAS TO THE BROTHERHOOD.

THE DIAMOND COACH SAID HE HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE POOL DECK AND BRING LAUGHTER TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.

BRIAN SAMSTER IN THE FREE PRESS ARTICLE REMINDED EVERYONE TO TELL EVERYONE AROUND YOU HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM.

CHECK IN WITH THEM TODAY.

BEAUTIFUL AMAZING SPARTANS WERE TAKEN FROM THE WORLD SENSELESSLY BUT THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY EACH AND EVERYONE OF US HERE TODAY.

THEY TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF SPARTANS AND THIS CAMPUS FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS TO COME.

AND FOR THE FIVE SPARTANS AT SPARROW HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE SENDING YOU OUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND WE HOPE FOR QUICK HEALING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.

AND FOR STUDENTS, AND IT IS OK TO GRIEF AND WARN HOVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO.

THERE IS NO RULE BOOK TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO IN THESE SITUATIONS.

WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE EACH DAY FROM HERE ON OUT REACHING OUT FOR HELP WHEN WE NEED IT AND GETTING THROUGH THE HARDER DAYS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF MEDIA HERE RIGHT NOW AND IT IS EASY TO FEEL LOOK YOUR GRIEF IS A SIDESHOW ATTRACTION FOR THE NATION.

YOU DO NOT OWE ANYBODY ANYTHING ESPECIALLY NOT THE MEDIA AND NOT THE PEOPLE ASKING FOR YOUR STORY.

IF YOU ONLY OWE YOURSELF TO PROCESS AND TO GRIEF, THERE WILL NEVER BE A RETURN TO NORMAL THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED WHAT THAT WILL FEEL LIKE FOR US FOREVER BUT THAT IS OK.

IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW AND LOVE ABOUT SPARTANS, IT IS THAT IN TIMES OF HEED, WE COME TOGETHER.

HERE YOU ARE ALL RIGHT NOW COMING TOGETHER.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

CHECK IN ON THE FELLOW SPARTANS.

BE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

BE THERE FOR YOURSELVES.

I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU MORE THAN I COULD EVER DESCRIBE ALTHOUGH THINGS FEEL REALLY SCARY RIGHT NOW IN A AM ANGRY AT THE WORLD AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PROCESS MY OWN EMOTIONS, BEING WITH YOU ALL HERE RIGHT NOW HEALS ME MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW WE GO FORWARD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT SPARTAN WILL HEAL TOGETHER.

FOREVER AND ALWAYS, GO GREEN.

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>> GO WHITE.

AS WE BRING THIS TIME NOW A CLOSE.

>> EVENING, AS REMEMBER WHY ONE SAID I REMIND YOU AGAIN.

THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS TIME OF GRIEVING AND MOURNING.

THIS EVENING, THERE ARE MANY HERE TO HELP SUPPORT YOU AND TO CARE FOR YOU IN THIS TIME.

IF YOU LOOK AROUND, THERE ARE COUNCILORS HERE THAT HAVE ORANGE HATS ON OR ORANGE RIBBONS.

THEY ARE HERE TO TALK, TO LISTEN, TO YOU TALK.

COLLEAGUES OF MINE LOOK FOR THEIR NAME TAGS.

WHATEVER THE BACKGROUND.

THEY ARE HERE TO LISTEN.

OUR GRIEF MAY BE PERSONAL, BUT WE ARE NEVER ALONE.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY.

WE ARE HERE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

IN THIS TIME AND IN THE TIME TO COME.

GO NOW IN PEACE.

CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AS WE CLOSE, PLEASE JOIN IN SINGING MSU SHADOWS.

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MSU, WE LOVE THY SHADOWS WHEN TWILIGHT SILENCE FALLS FLUSHING DEEP AND SOFTLY PALING O'ER IVY COVERED HALLS; BENEATH THE PINES WE'LL GATHER TO GIVE OUR FAITH SO TRUE SING OUR LOVE FOR ALMA MATER AND THY PRAISES MSU.

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MSU, WE LOVE THY SHADOWS WHEN TWILIGHT SILENCE FALLS FLUSHING DEEP AND SOFTLY PALING O'ER IVY COVERED HALLS; BENEATH THE PINES WE'LL GATHER TO GIVE OUR FAITH SO TRUE SING OUR LOVE FOR ALMA MATER AND THY PRAISES MSU.