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An article titled "Students Find Relief in Paint Job" in the Columbia Daily Tribune features a mock Hindu Holi festival in which 55 scholars from the Missouri Scholars Academy participated. The article also reminds readers of impending budget cuts the program will face for 2010.

Yesterday the scholars got a chance to participate in a mock Hindu Holi festival, a religious celebration typically held in spring where participants disregard social norms and get wild with paint and water. The scholars recreated the festival using water balloons, paint and colored powder.