(Brian Manzullo / Editor in Chief)

New York is not the only city that never sleeps.

Even a city of 26,675 people ticks every hour of the day.

Mount Pleasant, Mich., is filled with people of all walks of life, from the college student at Central Michigan University studying for an exam to the overnight janitor working just to pay the bills.

Central Michigan Life chronicled the entire 24-hour period of Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. It was Homecoming for many at CMU but, as you will see, so much more is happening around Mount Pleasant.

Take a look at the sights, sounds and personalities of Central Michigan.

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DIRECTIONS: Use the presentation below to navigate through each hour of the day, starting at midnight. When you see spinning white wheels, click to go to each story with full multimedia.

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Credits

Coordinators
Matthew Stephens
David Veselenak

Presentation Designer
Brian Manzullo

Writers
Sarah Schuch
Lindsay Knake
Maryellen Tighe
Edward Schutter
Alex Washington
Hilary Farrell
Sherri Keaton
Brad Canze
Randi Shaffer
Rachel Mater
Tim Ottusch
Amelia Eramya
Aaron McMann
Tony Wittkowski
Eric Dresden
Jake Bolitho
Kevin Drescher
Alethia Kasben
Ryan Czachorski
Connor Sheridan
Taylor Hills
Luke Dimick

Photographers
Matthew Stephens
Ashley Miller
Chris Bacarella
Libby March
Paige Calamari
Victoria Zegler
Sean Proctor
Jeff Smith
Jake May
Neil Blake
Sihang Zhang
Kaitlin Thorne

Videographers
David Veselenak
Adam Kaminski
Kevin Drescher
Joe Borlik
Kaitlin Thorne
Neil Blake
Jake May