Andrew Swayze

The U.S. Army’s artillery squad fires off cannons during the Boston Pops’ rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” The “1812 Overture” is a traditional part of the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the ...

Nicholas D. Sisler ‘11 (MIT No. 2) plays in the MIT vs. Bruins Alumni game Saturday. The Bruins alumni won 11-9, and the proceeds of the game benefitted the Boston Bruins Foundation and the MIT Men’s Ice Hockey Team.

The Koch Institute’s new building, running along Main Street between Ames and Vassar, will promote collaboration between different departments on cancer research.

A silver RV made to look like a giant toaster appeared on the dot by Building 54 yesterday. The owners were offering visitors free toast.

Akansha Kumar ’11 (left) and Shubhi Goyal ’12 perform with MIT Chamak, a South Asian fusion dance team, at the ASA Activities Midway last Friday. More than 200 student groups had booths in the Johnson Ice Rink.

3-310: Instead of a magical slide to keep boys out, the Margaret Cheney room asks for a code to enter. Harry won’t be hanging out here anymore.

W20-429, 431, 428: Harry paints a magical moving portrait of Susan Hockfield in the Student Art Association Studio.

10-500: Harry studies for his O.W.L.s in the reading room of the Barker Engineering Library.

W20-483: Harry tries out muggle photography at The Tech, a publication that is infinitely superior to The Daily Prophet.

Room 4-160: Harry prepares the opening act to a Weird Sisters concert. Building 4 practice rooms are accessible only to performance ensembles members, but three piano rooms in W20 are free to the entire MIT community.

14S-100: Harry plans his next adventure using the Stein Club Map Room’s topographic map collection. The Map Room is also a nice, secluded place to study.

4-332: Harry defiesp physics by levitating a book in the physics library in building 2.

Professor Daniel G. Anderson, of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, discussed the recent US District Court ruling on human stem cell research with The Tech in his lab yesterday. Anderson and o...

Professor Daniel G. Anderson, of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, discussed the recent US District Court ruling on human stem cell research with The Tech in his lab yesterday. Anderson and o...

Professor Daniel G. Anderson, of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, discussed the recent US District Court ruling on human stem cell research with The Tech in his lab yesterday. Anderson and o...

Postdoctoral researcher Jill M. Dowen pipettes in the Whitehead Institute lab of Professor Richard A. Young. Young’s lab works with human embryonic stem cells, mapping the regulatory circuitry that controls developmen...

Professor Daniel G. Anderson, of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, discussed the recent US District Court ruling on human stem cell research with The Tech in his lab yesterday. Anderson and o...

The U.S. Army’s artillery squad fires off cannons during the Boston Pops’ rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” The “1812 Overture” is a traditional part of the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the ...

A jam-packed crowd watches on as Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell. Well over 500,000 people lined the Charles River to watch the 4th of July fireworks celebration.

New solar-powered, compacting single stream recycle bins were placed outside of the Student Center this week. The new bins aim to reduce the amount of waste going to a landfill, and they do not have to be emptied as o...

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo speaks about the interaction of poverty, growth, and democracy, particularly with regard to South and Central America, as part of the Legatum Pericles lecture series in the W...

Oh snap! After narrowly avoiding a collision with Princeton’s boat, whose steering cable had snapped, the men’s heavyweight crew team came in second at the Compton Cup last Saturday.

Stephanie C. Leger ’11 leads the charge against Williams College on Thursday last week. The Engineers lost 12-5.

Kathleen M. Kauffman ’12 looks for holes in the Smith College defense during the women’s lacrosse game on Sunday. The Engineers won a 20-4 victory over Smith College.

The MIT men’s rugby squad takes on the club team from Suffolk Law on April 10th.

The men’s varsity lightweight crew competes in the Joy Cup versus Yale and Georgetown on Saturday. The winning teams received T-shirts from the losing teams.

Corey Garvey ’10 works to evade Springfield College defenders during the men’s lacrosse match on April 10. Despite Garvey’s efforts, the Engineers lost 16-4.

Adam Mustafa ’11 competes in the men’s hammer throw during the track and field meet on Saturday. MIT defeated Bates College and Colby College to place first in the meet.

Keri A. Dixon ’11 connects with the ball during the softball game against Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Sunday. The Engineers won in the eighth inning of the game. (See story, page 20)

Union members from MIT Facilities, Police, and the Lincoln Laboratory, as well as members of the Student Union, gather in 1-190 on Friday to discuss the ongoing budget crisis at the Institute.

Maxwell Mann ‘12 observes as Nathan Lachenmyer ‘10 works to free the drive chain from the bell at the Kendall Red Line station. The MIT Kendall Band Preservation Society began their work repairing and refurbishing the...