Bruno B. F. Faviero

Tim the Beaver having fun with students at the MIT Carnival organize by McCormick, Baker, and Maseeh on Saturday.

A couple dances to the tunes of the Compaq Big Band, the main musical attraction at Friday’s Beaver Ball in Walker Memorial. The event was a celebration of MIT mascot Tim the Beaver’s 100-year anniversary.

An employee from Thalmic Labs presents a demo of Myo, a gesture control armband, during Techfair this past Monday, Feb. 3. Techfair, held in Rockwell, featured demos from companies as well as student projects, and was...

Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, there was an accident on Memorial Drive and Mass. Ave. allegedly involving a taxi and a SafeRide Boston All shuttle.

Sunday was the last day of the MIT-France outdoor film festival on Kresge Oval. The movie shown was Les Chansons d’Amour, by Christophe Honoré.

Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab and Ethan Zuckerman, director of the MIT Center for Civic Media participated in a discussion on Thursday about the challenges of innovation within large structured organizations ...

This Calvin and Hobbes mural in Burton Third once depicted Hobbes the cat holding a bottle of Jack Daniels. The bottle was painted over when other murals, containing references to alcohol, were also painted over befor...

West Campus forces rally behind their wooden duck as they rush the forces from the East.

An East Campus resident operates the tilt-a-whirl ride at East Campus’ Sunday-night courtyard party. Attractions included a “frosh wash”, four-story fort, a swing set, a rotating rock wall, and a dance floor.

An East Campus resident announces their arrival by blowing a vuvuzela.

Audrey A. Sedal ’15 jumps for joy after winning a free brass rat for being the 15th person in line.

A sophomore looks at the sample rings on display in Kresge lobby after the design was unveiled.

The joke bezel is presented before the real design of the ring. In front of the B1W ambulance crossing the bridge, the beaver is wearing a “YOLO” shirt and holding a Sonoma greens salad.

Students excitedly welcome the members of the 2015 Ring Committee to the stage.

Ring Committee Chair Matthew T. Abel ’15 and Vice Chair Michelle H. Lee ’15 introduce the rest of the committee.

A line of sophomores waiting to enter Ring Premiere stretches across the front of the Zesiger Center.

A group of Sigma Kappa members hold up signs with the faces of the two Sigma Kappa members of Ring Committee: Coleen K. Gabel ’15 and Michelle H. Lee ’15.

This photo as well as others appearing on page 6 were taken at the MIT Museum’s 15th annual Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction Event in Rockwell Cage on Friday. Participants linked their individual chain reactio...

A hamster wheel waits to be knocked down as part of a larger chain reaction.

Small metal balls are dropped from the top of a wood structure to move golf balls and further the progress of a golf ball around the entirety of Rockwell Cage.

Team Rubicon X puts the finishing touches on their part of the larger chain reaction, which involved a cup holding a golf ball riding around the roller coaster.

A small train waits to be knocked over by dominoes as part of the larger chain reaction.

Fifteen teams from the MIT Founders’ Skills Accelerator and MIT Beehive Cooperative presented their entrepreneurial work last Saturday afternoon at Walker Memorial. The teams represented startups in the fields of ener...

Students of Discover Journalism 2012.

Rafael Reif will be MIT’s 17th president. At a press conference on Wednesday morning, Reif said he would commit his presidency to advancing education, as he has already been doing though the MITx/edX initiative.

Provost L. Rafael Reif and his wife Christine leave the Bush room in Building 10 shortly after his election as MIT’s 17th president. Reif will take over from President Susan J. Hockfield on July 2.

Yin-Jen “Angela” Wang ’13 dances in Motown, a show put on by MIT Mocha Moves Dance Squad and featuring MIT Fixation.

(Left to right): Mitali Kini ’15, Long V. Le ’12, and Jin Stedge ’13 dance in Motown, a show put on by MIT Mocha Moves Dance Squad, with a guest performance by MIT Fixation.

Megan E. Tadge ’12 swims in the women’s 500 freestyle against Colby College on Jan. 14, 2012. The Engineers beat the Mules 237-57.

The Kentucky Fried Duck sinks shortly after casting off on its maiden voyage at the Head of the Zesiger cardboard-boat regatta. The ship was piloted by Timothy K. Wilczynski ’14, Brian D. McCarthy ’12, and Alexander P...

Megan E. Tadge ’12 swims in the women’s 500 freestyle against Colby College on Saturday. The Engineers beat the Mules 237-57.

Jessica L. Wass ’14, a Tech photo editor, performs a dive at Saturday’s meet against Colby College. MIT Women’s Swimming and Diving beat Colby 237-57.

Hundreds of Occupy Boston protesters amass on Atlantic Avenue in front of Dewey Square late Thursday night. Several protesters held up a banner that read, “You can’t evict an idea: we will not be silent.” They were al...

Protesters move some of their camp onto the street, though police began to clear it out about an hour later.

Upwards of 1,500 protesters gather in Dewey Square Thursday night, dancing, chanting, and blocking traffic.

Three gingerbread houses paid homage to MIT at Friday’s Gingerbread House Building Contest, sponsored by MedLinks. The gingerbread house on the right was made to resemble the Stata Center.

The Logarhythms perform “Superlogs” with their alumni — a longtime tradition — at their winter concert “Bright Lights” last Friday.

Nathan M. Robert ’13 hugs fellow Logarhythms member and musical director Edward T. “Eddie” Kim onstage during their winter concert last Friday. This was Kim’s last performance of the year before he takes time off from...

An inflatable plastic ball — the Zorb — maneuvered by a person inside, rolled around Lobby 7 Wednesday evening. Mechanical engineering professor Alex Slocum ’82 said he brought out the Zorb, which was emblazoned with ...

Hackers hung a banner on the inside of Lobby 7 commemorating the fifth of November. The Latin is five words beginning with the letter V, meaning, “By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe” —...

Hackers placed a Guy Fawkes mask, worn by the character V from V for Vendetta, over the blank face of the Alchemist statue early Saturday morning. The fifth of November is commemorated in Britain for the failure of th...