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Gus Rancatore, the owner of Toscanini’s, received $31,406.85 in a week’s worth of donations from fans of his ice cream. The store was closed from Jan. 17 to Jan. 24 because of a past due tax bill.

Jane (played by Katherine Heigl) tries on her 27 bridesmaid dresses for news writer Kevin (James Marsden).

Sean C. Morton ’08 samples roast pig at East Campus’ annual Bad Ideas competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Bad Ideas is a three-day event in which students come up with and pull off outrageous stunts.

The Boston skyline at dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Ice covered the surface of the Charles River for much of January.

Joshua A. Horowitz ’10 (right) tries out “SNGH Is Not Guitar Hero.” The game, created by Rhys A. Hiltner ’09 (center) and Ruth A. Shewmon ’08 (not pictured), evaluates the user’s playing on a standard electric guitar....

Nathan B. Ball ’05, pole vault coach for the MIT track and field teams, competes in the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Ball placed third in the competition after ...

Stephen A. Morton ’10 (far right) runs the 200-meter dash during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Morton finished the race in 22.45 seconds, placing 16th of the...

Impossible is nothing when you’re surrounded by pictures of bunnies.

Jen Zink is back at work on Monday, Jan. 28 after Toscanini’s was closed for several days due to nonpayment of taxes.

Praveen Subramani ’09 (top) and Xiao Xiao ’09 (center) explain the operation of their project, “Pittura Viva,” to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Seth Teller (not pictured) as his daughter Sophia...

Kevin Y. Wang ’08 plays with the “Conductor Hero” project at the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The game plays a pre-recorded song, following the conductor’s direction much like an orchestra would. HKN, the honor ...

Patrick R. Barragan ’08 explains the navigation methods of “Tour Bot” to an attendee of the Eta Kappa Nu Student Project Expo. The project aims to build a robot capable of providing autonomous tours of the MIT campus....

David S. Baumgartner ’08 prepares to swing during the MIT squash match against Fordham University on Jan. 26. Although Baumgartner defeated his opponent, MIT lost 7-2.

Jeremiah R. Cohen ’09 (left) competes in the mile run during the BU Terrier Invitational, an open meet held at Boston University on Saturday, Jan. 26. Cohen placed 25th of 97 runners with a time of 4:16.98. The fastes...