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Sendai port, 60 miles from Fukushima, was devastated by the disaster.

A cosplayer dresses up as Sarah Kerrigan from Starcraft.

Tabletop gamers filled an exhibition hall during last weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo. Games ranged from Katamari Damacy to Jenga.

An attendee plays Dance Central, a Kinect game by Harmonix.

A case mod of Divx, a character in Penny Arcade, was featured holding a bottle of Wild Turkey.

The Tech’s Jessica J. Pourian ’13 interviews “Thorkon,” the creator of a case mod who is dressed as Boo.

A Metroid fan dressed as Samus Aran plays Rockband with other attendees. There were several Rockband stations set up around the PAX East convention.

Some of the best arcade game players in the world try to set records at PAX East.

Darth Maul from Star Wars shows up at the convention to promote The Old Republic, an upcoming MMO.

A fan plays Duckhunt in the classics video game room at PAX East.

A female cosplayer dressed as Yuna from Final Fantasy X poses for a photo.

The Fact or Fiction awareness campaign uses posters to challenge MIT undergraduate women to question the influences on their female identity. However, many students found some of these posters confusing.

The nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan, were damaged by last Friday’s tsunami and earthquake. The outer containment buildings of Units 1 and 3 exploded due to a buildup of hydrogen gas after the magnitude 9.0 earthq...

Kesennuma, home to more than 70,000, after the tsunami.

Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes fame debuted his solo album, Lazarus, last year.

Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Friday, March 18, 2011

The west parallel of East Campus flooded early Tuesday afternoon due to the installation of a fire hydrant. Workers took most of the day to stop the flood.

Grace M. Kane ’11 (Romeo) and Allison M. Schneider ’13 (Mercutio) star in the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’s production of Romeo and Juliet.

The earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused a major food shortage in Japan.

Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems Design, comments on the chain of events occurring in Japan and his view of the reaction of the Japanese people and government. He credited ...

Kuljot S. Anand ’13 sings “Just Dance Pe Chance,” an original mashup of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” and “Dance Pe Chance” from the Bollywood movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, at the MIT Ohms debut concert Friday night. The newl...

Members of the MIT Figure Skating Club perform a themed routine based on The Charlie Daniel’s Band’s song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” during an event on March 17 to raise money for victims of the recent earthquak...