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Michael G. Zomnir ’11 dives to retrieve a ball during a first-round match on Friday night. This weekend was Zomnir’s last match at MIT. During the final, Zomnir played a very close match, losing by only two points in ...

Aaron L. Scheinberg, a graduate student in Course 12, dances with a visiting scholar from Boston University at Wednesday night’s dance hosted by the Lindy Hop Society. Scheinberg says he enjoys swing dancing because o...

Chairman of the MIT Corporation John S. Reed ’61 speaks to the Undergraduate Association Senate on Monday evening in W20-400. Reed spoke on the endowment, deferred maintenance, and student life.

A pile of ice and snow along dorm row remains from one of the snowiest winters in recent memory.

Students swarm the hallway from Building 26 to 8.

Students sit atop a plinth in the corner of Lobby 7 as pedestrians walk past on Nov. 5, 2009. The Class of 1954 is sponsoring a student contest for designs to sit atop the pedestals, which were left unfinished after L...

Beauty and Brains. Physics major and Miss Boston contestant Dianna L. Cowern ’11.

Beauty and Brains. Physics major and Miss Boston contestant Dianna L. Cowern ’11.

Beauty and Brains. Physics major and Miss Boston contestant Dianna L. Cowern ’11.

Stephen T. Frost ’13 and Caitlin R. Pomeroy ’13 unveil the bezel of the 2013 Brass Rat on Friday night. The bezel features the beaver, who clutches a branch with four leaves, and a framing square in the shape of a sev...

Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was named as the next chancellor of MIT on Thursday afternoon. He will assume his new role on March 1.

Changes might be coming to the Number 1 Bus route. The MBTA has proposed that some stops along Massachusetts Ave. be eliminated, and buses could be given traffic signaling priority.

Anna L. Tang listens as defense attorney Robert A. George argues that she should not be committed to a mental institution. The prosecution presented no testimony or evidence in favor of such commitment, he said.