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MIT topped the QS World University Ranking for the second year in a row, but fell to seventh in the US News & World Report National ranking for 2013-2014. At the graduate level, MIT remains ranked first in most engine...

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.

The MIT Folk Dance Club held a contra dance on Tuesday night in Lobdell on the second floor of the Student Center. Contra dances will be held in the student center every Tuesday night through October.

Women’s Volleyball beat Bates College Friday night 3-0. They went on to finish fourth at the MIT Invitational last weekend, besting Tufts University and Colby College.

Monday morning Buildings 46 and 48 were evacuated due to a gas leak on the corner of Main St. and Albany St. Both buildings were cleared for re-occupation later in the morning.

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 ...

Rohun Kulkarni ’15 and Priya Garg ’15 play life-sized Connect Four in front of W20 on Monday in front of the Student Center. The game was constructed by Clowns@MIT.

A model of Freddie Mercury, frontman of the British rock band Queen, sits atop Kresge Auditorium in his famous yellow jacket in honor of his birthday, Sept. 5. The lead vocalist and pianist wrote many popular hits for...

Signs announcing a public hearing on the 300 Massachusetts Avenue project were placed on buildings along the whole 300 block. All of the businesses facing Mass. Ave on this block are now closed.

DanceTroupe was one of many student performance groups to showcase their talents at Friday’s Activities Midway. All ASA recognized groups are invited to the Midway to give incoming freshmen a look at activities on cam...

This summer, the MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter Group commissioned 6,500 live silkworms to build a 12 ft. by 12 ft. dome. The dome is on display in the east entrance of the Media Lab.

Rambax, MIT’s Senegalese Drum Ensemble, performs beneath bright blue skies reflected in the windows of the Student Center on Tuesday afternoon. The group was founded in 2001 and is co-directed by artist-in-residence L...

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.

Forces from the East arrive en masse shortly before the beginning of the war, sporting handmade signs and a variety of water-flinging devices.

LaVerde’s Market undergoes renovations during orientation for the second year in a row.

The war wages fiercely as both sides rush forward and begin throwing water in earnest.