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Hackers placed a mask over the “Alchemist” statue, situated in front of Building W20. The hack, photographed last Friday, Jan. 11, may be related to Mayor Thomas Menino’s declaration of a public health emergency regar...

Four protesters gathered by the MIT General Counsel’s office in Building 7 on Sunday and shared their views on the Aaron Swartz case with reporters. MIT, they said, should publicly stand up for its institutional princ...

The MIT Track and Field teams hosted their annual Alumni Meet this past Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Johnson Athletic Center Indoor Track. The event invites former varsity athletes to return and compete against the curre...

A Pac-Man motif was placed over the tarp on the top of the Great Dome last Thursday, Jan. 10. The lights on the scaffolding resemble pac-dots.

Paul Babbin of Stafford Painters uses a roller to paint the wall near the Forbes Café sushi area last Wednesday, Jan. 9. Forbes Café, in the Stata Center, closed Dec. 21, 2012 for renovations. It reopened this past Mo...

A foot crossing was recently opened to the public near building W59. The crossing is part of a new foot path linking Amherst Street and Vassar Street added to improve the safety of pedestrians crossing the tracks.

The scaffolding inside Barker Library’s Reading Room is being dismantled, which will reveal Barker’s newly installed skylight.

A Quest Diagnostic building in Central Square was one of many properties that have recently been sold in Cambridge, MA.

Hackers decorated Lobby 7 with a dragon and a Mayan calendar on Dec. 17, 2012. MIT’s finals week ended on the same day as the “End of the World,” according to interpretations of the Mayan calendar.

The Cambridge Fire Department responded to MIT five times on Sunday night to vandalism by a Boston University student. Within a few minutes of each other, fire pull stations in the Student Center (W20) and Kresge Audi...

Amita Gupta ’15 checks out the cacti sold by local artisan Dave Holmstead at the Holiday Vendor Fair last Tuesday. The annual event, sponsored by the Campus Activities Complex, featured several local vendors. Soaps, n...

A Student Art Association representative talks to potential customers at the SAA’s ceramic sale, held on Monday in Lobby 10. The sale featured ceramic sculptures and vessels by MIT students, faculty, and staff. The MI...

Students dance in Dance Troupe’s semester concert on Saturday evening. Numerous groups of students showcased their dancing in the five shows that took place over the last weekend.

On Friday night, an MIT student punched a hole in a Baker House stairwell window. According to MIT Police Sergeant Amoroso, the individual was transported to Cambridge Hospital and no charges were filed, with further ...

Kirstyn Hein ’15

Nisha S. Dalvie ’16