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Professional magician Mat Franco cuts a deck during a card trick performed Wednesday evening for a Baker Hall study break.

A crane lifted a piece of the skylight onto the Great Dome on Monday. The skylight is expected to be installed by January.

Day 2, Oct. 17. This photo highlights the range of an HDR image. By combining three different exposures into a single image, all levels of detail, from the brightness of the setting sun and to the shadows inside the d...

Erik A. Waingarten ’15 and interviewer Joseph Falvella of Chrysler read interview tips posted on the wall of the MIT Global Education & Career Development Office while waiting for their appointments. GECD provides 22 ...

219 Vassar St. lies halfway demolished at the end of October. This photograph, as well as the others in the photo essay on page 7, were created by merging at least two photographs of different exposure levels into a s...

Day 5, Oct. 20. Morning clouds roll over the demolition site.

Day 1, Oct. 16. Photographs of 219 Vassar St. were taken over a week and a half period to showcase the gradual changes that took place during its demolition.

Day 9, Oct. 24. By the eighth day, most of the building had been demolished.

Day 11, Oct. 26. Previously a place of much noise and destruction, the demolition site was cleared and quiet on the evening of the last day.

A structure was constructed from triangular styrofoam pieces in the lobby of building 7 on Thursday, and passers-by were invited to add new pieces to it. The project was part of the open house for prospective students...

Lucentio (Victor E. Cary ’14), disguised as language tutor Cambio, attempts to woo Bianca (Keenan A. Sunderwirth ’14) while Hortensio (Nicholas J. Benson ’16) looks on jealously in the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’s perfo...

Children of different ages wearing Halloween costumes meet Tim the Beaver at HallowMIT on Saturday, the 27th of October at Z Center. The annual event is hosted by MIT Recreation and the Association for Student Activit...

Dylan J. Hallman ’15 faces a slew of defenders as he prepares to launch the ball in Saturday’s water polo game against Connecticut College, contributing to a 13-9 win for MIT. Seniors Kevin D. Hsiue and Brendan T. Dev...

On Sunday, there was a campus-wide flashmob modeled after the popular song “Gangnam Style” with Richard Yoon ’13 acting as PSY, the artist behind the Korean hit.

Hundreds gathered for the 3rd annual East Cambridge Ribfest last Sunday on Fulkerson Street. $2 ribs from some of Cambridge’s best, including the East Side Bar, Midwest Grill, and Redbones.

The 48th Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing event, occurred this past weekend. MIT, which is ranked Division 1 in crew, had teams competing in events throughout the weekend. Here, the MIT ...