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(front to back) Brian Carvalho ’12, Brian D. McCarthy ’12, Alexander P. McCarthy ’14, the crew of the Osokkvandi Ond, paddle toward the finish line at the annual Head of the Zesiger cardboard boat regatta on Saturday....

Ben Thompson ’13 (left) and another protester explain why they are protesting Pfc. Bradley Manning’s imprisonment and impending court marshal to a group of freshmen. Thompson and about 15 others were demonstrating out...

Undergraduate Association President Vrajesh Modi and Vice President Sammi Wyman preside over the first UA Senate meeting of the term Monday. The meeting focused on the budget for the year.

Amie J. Guo ’14 browses the selection at Kappa Alpha Theta’s semi-annual Charity Denim Designer Jean sale on Friday in Kresge Oval. Proceeds from the sale went to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a group of c...

Casandra N. Ceri ’13 advances the ball down the field in the first half of the women’s soccer game against Wheaton College on Oct. 9. The Engineers defeated Wheaton 3-1.

ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS — Nine Asian elephants (and friends!) from the Barnum and Bailey Circus march down Mass. Ave on Tuesday afternoon on their way to the TD Garden in Boston.

Jennifer DiMase ’01 bounds past the finish line during MIT Habitat for Humanity’s second annual Beaver Dash 5K race on Sunday. Proceeds from the more than 100 runners who participated will go towards sponsoring an MIT...

Tim the Beaver himself showed up to help support the cause. The race raised over $3,000 for a habitat home in Boston.

Neil T. Forrester ’12 steadies his boat during the 18th Annual Brass Rat Regatta on Saturday morning. Over 30 current and former members of MIT Sailing showed up for the race.

Forward Captain Marisa “Hot Sauce” Jasso ’13 (wearing red) scores a try for the Engineers in their match against Wentworth Institute of Technology in last Friday’s game. The Engineers, who won the national championshi...

Runners pass along Massachusetts Avenue on their way to the finish line. The 3.1-mile course looped around Amherst Alley, Vassar Street, and Massachusetts Avenue before ending in front of the Zesiger Center.

Edan Krolewicz ’12 enjoys a refreshing sip of water more than a mile into the race.

Runners in the Beaver Dash begin their race at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning.

The winners of the Beaver Dash, (left to right) Kaitlin R. Goldstein G (1st place, women), Donna M. Golach ‘12 (2nd place, women), Scott T. Landers (2nd place, men), and Antonio Tugores-Garcia G (1st place, men), pose...

Associate Professor Nergis Mavalvala recently won the $500,000 MacArthur “Genius” grant for her research in detecting gravitational waves from outer space. Professor Mavalvala is a member of the Laser Interferometer G...

Comedian Robert “Bo” Burnham performs at the MIT Fall Festival in Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 2. The event consisted of a comedy show by Bo Burnham and special guest Shane Mauss.