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Guitarist Trey Anastasio, now sober, performs “Sample In A Jar” during the opening show of Phish’s summer tour at Fenway Park on May 31, 2009.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks to graduating students at MIT’s 2009 Commencement exercises on June 5, 2009 in Killian Court. Visit http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N27/commencement/livephoto.html for additional p...

Drummer David King evokes an electronica groove on the drums at Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Mass.

The Bad Plus was joined by vocalist Wendy Lewis for the second half of both shows last weekend.

Reid Anderson plays the bass during “Variation d’Apollon” at the Berklee Performance Center on April 3.

In 2006, members of the mural group Tats Cru finish a mural in honor of the late James E. “Big Jimmy” Roberts, former night watch man for the Senior House and East Campus dorms. The mural was created in the Stata Ampit...

MIT student athletes gathered in Lobby 7 on Tuesday for a demonstration to raise awareness of DAPER’s plan to cut varsity sports teams in response to department budget cuts.

Over 100 students attended Tuesday’s information session by DAPER at the Johnson Ice Rink on the decision to cut varsity teams at MIT. A Q&A followed a presentation on the necessity of the cuts.

Hackers placed a half-scale model of the Apollo 11 “Eagle” Lunar Module on top of the Great Dome on May 17, in advance of the 40th Anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

The Smoot 50th Anniversary Plaque is seen sitting on the vice of the Computer Numerical Controlled milling machine which worked it last Friday in the Hobby Shop in Building W31.

The engraving of the Smoot 50th Anniversary Plaque.

Emergency personnel, including MIT Police Captain Albert F. Pierce Jr. (center, facing right), investigate the death of Han D. Nguyen G, who was found in the parking lot on the east side of Building E19 on Tuesday, Ju...

Nitish Nair G, PhD candidate for the Department of Chemical Engineering, receives his doctoral hood from department head Klavs F. Jensen at the Johnson Athletic Center midday Thursday.

The busted iPod Shuffle is seen after its encounter with a .22 bullet. The ash seen in the lower part of the unit where the bullet struck is the Lithium battery.

DURABILITY TESTING—A .22-caliber bullet fired by MIT Pistol Coach Will Hart Jr. hits the latest iPod Shuffle at the MIT Rifle Range. The strobe used to illuminate the shot was provided by Jim Bales of the Edgerton Cen...

A 26 oz. T-bone steak with allium butter and fried onions is served in KO Prime style, decorated with flower petals.