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On Feb. 14, W1 residents were given a tour of the almost finished NW35 dormitory that the Phoenix Group moved into in the fall.

Construction on Mass. Ave., Mar. 21.

Pillars illustrating the MIT community’s concerns over communication, hacking, dining, and housing appeared in Lobby 7 on Oct. 17 as part of a “tool in” organized by protesters calling themselves the “Campaign for Stu...

Christine Yu, at age 4, about to slobber on her preschool boyfriend Timothy.

Kate Burton in The Corn is Green at the Huntington Theatre Company. Playing now through February 8 at the B.U. Theatre, the Huntington’s mainstage.

Random Nucleic Acid reaches up 4 stories on the 290 Mass. Ave. side of Random Hall. On Feb. 29, Random celebrated its 40th birthday.

Random Hall still looks exactly like it did here in 2000; On Feb. 29, Random Hall celebrated its 40th birthday.

Six candles representing binary digits stand atop the little dome on Feb. 29 to commemorate Random Hall’s 40th birthday.

Ani DiFranco opens with the old classic “Little Plastic Castle” at Symphony Hall in Boston on Sunday.

Protestors hold signs at the Join the Impact rally on Saturday outside Boston City Hall. The rally was a part of a national protest against the passage of Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage in California.

Nikolai D. Begg ’09 learns about the Senior Gift during the opening ceremony on Nov. 13 in the Coffeehouse. The Class of 2009’s gift will be a donation to MIT’s OpenCourseWare. The money will be used to update the cou...

Marin Soljacic ’96, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, is one of two MIT faculty members to receive a 2008 MacArthur Fellowship, or “genius grant.” Soljaic discovered a method to wirelessly transmit 60 ...

Former Director of the C.I.A. R. James Woolsey acts as campaign surrogate for John McCain.

Comedian Russell Peters drew in a big crowd for his performance in Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 3.

Alexandria C. Hall ’12 smacks a backhand return in the women’s tennis team’s win over Clark University on Saturday afternoon at the duPont Tennis Courts. For more details about the match, see article on page 16.

Former Director of the C.I.A. R. James Woolsey (left) and executive director of the National Commission on Energy Policy Jason Grumet debate energy policy as campaign surrogates for U.S. Presidential candidates John M...