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Júlio de Matos discusses his photographic work on the nearly extinct culture of Bejing’s hutongs at the opening of “Fading Hutongs” in the Wolk Gallery. The exhibit opened on Sept. 16 and will be up until Dec. 19.

LaVerde’s convenience store, located on the first floor of the Student Center, has decided to reduce its operating hours this year. In past semesters, LaVerde’s was open 24 hours/day during the week.

Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda, delivers his speech, “Imperative of Science and Technology in Accelerating African and Rwandan Development,” as part of the Compton Lecture Series on Thursday in Kresge.

Freshman Alexandria C. Hall hits a forehand during the Engineers’ first conference match against Springfield College at the du Pont Tennis Courts on Saturday.

Alexandria C. Hall ’12 delivers a crushing backhand in Saturday’s match against Suffolk University. Despite Hall’s 7-6, 6-4 loss to Lauren Cameron, the Engineers steamrolled the Rams 8-1 in their fifth consecutive win.

Katrina M. Ellison ’10 leaps for the kill during the game against Brandeis University last Saturday. The Engineers lost 3-2.

Raffaela L. Wakeman ’08 unveils the goal for the Class of 2008 Senior Gift and the senior class project, a student externship assistance fund, at last night’s Senior Gift kickoff celebration in the Vannevar Bush Room.

MIT sued architect Frank O. Gehry and Skanska USA Building Inc. on Oct. 31 for “design and construction failures” in the Ray and Maria Stata Center (pictured).

Jean Mario N. Martin ’12 (behind) grapples with Andrew T. Carlson ’12 in front of a cheering crowd during Burton-Conner House’s Jell-O wrestling barbecue on Monday.

Costantino “Chris” Colombo is MIT’s new dean for student life.

Noah S. Jessop ’09 is the Undergraduate Association President.

William Blaine Richardson III is seen in an interview during the Democratic National Convention on Monday.

A Kennedy sign is seen at the Democratic National Convention in support of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is seen speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado on Monday.

Lorraine Hariton (left), a delegate from Palo Alto, Calif., and her son Glen Weyl (center) attend the Democratic National Convention on Monday.

(from left) Alessandro Chiesa ’09, Russell J. Ryan ’09, and Zackary M. Anderson ’09 appear at a press conference held by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to discuss their canceled presentation titled “The Anatomy of...