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Andrew A. Busse ’15 leaps over his opponents as he spikes the ball over the net. The Engineers overcame a deficit to clinch a 3-2 victory over UC Santa Cruz on Thursday Feb. 20.

Sailboats return in the waning light of a late October evening. A waxing crescent moon hangs brightly in the sky.

MIT’s 148th Commencement was on Friday, June 6. Over 2,700 students graduated, receiving over 3,400 degrees.

“Black Lives Matter” posters appear around campus in reaction to the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of Michael Brown on Aug 9.

Students of the Martin Luther King Jr. Design Seminar, a program offered over IAP 2014, display art installations in Lobby 10 addressing topics such as human rights, justice, racism, and equality.

The 36 people the Next Sail team managed to fit on a highly modified tech dinghy was enough to attract the attention of the Massachusetts State Police during the MIT Sailing Challenge on Friday, May 16.

MIT President L. Rafael Reif, along with Provost Martin A. Schmidt PhD ’88, Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart PhD ’88, and members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 22.

Flosstradamus performs before MIT students during the annual Springfest concert in Johnson Ice Rink.

Thousands of paper cranes adorn the Stata Center’s Gates Atrium in remembrance of Officer Sean Collier on Friday, April 18.

The snowball fight moved from Killian Court to the East Campus courtyard, where the fun continued.

Dominique Du Monaco (Allison E. Hamilos G) performs during “Speaking French.”

A shirtless student runs away from a snow-throwing friend in the midst of the fun.

Heavy winter clothing was scarce among students outside of EC.

Harry Witherspoon (Michael A. Greshko G) tries to present his dead uncle’s body (Matthew T. Iovino ’17) as alive and well to passersby.

Casie S. Chen ‘17 and others dance on top of one of the picnic tables outside EC.

Harry Witherspoon (Michael A. Greshko G) sings about his life as a shoe salesman during a dress rehearsal of the MIT Musical Theater Guild’s production of Lucky Stiff. The musical comedy follows shoe salesman Harry Wi...