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Racers sail downward to the finish during MIT Sailing’s Midweek Firefly Regatta held last Thursday. The regatta, hosted by MIT, welcomed eight colleges fielding a total of 19 boats.

Hackers dressed The Alchemist this week as Walter White, the protagonist in AMC’s crime drama Breaking Bad, which held its series finale this past Sunday. The show revolved around White’s struggles as a cancer-stricke...

The Berklee P-Funk Ensemble performs at the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival held in Boston this past Saturday. Other performers included The Bell Afair, the Rick DiMuzio Quintet, and the Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors.

The Green Building was lit up last Friday with altering patterns of “GNU” and “30” in honor of the 30th anniversary of GNU, a free Unix-like operating system.

Craig B. Cheney ’14 winds up for a shot in the Men’s Water Polo game against Brown University last Saturday. MIT fell to Brown 15-9 but went on to beat Connecticut College later that afternoon 23-3 giving them a confe...

Posters have appeared around campus in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding Burton-Conner murals.

A particularly exuberant Zumba dancer lets loose during MIT RecSports’ fourth annual Largest Outdoor Zumba Class on Tuesday, Sept. 24 in front of the Z-Center.

Author Daniel Suarez (right) discusses his publications during a conversation with Joi Ito (left) at the Media Lab on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Michelle Battipaglia ’15 rushes after the ball in the women’s soccer game on Saturday, Sept. 21 against WPI. MIT won 3-0.

Rachel Hunt ’14 spikes the ball during MIT’s home volleyball game this Saturday, Sept. 21 against Springfield College.

Undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni waited to enter the Fall Career Fair on Friday, September 20, in a line that went from the Z-Center, down Mass Ave and onto Amherst Street. The career fair provide...

MIT topped the QS World University Ranking for the second year in a row, but fell to seventh in the US News & World Report National ranking for 2013-2014. At the graduate level, MIT remains ranked first in most engine...

Sunday was the last day of the MIT-France outdoor film festival on Kresge Oval. The movie shown was Les Chansons d’Amour, by Christophe Honoré.

The MIT Folk Dance Club held a contra dance on Tuesday night in Lobdell on the second floor of the Student Center. Contra dances will be held in the student center every Tuesday night through October.

Women’s Volleyball beat Bates College Friday night 3-0. They went on to finish fourth at the MIT Invitational last weekend, besting Tufts University and Colby College.

Monday morning Buildings 46 and 48 were evacuated due to a gas leak on the corner of Main St. and Albany St. Both buildings were cleared for re-occupation later in the morning.