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Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open source Linux operating system, dives into the shark tank at the New England Aquarium on Wednesday night. Torvalds was given a choice between giving a keynote presentation at the...

At the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear”, many people dressed in costumes and held satirical signs. Over 200,000 people attended the event hosted by Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert.

Nightmarket visitors gather to watch Chinese Yo-yo performances on Saturday night in Lobdell. Nightmarket is an annual festival held by Asian culture clubs on campus.

SaveTFP’s annual Spooky Skate is all about dressing up and having fun on ice. The event took place on Saturday night at Johnson Ice Rink.

HallowMIT, the annual Halloween festival for MIT’s families, took place on Saturday, October 30 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Stata Center. Activities included pumpkin carving, face painting, balloon twisting, caricatures,...

Adam Boyles conducts the opening concert of this year’s season of the MIT Symphony Orchestra in Kresge on Friday. The concert featured pieces by Chadwick, Haydn and Kalinnikov and a dedication to Tyler Clementi, a Rut...

Dr. John Holdren ’65, adviser to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivers the 2010 David J. Rose Lecture in Nuclear Technology...

Cordelia (Allison M. Schneider ’13) attempts to convince her father, King Lear, that she really does love him, all the while refusing to flatter him. The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble is currently performing King Lear, wit...

Wellesley student Audrey Wozniak scans her music before the start of Friday’s MITSO performance in Kresge Auditorium.

Cornwall (Adam Finelli) gouges out the eyes of the Earl of Gloucester (Joshua J.A. Walker ’12) after arresting him.

Lionel F. Sotomayor ’12 and Rebecca L. Gould ’11 of the MIT rifle team shoot during the air rifle competition against Wentworth Institute of Technology on Oct. 2. Though the Engineers lost the air rifle portion of the...

Chelsi E. Green ’13 of the MIT Chorallaries performs a solo in “Need You Bad”, originally sung by Jazmine Sullivan, in Kresge on Saturday. The Chorallaries and other acapella groups participated in the Greater Boston ...

Edmund W. Golaski ’99 explains the details of the 8.01 paper airplanes hack while acting out the professor’s reaction to hundreds of airplanes being thrown at him. Golaski told many hacks-related stories to a crowd of...

Nathan E. Serrano ’10 fires a rubber dart at a member of another team during the MIT Assassin’s Guild’s “Patrol” on Saturday night. Patrol is high-action game that takes place every Saturday night at 8pm in and around...

(front to back) Brian Carvalho ’12, Brian D. McCarthy ’12, Alexander P. McCarthy ’14, the crew of the Osokkvandi Ond, paddle toward the finish line at the annual Head of the Zesiger cardboard boat regatta on Saturday....

Ben Thompson ’13 (left) and another protester explain why they are protesting Pfc. Bradley Manning’s imprisonment and impending court marshal to a group of freshmen. Thompson and about 15 others were demonstrating out...