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Anna B. Shafiro ’10 (left) and Kasey M. Rowe ’10 promote Alpha Chi Omega’s Domestic Violence Awareness Week in Lobby 10. Throughout the week AXO sold around 1200 carnations to raise funds for the Boston Area Rape Cris...

Executive director of the National Commission on Energy Policy Jason Grumet speaks on behalf of Barack Obama.

Christian W. Therkelsen ’11 gains control of the ball during Wednesday’s men’s soccer game versus Brandeis. The Engineers won 5-0.

THIS IS JEOPARDY! — Vibin A. Kundukulam ’11 (bottom-right) watches himself on Jeopardy! while dozens of other students cheer him on in the packed Burton 5 floor lounge in Burton-Conner House on Thursday evening. Kundu...

Xudan Liu ’10 and Ainsley K. Braun ’10, both of Pi Beta Phi, performed as Ken and Barbie in the Sigma Kappa Late Night fundraiser for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Members of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega paint a bench on the bank of the Charles River as part of the Smoot 50th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday afternoon.

Zeta Psi brothers Manuel Cabral ’12 (top) and Conor R. O’Rourke ’11 perform a flip during Sigma Kappa’s Late Night in Kresge on Saturday evening.

MIT President Susan J. Hockfield is presented with a tie-dye style T-shirt from members of the crew team as part of the Crew Alumni Association’s boat dedication at the Boathouse on Saturday morning.

(From left) David A. Croom ’09, Kamo Jurn ’10, Jason A. Scott ’10, Ayaboe K. Edoh ’10, and Tarikh C. Campbell ’09 perform in Sigma Kappa’s Late Night on Saturday evening in Kresge as the dance crew Back Bay Boys.

The MIT sailing team competes in the Smith Trophy last Saturday on the Charles River.

Comedian Russell Peters gestures during his headlining act of MIT’s Fall Festival on Friday evening in the Kresge Auditorium. Peters’ show, which is known for his jokes about racial stereotypes, was very popular, sell...

Elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walk down Massachusetts Ave. past Building 1 on Monday evening. The elephants, along with other circus animals, were being transported from train cars behin...

Daniel Chen ’11 and Tiffany W. Guo ’09 perform as Aladdin and Jasmine in the IFC/Panhel act of SK Late Night in Kresge. This act won the crowd favorite award after a vote by the audience at the end of the show.

Qiaochu Yuan ’12 and Christopher S. Brathwaite ’12 build a model of buckminsterfullerene from gumdrops and skewers at TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Christopher S. Chin ’12 makes liquid nitrogen ice cream along with the brothers of TEP on Sept. 2 during rush.

Devon D. Sparks ’12 discusses geodesic constructions at a TEP event on Sept. 2 during rush.