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Millions of visitors congregate around the National Mall in Washington, D.C. yesterday. The crowds stretched from Capitol Hill to beyond the Washington Monument.

Inauguration viewers in 10-250 rise to their feet as President Barack Obama begins to recite the oath of office. For more photos from inauguration day events, see page 8.

Hackers placed a presidential seal banner on the facade of Building 10, beneath the Great Dome, early on the morning of Jan. 20, 2009.

Parisians watch President Barack Obama’s inaugural address outside a packed Carr’s Irish Pub in downtown Paris yesterday.

Amy J. Marshall ’09 leaps in front of a Babson basketball player on Saturday Jan. 17. The Engineers lost 73-38.

Members of the Mystery Hunt team Manic Sages, affiliated with MIT’s Experimental Studies Group and with Mathcamp, concentrate on solving individual puzzles.

A spaceship crew chronicles its daring escape from the planet Zyzzlvaria at the opening ceremony of the year’s annual puzzle competition, the MIT Mystery Hunt, on Friday, Jan. 16. During the 2009 Hunt, teams of proble...

Daniel J. Stallworth ’11 breaks it down in Lobby 13 during a session of break dance classes run by MIT Imobilare on Jan 14.

Captain Jennifer A. Chao ’09 swims the 200-yard butterfly for the Engineers during the meet on Sunday Jan. 18 versus NEWMAC rivals Coast Guard Academy and Springfield College. Chao took first place in both the 100-met...

Female alumni chat at the Association of MIT Alumnae’s “Woman-to-Woman - Life After MIT” networking event on Thursday, Jan. 15.

Members of the Manic Sages team organize their previously-solved puzzles in order to tackle a metapuzzle at 6 a.m. on Jan. 17. A metapuzzle is a puzzle whose solution is found by using the answers to puzzles from each...

Members of the mystery hunt team Pet Mangoes made pancakes spelling the word “HUNT” as part of a team breakfast held on Saturday morning. Breakfast was held in the Simmons dining hall, which also served as the team he...

Freshman members of the team Pet Mangoes Marie Hu, Brian D. McCarthy, Brian Carvalho work on puzzles on Saturday Jan. 17 in the team headquarters in Simmons dining hall. Pet Mangoes, a team consisting of residents, al...

Nicholas R. LaBounty ’09 looks down for a pass in a game against New England College on Saturday Jan. 17.

Anjali Tripathi ‘09 answers questions about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Student Group and Project Showcase on Thursday night Jan. 15 in Lobby 10. The showcase was...