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On Feb. 9 starting at 4:05 p.m., crowds gathered in the snow-filled Killian Court for an MIT-wide snowball fight, organized by Brendan T. Deveney ’13 and Amanda C. David ’13 of the UA Special Projects Committee.

The blowing snow makes visibility poor in front of the Student Center on Friday and Saturday.

Emily A. Moberg G conducted tropical ecology research at a site off the coast of Panama, shown here.

Saferide and Tech Shuttle buses sit idle on Saturday in their parking lot off Albany St. With the Institute shut down during the blizzard, normal shuttle routes were canceled through the weekend.

At the MIT-Harvard snowball fight held outside the Cambridge Public Library on Sunday, Harvard students prepare to launch an attack.

A pedestrian on skis takes advantage of the unshoveled sidewalk by the Charles River Saturday.

MIT Facilities worked through the blizzard on Friday and Saturday to clear snow from campus streets and sidewalks.

President L. Rafael Reif and his wife Christine join the brothers of Chocolate City for a photo-op amidst the chaos of the campus-wide snowball fight on Saturday in Killian Court.

On Saturday afternoon, pedestrians walked among slow-moving motorists down Massachusetts Avenue in Boston since in many places, streets were more clear than the sidewalks.

A student jumps into a snow pile from the third floor of Novartis’ parking garage at Cross and Albany Streets on Saturday. The snow pile blocked most of Cross St. across from Edgerton House, and gathered a crowd of a ...

Lindsay M. Sanneman ’14 and Omar A. Trujillo ’15 use a slingshot to throw snowballs during the Institute-wide snowball fight.

Next House residents enjoy a day at the beach during this weekend’s blizzard. From left to right: Daniel Martelly ’14, Eric K. Ruleman ’16, Colin P. McDonnell ’16, Felipe Hernandez ’15, Aleksya D. Aguirre ’15, Hannah ...