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Upstairs, PAX provided a number of computers to play games like Battlefield II. The Penny Arcade Exposition, a videogame convention, ran from Friday to Sunday.

In response to a request from the audience, Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik (left) and Jerry Holkins arm wrestle. After an overly dramatic minute, Krahulik won.

Leland Cheung, MIT student and member of the Cambridge City Council.

MIT Police question Jason Reed in connection with a sexual assault shortly after 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Reed was charged with rape and trespassing.

MIT Police examine the area on the first floor of Building 2, where the incident took place.

Hana I. Khalil ‘13 talks to a prospective member of the Class of 2014 on the phone during the admitted students telethon held on Thursday in the Bush Room.

The MIT Wind Ensemble plays the world premiere of Spring Rituals, directed by Dr. William Cutter, lecturer in music and director of choral program at MIT. The ensemble’s spring concert was in Kresge Auditorium last Sa...

Mad Margaret (Elise C. Kuo ’11), widow of Henry VI, curses her enemies.

Richard (Christopher D. Smith ’12) asks Lady Anne (Grace M. Kane ’11) to kill him if she will not marry him. MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’s final performances of Richard III are on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Professor Peter A. Diamond PhD ’63, an Institute Professor in the Department of Economics, is under consideration to join the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Diamond joined MIT as an assistant professor in 1966 ...

MIT sued architect Frank Gehry and construction company Beacon Skanska in Oct. 2007 for “design and construction failures” in the Ray and Maria Stata Center.

After a weekend of non-stop rain, large puddles and waterlogged debris have turned the machine shop at East Campus into a soggy mess. See article, page 13.

On March 14 (π day), Admissions released decisions for the Class of 2014. Overall this year, 9.7 percent of the 16,632 applicants were accepted. See story, p.1

Raymond S. Stata, prominent benefactor of the Ray and Maria Stata Center, will deliver the 2010 Commencement Address to graduates on June 4. Stata is seen here at the Analog Devices corporate headquarters in Norwood, ...

Cameron Hood (left) and Ryan Green relax between songs as the evening winds down in Caitlin Mason’s apartment on March 7. Mason invited them over for gaming after missing their March 6 concert.

Norvin W. Richards, professor of linguistics and philosophy, has deep insights into both linguistics and teaching.