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Ryan Breneman ’10 rows for MIT Crew in the Head of the Charles, one of rowing’s most celebrated competitions. The two-day event drew teams from around the world.

Ernest I. Park ’12, with the MIT Logarhythms, sings “Knock on Wood” by Eddie Floyd at the Greater Boston Invitational Songfest on Saturday night.

President Barack Obama will encourage Americans to lead the global economy in clean energy during his speech today in Kresge Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. Obama is pictured here with Governor Patrick during his campaign st...

An excited MIT student awaits the arrival of President Obama in front of 77 Mass. Ave on Friday.

President Barack Obama speaks about his administration’s energy policy and MIT’s Energy Initiative at Kresge Auditorium on Friday. The President started his speech jovially mentioning that MIT hackers had placed his m...

President Obama shakes hands with members of the audience following his speech about clean energy at Kresge on Friday. MIT was given 200 tickets to allocate; Kresge’s maximum capacity is 1,000 people.

Demonstrators on the steps of 77 Mass. Ave. on Friday morning show their support for the Massachusetts Cape Wind project and other policies to combat global warming. Their gathering coincided with the President’s arri...

Members of the MIT community assemble in the shape of

President Barack Obama’s limousine transported him from Building 13 to Kresge Auditorium via Memorial Drive for his address on Oct. 23.

President Barack Obama speaks about clean energy at Kresge on Friday. Obama’s speech followed a tour of several MIT labs that do energy-related research.

On Oct. 23, students who could not get into Kresge gathered in the Stratton Lounge to watch Obama’s speech on their computers.

A supporter of Lyndon LaRouche holds up a painting of the 2008 presidential candidates as she awaited the arrival of Obama to the MIT campus on Friday. “Why is Obama blue?” a bystander asked. “You go in there and ask ...

Demonstrators stirred up heated arguments with bystanders on Oct. 23 as they awaited the arrival of President Obama to the MIT campus. This demonstrator had another hand-lettered sign that read “Arrest obama for war c...

Photographers and video crews pack up supplies after President Obama’s address on Friday in Kresge.

Crowds gather in front of 77 Mass. Ave awaiting the arrival of President Barack Obama to Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 23 for his clean energy speech.

President Obama chats amicably with Massachusetts Senator John Kerry as they both step out of Air Force One. The President’s private aircraft touched down at Logan airport at about 11:30 a.m. on Friday.