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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.

Celtics’ Rally, Jun. 19.

Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on Sunday, July 27. Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three-way deal ...

Paul Pierce, 2008 NBA Finals MVP, holds up his trophy during the Celtics’ Rolling Rally on June 19 on Tremont St. The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to clinch their first NBA Championship in 22 years.

Flying Club members and staff reporter Emily Prentice (far left) talk planes at the Provincetown airport. Andreas Mershin piloted a 30-year-old Cessna while Henry Hallam ’09 (third from left) took his group down in a ...

Sterling Airport is home base for pilot Andreas Mershin. Sterling is located about an hour from Boston and sees mostly small planes and gliders.

Pilot Andreas Mershin listens to the weather report before flying to Provincetown, Mass. The forecast was good with clear skies and moderate gusts.

Members of the MIT Flying Club grab a bite to eat at Café Heaven in downtown Provincetown, Mass. The Flying Club has annual flyouts to regional destinations.

Pilot Andreas Mershin tries on an African Safari hat at Marine Specialties Inc. in Provincetown, Mass. The store specializes in military surplus and has a large collection of specialty hats and uniforms.

Pictured is a view of Cape Cod from 7,000 feet in the air. The MIT Flying Club had its annual flyout in Provincetown, Mass. this year. See page 9 for more about the flyout.

Daniel D. Jimenez ’10 learns how to perform CPR on a dummy in La Sala de Puerto Rico on April 3, 2008 in an event sponsored by MIT-EMS.

Andreas Mershin of the MIT Flying club preps a Cessna C127 for flight at Sterling Airport in Sterling, Mass.

Dorm row viewed from 1,500 feet up in a Cessna C172.

Daniel D. Jimenez ’10 learns how to perform CPR on a dummy at Thursday’s MassCPR event in La Sala de Puerto Rico. The event was sponsored by MIT-EMS.

Teams (left to right) 61 “The Shifters”, 97 “The Cow” (Sponsored by MIT), and 1153 “The RoboRebels” compete in the semifinals of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics competiti...

Stuart Schmill ’86 will be MIT’s next dean of admissions. Schmill is currently interim director of admissions, a position he has held since the departure of Marilee Jones in April 2007.

Random Nucleic Acid reaches up 4 stories on the 290 Mass. Ave. side of Random Hall. On Feb. 29, Random celebrated its 40th birthday.

High School student Levi Toledano (right) shows other students how to play On-Sets, a dice game that helps students learn about set theory. The MIT Saturday Engineering and Enrichment Discovery Program held a workshop...

Black (Matthew N. Stern ’08) kisses Queenie (Carrie A. Lee ’10) in an intense moment of passion and lust in the Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” playing Feb. 7-9 at 8 p.m. in La Sa...

Musical Theatre Guild cast members perform “Good Heavens,” a musical within Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party,” composed by brothers and lovers Phil and Oscar (Carlos Cardenas ’09 and Dave Berger, not pictured). “The Wil...

Queenie and Black (Carrie A. Lee ’10 and Matthew N. Stern ’08) stand back as the enraged Burrs (Matthew Ciborowski ’08) processes the scene in the Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” ...

MIT filed a lawsuit against Frank O. Gehry, the Stata Center’s architect.

Mae (Nicolina A. Akraboff ’08) and Eddie (Darrell D. Cain ’08) sing about their wonderful life as a couple in the song “Two of a Kind” in the Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” playi...

MIT sued architect Frank O. Gehry and Skanska USA Building Inc. on Oct. 31 for “design and construction failures” in the Ray and Maria Stata Center (pictured).

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences set the lights in the Green Building to display the word “SOX” on the Boston-facing side of the building in support of the Red Sox in the World Series. The ...

Brooke Schepp of Case Western Reserve University asks xkcd fans to sign a poster with their name and where they are from. The poster was later given to xkcd creator Randall Munroe. Hundreds of fans showed up at Rev. T...

Water splashes (left to right) Elizabeth L. Hanson ’11, Sara L. Campbell ’10, and Monica G. Gallegos ’11 at Rev. Thomas J. Williams Park on Sunday. Hundreds of xkcd Web comic fans showed up at the park after creator R...

YOU’RE A KITTY!—Randall Munroe, creator of the popular xkcd Web comic, gives his autograph to loyal fans at Rev. Thomas J. Williams Park in Cambridge on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. Hundreds of fans showed up at the park a...

Charles Goodwin of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute extends a tape measure to well over 10 feet at Rev. Thomas J. William Park on Sunday, Sept. 23. Hundreds of xkcd Web comic fans showed up at the park after creator R...

Over 30 xkcd fans climbed onto a giant metal-and-rope regular octahedron in Rev. Thomas J. Williams Park in Cambridge Sunday, Sept. 23. According to xkcd forums, the structure managed to hold up to 106 people. Hundred...

Eilzabeth G. Lovegrove ’09 fills out part of the “Dream Girl” comic from xkcd. Creator Randall Munroe expressed to hundreds of fans Sunday, Sept. 23 that the last frame in his comic was clearly incorrect and asked for...

Leeland B. Ekstrom G, president of the Graduate Student Council, talks to The Tech about graduate student life and his plans for the GSC.

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final installment in the epic Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, was finally released to eager fans at 12:01 a.m. on July 21. Deathly Hallows has broken several reco...

Andrew G. “Zoz” Brooks ’07 wears a robot on his mortarboard as a reflection of his doctoral thesis on human-robot communication.

Graduates file into their seats to await the end of Procession. Over 2,500 degrees were awarded at the 2007 Commencement in Killian Court on Friday, June 8.

Graduates turn to give thanks to family and friends.

Last Friday several MIT Community members attended a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. On April 16 Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people before taking his own life in the deadliest ca...

Damian Kulash, lead singer of OK Go, performs "Do What You Want." OK Go opened for Snow Patrol's concert at Agganis Arena March 28.

Certified Flight Instructor Maurice Morneau (right), runs Tech News Editor Benjamin P. Gleitzman '09 through his pre-flight checklist before taking to the skies.

Ellen T. Wong ’09 (left) and Lihua Bai ’09 (right) marvel at the unique features of the 2009 Ring design.

Christopher G. Whitfield ’09, Class of 2009 Ring Committee chair, and Vice Chair Colleen P. Mosley ’09, explain the tradition of MIT’s class ring, dubbed the “Brass Rat.”

Evan C. Iwerks ’10 (center) teaches Burton-Conner Housemaster Merritt R. Smith and President Susan Hockfield how to play tennis with the Nintendo Wii. Hockfield toured Burton-Conner as part of her continuing effort to...