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Smoot reflects on rule of Mass. Ave. bridge

As his fraternity brothers laid his 5-foot, 7-inch frame end-to-end to measure the Massachusetts Avenue bridge one night in October 1958, there was one distinct thought running through Oliver Smoot's mind. "It was pretty cold," he said. September 24, 2008

Game on! Hackers play with MIT

Hackers hung this MIT-centric game of Scrabble on the side of Wiesner Building (E15) this week. Versions of other games, including chess and Cranium, also appeared at various spots around campus. December 12, 2007

Shannon collection shows wit and whimsy

Known as the father of digital communications and information theory, late MIT professor Claude E. Shannon spent his spare time inventing clever, toy-like devices for fun. Among the creations are a chess machine and a juggling W.C. Fields. May 30, 2007

In comic relief, Doonesbury's coming to MIT

Alex Doonesbury, 17-year-old cartoon offspring of "Doonesbury" cartoon dad Michael Doonesbury, will be attending MIT this fall, thanks to the Institute's victory over Cornell and Rensselaer in a straw cyber-poll. May 26, 2006

Piano drop marks drop date

The annual piano drop from the top of Baker House marks the spring semester's drop date. May 1, 2006

A clear shot

MIT hackers took their show on the road over spring break, nabbing this Civil War-era cannon from Caltech in California and bestowing it with a uniquely MIT signature -- a mold of the MIT 'brass rat.' April 12, 2006

The great debate

Team Latke insisted on the superiority of the potato pancake over its rival Jewish delicacy, the hamentashen, during the annual Latke-Hamentashen Debate held Monday, March 6, in Room 10-250. March 8, 2006

Game on

This squid hung in a stairwell down the Infinite Corridor on Monday, Dec. 12, as part of a Super Mario hack that started in Lobby 7 and continued all the way down the hall. December 21, 2005

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