http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag-inv.gif http://tech.mit.edu/ Recent photos and graphics from The Tech /V130/N21/graphics/gates-0.html Nicholas Chornay—The Tech <b>Philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder, and Harvard dropout Bill Gates </b>speaks to students in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday about global health, poverty, and education. He encouraged students to apply their talents toward tackling these issues. After the speech, Gates sat down for an interview with The Tech. The transcript is below. For the video, see<b> http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N21/gates/interview.html</b>. /V130/N21/graphics/marathon.html Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando <b>Jared M. Markowitz G,</b> a graduate student in the Deparment of Physics,<b> </b>finished<b> 47th place</b> at the Boston Marathon on Monday. His official time was <b>2:27:16.</b> /V130/N21/graphics/gates-1.html Justin Knight <b>As Bill Gates looks on, Christopher A. Moses ‘10 explains Sana (formerly Moca),</b> an organization that helps connect patients, doctors and nurses using cell phone technology. /V130/N21/graphics/guitarknives.html Monica Gallegos—The Tech <b>The Guitar Knives</b> /V130/N21/graphics/technicolor.html Monica Gallegos—The Tech <b>Technicolor</b> /V130/N21/graphics/girlwithdragontattoo.html Courtesy of Music Box Films <b>Swede Noomi Rapace gives a</b> <b>stunning</b> <b>performance</b> as computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. /V130/N21/graphics/fortran.html Monica Gallegos—The Tech <b>FORTRAN</b> /V130/N21/graphics/gates-2.html Justin Knight A group of<b> MIT Gates Millennium Scholars </b>assembles to <b>meet Bill Gates </b>during his visit to MIT on Wednesday. /V130/N21/graphics/howtotrainyourdragon.html Courtesy of Paramount Pictures <b>Your typical hero story,</b> but with cuter characters. /V130/N21/graphics/supadupa.html Monica Gallegos—The Tech <b>Supa Dupa</b> /V130/N21/graphics/haitian.html Feng Wu—The Tech <b>Minister Patrick Delatour, Chairman of the Presidential Commission for Reconstruction and Minister of Tourism of Haiti, </b>spoke to the MIT community about plans for the reconstruction of Haiti Friday morning in 6-120. Minister Delatour reviewed the actions and vision of the Haitian government post-earthquake. /V130/N21/graphics/wcrew.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech <b>(left to right) Marie C. Mcgraw ’12, Emma C. Jeffries ’11, and Catey L. Harwell ’11 of the women’s lightweight crew team </b>race early Sunday morning against Stanford. The Engineers lost both varsity races to the No. 2 ranked Cardinal. /V130/N21/graphics/wlacrosse.html Andrew Swayze—The Tech <b>Stephanie C. Leger ’11 leads the charge </b>against Williams College on Thursday last week. The Engineers lost 12-5. /V130/N21/graphics/earthday.html Brian Hemond—The Tech <b>Cimarron J. L. Wortham G adjusts the rear derailleur of a bicycle </b>brought to a free bicycle repair clinic held on the steps outside of the Stratton Student Center on Thursday. The clinic, held every year on Earth Day, was organized by Katherine E. Potter G and staffed with volunteer bicycle mechanics. /V130/N21/graphics/li.html /V130/N21/graphics/mcrew.html Andrew Swayze—The Tech <b>Oh snap! </b>After narrowly avoiding a collision with Princeton’s boat, whose steering cable had snapped, the men’s heavyweight crew team came in second at the Compton Cup last Saturday. /V130/N21/graphics/piano-1.html Michael Yu—The Tech <b>After falling more than six stories</b><b>,</b> nothing remains of the piano except a jumbled mess. /V130/N21/graphics/piano-0.html Vibin A. Kundukulam—The Tech <b>It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a...piano? </b>As a Baker House tradition on drop date, President Andy Wu ’12 released the cumbersome musical instrument off the roof into the courtyard on Thursday evening. /V130/N21/graphics/benitez.html /V130/N21/graphics/axe.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Early Wednesday morning, <b>hackers installed a bottle of “MIT Edition” Axe body spray </b>on the ledge of Building 10. The hack was apparently a comment on the recently passed Undergraduate Associate Senate bill to provide deodorant to students the reading room during finals week. /V130/N21/graphics/breakitdown.html David Chen—The Tech <b>Jacob T. Bredthauer ’11 of the MIT Cross Products</b> closes out the Break it Down Boston concert last Saturday night. Ten Christian acapella groups from New England schools performed at the event. <b><br></b> /V130/N21/graphics/aaa.html Michael Yu—The Tech <b>Singer-songwriter and YouTube star Kina Grannis </b>performs during the 13th annual AAA Grains of Rice culture show last Saturday in Walker Memorial. Several MIT, Harvard, and Boston-based groups performed a piece of Asian culture to a full audience in Walker Memorial. /V130/N21/graphics/microdot.html Logan P. Williams—The Tech Jeffrey Y. Warren G, Nathan Cook, and John P. Murphy ’10 prepare to launch a helium balloon from McDermott Court on Tuesday as part of<b> Microdot, a temporary autonomous nation</b> bounded by the circular lawn. The balloon was used to take photos and create a map of Microdot. /V130/N21/graphics/rambax.html Michael Yu—The Tech <b>Lamine Touré of MIT Rambax, a Senegalese drumming ensemble, </b>leads a group of more than thirty MIT students during the group’s concert in Lobdell on Sunday. /V130/N21/graphics/wood.html Feng Wu—The Tech The Mark Wood Experience, featuring <b>Mark Wood, former member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra</b>, was the main act of Concert for a Cure hosted last Sunday at Club Oberon by MIT’s Sigma Phi Episilon fraternity and Harvard’s International Coalition of College Philanthropists. /V130/N21/graphics/napolitano.html David M. Templeton—The Tech Secretary of Homeland Security <b>Janet Napolitano </b>speaks in the Emma Savage Rogers Room (10-340) last Friday. Napolitano met with the heads of Boston-area universities at MIT to discuss how national security can be aided by higher education. /V130/N21/graphics/ciuffo.html /V130/N21/graphics/ultimate.html Daphne Wang <b>Ethan F. Gillett G </b>throws to<b> Brian J. Munroe G</b> in the Metro Boston sectionals. With the win, the men’s ultimate frisbee team secured a bid to the New England regional tournament in May. /V130/N21/graphics/iceskating.html David Chen—The Tech <b>Felicia Zhang and Taylor Toth, junior national champions in pairs skating, </b>perform at An Evening with Champions, Harvard’s annual ice skating charity event last week.