TWILIGHT CAPTURED

Only a few leaves remain on a tree over the not-yet-frozen Charles River as nighttime descends in the early evening yesterday.

ABC News President David Westin discusses the current state of network news at the Institute of Politics’ John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night. Westin criticized the frequency of opinion commentary in the media.

VIEWS OF THE CHARLES

Artist Valerie Isaacs obtains inspiration for her painting from the skyline along the Charles River yesterday.

The Charles River, which has had a history of pollution problems, faces a battle over a permit to allow the Mirant Kendall Station to continue cleaning its turbines in the river.

DISCUSSING DARFUR

Samantha Power, far right, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, speaks about the genocide in the Sudan at a panel yesterday at the Institute of Politics.

FLOWER POWER

The mysterious addition of a single flowering plant to Tercentenary Theatre added a burst of color outside of Widener Library yesterday.

AN ISLAND IN THE SUN

Extension School Student Athena Picciotto takes a cat nap between classes. Gina Wyers, reading a book, arrived in Cambridge yesterday on vacation from Amsterdam.

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT

Freshman lightweight crew coach Linda Muri instructs a boat of novice first-years on a sunny autumn afternoon on the Charles River. The Head of the Charles Regatta will take place on the river this October.