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Members of ESP (Educational Studies Program) make balloon animals for prospective students at the CPW festival in the Johnson Ice Rink on Thursday night.
Aviva Siegel
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Prospective students gather around the ESP (Educational Studies Program) booth to catch free t-shirts that were thrown into the crowd in the Johnson Ice Rink during the CPW Festival on Thursday.
Seth A. Villarreal—The Tech
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Prospective student Isaac Gutenkunst smashes ice during the CPW festival on April 16. This event was sponsored by East Campus Second West residents, who were also preparing liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Steve Howland—The Tech
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Kevin A. Fischer ’11 holds a discussion with a prospective student. He walked around wearing a cardboard box promoting “CryoFAC” in reference to the East Campus based group that served liquid nitrogen ice cream during the CPW festival on April 16.
Seth A. Villarreal—The Tech
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Prospective student Robert Haussman takes part in an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) demonstration as part of the CPW festival on April 16.
Steve Howland—The Tech
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Prefrosh play a game of Twister hosted by East Campus at the CPW festival on Thursday night in Johnson.
Aviva Siegel
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Jennifer E. Lai ’10 of the Association of Taiwanese Students hands out bubble tea to prefrosh during the CPW festival on April 16 in Johnson.
Andrew T. Lukmann—The Tech
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A sign titled “Carnivorous Plants Win” along with a toilet plunger appeared in the Dollar Bill Lounge in the Infinite Corridor, a reference to the carnivorous plants that threaten the plumber Mario in the Mario video game series. Hackers put up signs around campus with various meanings of the acronym “CPW” for the start of MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend on April 16.
Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech

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Prospective students gather around the ESP (Educational Studies Program) booth to catch free t-shirts that were thrown into the crowd in the Johnson Ice Rink during the CPW Festival .

A sign titled “Carnivorous Plants Win” along with a toilet plunger appeared in the Dollar Bill Lounge in the Infinite Corridor, a reference to the carnivorous plants that threaten the plumber Mario in the Mario video game series. Hackers put up signs around campus with various meanings of the acronym “CPW.”

Kevin A. Fischer ’11 holds a discussion with a prospective student. He walked around wearing a cardboard box promoting “CryoFAC” in reference to the East Campus based group that served liquid nitrogen ice cream during the CPW festival.

Prefrosh play a game of Twister hosted by East Campus at the CPW festival.

Prospective student Robert Haussman takes part in an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) demonstration as part of the CPW festival.

Jennifer E. Lai ’10 of the Association of Taiwanese Students hands out bubble tea to prefrosh during the CPW festival.