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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on the morning of April 8.
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Lady Gaga visits MIT Museum, June 30.
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Yesterday morning, the illuminated Dr. Who police box was “teleported” by hackers from the roof of Building 7 to the Great Dome. On the British science fiction show, the box is actually the TARDIS, a “Time And Relativ...
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On Wednesday, “Doctor Who”-loving hackers installed an illuminated police box on the roof of Building 7 along (overlooking Mass Ave) with a banner reading “The Doctor: 1 / Harvard: 0.” On the British sci-fi show, the ...
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Soccer fans watch the final game of the 2010 World Cup in the 2nd floor lounge of the Stratton Student Center on July 11. Spain defeated the Netherlands to win the 19th FIFA World Cup.
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Polaroid executives and MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas pose with the Lady Gaga portrait at the Polaroid press conference at the MIT Museum. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her portrait taken with an extr...
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As Lady Gaga left the photo shoot from the back of Building N52, one MIT student asked her to sign his lab pipette. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her portrait taken with an extremely rare Polaroid 20x24 ca...
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Lady Gaga had her portrait taken on the 3rd floor of Building N52 on Wednesday, June 30. During her departure at approximately 3 p.m., Gaga took two minutes to sign autographs from the seat of her escort for anxious f...
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Earlier Wednesday, Lady Gaga posed for a 20- by 24-inch Polaroid picture, which will remain on permanent display at the museum. This past January, Gaga was named creative director for Polaroid corporation, which was o...
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Lady Gaga, pop singer and recording artist, signs autographs for fans before departing from the back entrance of the MIT Museum on Wednesday afternoon.
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Dishes are prepared and ready to serve at Craigie on Main on May 11.
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Sam Franklin of “Mamarazzi” plays on Saturday at Steer Roast 2010. Mamarazzi was one of eleven bands that performed at Steer Roast.
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Residents of Senior House drop bouncy balls on prefrosh during the dorm’s 2010 Bouncy Ball Drop for Campus Preview Weekend, on Friday.
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On Saturday, during Campus Preview Weekend 2010, a banner appeared in Killian Court asking “Emily, Will You Go to Prom w/ Me?” Judging by the behavior of a couple that walked through Killian shortly after the banner a...
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Castle Bravo, Supa Dupa, and Technicolor perform at the MIT Live Music Connection’s Battle of the Bands on April 10, during Campus Preview Weekend 2010.
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch the morning of April 8.
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.
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To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Sidereus Nuncius, Galileo’s first observations through a telescope, hackers hung an asteroid belt from the ceiling on the 8th floor of the Green Building on Tuesday. They also...
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Supa Dupa and the Shallow Romantics performed at the Student Center’s Mezzanine Lounge on March 12, hosted by the MIT Live Music Connection.
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In honor of the 80th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery, hackers installed a motorized solar system mobile in Lobby 7 on Thursday. They also adorned the Lobby 7 pedestals with birthday-themed paraphernalia. Two other “...
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Satirizing MIT’s newest major, biological engineering, hackers representing “Stepford Labs” at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering installed a display case full of “enhanced” body parts in MIT’s Infinite Corr...
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick spoke to graduating students at MIT’s 2009 Commencement exercises on June 5 in Killian Court.
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Students on campus scored a nutritional victory this year with the new weekly produce market at the East Campus courtyard. The service was made possible by the Undergraduate Association, The Division of Student Life, ...
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Carmel R. Dudley ’11 paints a banner reading “No Mandatory Dining / Let Us Choose!” that was hung in Lobby 7 during the Campaign For Students protest on Feb. 17. Students were protesting because of a leaked draft dini...
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Hackers turned the ceiling of Lobby 7 into a giant “black hole” early on Saturday morning, complete with a crumpled CERN spaceship being sucked into the center (in reference to the Large Hadron Collider project).
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Hackers installed a giant band-aid on MIT’s Great Dome on the night of November 30, right after the wrapping that had been protecting the Dome during repairs was removed. The band-aid was presumably intended to symbol...
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The Sydney Opera House, one of the world’s most famous examples of modernist architecture, is seen on an Australian winter evening.
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A dominant male lion attacks his son, putting him in his place, at the Kapama Game Reserve in Hoedspruit, South Africa.
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Charles River is seen at sundown on Independence Day in this composite stitched panorama. Hundreds of thousands of people — and hundreds of watercraft — surrounded the barge with fireworks in the middle of the river.
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks to graduating students at MIT’s 2009 Commencement exercises on June 5, 2009 in Killian Court. Visit http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N27/commencement/livephoto.html for additional p...
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The busted iPod Shuffle is seen after its encounter with a .22 bullet. The ash seen in the lower part of the unit where the bullet struck is the Lithium battery.
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Hackers placed a half-scale model of the Apollo 11 “Eagle” Lunar Module on top of the Great Dome on May 17, in advance of the 40th Anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.
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A 26 oz. T-bone steak with allium butter and fried onions is served in KO Prime style, decorated with flower petals.
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A dark chocolate fondue with a splash of Grand Marnier with fresh fruits and cookies for dipping.
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DURABILITY TESTING—A .22-caliber bullet fired by MIT Pistol Coach Will Hart Jr. hits the latest iPod Shuffle at the MIT Rifle Range. The strobe used to illuminate the shot was provided by Jim Bales of the Edgerton Cen...
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Hackers placed a giant statue of the Greek goddess Athena in MIT’s Killian Court on May 18, the first day of final exams. The Athena statue stood atop a large pedestal and carried a shield inscribed with MIT’s “Mens e...
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The pastry chef at Elephant Walk prepares a dessert called Mousse aux Fruits de Passion, a tart passion fruit mousse served in an almond lace cup, garnished with fresh pineapple chunks, and macerated in dark rum, suga...
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Meena L. Viswanath ’11 rides a water-pumping seesaw next to the MIT Chapel on Monday, May 11. The seesaw was a final project for 1.102 (Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II) that Viswanath’s g...
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An “Ideas To Be Processed” box styled in a fashion similar to the “Domestic and International Mail To Be Processed” box next to it is seen at the intersection of MIT’s Building 3 and the Infinite Corridor on Monday, M...
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East Campus House Manager Joseph F. Graham Jr. is awarded the James N. Murphy Award for his contributions to community life at the Institute during the 2009 Awards Convocation, held in 10-250 on Tuesday, May 5.
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Housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins kicked off the mud wrestling with their last match as Senior House housemasters, as Henry Jenkins has decided to accept a position at the University of Southern California. Mud w...
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Flames emerging from the steer-roasting pit mark the beginning of Steer Roast on May 1 hosted by MIT’s Senior House.
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Zoig-Ma-Noig performs at Steer Roast 2009 at Senior House.
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Psychedelic rock band Major Stars performs on May 2 during Steer Roast 2009 at Senior House.
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Electronic band Triangle Forest performs at Senior House during Steer Roast 2009.
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Erik D. Fogg G mud-wrestles Terral R. Jordan ’07 after the ignition of the roast pit during Senior House’s annual Steer Roast party on May 1.
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Hackers put a large banner reading “LONG LIVE ROAST” across the facade of MIT’s Building 10 on the morning of May 1, the first day of the multi-day Steer Roast party at Senior House. Look at page 10 for more pictures ...
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MIT’s Senior House held its annual Steer Roast party starting on May 1. The traditional kickoff involved using a roll of flaming toilet paper descended from the roof to light the steer-roasting pit, followed by mud wr...
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Robert A. Boyd ’10 lifts his bike off the repair stand outside the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center after using the stand’s built-in bike pump to inflate his tires on Wednesday afternoon. MIT installed bicycle repair...
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Some time after Campus Preview Weekend, vandals calling themselves “Local 151” defaced the Hacking Ethics mural in an MIT basement as retaliation after members of the hacking community cleaned up graffiti in the area.
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Hackers installed a solar-powered Boston MBTA-style subway car riding on the wall around MIT’s Great Dome on Monday, April 27, visible from Killian Court. The train’s next stop is listed as “Baker House,” referring to...
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Battle of the Bands took place in La Sala de Puerto Rico on April 18 during MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend.
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MIT band Supa Dupa is seen performing at The Battle of the Bands, which took place in La Sala de Puerto Rico on April 18 during MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend.
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MIT varsity pistol coach Will Hart Jr. meets with his team after the 8 a.m. meeting where it was announced that pistol would no longer be a varsity sport at MIT, despite the team’s reputation as one of MIT’s most succ...
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A large black fake bomb made from concrete appeared on Kresge Oval in the early hours of Friday, April 24 adorned with the letters “DTYD,” to advertise the Dance Till You Drop party put on by the Burton Third Bombers.
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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 ...
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This Tuesday, a farmer’s market came to campus, selling fresh produce all afternoon in the East Campus courtyard. The service was made possible by the Undergraduate Association, The Division of Student Life, MIT Resid...
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Associate Professor in Science, Technology and Society David Jones, shot in high dynamic range, was named MacVicar Faculty Fellow this year for his outstanding teaching. Jones, besides teaching, has led for the past f...
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Andrew ‘Zoz’ Brooks PhD ’07 stands in front of the weather radar dish atop the roof of MIT’s Building 54 one afternoon this February.
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Associate Dean of Residential Life Programs Donna M. Denoncourt (left) and Senior Associate Dean for Residential Life Karen A. Nilsson spoke with students during the Campaign for Students protest in Lobby 7 on Tuesday.
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Carmel R. Dudley ’11 paints a banner reading “No Mandatory Dining / Let Us Choose!” that was hung in Lobby 7 during the Campaign For Students protest on Tuesday.
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Erica Y. Griffith ’10 addresses protesters and passersby during the Tuesday afternoon protest in Lobby 7 held by the Campaign For Students, a concerned students group. The protest was organized by students in response...
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Paul Baranay ’11 participates in a meeting on Sunday in Burton-Conner’s Porter Room to discuss the leaked consultants’ report on dining. The meeting was hosted by the Campaign for Students.
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Barry M. Kudrowitz G of the MIT band Supa Dupa performs at the Student Art Association’s open house on Feb. 6 in the W20 coffeehouse.
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“Campaign for Students,” Oct. 20.
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Steer Roast, May 2.
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A snowman is seen in Kresge Oval on Tuesday evening.
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Hackers placed a presidential seal banner on the facade of Building 10, beneath the Great Dome, early on the morning of Jan. 20, 2009.
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A firefighter is seen participating at the annual Boston No Pants event.
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Brendan Sullivan talks on his cell phone at Jimmy D’s, where the over-21 part of the Boston No Pants subway riders gathered for chips and drinks after the ride. As part of the annual Boston No Pants event, people rode...
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Pants-free people ride the subway on Jan. 10.
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Hackers placed a bed and accompanying sign marked “Save Point: You may rest your party here” in the student lounge adjacent to Lobby 10 in the Infinite Corridor on the morning of December 17. The bed was a reference t...
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MITbeef went “beef caroling” around campus on the evening of December 16, singing beef-flavored versions of well-known carols and handing out beef jerky to passersby.
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On the morning of December 9, hackers turned the Mechanical Engineering Lounge in Building 3 into an “aquarium” featuring a sea-monster with scales made of old final exams, a sandcastle, Tim the Beaver in a scuba outf...
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As a means of commenting on what they saw as the banal nature of the art film playing on the MIT Media Test Wall, a group of students brought out chairs and popcorn around noon on Nov. 25 and played the part of a main...
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Students from the Burton 5, Conner 2, and Burton 4 halls in Burton-Conner House set up a “moonbounce” inflatable structure in Lobby 7 just after midnight on Tuesday morning.
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Traders@MIT hosted an intercollegiate trading competition in the Stata Center on Nov. 15. Participants from MIT, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Wellesley College ...
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A group of East Campus Third East residents crowd into a room to watch Barack Obama’s victory speech. With the race close enough that Obama’s victory was far from clear early in the evening, many students spent Nov. 4...
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Kresge Auditorium’s lobby, a polling place, glows with the bright lights over the voting booths at the very end of Election Day 2008.
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Students and other locals watch bands in the East Campus courtyard as part of the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 on Saturday evening.
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Trumpeter Martin W. Skelton ’08 of Supa Dupa plays at the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 in the East Campus courtyard on Saturday evening.
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Vocalist and guitarist Barry Matthew Kudrowitz G of Supa Dupa plays at the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 in the East Campus courtyard on Saturday evening.
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Violinist Paula M. Te ’11 of Supa Dupa plays at the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 in the East Campus courtyard on Saturday evening.
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Parents Niranjan Kumar and Nita Kumar read in Lobby 7 on Oct. 17, the first day of Family Weekend at MIT. Family Weekend lasted 3 days and welcomed family members of current students with several fun events including ...
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Last Friday, students gathered their books and sleeping bags to stage a “tool-in” in Lobby 7. Calling themselves the “Campaign for Students,” they protested an administration that they claim has excluded students from...
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To protest Chancellor Clay’s campus-wide e-mail detailing what was perceived to be an overly-restrictive policy on hacking, MIT hackers covered the hacks on display in the Stata Center. Hacks were covered with black c...
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MIT hackers put the NASA logo on McDermott Court, often called “The Dot,” on Oct. 1, exactly 50 years after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began operations.
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On Sept. 23, workers applied devices for reducing the buildup of snow and ice to the flat tops of windows that jut out from the Stata Center. MIT is currently suing architect Frank Gehry over the design of the buildin...
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Seen around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, William D. McKenna ’08 of the campus art group Cracked sleeps in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery as part of a performance art project.
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Balinese dive master Gede Sama holds up a sea cucumber while diving off the coast of Bali, Indonesia on June 9, 2008.
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MIT students fight the annual East vs. West Water War on Kresge Oval on Sunday afternoon. See page 11 for more photos from Orientation and Residence Exploration.
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MIT hackers illuminated the Green Building with a bat signal on the night of July 17, in honor of the midnight opening of the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight.
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Josh McCrea (left, vocalist) and Xan McCurdy (right, guitarist) of alternative rock band Cake perform at Earthfest 2008 on May 24 at the Hatch Shell in Boston.
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Author Neil Gaiman participates in a question-and-answer discussion between him and Professor Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies program head. Gaiman gave the first annual Julius Schwartz Lecture at Kres...
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Steer Roast 2008 Veep Erik D. Fogg ’09 (right) and Hani Sallum ’96 (left) pose for the cameras in their armored costumes at the kickoff for Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party star...
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Neptune performs at Steer Roast 2008, Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long party featuring the lighting of the fire pit, mud wrestling, and band performances.
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Big Bear performs at Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemas...
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Crowds watch as fire extinguisher-wielding residents spray down the fire pit right after it was lit to kick off Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May...
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Javier M. Duarte ’10 throws Cinjon T. Resnick ’10 while mud wrestling at Steer Roast 2008 on April 2. Steer Roast is Senior Haus’ annual weekend long party that started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of ...
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The last panel of ROFLcon was “The Internet Cult Leader,” featuring web-culture superstars (left to right) Moot of 4chan, Randall Munroe of xkcd, and Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics. The panel was moderated by Professor...
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Third Eye Blind’s lead vocalist Stephan Jenkins sings at the 2008 Spring Weekend Concert at the Johnson Athletic Center on the evening of April 25, 2008.
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Third Eye Blind plays to a cheering audience at MIT’s Spring Weekend Concert at Johnson Athletic Center on the evening of April 25, 2008.
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Baker residents prepare to send a grand piano to a smashing demise six stories below in the annual Baker House Piano Drop on Drop Date yesterday.
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The Campaign for Real Time performed at the MIT Burton Third Bombers’ annual DTYD party on April 20th, 2008.
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New Orleans’ Bourbon Street is seen at dusk on Tuesday, March 25.
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One of New Orleans’ many jazz bands performs in Jackson Square in the French Quarter on Sunday, March 23.
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Jason Burgess G looks out over Killian Court, where hackers placed a 20-sided die last Tuesday, Mar. 18 in memory of Gary Gygax, the inventor of the Dungeons and Dragons.
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Beginning next fall, Bexley Hall will no longer pay taxes to the Dormitory Council.
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The indie synthpop/new wave band Freezepop performed at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday.
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Hackers hung objects and symbols from the Nintendo game series Super Smash Bros. in Lobby 7 on Sunday to celebrate the release Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the third game in the Smash Bros. series.
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Gruff Rhys leads Welsh psychedelic rock band Super Furry Animals during their performance at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston this past Saturday.
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Chenxia Liu ’10 speaks with ITA Software recruiters at the Tau Beta Pi Career Fair on Tuesday in Rockwell Cage.
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MIT’s premiere lecture hall 10-250 is currently undergoing massive renovations, as seen on Sunday, Feb. 3.
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Matthew N. Faulkner ’08 won the Audience Favorite and Fullest Moustache prizes at the MITstache competition on Sunday, Feb. 3. The MITstache competition was organized by Brian J. Pepper ’08, and challenged MIT studen...
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Jae Rhim Lee (left) of MIT’s Visual Arts Department speaks with bystanders at the Seamless Fashion Show, which showcased wearable technology. Lee’s suit was impregnated with mushroom spores designed to break down harm...
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Evangelos Sfakianakis G fills out an iPod touch raffle form at the Tau Beta Pi career fair on Tuesday in Rockwell Cage.
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East Campus undergraduate dormitory Residence Exploration, Aug. 24.
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Building W1, currently known as Ashdown, will undergo a complete renovation before it reopens as an undergraduate dormitory in the fall of 2010.
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MIT Musical Theatre Guild, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” April 27–29, May 3–5.
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MIT hackers abide by a written code of ethics that is painted on the wall of an MIT basement.
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MIT hackers abide by a written code of ethics that is painted on the wall of an MIT basement.
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Former MIT Police Chief John DiFava.
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American Jiu Jitsu belt test, Feb. 28.
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Sean C. Morton ’08 samples roast pig at East Campus’ annual Bad Ideas competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Bad Ideas is a three-day event in which students come up with and pull off outrageous stunts.
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The Boston skyline at dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Ice covered the surface of the Charles River for much of January.
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Doug Liman, director of the film “Jumper,” participates in a panel discussion at MIT with the film’s star Hayden Christensen and MIT Professors Edward Farhi and Max E. Tegmark on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in lecture hall 26-...
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Hayden Christensen, star of the film “Jumper,” participates in a panel discussion at MIT with the film’s director Doug Liman and MIT Professors Edward Farhi and Max E. Tegmark on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in lecture hall 26-...
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As a break from the toiling of this year’s Mystery Hunt, team Groovytron hosted a dance-off on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. in Lobby 34.
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As one of the puzzles in the Mystery Hunt, this FM transmitter was hidden above the doors to Lobby 7. It repeatedly transmitted the word “needlepoint” to teams who figured out that the solution required them to take a...
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During team Groovytron’s dance-off on Sunday in Lobby 34, a team member spins a Hula Hoop around his foot while lying on the floor. Several teams participated in the dance-off that provided a break from this year’s My...
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A packed crowd awaits the sneak preview of the film “Jumper,” hosted by the Lecture Series Committee in 26-100 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.
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Adam Sablich, organizer of the Boston No Pants subway ride, addresses the crowd of soon-to-be-pantsless subway riders and media at the Alewife train station this past Saturday afternoon. The riders divided up into gro...
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Participants in the Boston No Pants subway ride read the Boston Phoenix in their boxer shorts while waiting for a train at Park Street station this past Saturday.
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Michael J. Snively ’11 works on a One Laptop Per Child XO laptop in his boxer shorts while riding an MBTA subway during the Boston No Pants subway ride this past Saturday.
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Piles of snow surround the emergency call button on the walkway leading from 77 Massachusetts Ave. to the Student Center on Dec. 21, 2007.
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Hackers placed various references to board games around campus on the morning of Monday, Dec. 10. The Stata Center’s Student Street was turned into Mousetrap. Buildings 46 and 34 became a game of Cranium. MIT Medical’...
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Hackers placed various references to board games around campus on the morning of Monday, Dec. 10. The Stata Center’s Student Street was turned into Mousetrap. Buildings 46 and 34 became a game of Cranium. MIT Medical’...
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The MIT Concert Choir performed Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” Mass in B flat major and Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Theresienmesse, named after the Empress Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilie...
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Elizabeth A. Maroon ’10 (left) and JodieMarie T. Fernandes ’09 sing with Concert Choir. The MIT Concert Choir performed Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” Mass in B flat major and Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” on Saturd...
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Jane Wang G follows along in her music while singing Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” Bass in B flat major. The MIT Concert Choir also performed Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Theresienmesse, n...
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Members of the Boston Conservatory join Concert Choir. The MIT Concert Choir performed Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” Mass in B flat major and Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” on Saturday, Dec. 8 in Kresge Auditorium. ...
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Organist James Busby accompanies Concert Choir. The MIT Concert Choir, directed by William Cutter, performed Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” Mass in B flat major and Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” on Saturday, Dec. 8....
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Building W1 will undergo a complete renovation before it reopens as an undergraduate dormitory in the fall of 2010.
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Jacob S. Sharpe ’11 (right) and Nathaniel S. Sharpe ’09 perform with diabolos at the MIT Juggling Club’s Juggle Mania III event on Nov. 17 in 54-100. The brothers are both professional jugglers as well as MIT students.
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MIT Police Chief John DiFava has been promoted to the head of the Operations and Security division of the Department of Facilities. Facilities was split into two divisions, which also includes Capital Projects and Str...
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Roli Mandhana ’10 (left) and Sarika Chandiramani ’10 examine the handbags and other accessories up for silent auction at Kappa Alpha Theta’s KATwalk charity fashion show Sunday in Walker Memorial.
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MIT hackers ­— dressed in “V” costumes from the film “V for Vendetta” — marched to the Undergraduate Association Senate meeting last night where they gave a short speech and then set off party poppers in honor of Guy ...
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(Front to back) Asilata A. Bapat ’10, Sarang N. Kulkarni ’10, Isaac M. Asher ’10, and Eric P. Brown ’08 lob pumpkins off the roof of the Green Building last Saturday night.
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MIT hackers placed a model of the Sputnik satellite in Lobby 10 on Thursday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the satellite’s launch. The model emitted a beeping sound all day, similar to the signal transmitted b...
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Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt accepts a copy of graphic designer and computer scientist John Maeda’s book Simplicity from MIT Media Lab Director Frank Moss after Reinfeldt toured the Media Lab Tuesday, Sept...
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Julia Z. Yu ’10 (right) speaks with Derek Choy and Grace Ulvevadet at the eBay booth.
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Michael A. D’Ambrosio G (left) talks with Clarence Hu of Integration Appliance, Inc. during Thursday’s Career Fair. Hu stood at the entrance to the fair, holding hand-lettered signs asking, “Do you love programming? I...
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Jeremiah T. Edwards ’10 climbs stairs during the Green Building Challenge held on Sunday night. Edwards went on to set a new record, climbing the building’s steps 48 times.
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Undergraduate Association President Martin F. Holmes ’08 speaks with The Tech about his goals for the year and gives advice to freshmen about how to get more involved.
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Anh D. Nguyen ’10 (left) and Thananat Jitapunkul ’10 (right) bite into their sandwiches at the MIT Community Picnic on Killian Court Monday.
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On Registration Day Tuesday, the Sigma Nu fraternity hired The Josh Cramoy Band to perform on the steps of MIT’s Stratton Student Center.
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MIT Police Chief John DiFava spoke with The Tech about how he became part of the MIT community and his plans for the future.
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East campus residents clear the way for the paper-maché “Trojan Elephant” they made for the East vs. West Water War.
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Erik D. Fogg ’09 hugs another student at the annual East vs. West Water War on Monday.
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East campus assaults west campus with water balloons at Monday’s annual East vs. West Water War.
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Students head to the Chapel’s moat after the completion of the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday on Kresge Oval.
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West campus students use homemade shields to protect themselves from east campus during the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday.
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Students inside of the Chapel’s moat congratulate each other at the end of the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday.
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A west campus student narrowly deflects a water balloon at Monday’s annual East vs. West Water War at the Kresge Barbecue Pits.
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West campus students head to Kresge Oval in preparation for the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday.
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Donald R. Sadoway, popular professor of Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (3.091), talked with The Tech about his background and how MIT has changed since he has arrived.
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Residents of east campus re-stock on water balloons during Monday’s Annual East vs. West Water War at the Kresge Barbecue Pits.
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Katherine J. Rahlin ’09 is pulled up the East Campus zip-line before being released at the top. The zip-line, put up for Residence Exploration, stretched north-south on steel cables strung between the parallels.
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Noah H. Silverman ’10 dips a sheet of paper in paper-maché solution at East Campus before applying it to the “Trojan Elephant” weapon used in yesterday’s East vs. West Water War.
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Roderick R. La Foy ’08 makes measurements in preparation for installing the East Campus two-axis see-saw as (left to right) Olga N. Wichrowska ’09, Katherine J. Rahlin ’09, and Nicholas A. Edelman ’08 look on.
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Rachel A. Bowens-Rubin ’11 (left) and another freshman ride desk chairs down an underground ramp between Buildings 66 and 68.
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Anthony D. Rindone ’10 drills a mounting hole for the wooden astronaut trainer that residents of East Campus students made for Residence Exploration.
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Steven D. Eppinger ’83 has been appointed as the interim dean for MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
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Hackers put a Dark Mark on top of the Student Center on the morning of the July 21, the release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowl...
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An explosion in a Building 18 chemistry lab on the evening of July 23 drew a large response from the Cambridge Fire Department. According to bystanders, the explosion was caused by acids improperly stored behind a fum...
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Fans dressed as characters from Harry Potter swarm Harvard Square the night of the release of the seventh and final book of the series. The woman on the left is dressed as the Fat Lady, a talking painting that guards ...
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Harry and the Potters perform on stage at Harvard University July 20. A crowd estimated between 10,000 and 15,000 people gathered at Tercentenary Theatre just before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Harry and the Potters perform on stage at Harvard University July 20. A crowd estimated between 10,000 and 15,000 people gathered at Tercentenary Theatre just before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Hackers installed a broomstick parking spot, complete with brooms, in the Stata Center’s Student Street July 20, the day before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Pyro Spectaculars, the company that produced the fireworks display for Boston's celebration, used new "HD Fireworks" in this year's show. The new fireworks are designed to detonate at lower altitudes with richer color...
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This year was the first year that the Independence Day concert and fireworks show were broadcast nationally in High Defintion.
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xkcd artist Randall Munroe is bombarded by playpen balls after they dropped from the ceiling of 10-250 during the LSC-sponsored xkcd lecture.
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Among the dinosaurs that menaced xkcd artist Randall Munroe during his lecture at MIT were a pair of radio-controlled velociraptors that occupied a right-hand portion of the stage. When the velociraptors moved towards...
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(left to right) Chienchuan Chen G, Marissa G. Desmond G, Charles Curran G, and Ian Kaminski-Coughlin cross an all-fiber bridge built across the Stata Moat by students in Materials in Human Experience (3.094). The brid...
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Former UA Vice President Jessica H. Lowell '07 wrestles current UA Vice President (and Tech Campus Life columnist) Ruth F. Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a narrow victory for...
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Pseudolus (Timothy I. Abrahamson ’06) does his darndest to keep Hero (Jonathan A. Gray ’10) and Phylia (Kathleen McEnnis ’07) together. MIT’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum will run tonig...
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Marilee Jones resigned as Dean of Admissions after the Institute discovered that she had not received degrees from the universities listed on her résumé. Stuart Schmill has been named Interim Director of Admissions.
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Philia (Kathleen McEnnis ’07) explains her one talent to Hero (Jonathan A. Gray ’10): being lovely. MTG’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum runs for the next two weekends in Kresge Little Th...
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Pseudolus, right, (Timothy I. Abrahamson ’06) convinces Hero (Jonathan A. Gray ’10) to shut up and do what he’s told. MTG’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum runs for the next two weekends i...
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Proteans (Armen Babikyan, right, and Nicole M. O’Keeffe ’09, left) paint a pretty little picture of leads Hero, Philia, and Pseudolus. MTG’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum runs for the ne...
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Pseudolus (Timothy I. Abrahamson ’06) reluctantly pays two Proteans (Nicole M. O’Keeffe ’09, left, and Armen Babikyan, right) money that may or may not have obtained legitimately. MTG’s production of A Funny Thing Hap...
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Having closed the bridge to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic, the filmmakers used hired extras and professional drivers to simulate regular traffic during filming. Here, six hired cars and a motorcycle wait on th...
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The camera-helicopter lands on the Mass. Ave bridge during Sunday's filming. The 21 filmmakers used a helicopter-mounted camera extensively, even removing many of the lampposts on the Mass. Ave bridge so that the heli...
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The bridge closure took place so that the film studio might film the opening scene of 21, in which the main character (Ben Campbell) rides his bicycle across the Mass. Ave bridge. Here, actor Jim Sturgess rides his bi...
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Manufactured traffic crosses the Mass. Ave bridge during Sunday's filming. The camera was located at the end of a long truck-mounted boom (attached to the black truck, center) so that the camera could be positioned ov...
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Department of Conservation and Recreation officers worked alongside the State Police and the film studio's internal security to keep passersby off the Mass. Ave bridge during Sunday's filming.
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21 director Robert Luketic stares off into space during the last part of Sunday's filming.
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Moore describes the integration of the MIT Cogeneration Plant with power from NSTAR and steam service from Dalkia Steam.
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Part of the MIT Cogeneration Plant's refrigeration equipment, used for supplying cold water to the MIT campus.
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Roger Moore shows Tech Executive Editor Rosa Cao G (not pictured) the Combustion Turbine Generator Set in the MIT Cogeneration Plant. The turbine is listed as capable of producing 21 megawatts, just over 1/58th of the...
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The MIT Cogeneration Plant is a densely packed maze of pipes and heavy equipment.
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Clayton T. Sims '08 adjusts a live video feed during the 24-hour Voodoo Telethon that started at noon on Saturday. Voodoo raised $30 from the telethon.
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Samantha Palazzolo '10 with her pocket-sized Mooninite. East Campus hosted a Mooninite construction party for Campus Preview Weekend.
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Adam F. Schwartz '10 of Resonance performs "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (originally performed by Panic! at the Disco) at the Campus Preview Weekend Closing Ceremonies on Saturday, April 14.
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Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (right) and Admissions Director of Communications Ben Jones (left) perform at Battle of the Bands with Ben's band, The Red Decade. Battle of the Bands is a charity event run by the Zet...
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MIT hackers turned the windows of Building E25 into a giant stoplight on Saturday night.
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Nathan S. Lachenmyer '10 demonstrates the East Campus handcar for a group of prospective freshmen during Campus Preview Weekend.
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Andrea Blakemore (left) crowns Julie Hui with film provided by the Lecture Series Committee at last night's CPW Festival in Johnson Athletic Center.
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Professional wrestler and New York Times bestselling author Mick Foley spoke last night in 54-100.
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Spring Break in Ecuador.
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Spring Break in Ecuador.
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It was announced in early March that Deans Andrew J. Ryder and David N. Rogers (left and right, respectively) would be leaving MIT June 30, 2007.
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Spring Break in Ecuador.
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Shooting for the film adaptation of Bringing Down the House took place all day on Memorial Drive right in front of Killian Court.
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Francis Collins signs a copy of his book for attendee David Hempton after giving a lecture on DNA as the language of God. The Veritas Forum, which organized the talk, will be sponsoring additional lectures today and t...
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Haiyao Huang G (bottom) throws Eli B. Stickgold '09 (top) during the American Jiu Jitsu belt test on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in the DuPont Wrestling Room.
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Matthew Faulkner '08 sorts through $400 worth of high end chocolate at the Lab for Chocolate Science's Valentine's Chocolate Tasting on Saturday, Feb. 17.
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Sunita Darbe ’09, Christopher J. Varenhorst ’09, Danbee Kim ’09, and C. Kiersten Pollard ’09 (left to right) examine the newly-revealed rings after the Class of 2009 Ring Premiere.
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MIT hackers abide by a written code of ethics that is painted on the wall of an MIT basement.
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Daniel E. Klenk '09 (right) examines his heavily modified engine as the engine RPMs are measured by Daniel T. Schultz '07. It clocked in at the fastest speed in the room, 980 RPM.
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One of the factors in engine speed is temperature, and here Michael A. Carvajal '09 holds his hands to keep the heat in close to three running engines — all getting a boost from an extra burner in the center.
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"If it doesn't explode, it'll go really fast." Assistant Matthew "Smalltime" S. Humbert '08 adjusts the quad-cylinder franken-Stirling engine with double-speed flywheel. It was not working by the time of the spin-off.
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After lighting the flames under their engines, the 2.670 class watches as their creations warm up and purr to life.
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2.670 professor Douglas P. Hart adjusts Alison S. Greenlee's '09 Stirling engine just before the final spin-off on Friday, Feb. 2.
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