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Prospective student Kirsten Hessler drives a tricycle off a ramp at the 2008 Campus Preview Weekend Festival in Johnson Ice Rink.

Prospective students participate in an icebreaker at the 2008 Campus Preview Weekend Welcome in Rockwell Cage yesterday.

Benjamin W. Charrow ’08 wears a “CRYO-FAC” box in reference to East Campus’ Friday Afternoon Club at the 2008 Campus Preview Weekend in Johnson Ice Rink yesterday.

DEAD RISING?—MIT hackers placed “In Case of Zombie Attack” boxes complete with Small Chainsaws in buildings 16 and 46 early last morning. The boxes greeted prospective students touring MIT for Campus Preview Weekend.

Prospective freshman Sarah Southerland removes a 2x4 while playing 2x4 Jenga at yesterday night’s CPW Festival. Jenga was sponsored by Random House.

Katie Harrington (center) and Liz Levin (right) help carve a camel out of a large block of ice during yesterday night’s Campus Preview Weekend Festival.

Jicks front man Stephen Malkmus focuses during a guitar solo at Paradise Rock Club on Thursday, April 3.

In a sweeping speech on Wednesday in the Tang Auditorium, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick outlined a $3.8 billion bond proposal to protect the state’s economy. It was Patrick’s first official visit to MIT since h...

Daniel E. Klenk ’09 (center) shows prospective freshmen Michaela LaVan (left) and Qingnan Li (not pictured) how to get to Next House as his own prefrosh, Ryan Terbush (right) looks on.

Prospective freshmen line up to receive liquid nitrogen ice cream sponsored by the second floor of the west parallel of East Campus.