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Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Professor Smith (Zachary Abbott) stares down a grad student in the PhD movie.

Pumpkins anticipate their fate along the 1W hallway at East Campus.

First West Hall Chair Samantha R. Hagerman ’14 prepares to toss a pumpkin over the edge of the Green Building roof.

Michael A. Batista ’12 competes in the Men’s Smallbore event during Friday’s rifle competition against the U.S. Naval Academy and Wentworth Institute of Technology.

The largest pumpkin dropped was filled with all sorts of fun!

Oscar Figueroa ’12 “makes science” by mixing water and flour for filling pumpkins.

Tech chairman Joseph R. Maurer ’12 pokes at the remains of a broken pumpkin.

Spectators and participants at Pumpkin Drop walk through the remnants of the dropped pumpkins in front of the Green Building on Saturday evening.

MIT students walk through shattered pumpkins at the bottom of the Green Building. During Pumpkin Drop on Saturday, residents of EC’s First West dropped 120 pumpkins off the roof of the highest point on campus.

Members of the Men’s Rifle team compete against the U.S. Naval Academy and Wentworth Institute of Technology on Friday. The men’s and women’s teams scored a combined total of 4,435 points, including a school record sc...