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Participants gather at the Mystery Hunt Wrap-Up in 26-100 on Sunday evening. The Hunt ended when the coin was found in little Kresge at 10:27 p.m. on Saturday. Onstage, from left to right: Josh Ain, C. Scott Ananian, ...

The mountain terrain in Skyrim makes for stunning visuals.

The conflict begins in Skyrim’s live action television commercial.

A team performs a show after solving several puzzles. The performances are necessary to advance in this year’s Mystery Hunt.

MIT Institute Professor John H. Harbison had his Sixth Symphony premiered at the Boston Symphony Orchestra last week. The piece was dedicated to James Levine, the former conductor of the BSO.

Francis Heaney poses as Leo Bodley, one of the reappearing characters in this year’s hunt.

Mystery Hunt participants gather in Lobby 7 last Friday at noon to receive instructions before they begin solving puzzles. They learned that the theme of this year’s hunt is making bad Broadway musicals, based on the ...

Members from the team “Freshman 15” work in Building 34 to solve puzzles Saturday evening. Each team has a headquarters in separate bases located throughout MIT.

Members of the hosting team “Borbonicus and Bodley” on one of the Lobby 7 plinths during the opening ceremony on Friday.

The team “Death From Above” works to solve puzzles. They placed 12th overall.

Jessica L. Wass ’14, a Tech photo editor, performs a dive at Saturday’s meet against Colby College. MIT Women’s Swimming and Diving beat Colby 237-57.

Madeleine E. Bairey ’15 rounds a curve during MIT’s first track meet of the indoor season Saturday afternoon. MIT easily defeated its opponents, finishing with 210 points against Bates College’s 88 and Colby College’s...

Workers take down the MIT150 banners hanging from the facade of the entrance to Building 7 Monday morning.

Megan E. Tadge ’12 swims in the women’s 500 freestyle against Colby College on Saturday. The Engineers beat the Mules 237-57.

Bruno B. F. Faviero ’15, a Tech staffer, tops a newly constructed snowman with a hat on Monday evening in front of the Student Center. Light snowfall blanketed Cambridge on Monday evening.

Professor Noam Chomsky reflects upon the Arab Spring and Western foreign policy in the Middle East on Wednesday evening. The event was hosted by the MIT Presidential Fellows/Sidney Pacific Distinguished Lecture Series.

Carl F. Lian ’15 competes in the first round of the Integration Bee tournament, held in 10-250 yesterday evening. In order to advance, two opponents race to solve two integrals displayed on a projector above. The winn...