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4:02 - Protestors speaking to an encampment member from within.

4:22 Onlookers watch the protests from Stud 2

4:09 - High school protestors arrive on Mass Ave

3:58 Counter Protesters in front of Stud

3:02pm: A few protesters remain inside.

Students gather around one of the few lights that remained on in Next House during the blackout

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

2:39 pm: A protestor writes down the number to call for lawyer representation in case of arrest on another protestor's arm

The Cambridge Fire Department responds to the scene.

2:55 pm: A crowd gathers around the encampment

5:47 PM: Media descends on the encampment after barricades fall.

3:06 pm: Students protest outside the entrance to the encampment.

4:06pm - Protestors sit in in front of Lobby 7 entrance.

4:11 - High school protestors arrive on Mass Ave

5:39 PM: A protestor waves a Palestinian flag

4:00pm - Protestors and counter protestors stand side by side waving flags.

4:32 pm: State police stand between pro-Palestine protestors and counterprotestors

4:05 - Students rally opposite of main protest on Kresge

4:22 pm: Pro-Palestine protesters block Mass Ave

5:47 pm: Protesters link arms around the encampment after breaking down the barricade

4:46 pm: A pro-Palestinian protester sits in front of the Stud

5:50 pm: Students link arms around the encampment after breaking through the barrier.

4:00pm - Protest on Lobby 7 steps, right before protestors take Mass Ave.

3:50 pm: Counterprotestors at the outskirts of the encampment

5:58 pm: Students protest at the encampment with a large cardboard structure urging MIT to "take down your apartheid wall".

5:41 pm: Students link arms around the encampment after breaking through the barrier

4:50 pm: Protesters sit down in Mass Ave

4:26pm - Chalking outside of Compton Laboratories and Stata show support for the Palestinian cause.

5:41 PM: News covers the protest

5:48 PM: Protestors continue to dismantle the barricades.

5:46 PM: Mass Ave remains closed as the sit-in disperses.

5:44 PM: SERT separates Pro-Israeli protestors and Pro-Palestinian protestors.

5:38 PM: Protestors run to join other protestors linking arms around the encampment.

6:49 PM: More chalking is visible on main campus.

4:18 PM: Students allowed to leave Lobby 7, but not enter.

2:37 pm: Cambridge and MIT police block students from entering the encampment.

5:44 PM: Protestors dismantle the barricade put up by MIT Police.

6:12pm: News helicopters circle overhead above Kresge.

8:43 PM: Speaker arrives and gives a speech before the encampment, after most police forces have dispersed.

5:49 PM: Protestors form a human chain and yell out chants in support of the Palestinian cause.

7:41 pm: The protesters are now sitting around the encampment, with a crowd still gathered outside the broken barricade, but the counterprotestors have left.

Present and past members of the Ring Committee attend Ring Delivery on the rooftop patio of the Prudential Center.

The BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in the finale of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette

Students dance at the 2024 Next House Formal held in the Media Lab, Saturday, April 27.

A view of the MIT Pro-Palestine encampment from MIT Gala held at Lobdell in the Stud.

Yuja Wang performs Messiaen's Truangalîla-Symphonie with the BSO.

BSO Principal Trumpet Thomas Rolfs plays Detlev Glanert's Trumpet Concerto

MIT Syncopasian presents their spring 2024 a cappella concert, themed "The Syncooking Show", Saturday, May 4.

Students watch advance footage of Inside Out 2 provided by the Lecture Series Committee (LSC) and the Office of Student Wellbeing.

President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in conversation during ChatMIT event.

Sabine Chu by Gloria Zhu. MIT Gala 2024.

The cast of LOST's rendition of Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest pose for a group photo before opening night.

A few members of Video Game Orchestra play a small group piece during their spring concert in Kresge auditorium, Sunday, April 28.

A student runs inside a zorb ball at the Springfest Carnival on Hockfield Court, Friday.

LSC presents a free showing of The Empire Strikes Back in 26-100 in celebration of Star Wars day, Saturday, May 4.

8:43 pm May 06. The pro-Palestinian encampment was reestablished earlier in the day.

6:45 PM: 15 minutes after Stud closure, MIT security operations take hold of Stud 4 studio space to monitor the situation.

Students and vendors gather on Hockfield Court, enjoying the sun and the start of Springfest Carnival.

Students from the class of 2026 attend Ring Delivery at the Prudential Center.

Cordae, Springfest's headliner, performs at Briggs Field A, Saturday, May 4th.

Hilary Hahn performs the Brahms Violin Concerto with the BSO

The blank of the Vol. 144 Issue 8 crossword, Lifeblood.

The solution of the Vol. 144 Issue 8 crossword, Lifeblood.

4:51 am: Police in riot gear stand outside the encampment

2:46 pm: police stand off with pro-Palestine protesters outside Stata center

5:15 am: Workers and police begin to disassemble the encampment as police in riot gear gather around it

Guests admire artwork (by Sebastian Ochoa, '27) showcased at the Student Art Showcase, part of MIT Gala organized by Infinite Magazine, held at Lobdell on Sunday, April 28th.

Police clash with pro-Palestine protestors outside Stata.

Guests admire artwork (by Omar Orozco, '25) showcased at the Student Art Showcase, part of MIT Gala organized by Infinite Magazine, held at Lobdell on Sunday, April 28th.

Pro-Palestinian protestors surround the entrance of the Scientists Against Genocide Encampment during an emergency rally on campus, Monday, May 6.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up a second encampment on a field off 84 Mass Ave, Wednesday, May 1.

Pro-Israeli counterprotestors take up the steps of Lobby 7 during a community rally, Friday, May 3.

3:27 pm: Pro-Palestine protestors stand off with police while a car drives through the gap

A pie is applied to a member of Phi Delta Theta at the Pie Delts fundraiser for Camp Kesem during Springfest Carnival.

5:17 am: Police and workers continue to clear the encampment

2:03 PM: Pro-Palestinian student protestors clash with city police

2:53 PM: Rally continues outside Stata garage exit (2:53pm)

2:13 PM: Police confront pro-Palestine protestors outside Stata.

1:57 PM: Pro-Palestinian protestor pinned to the ground by police during Stata Garage rally

2:47 pm: Pro-Palestine protestors face off with the police

3:34 pm: Pro-Palestine protesters wave a flag outside Stata

4:52 am: A handful of protestors stand on the balcony of the Stud

3:10 pm: Pro-Palestine protestors stand off with police outside Stata center

5:49 am: Workers deposit the remains of the encampment into a garbage truck

5:06 am: Students and news crews gather in front of the police line

4:42 am: State police in riot gear stand between the Stud and Mass Ave

4:45 am: Police block off access to Amherst Alley

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