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John P. Holdren ’65 (left), director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered a presentation as part of Monday’s forum on clean energy. The forum, sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, w...

The bomb-shaped concrete block advertising DTYD, showing damage from an attempted detonation by the Cambridge Bomb Squad.

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.

A Cambridge Bomb Squad officer attempts to disable a device placed on Kresge Field on the morning of April 24. The device was, in fact, a cherry-bomb-shaped concrete block advertising for this weekend’s annual DTYD pa...

Students are seen collecting pieces of the dropped piano as mementos after Baker House’s annual Piano Drop, which took place on Thursday, April 23 to commemorate Drop Date.

The piano used in this year’s Baker House Piano Drop on April 23 is seen on the roof of the dormitory being prepared to be released.

A piano is seen falling from the roof of Baker House on Thursday, April 23 during Piano Drop. Piano Drop is hosted by Baker every year to commemorate Drop Date.

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...

Jennifer E. Lai ’10 of the Association of Taiwanese Students hands out bubble tea to prefrosh during the CPW festival on April 16 in Johnson.

Prefrosh play a game of Twister hosted by East Campus at the CPW festival on Thursday night in Johnson.

Prospective student Robert Haussman takes part in an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) demonstration as part of the CPW festival on April 16.

Members of ESP (Educational Studies Program) make balloon animals for prospective students at the CPW festival in the Johnson Ice Rink on Thursday night.

Prospective student Isaac Gutenkunst smashes ice during the CPW festival on April 16. This event was sponsored by East Campus Second West residents, who were also preparing liquid nitrogen ice cream.

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 ...

Samuel Millington is a prospective student from New York, N.Y.

Kenya Mejia is a prospective student from Los Angeles, Calif.