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One of a few desert and beverage bars in the Howard Dining Hall in Maseeh Hall. The dining hall includes a number of food stations featuring different cuisines, plus a comfort food station and a grill.

Each Maseeh floor is similar in style, but the wall colors vary. Rooms are arranged hotel-style, with student rooms, GRT apartments, and bathrooms all branching off of the central halls. Maseeh also features air condi...

A lounge with a working fireplace in the northern dining area of the Howard Dining Hall. The hall includes two dining areas, as well as a personal dining room that can be reserved for events or used as overflow space...

The front desk at Maseeh Hall.

Pi Beta Phi will be moving in to the MIT-owned property at 405 Memorial Dr. next year. The house was formerly occupied by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and has since undergone big renovations.

East Campus warriors blare their vuvuzelas during the annual East vs. West Water War on Kresge Oval yesterday evening. The water war is a time-honored Residence Exploration (REX) tradition.

Most freshmen arrived on campus this week to participate in one of about 20 pre-orientation programs. On Wednesday night, close to 100 of these freshmen gathered to play Capture the Flag in the tunnels under and aroun...

Here’s a cool picture we took over the summer. Send pictures of your summer experiences to us at photo@tech.mit.edu!

Yet another camera (left) was recently added to those monitoring campus from atop the Green Building. The new camera, ensconsced in its dome on the south-east corner of the rooftop, appears to be remotely controllable...

The barge that fired off Boston’s Fourth of July fireworks show caught fire around 5 a.m. yesterday morning, six hours after the end of the show. The Boston Fire Department’s harbor unit extinguished the fire around 6...

Tim the Beaver made an appearance to admire the cake.

Alumni and friends dance to music by Boston City Rhythm during the Toast to Tech event on Saturday.

President Susan J. Hockfield prepares to give her charge to the graduates.

Fireworks light up the sky in front of the Prudential Center, MIT’s 750 feet high (134.32 Smoot) “birthday card.”