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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.”

Some students displayed symbols representing their major on their mortarboards.

Seven thousand people arrived at Killian Court to celebrate MIT’s 150th birthday.

MIT President Susan J. Hockfield uses a sword to cut the MIT-shaped cake.