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Harry visits one of the underground tunnels near building 66. Chairs are almost as good as brooms!

Room 4-160: Harry prepares the opening act to a Weird Sisters concert. Building 4 practice rooms are accessible only to performance ensembles members, but three piano rooms in W20 are free to the entire MIT community.

Supercomputers stand in one of the machine rooms at CSAIL on Wednesday. After two water chillers at the central cooling plant failed on Tuesday, CSAIL was forced to shut down inessential machines to avoid overheating....

Party-seekers dance late Sunday night at the East Side Party, held in the East Campus Courtyard.

Danny Chiao ’14 (left) and George T. Cheng ’14 add the final gummy bears to a gingerbread house during the “Games, games… Graham Simmons?” REX event held by Simmons Hall on Sunday night.

The dance group PROject Nailz film a video for Ke$ha’s “Never Know About Love.” From left to right: Stephanie S. Shim ’10, Cindy Ko (Tufts ’12), Sarah Elentukh (BU ’10), Amelia Laughton ’06, and Tovah Heller (Cornell ...

Freshman ride the “Merry-Go-Death” at the East Side Party last Sunday night. As the platform spins, riders stand near the edge and walk toward the center, causing the ride to spin faster.

Yesterday morning, the illuminated Dr. Who police box was “teleported” by hackers from the roof of Building 7 to the Great Dome. On the British science fiction show, the box is actually the TARDIS, a “Time And Relativ...

On Wednesday, “Doctor Who”-loving hackers installed an illuminated police box on the roof of Building 7 along (overlooking Mass Ave) with a banner reading “The Doctor: 1 / Harvard: 0.” On the British sci-fi show, the ...

Soccer fans watch the final game of the 2010 World Cup in the 2nd floor lounge of the Stratton Student Center on July 11. Spain defeated the Netherlands to win the 19th FIFA World Cup.

Earlier Wednesday, Lady Gaga posed for a 20- by 24-inch Polaroid picture, which will remain on permanent display at the museum. This past January, Gaga was named creative director for Polaroid corporation, which was o...

Family of graduating seniors watch a live stream of the Commencement exercises in room 2-105 on June 4. A live video webcast was provided by the MIT Academic Media Production Services.

An alumnus of the Class of 1960 attends Commencement 2010 in Killian Court on June 4. Commencement also coincided with Reunion week.

Lady Gaga, pop singer and recording artist, signs autographs for fans before departing from the back entrance of the MIT Museum on Wednesday afternoon.

Graduates of the Class of 2010 display their decorated mortarboards during Commencement on June 4 in Killian Court. Other creative designs included a pair of stuffed beavers and a camera.

Family and friends of the Class of 2010 filled Killian Court to watch Commencement festivities. A total of 912 undergraduate students and 1443 graduate students received their diplomas on Friday.