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Prospective freshmen play a twisted version of Twister during the CPW Festival held in Johnson on Thursday. Participants in the East Campus-sponsored event wore T-shirts with twister dots on them, adding a human dimen...

The MIT Logs perform in front of over 1000 prospective freshmen during the CPW Student Welcome and Prefrosh Icebreaker in Rockwell Cage on Thursday.

Hart Nautical Gallery: Lying in the middle of Building 5, this branch of the MIT Museum contains model ships, a rare early autonomous underwater vehicle, and information about Ocean Engineering, Course 2-OE (formerly ...

Prefrosh attempt to rebuild a giant foam Jenga tower, but to no avail.

Prospective freshmen play “Apples to Apples” on Thursday evening as part of McCormick’s CPW event.

Secret ninja courtyard: Also known as the Atomic Courtyard, this space is bordered on all sides by Buildings 6, 6C, 4, and 2, and is only accessible through basement tunnels.

Underground tunnels: Much of the MIT campus is connected by a subterranean network of tunnels, including the Stata Center and MIT Medical. Try taking an “alternate” mode of transportation down this long ramp in Buildi...

Zesiger Center: Behind a wall mural containing abstract images and equations lies the Z-Center’s olympic-sized swimming pool.

Maja Wiehrowska ’13 (left) and Laura Royden ’13 (right) dance in liquid nitrogen during the CPW Festival on Thursday. The liquid nitrogen ice cream, provided by East Campus, is an icon of MIT student culture.

Steam Café: Located on the fourth floor of building 7, Steam is the result of a collaboration between the School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Dining, and Sodexho Corporation. The cafe serves mainly organic and nu...

Colored walkway: The spectacular walkway between Buildings 6C and 8 reflects colors in the afternoon. Building 6C was completed in 2007. It houses physics and materials science labs.

Jungle mural: A variety of tropical animals greet visitors to MIT’s Hayden Memorial Library in Building 14.

Barker Engineering Library: Located directly beneath the Great Dome, the engineering library offers a place to sit, study, or snooze.

Prospective freshmen (from left) Lucia Wang, Kaixi Wang and Staphanie Chiang enjoy snacks at McCormick’s NONLINEAR CHAOS (Games Night!!!) held at the East Penthouse on Thursday.

Giuseppe Zingales, a prospective freshman, plays Jenga on Thursday at McCormick.

Wile E. Coyote mural: If you try walking between Building 7 and 9 on the third floor, you’ll find you may meet the same fate as the beloved coyote. What’s on the other side of the tunnel? You could use TNT to find out.