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The Media Lab: The $90 million extension to MIT’s world-famous research center was designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki, and is a definite sight to see — and see through!

For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.

A member of the MIT Sport Taekwondo team holds a pad while a prospective freshman gives it a solid kick.

Kresge organ: This pipe organ sits in the loft near the stage of Kresge Auditorium. The ceiling of Kresge features “clouds” that absorb and direct sound, making the auditorium well known for its acoustics.

Sound benches: The parabolic benches outside of Building 18 are a popular place to study when the weather is nice. Try standing at the focal point of either parabola and making a sound!

The haughty Major Sergius (Vladimir Sobes ’11) is waited upon by house servant Nicola (Yuri Podpaly G) at the Petkoff house during the MIT Dramashop performance of Arms and The Man.

Workers from Cadwell Sign Co. lift a plaque into place in Lobby 7 on Tuesday. A gift of the Class of 2003, the plaque is mounted on the east wall, just right of the Infinite Corridor entrance.

Michael Ouellette poses on the set of his last production at MIT. Arms and the Man was the first play he directed at MIT over 20 years ago, and will have its final run tonight at 8 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre.

Left: Beef is cooked over the pit at Steer Roast on Friday. The lighting of the pit (by tradition with a flaming ball of toilet paper) marks the beginning of Steer Roast, Senior House’s annual weekend long party with ...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood speaks on the dangers of distracted driving in the Media Lab on Monday. LaHood challenged MIT students to develop new technologies and media strategies to combat the increas...

Below: Joseph E. Lemberg ’11 and Aaron N. Flores ’12 mud wrestle during Steer Roast on Saturday. Steer Roast, an annual weekend-long event hosted by Senior House, features meat and performances by a number of bands, i...

To complete his last performance with the MIT Chorallaries, Michael R. Blaisse ’10 sings his first solo, “Papercut,” with the group at their annual Spring Concert on Friday. He is joined by current members and alumni ...

Students watch as a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field during a brief rain squall on Monday, May 3. The Osprey, operated by the Marines of VMM-264, Air Station New River North Carolina, arrived at MI...

Students and visitors examine the pieces available at the MIT Glass Lab’s annual Mother’s Day sale yesterday afternoon. The sale is primarily staffed by students and staff of the Glass Lab, many of whom have pieces av...

Artist and architect Otto L. Ng G stands in front of MURAL ORIGAMI, his winning entry in the 2010 MIT Student Mural Competition, in Stata on Monday. The mural consists of a photograph of a person walking on the sidewa...

Sean D. Fannin ’13 and Jordan Lyday dive and struggle against their bungee-cord harnesses to get their velco marker further along the centerline at the Greek Week(end) 2010 carnival held by Panhel/IFC on Kresge lawn o...