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W20-429, 431, 428: Harry paints a magical moving portrait of Susan Hockfield in the Student Art Association Studio.

10-500: Harry studies for his O.W.L.s in the reading room of the Barker Engineering Library.

W20-483: Harry tries out muggle photography at The Tech, a publication that is infinitely superior to The Daily Prophet.

32-4: This outdoor tunnel doesn’t lead to the Shrieking Shack... just an exit facing Building 16.

Harry stares out at the Boston skyline from a mysterious balcony. Where is he? Hint: this is a dormitory.

Harry Potter (Benjamin N. Bell ’14) explores MIT with the help of the Marauder’s Map.

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.