Yuanyu Chen

For MIT’s 150th anniversary, hackers installed 20–30 hacks all over campus. This sideways lounge hack was installed to commemorate the upside-down lounge hack installed during Campus Preview Weekend 2010.

Visitors play in the Gradated Field, one of the many FAST installations on campus. The Gradated Field is a collection of smooth, white plaster mounds formed by latex sheets. Visitors are encouraged to wander and loung...

Hackers, to commemorate last year’s “Inverted Lounge” CPW hack, installed a “Verted Lounge” on the side of the Media Lab arch. Last year’s lounge was tied around a classy theme, complete with pool table, leather chair...

An event was held on Tuesday at noon in Lobby 7 to greet the new Chancellor on his first day on the job. Lobby 7 was decorated with a string of lights for the event, which was well-attended by students, staff, and adm...

Susan J. Hockfield welcomes Chancellor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80 to his first day on the job. President Hockfield mentioned the thousands of students Grimson has taught over the years and congratulated him on his new...

On Sunday morning, hackers placed a sword stuck in an anvil on one of the pedestals in Lobby 7. The hack, presumably to welcome the new chancellor, has a plaque inscribed “Who So Pulleth Out This Sword of this Stone a...

On Monday evening, the sword disappeared from the anvil in Lobby 7 and reappeared in front of the Chancellor’s office in Building 10. A plaque accompanies the sword. It reads: “On the Night of February 28th, 2011, Pro...

Mimi Yen ’11 sings a moving version of Maria Mena’s “Just Hold Me” at the Chorallaries’ “CSI: MIT” concert this past Saturday evening in 10-250. Through online donations and a raffle, the Chorallaries managed to raise...

Edmund W. Golaski ’99 explains the details of the 8.01 paper airplanes hack while acting out the professor’s reaction to hundreds of airplanes being thrown at him. Golaski told many hacks-related stories to a crowd of...

Richard S. Yau ’10 performs his Senior Singout, a dramatic rendition of Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” with the MIT/Wellesley Toons at the Toons’ 20th Anniversary Concert Saturday evening in 10-250.

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!

Hacks and Puzzles: The hallway between Buildings 16 and 56 features a puzzle on the floor, as well as murals describing the Institute’s hacking history.

Hao Ding ‘10 reads the “List of the Offended,” a (non-exclusive) list of everyone who may get offended by the songs or skits during the concert.

Cecilia R. Louis ’10 sings the Bad Taste rendition of “Halo” by Beyonce, this time based on the XBOX video game Halo, including lyrics such as “kick your ass in Halo.”

Lady Gaga (Michael R. Blaisse ’10) shares the Chorallaries’ version of “One Fish, Two Fish, Next Fish, New Fish” as Hannah S. Israel ’12 holds the picture book up for the audience to see. The story mocked the sexual l...

Minmin Yen ’11 dodges a roll of toilet paper as she sings a modified version of “Zombie” by The Cranberries during the Chorallaries’ nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste in 26-100 on Saturday. Throwing toilet paper and pap...

Sophia E. Lee ‘12 and Brian L. Ross ‘11, dressed up as a latke and a hamentash, engage in a fierce but playful battle before the start of the eighth annual Latke vs. Hamentashen debate held on Wednesday evening in 26-...

Kevin Hwang ’10 performs with the Harvard Wushu Club in Lobby 13 this past Saturday night at TAI.101, an event run by the Association of Taiwanese Students to educate attendees about Taiwanese culture.

Douglas I. Friedman (Brandeis ’10) performs “Big Machine” by The Goo Goo Dolls with Brandeis VoiceMale, a guest group, at the Chorallaries’ Fall Concert on Saturday, November 21.

Hannah S. Israel ’12 and Christian X. Segura-Rivera ’11 share a duet in “Harbor” by Vienna Teng at the Chorallaries’ Fall Concert on Saturday, November 21 in 10-250.

Adam K. Boyles, director of the MIT Symphony Orchestra, conducts John Williams’s “The Cowboys Overture” at the MITSO Family Weekend concert this Thursday in Kresge Auditorium.

The violinists of the MIT Symphony Orchestra stood for the entirety of their performance of Symphony no. 38, “Prague” by Mozart at the MITSO Family Weekend concert this past Thursday in Kresge Auditorium.

Members of MIT’s Cuban salsa dance group Casino Rueda perform a dance at the Latino Heritage Celebration Kick-Off, sponsored by the Latino Cultural Center, on the steps of the Student Center Sunday.

Pablo Bello ’11, Edward Grinnel ’11, Elvine Pineda ’11, and Arielle Fischer ’11 placed 2nd, 1st, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, in this year’s 2.007 competition.The 2.007 game, “Sweepin’ the Nation,” consists of three ma...

Dr. William Cutter, conductor of the MIT Concert Choir, takes a bow at the choir’s spring concert last Sunday in Kresge.

Members of the MIT Concert Choir perform “Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese” by Franz Joseph Haydn during their spring concert on May 3 in Kresge.

Martin Frankland G of the MIT Concert Choir performs a solo during “Mass in C major, Op. 86,” by Ludwig van Beethoven at the choir’s spring concert on May 3 in Kresge.

Class of 2011 Ring Committee Chair Mitchell T. Westwood ’11 and Vice Chair Anita Y. Lin ’11 unveil the Brass Rat bezel at the Class of 2011 Ring Premiere ceremony, held last Friday in Kresge Auditorium.

Pillars illustrating the MIT community’s concerns over communication, hacking, dining, and housing appeared in Lobby 7 on Oct. 17 as part of a “tool in” organized by protesters calling themselves the “Campaign for Stu...

Christine Chen ’12 checks out ornaments on display at the MIT Glass Lab Holiday Sale in Lobby 10 on Dec. 8. The sale featured colorful pieces made by students and instructors at the MIT Glass Lab.

Priscilla W. Army ’10 of the Muses gets the audience going with Natasha Bedingfield’s “I Wanna Have Your Babies” during the Chorallaries’ “A Concert We Can Believe In” on Dec. 5 in 10-250.

Tiffany K. Cheng ’12 of the Chorallaries sings “Hot ’N’ Cold” by Katy Perry during the Chorallaries’ “A Concert We Can Believe In” on Dec. 5 in 10-250.

William Cutter, Lecturer in Music and Director of Choral Programs at MIT, conducts the MIT Concert Choir at their annual fall concert on Dec. 7 in Kresge.

(left to right) Ian Olsen of Boston Conservatory, Elisabeth Hon Hunt G, Pauline A. Sliwa G, and Daniel P. Cunningham ’07 join the MIT Concert Choir on Dec. 7 in performing “Alexander’s Feast (The Power of Musick)” by ...