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Shelley Parker (Karen A. Hart ’11) makes first contact with Bat Boy (Steven L. Camina G) after he is brought in by Sheriff Reynolds (Edmund Golaski ’99) during MTG’s rendition of Bat Boy: The Musical on Thursday in Li...

The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity was recently expelled from the Interfraternity Council and is appealing the decision. ATO’s house, shown here awaiting repairs on Monday, currently houses fraternity members.

The Media Lab’s extension, pictured on Aug. 30, is nearing completion.

The Great Dome is seen mid-afternoon from Killian Court as Facilities clean up after the official welcome to the Class of 2013 on Sunday. The dome, which has been kept under wraps for most of the summer, is currently ...

The new Senior House housemasters, Jagruti S. Patel ’97 (left) and Antony N. Donovan ’94, met with The Tech last Friday in their housemasters’ suite to discuss their new positions.

Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, performs in Lowell, MA on July 11. Though the weather turned sour, it only made the sounds sweeter.

Senior House will be getting Jagruti S. Patel ’97 and Antony N. Donovan ’94 as interim housemasters. In May residents had selected Walter R. Bender ’80 and Wanda Bender, but the Dean for Student Life rejected them for...

Professor of Biology Robert A. Weinberg’s New Hampshire cabin and garden. Just like students, MIT Professors enjoy all kinds of interesting work and leisure in the summer.

Olivia M. Brum from Lowell, MA, holding her autographed sign, welcomes Neil Diamond.

Singer Neil Diamond sings his signature song “Sweet Caroline” to large crowd packed on the Esplanade during the rehearsal of CBS’s national broadcast of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 3.

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart gestures to the crowd during the Pop’s public rehearsal on July 3 at the Hatchshell on the Esplanade.

A close flyover by F-15’s of the 104th Fighter Wing (based in Westfield, MA) added an element of action to the National Anthem.

The 101st Field Artillery Regiment (based in Brockton, MA) provided an added “boom” to Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” performed by the Boston Pops.