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Freshmen (left to right) Matthew G. Escoto ’11, Amanda S. Fried ’11, David B. Feldman ’11, and Kristin D. Kuhn ’11 enjoy waffles and a movie at Simmons’ Waffle Haus Monday at midnight.

Katherine J. Rahlin ’09 is pulled up the East Campus zip-line before being released at the top. The zip-line, put up for Residence Exploration, stretched north-south on steel cables strung between the parallels.

Identical twins Patrick J. Smadbeck ’09 (behind) and James B. Smadbeck ’09 wrestle in a pool of Jell-O behind Burton-Conner on Sunday evening as part of the West Side Bash for Residence Exploration.

Performers from Samba Tremeterra of the Brazilian Cultural Center during Cambridge’s annual Caribbean Carnival International. The parade started 15 years ago as a street fair and has grown to a 1.5 mile route taking i...

Anthony D. Rindone ’10 drills a mounting hole for the wooden astronaut trainer that residents of East Campus students made for Residence Exploration.

Noah H. Silverman ’10 dips a sheet of paper in paper-maché solution at East Campus before applying it to the “Trojan Elephant” weapon used in yesterday’s East vs. West Water War.

Performers from Samba Tremeterra of the Brazilian Cultural Center during Cambridge’s annual Caribbean Carnival International. The parade started 15 years ago as a street fair and has grown to a 1.5 mile route taking i...

Roderick R. La Foy ’08 makes measurements in preparation for installing the East Campus two-axis see-saw as (left to right) Olga N. Wichrowska ’09, Katherine J. Rahlin ’09, and Nicholas A. Edelman ’08 look on.

Jordan Moore of the Onion River Sports cycling team rounds the final turn of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic road race at the top of Mount Wachusett. The Classic, in its 48th running this year, challenged hundreds of ri...

Fireworks light up the shore at Swampscott, Mass. on the night of July 3.

The Boston Pops perform behind the singers of the Boston Children's Chorus at Boston's 2007 Independence Day celebrations held at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade.

Zuzana Trnovcova '09 competes in the women's categories 3/4 road race of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic this past Saturday, June 30. Trnovcova finished the road race in 44th position and continued on to complete the Cl...

The Blue Man Group plays a PVC pipe instrument, accompanied by the Boston Pops, during Boston's 2007 Independence Day celebrations at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade.

Pyro Spectaculars, the company that produced the fireworks display for Boston's celebration, used new "HD Fireworks" in this year's show. The new fireworks are designed to detonate at lower altitudes with richer color...

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, wearing a policeman's raincoat due to the inclement weather, directs the 1812 Overture during Boston's 2007 Independence Day celebrations at the Hatch Shell. See more photos on pa...

A fireworks display that included more than 20 thousand pounds of explosives and 10-inch diameter shells capped off Boston's 2007 Independence Day celebrations.