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Joshua S. Bails ’11 dances in front of East Campus’ wall of CRT computer monitors on Aug. 30 during REX.

Kendra L. Pugh G grabs an East Campus “burning man” LED “throwie” used as a decoration during REX on Aug. 30.

Chao He ’12, dressed as Willy Wonka, announces the victory of the orientation leaders over a group of freshmen in a game involving stuffing a cloth bag with blankets and a person, then rolling the combination down to ...

Generals Daniel J. Sauza ’11 of West Campus (left) and James A. Ostrowski ’10 of East Campus (right) shake hands Saturday before the start of the annual East vs. West Water War on Kresge Oval.

The east campus army charges at the beginning of the annual East vs. West Water War Saturday on Kresge Oval.

A group of freshmen compete against upperclassmen during the Kick-Off! orientation event on Sunday in Kresge. The game involved stuffing a bag with clothes and a person, then rolling the combination to the finish line.

East Campus residents and other freshmen ride a wooden spinning structure in the EC courtyard on Aug. 30. The ride was constructed by dorm residents for REX.

Students rock out behind the East Campus dance tent during the annual East Side party on Aug. 30.

Freshmen in the Discover Nuclear Science and Engineering FPOP take a break at Salem Commons in Salem, MA on Aug. 27. DNSE aims to introduce freshmen to the nuclear engineering department through faculty lectures and f...

Students work late on Sunday evening to finish a multiple-storey wooden tower in the East Campus courtyard. Traditionally, East Campus builds a variety of projects for Residence Exploration, which have in the past inc...

East Campus residents make progress on their traditional one-person roller coaster on Tuesday afternoon. The dorm builds many large-scale wooden constructions as part of Residence Exploration (REX) every year.

Senator Ted Kennedy spoke at a rally celebrating Deval Patrick’s win as Massachusetts governor on election night, Nov. 7, 2006. Kennedy passed away Tuesday after battling cancer.

One of the East Campus projects in preparation for this year’s Residence Exploration (REX) was a functional “catbus,” a character from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film My Neighbor Totoro.

David Fiuczynski plays a custom-made double neck guitar, supporting Hiromi Uehara’s performance at Sculler’s Jazz Club on May 23.

Brian Syverud ’10 prepares to make a pass in the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee game against Worchester Polytechnic Institute at Roberts Field on Wednesday night. MIT won 15-12.

Hackers placed a giant statue of the Greek goddess Athena in MIT’s Killian Court on May 18, the first day of final exams. The Athena statue stood atop a large pedestal and carried a shield inscribed with MIT’s “Mens e...