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West campus students head to Kresge Oval in preparation for the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday.

YELLOWSTONE, WYO.—A bison grazes next to Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. This photo is part of a series that showcases the summer adventures of Tech staff members.

West campus students use homemade shields to protect themselves from east campus during the annual East vs. West Water War held Monday.

Colleen P. Mosley ’09 and Navine Nasser-Ghodsi ’09 battle it out with their foam weapons during the Residence Exploration West Side Bash on Barry Astroturf Field Sunday evening.

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...

Rachel A. Bowens-Rubin ’11 (left) and another freshman ride desk chairs down an underground ramp between Buildings 66 and 68.

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.