http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag-inv.gif http://tech.mit.edu/ Recent photos and graphics from The Tech /V131/N28/graphics/musictown-2.html Courtesy of Bradsearles The Royale Boston is located at 279 Tremont Street, Boston. /V131/N28/graphics/musictown-1.html Courtesy of John Phelan The Paradise Rock Club is at 967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. /V131/N28/graphics/newemergency-1.html Ethan A. Solomon—The Tech MIT and Cambridge police and firefighters coordinated the response to potential pipe bombs in New House early Tuesday morning. There was never any threat to campus safety, but the Cambridge bomb squad carried out a series of water-cannon “disruptions” on objects that looked like pipe bombs in a New House lounge, in an effort to disable them if they were dangerous. /V131/N28/graphics/hallway.html Nicholas Chornay—The Tech /V131/N28/graphics/newemergency-2.html Ethan A. Solomon—The Tech A hazardous materials decontamination tent was set up in the Westgate parking lot early Tuesday morning in response to a New House bomb scare. Cambridge and MIT police eventually determined that there was never any threat to campus safety, and that harmless construction materials were mistaken for pipe bombs. Nobody required decontamination. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-6.html Manohar Srikanth—The Tech Seven thousand people arrived at Killian Court to celebrate MIT’s 150th birthday. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-3.html Jessica Liu—The Tech Fireworks light up the sky in front of the Prudential Center, MIT’s 750 feet high (134.32 Smoot) “birthday card.” /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-5.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Some students displayed symbols representing their major on their mortarboards. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-4.html Manohar Srikanth—The Tech Balloons representing the class years of alumni present for their class reunions were scattered throughout Killian. /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-0.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech The class of 2011 was MIT’s 145th graduating class, which coincides with MIT’s 150th year. The discrepancy was caused because the Civil War delayed the start of classes. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-7.html Manohar Srikanth—The Tech Ice sculptures of objects with significance to MIT’s history and the Toast to Tech event adorned tables around Killian. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-8.html Manohar Srikanth—The Tech Tim the Beaver made an appearance to admire the cake. /V131/N28/graphics/lightning.html Grgur Tokic Lightning appeared in the sky over Boston during the tornado and thunderstorm last week. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-0.html Jessica Liu—The Tech Alumni and friends dance to music by Boston City Rhythm during the Toast to Tech event on Saturday. /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-4.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech President Susan J. Hockfield prepares to give her charge to the graduates. /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-1.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech On June 3, 983 undergraduates and 1,471 graduate students received their degrees. /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-2.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Professor Alex H. Slocum ’82 was just as excited as the graduates. /V131/N28/graphics/mit150-5.html Manohar Srikanth—The Tech MIT President Susan J. Hockfield uses a sword to cut the MIT-shaped cake. /V131/N28/graphics/commencement-6.html Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech A stuffed Pikachu is visible on one graduate’s mortarboard. Other creative designs included a graduated cylinder and flags of different nations.