A dominant male lion attacks his son, putting him in his place, at the Kapama Game Reserve in Hoedspruit, South Africa.

Hackers installed a giant band-aid on MIT’s Great Dome on the night of November 30, right after the wrapping that had been protecting the Dome during repairs was removed. The band-aid was presumably intended to symbolize that the “surgery” was complete.

Hackers turned the ceiling of Lobby 7 into a giant “black hole” early on Saturday morning, complete with a crumpled CERN spaceship being sucked into the center (in reference to the Large Hadron Collider project).

Students on campus scored a nutritional victory this year with the new weekly produce market at the East Campus courtyard. The service was made possible by the Undergraduate Association, The Division of Student Life, MIT Residential Life, and MIT Campus Dining.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick spoke to graduating students at MIT’s 2009 Commencement exercises on June 5 in Killian Court.

Satirizing MIT’s newest major, biological engineering, hackers representing “Stepford Labs” at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering installed a display case full of “enhanced” body parts in MIT’s Infinite Corridor on Saturday.

In honor of the 80th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery, hackers installed a motorized solar system mobile in Lobby 7 on Thursday. They also adorned the Lobby 7 pedestals with birthday-themed paraphernalia. Two other “dwarf planets,” Eris and Makemake, are Pluto’s birthday party guests.

Supa Dupa and the Shallow Romantics performed at the Student Center’s Mezzanine Lounge on March 12, hosted by the MIT Live Music Connection.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Sidereus Nuncius, Galileo’s first observations through a telescope, hackers hung an asteroid belt from the ceiling on the 8th floor of the Green Building on Tuesday. They also installed planets and a display plaque commemorating the occasion.

For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.