Steer Roast 2008 Veep Erik D. Fogg ’09 (right) and Hani Sallum ’96 (left) pose for the cameras in their armored costumes at the kickoff for Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night.

Crowds watch as fire extinguisher-wielding residents spray down the fire pit right after it was lit to kick off Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night.

Balinese dive master Gede Sama holds up a sea cucumber while diving off the coast of Bali, Indonesia on June 9, 2008.

On Sept. 23, workers applied devices for reducing the buildup of snow and ice to the flat tops of windows that jut out from the Stata Center. MIT is currently suing architect Frank Gehry over the design of the building, after experiencing “persistent leaks” and “poor drainage.”

Seen around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, William D. McKenna ’08 of the campus art group Cracked sleeps in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery as part of a performance art project.

Parents Niranjan Kumar and Nita Kumar read in Lobby 7 on Oct. 17, the first day of Family Weekend at MIT. Family Weekend lasted 3 days and welcomed family members of current students with several fun events including the Nobel Laureate luncheon, an a cappella concert, and several informational panels.

MIT hackers put the NASA logo on McDermott Court, often called “The Dot,” on Oct. 1, exactly 50 years after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began operations.

To protest Chancellor Clay’s campus-wide e-mail detailing what was perceived to be an overly-restrictive policy on hacking, MIT hackers covered the hacks on display in the Stata Center. Hacks were covered with black cloth and description placards with large VIOLATION NOTICE signs were added, detailing how each historic hack was prohibited by Clay’s e-mail.

Students and other locals watch bands in the East Campus courtyard as part of the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 on Saturday evening.

Vocalist and guitarist Barry Matthew Kudrowitz G of Supa Dupa plays at the WMBR and EC ConcertComm joint production Fred Fest ’08 in the East Campus courtyard on Saturday evening.