Toast to Tech Party
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[caption] => Nearly 8,000 people attended Toast to Tech, the epic culmination of MIT's sesquicentennial celebrations. The June 4 event included fireworks, ice sculptures, dancing, and a 750-pound cake. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => The party started after dark, but preparations, such as installing an iconic beaver ice sculpture, began in the afternoon. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => MIT President Susan Hockfield toasted the Institute: "To MIT, for 150 years. Your inspiring motto--mens et manus, mind and hand--has sent people into the world to invent the future. May this great Institute continue to send forth people and ideas to make the world a better place. Happy 150th birthday, MIT!" Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => NASA astronaut Robert Satcher '86 gave Institute administrators a copy of the MIT charter that he had taken to the International Space Station in 2009. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => George Montilio, of Montilio's of Boston, stands next to the 750-pound, 24-foot long MIT cake that he helped create for the celebration. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => It took two bakers and six decorators five days to construct the cake. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => George Montilio anticipated that the Stata Center, shown here, would be the most difficult section to construct. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => President Hockfield used a sword to cut the first slice of cake. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => MIT Student Ambassador Huaiying Wang '13 told The Tech, "The dance floor was the most memorable part of the evening. Watching members of the MIT community, whether six or 60, have fun and let loose was really amazing." Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => Across the river at the Prudential Center, 86 windows were used to spell "MIT" and 99 windows spelled out "150." It took more than 20 people over three hours to create the message. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => Of the 8,000 attendees at Toast to Tech, about 3,000 were alumni. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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[caption] => Twelve minutes of fireworks launched from a barge on the Charles River lit up the night sky. Photo: Chris Brown
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[caption] => Happy 150th, MIT! Photo: Chris Brown
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Nearly 8,000 people attended Toast to Tech, the epic culmination of MIT's sesquicentennial celebrations. The June 4 event included fireworks, ice sculptures, dancing, and a 750-pound cake. Photo: Dominick Reuter
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