Orientation zaniness

August 30, 2000

Students camp it up on stage during orientation.

Photo / Donna Coveney

Kimberly Chao was called upon to race across the stage on the back of an inflatable dinosaur as part of the zany antics dreamed up for orientation.

Photo / Donna Coveney

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on August 30, 2000.

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