Beginning/End of Semester and IAP Hacks

Registration Day Hacks

Registration Day, which heralds the beginning of classes, usually signals the end of a period of rest (IAP or Summer) and the beginning of another semester. Hackers often like to pull hacks on Registration Day, to ensure that everyone starts the new semester in a good mood.

• 2003 SPODSA New Student Registration
• 2002 Wheel of Tuition in Lobby 7 skylight
• 1995 Biohazard Cafe
• 1994 Pei Toilet on the Media Lab

End-of-Semester Hacks

The end of the semester, by contrast, is the light at the end of the tunnel for most students. This light is not merely the headlight of an oncoming train, but is more like an explosion at the bottom of the mine shaft. However, despite the fact that the end of the semester is the period when students have the least amount of time for pulling hacks, it's the time when everyone most needs a good hack to keep their sanity.

• 2009 Apollo Lunar Module on the Great Dome
• 2006 Gehry Christmas Tree in Stata Center
• 2003 Wright Flyer on the Great Dome celebrates 100 years of flight
• 2001 The One Ring appears around the Great Dome
• 2001 Weight on Great Dome
• 2001 Magic Pi Ball on Building 54
• 2001 Tech dinghy in Chapel moat
• 1999 Great Droid
• 1997 Implications of infinity equaling 47.2 rods
• 1996 Smiley Faces on the Big Sail and the Little Sail
• 1996 Piano on the Great Dome
• 1994 CP Car on the Great Dome
• 1993 Menorah on the Small Dome
• 1993 Contents Vnder Pressvre on the Small Dome
• 1992 GAME OVER
• 1991 Fire Hose Drinking Fountain
• 1990 Our Lady of the All-Night Tool
• 1990 Christmas Lights and Presents on the Small Dome
• 1989 Grumpy Fuzzball meets Athena

IAP Hacks

The January Independent Activities Period (IAP) also gives hackers lots of free time to work on and pull hacks while taking a break from their classes.

• 2008 Stargate in E19
• 2003 Robots staged a Robot Rights protest prior to the 6.270 competition
• 2002 Paper dolls in Lobby 7 skylight
• 1998 Paper airplane in Lobby 7