The Daily Confusion: Your guide to REX
Friday,
August 23, 2013
13:00
13:00âEAsT camPUS
I think we can fit one more on the bed: come hang out with us on our fort
14:00
14:26âEAsT camPUS
Holly tells you about hedghogs: it took me like two and a half years to get her to like toilet paper tubes
16:00
16:19âEAsT camPUS
Hula hooping with ec: my âringâ is too small to do it⊠:-(
17:00
17:42âEAsT camPUS
Weâre probably wrestling in something: i feel like that should be jello
19:00
19:06âEAsT camPUS
Social engineering with michael flynn: so wait, are there rules about this?
19:57âEAsT camPUS
Building the fort: itâs super stable and level!
20:00
20:06âEAsT camPUS
Our room assignment chair explains how rooming works: wait what?? - leonoid
20:59âMacGregor
Must-See Movies: Come chill in the MacG outdoor lounge and watch the movies you should have seen before college. AND ITâS OUTSIDE!
22:00
22:29âEAsT camPUS
Building a double pendulum: #yolo â not a word, not even an act, but a lifestyle
Saturday,
August 24, 2013
0:00
0:01âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: east campus - it could be worse
3:00
3:17âRandom Hall
Random House of Pancakes: Iâm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. We have almost as many pancakes as the International House of Pancakes, and you donât have to drive to get here. See how much maple syrup you can fit on one plate.
4:00
4:18âEAsT camPUS
Come learn about painting murals: this daily confusion is dedicated to austin âsaucy wigglesâ wigley
7:00
7:15âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: we should just serve this to the freshmen
9:00
9:35âEAsT camPUS
Seminar on how to sponsor east campus rush: we need to explicitly not talk about biggerpackage.ru
12:00
12:22âEAsT camPUS
The international student residents of ec answer your questions: east campus â
13:00
13:47âRandom Hall
Epic Meal Time of Destiny Random Hall cooking show! What up haters, today weâre gonna unleash another furious beast of baconstrips (and baconstrips and baconstrips) for you to shove down your food holes. Get ready to get lost in the sauce with the Sauce Boss!
13:59âMacGregor
Pickup Sports: Come stretch your legs after that long trip to MIT. Weâre playing football, basketball, frisbee, and any other games you can dream up.
14:00
14:19âEAsT camPUS
Introduction to important student groups: jhawk is just misunderstoodâŠ
15:00
15:17âRandom Hall
I scream, you scream, we all scream for 77 Kelvins.
15:59âMacGregor
Water War FIRST BLOOD: Come help West Campus begin to gear up for this yearâs Water War! This time, WE DRAW FIRST BLOOD!
16:00
16:17âEAsT camPUS
Hair dying: i shaved my neck today
16:17âRandom Hall
Do you like game theory? Do you like chocolate? Do you like learning about some fun problems while eating chocolate? I thought so. Come to Random to join us in two of our favorite things: learning and chocolate. 1
6:17âRandom Hall
âA BEAR ON A BULLDOZER COMES THROUGH THE DAMN WALL EVERYBODY ROLL INITIATIVE.â Come dance your way through an insane one-shot tabletop roleplaying game based on the system written by the author of the webcomic Leftover Soup. http://leftoversoup.com/AndTheBeatGoesOn.pdf
17:00
17:40âEAsT camPUS
Fashion tips from big james: it think he was exclusively known as âsalmon shortsâ or âpink pants.â
18:00
18:06âEAsT camPUS
The dos and donâts of mit: if an administrator emails you asking for your username and password, give it to them; they need it for maintenance.
18:17âRandom Hall
Youâve just left home, possibly for the longest time youâve ever chosen to do so. Come snuggle up with some comfy blankets, eat some comfort food, and appreciate the homey atmosphere of Random Hall.
18:30âSenior Haus
BBQ And Tireswinging. Feast on the corpses of many a bovine in the courtyard. Oh, and weâll have kale or grass or something for the dirty hippies.
19:00
19:00âMaseeh Hall
Mafia. This is a battle of wits and strategy between the townspeople and the mafia. Who will the townspeople be able to kill off all the mafiosos and keep their town safe, or will the mafia be able to gain control of it?
19:47âRandom Hall
What happens in your future if you attend this event? Come find out! No time travel experience necessary.
20:00
20:00âMaseeh Hall
Disney Movie Night! Best way to ward off homesickness â
20:17âEAsT camPUS
Come build circuits capable of sending audio over infrared light, and learn some electronics in the process. No experience necessary, everyone is welcome â just BYO headphones and audio source!
20:18âEAsT camPUS
Freshmen: ask mark spatz where you should send your mail.
21:00
21:17âRandom Hall
Itâs not quite Hogsmeade, but itâs close. Come taste a few of the yummy treats you read about while we watch Harry enjoy his first year at Hogwarts. Butterbeer will be served.
21:32âEAsT camPUS
Ec desk, explained!: and this kids, is the story of how you convince kids to live in macgregor
22:00
22:00âSenior Haus
Philosophy and Coffee
22:00âNext House
Cult Classic Movie Night: Movies, concession stand food, and Fondue. What more could you ask for?
23:00
23:40âEAsT camPUS
Building forts correctly since 2012: manyu belani
23:29âMacGregor
Singles in Singles: Gettinâ cozy at movie night⊠snuggle in my single?
Sunday,
August 25, 2013
0:00
0:00âSenior Haus
Smoke Rings and Other Things. Hear the music ring in y
0:12âEAsT camPUS
Seminar on the highlights of ec-discuss: no! it would not be the correct east campus without the monthly stud-finder thread!
0:13âEAsT camPUS
Speed dating: east campus has unconventional studs
0:24âEAsT camPUS
Chill with residents from various east campus halls: #thesocialhall
1:00
1:00âEAsT camPUS
Building tips from east campus: can we talk about dunktanks? or ropes? or ballistas?
2:00
2:00âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: this years unnecessary leadership award goes toâŠ
3:00
3:03âEAsT camPUS
Lumberjacking with pat mcdaniel: we might have to cut down a few trees first.
3:17âRandom Hall
Random House of Pancakes. Why are we up this late? To feed you pancakes of course! Pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes. Wow, pancakes is a really weird looking word.
5:00
5:55âEAsT camPUS
Defend your furniture or it may face the same fate: our lawn chair is now in michigan
7:00
7:00âEAsT camPUS
Play jenga with ec residents phoebe, jes, and margo and marisa the non-ec-resident: #course1lesbianbullshit
9:00
9:00âSimmons Hall
Sugar wuga in cake form. Stayed up all night? Come fuel up for an exciting day the right way: with a scrumptious assortment of pancakes! Make them your own with rainbow-colored batter!
9:00âNext House
Sunday Morning Breakfast Games: Get into good habits. Eat a balanced breakfast. Sleep well. Play video games all morning instead of all night.
9:00âSimmons Hall
Making pancakes PAULA DEEN STYLE: Stayed up all night? Come fuel up for an exciting day the right way: with a scrumptious assortment of pancakes! Make them your own with rainbow-colored batter!
9:27âEAsT camPUS
Story time with ec exec: chapter 1: bubbly mcbubbles checks into east campus
10:00
10:29âMacGregor
Flapjack Festival: Pancakes on flapjacks on pancakes on plates, smothered in every topping we could find.
10:38âEAsT camPUS
Frisbee games: âŠbro!
10:17âRandom Hall
You can curry favor by helping someone mod their nerf gun. You can curry curry by showing up to Random Hall and eating brunch with us. We will have golden curry with lots of vegetables and rice. Vegan and vegetarian options available.
10:47âRandom Hall
Youâll meet many people this week, and friendly competition is an amazing icebreaker. After a day spent running all over campus, work out your arms while your feet rest.
11:00
11:11âBurton Conner
Silent Rave with BCâs REX Chairs: Bring your own headphones and iPod (do they even sell those anymore?).
12:00
12:00âSimmons Hall
pizza bagelz.
12:00âNext House
Big Food, Bigger Swing: We like swings, so weâre building a big one. Two stories, and thatâs no tall tale. You should help. Not into swings? Enjoy volleyball, frisbee, burgers (and veggie burgers), hotdogs, and drinks in our beautiful courtyard.
12:00âNew House
Carne Asada: I bet youâre hungry. Come join La Casa for a delicious meal. Weâve got grilled marinated beef, rice, beans, and great company.
12:00âNew House
Painting à La Maison: We provide the markers, paint, swaths of blank paper, and white t-shirts. You bring your energy and artistic skills! Come paint the walls, floor, and tables, and residents of La Maison Française!
12:00âBurton Conner
Bubbles!: Whatâs more fun than bubbles? Big bubbles! (We got small ones too)
12:00âBurton Conner
Mural Painting: Come join upperclassmen enjoy the tradition of mural painting on the walls of Burton Conner!
12:00âSimmons Hall
Better than Einsteinâs: Come enjoy some free lunch by making your own bagel pizza with delectable toppings. You should probably eat said pizza as well.
12:17âRandom Hall
âBack in 1920, when Random Hall was just some apartment buildings in Central Square, its residents knew how to DANCE. Come repopulate the dorm with more Cool Cats (we already have cats of the feline variety). Learn to Swing Dance! No partner nor experience necessary.â
12:47âRandom Hall
Sure, youâve had ice cream before. But now youâre at MIT â itâs time for the real stuff.
12:59âMacGregor
Piñata-Making: Relive kindergarten and come make paper-maché piñatas with MacGregorites (to be dried, filled with candy, and destroyed tomorrow!)
13:00
13:00âBaker House
Baker House Tours (meet in Baker Lobby): Come take a tour of Baker and try some ice cream!
13:00âNew House
Carnival Time: New House is putting on a show for you â from cotton candy to horseshoe throwing, youâre bound to find something you like! Rain location: inside New House!
13:14âEAsT camPUS
Political correctness seminar with east campus: that is insensitive
13:47âRandom Hall
If mathematicians turn tea into theorems⊠do physicists turn coffee into awesomeness? Caffeine, physics, and cookies all in one place.
13:47âRandom Hall
Anamorphism: the building up of a structure. Catamorphism: the consumption of a structure. Hylomorphism: both an anamorphism and a catamorphism. This event? A hylomorphism on dumplings. Come learn the basic fold, or just perform a metabolic reduction on food.
13:58âEAsT camPUS
Fashion tips with laura: laura: leonoid, i have a question: are we wearing the same shirt?
13:59âEAsT camPUS
Building: rope bridge to nowhere!
14:00
14:00âNew House
Rubber Band War: Show off your sharpshooting skills with our endless supply of extra-snappy rubber bands. FEAR THE VULCANIZER.
14:00âSimmons Hall
Capture whatever we find for the flag Learn our floor plan in the best way possible - during a competitive game of capture the flag.
14:00âBurton Conner
Make Your Own Mural: Have you seen Burton Connerâs great murals? Come design your own! Weâve got art supplies and paperâŠ
14:00âMcCormick
Picnic! [F
14:00âBurton Conner
Move your Hips: Love Shakira? Learn some belly dance and hula and dance away!
14:00âBurton Conner
Toilet Paper Dodgeball: Toilet paper has many unconventional uses. Come explore yet one more possibility; this oneâs a group activity. Throw projectiles at your friends and avenge your teammates, all before the rolls unravel.
14:00âSimmons Hall
Getting lost: Learn our floor plan in the best way possible â during a competitive game of capture the flag.
14:29âMacGregor
Water War Military Build Up: Lock and Load⊠C
14:29âMacGregor
Carnival: Funnel cake, hot dogs(and veggie dogs), dunk tank, bouncy castle, giant hamster balls, and puppies. You know you want to check this outâŠ
15:00
15:00âNext House
Color Everywhere: Under the shade of the big swing, come tie-d
15:12âEAsT camPUS
Bird watching until we die with mike flynn: this is the daily confusion, not the daily make sense
15:17âRandom Hall
Random Hall has thin, topologically convoluted, claustrophobia- and vertigo-inducing hallways. Come learn and practice the creativity of applying centripetal force to poi and staff in time to music. Letâs see if we can involve stairs in this bad idea somehow.
15:30âSimmons Hall
Throwing plastic: Stretch your legs after a long flight (or a not so long drive) to MIT â
15:30âSimmons Hall
Sucking thingies Biatches, we have freezepops. A 1000 of them. One THOUSAND.
15:30âSimmons Hall
Throwing plastic: Stretch your legs after a long flight (or a not so long drive) to MIT - and meet some new friends!
15:30âSimmons Hall
Sucky thingys: Biatches, we have freezepops. A 1000 of them. One THOUSAND.
16:00
16:00âSenior Haus
BarbieQ. Vicious. Delicious.
16:00âNew House
Karaoke with Desmond: Hang out with House 5 over the latest popular hits. We bring the mic and snacks; you bring your enthusiasm and best belting voice!
16:00âNext House
Fire and Ice, Redux: Now that youâre at MIT, join us at
16:00âNew House
Cuisinez avec La Maison Française!: Help La Maison Française prepare a scrumptious meal from scratch. Stick around until dinnertime, quand nous mangerons. No kitchen experience required!
16:00âBurton Conner
DDR Tetris: Have you ever played Tetris? Have you ever played DDR? Have you ever played Tetris against another person? Have you ever played DDR Tetris against another frosh on two giant LED boards we made ourselves while the crowd screams your victory? No? Then do we have the game for you!
16:03âBurton Conner
Miracle Berries: A secret wonder of the world for centuries, Miracle Berries make sour and bitter foods taste sweet. Weâll have limes, grapefruit, hot sauce, mustard and all sorts of other food for your âflavor tripâ. No harmful side effects (other than wanting more).
16:30âBurton Conner
Experimental Baking: No recipes allowed. No measuring utensils provided. Mix stuff up and cook it however you want.
16:47âRandom Hall
Think Dr. Horrible is a beautiful, amazing, inviolable work of perfect art? Please go somewhere else. Anyone else? Come join us in yelling obscenities at a perfectly nice Sing-Along Blog that has done absolutely nothing to deserve it.
17:00
17:00âSenior Haus
Story time
17:00âSimmons Hall
Eating dead cows:
17:00âMcCormick
Taste of Cambridge [Lobby]; Try a variety of foods from local restaurants. Weâll have Indian, Italian, Chinese, and more!
17:00âBurton Conner
Edible Board Games: Chocolate Chess, Smoothie BattleShots, Bananagrams, Pizza Settlers of Catan⊠make friends as you play games and then eat them when youâre done!
17:17âRandom Hall
Itâs electroswing night at your friendly neighborhood bubble tea parlor! Weâll provide basic and exotic bubble tea ingredients, and you get to formulate delicious new concoctions.
18:00
18:00âBaker House
Parents Reception: Get your questions answered by the Housemasters themselves. Refreshments will be served.
19:00
19:30âNext House
Vegetarian Banquet at Next: Taste a delicious Vegetarian dinner for both meat lovers and veggie lovers.
19:30âSimmons Hall
Storytime with Eli: Talk to Simmons residents about college life! Weâve chosen a variety of student panelists to answer your questions about the next four years. Weâre open to anything â so ask away (but donât ask Eli about the sinkâŠ)
19:30âBurton Conner
Nachos and Chess: Eat nachos and/or play chess
19:30âMcCormick
Fondue! [E
19:47âRandom Hall
Winter is coming, but itâs not here yet. Come socialize outdoors while the weather is still nice. Youâll find ribs, sausage, pulled pork, and more! Vegetarians and vegans, we have you covered as well.
19:59âMacGregor
Naughty Liquid Nitrogen: It turns out LNO2 is cheaper than water, so we bought 50 gallons of it to play with. Head over to MacG to freeze and smash all the unwanted trinkets youâve collected thus far, make hovercrafts, run through fog, and shatter marshmallows on walls.
20:00
20:00âNew House
Video games with Desmond: Come play the usual suspects (Smash, Mario Kart, Marvel vs Capcom, etc.), or you can try your hand at Demonâs SoulsâŠ
20:00âSenior Haus
Chu PA chu chu PA chu PA chu chu PA
20:00âNew House
Game Night (Spielnacht): Play board and card games with German House residents. We have Settlers of Catan, Apples to Apples, and more.
20:00âMaseeh Hall
Board Games with Maseeh. Bored? Play board games with current and new Maseeh residents!
20:00âNew House
Dinner with French House: Dßnez avec La Maison Française! Come have a delicious home-cooked meal with the residents of French House.
20:00âNext House
RXion Time â
20:00âMaseeh Hall
Sâmores in the Courtyard. Join us in the Maseeh Courtyard to toast some delicious marshmallows, make fabulous sâmores and listen to awesome music!
20:29âMacGregor
Brr, itâs cold in here: too much LN2. come warm me up?xoxo
20:30âNew House
Batman Marathon: Come watch the Batman trilogy with the New House 2 family! There will be popcorn, soda, food and ridiculously comfortable couches.
20:30âBurton Conner
Ice Cream Social: Come enjoy ice cream with cookies to make your own sandwiches and toppings to make your own sundae in the Conner 3 floor lounge!!
20:47âRandom Hall
Do you ever get bored with ice cream? Ever wish it could be problematic? Come chill out with us as we use ice cream, string, and dowels to make everyoneâs favorite impossible-to-eat food, ice planets!
21:00
21:00âNew House
Powerpoint Karaoke: Remember that one time you had that presentation due NEXT PERIOD and threw together random pictures on a PowerPoint and presented it to a room full of people? Experience PowerPoint Karaoke, which requires presenters to think on their feet.
21:00âSenior Haus
Slamming Erotic Poetry. Cum lounge in our lobby to bang out poetry throughout the night.
21:00âNew House
Slumber Party!: Youâre invited to our (mock) sleepover! Help us construct a pillow fort, then pick a side in the ensuing pillow fight. We also have board games, snacks, friendship bracelets, hair that needs braiding, and Dr. Who. Pajamas optional.
21:00âBurton Conner
Connect 4 Competition: Come play connect 4 against BCâs best and brightest. Stay for 1 game or 10, but the person with the most wins by the end wins cookies!
21:00âBurton Conner
Get Baked: Bake and mingle with some cool upperclassmen while groovinâ to some funky tunes. Stay for the food or leave more for us.
21:00âSimmons Hall
Not DnDâŠm
21:00âBurton Conner
YouTube Derp: Let us expose you to some of the greatest cultural artifacts of our time.
21:00âSimmons Hall
Omnoms: Om nom nom.
21:03âBurton Conner
Pop Star Night: Dress awesomely and dance like Kanye West will get up on stage for you!
21:17âRandom Hall
Bobby is trying to pick the optimal set of juices to buy. He canât buy cranberry juice without something sweeter to mix it with, like orange, but if he buys orange juice, he wonât buy orange mango as wellâŠuh oh. Bobby smells a boolean satisfiability problem to solve.
22:00
22:00âNew House
New House â
22:00âSimmons Hall
Right hand blue! âŠI
22:17âRandom Hall
Build a Dominion in Puerto Rico to prevent your Descent into Revolution. Through the ages, board games have been a leading tradition of Random Hall. Come play them with us through the night!
23:00
23:00âBurton Conner
Smash Bros: Come play super smash brothers with BC!
23:03âBurton Conner
Letâs Play Ball!: Do you have aim? Do you have stamina? Do you have style? Are you a ping pong ball whisperer? Prove it in the Burton Third floor lounge!
23:30âNext House
Midnight Pancakes: Be a part of an epic Next House tradition! Catch pancakes as they fly off the griddles and eat them with whatever you want.
23:53âEAsT camPUS
Building: i love to get me some chuckles watching my diy!
Monday,
August 26, 2013
0:00
0:01âEAsT camPUS
More building: letâs build an
0:02âEAsT camPUS
Still building: igloo. how about a
0:03âEAsT camPUS
Continuing building: zillion?
0:04âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: idiosyncratic
0:05âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: systematicnes
0:06âEAsT camPUS
Burger, saw: you decide!
3:00
3:25âEAsT camPUS
Racial diversity seminar: why are minorities the whitest people in east campus? - kamal ndousse, pranjal vachaspati, sun zixuan
4:00
4:24âEAsT camPUS
Construction tool seminar: what is this igloo thing?
5:00
5:20âEAsT camPUS
Snow boarding: only 1 person has pulled off the double vincent
6:00
6:05âEAsT camPUS
Kool-aid and lemonade tasting: #drinkable
7:00
7:48âEAsT camPUS
Double pendulum building: go for it kathryn; finish it!
8:00
8:00âBurton Conner
I Like Big Breakfasts!: Come and cook and eat a full, substantial breakfast. Weâll have eggs, potatoes, bacon, onions, fruit and other things to give you a full start to your busy day. Learn how to make omelets or chow on that quiche Iâve just made while you experience what itâs like to live in a cooking dorm.
8:00âSimmons Hall
def: squirtleâ::Help us build our man-sized machine of watery-destruction! Then we shall prepare for war!
8:59âEAsT camPUS
Mud wrestling: q: what are we wrestling in this year? a: the wrestling pit
9:00
9:00âNew House
Breakfast of the Admitted â
9:00âSimmons Hall
Better than IHOP (not): Stayed up all night? Come fuel up for an exciting day the right way: with a scrumptious assortment of pancakes! Make them your own with rainbow-colored batter!
9:34âEAsT camPUS
Story time with ec exec: chapter 2: mr. mcbubbles pops his bubbles
9:17âRandom Hall
Listen to the finest Viking romance novels and eat delicious warm chocolate chip cookies. Feel the horriblehorriblehorrible sensation of rivulets of chocolate dripping down your throat and discover Thorâs magnificent hammer!
9:17âRandom Hall
Yarn has one dimension. Fabric has two dimensions. Plushies have three dimensions. See how many dimensions you can make with a ball of string and some handy sticks!
10:00
10:15âSenior Haus
Brunch while Reagan Babies Reenact The War On Drugula. Y
10:27âEAsT camPUS
Come get a superpower of your own: all hail lajnarp the strong!
11:00
11:08âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: laura will get high blood pressure if she continues this rate of sodium consumption
11:59âEAsT camPUS
Learn to blanche: why are all our jokes about mailing lists?
12:00
12:00âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: get out of my sandwich
12:00âMacGregor
Water War Smell of Water Balloons in the Morning: Help MacGâs military build up for the War War! Weâll be here AAAAAAALL day. âI love the smell of water balloons in the morning. Smells like victory.â
12:30âSimmons Hall
Join us for a Simmons tradition. Chat with our residents and Housemasters while enjoying Johnâs famous smoothies and Ellenâs world-renowned pancakes. Seriously, you have never had a smoothie this good.
12:34âEAsT camPUS
Advanced math seminar: .99, 24, 8.3 - those are numbers i can get behind
13:00
13:37âEAsT camPUS
3d twister: stephen just beasted me in the ass
14:00
14:00âNext House
Water War prep: A day may come when the courage of Nexties fail, when we forsake our fellows West Campus comrades, and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. TODAY WE FIGHT!
14:00âSenior Haus
Mask Making. Make your new face, one befitting a wanderer of the night
14:00âRandom Hall
Come join the Random faction as we prepare to march to victory at the water wars! Cover yourself in war-paint! Prepare flying aqueous projectiles! Create funnelators of doom and deathiness! Unleash your inner berserker!
14:04âEAsT camPUS
Q&a with ec rush chairs: can we talk about the lack of permit?
14:07âEAsT camPUS
Learn the layout of cambridge: itâs 4:52, and i walk into the building inspectorâs officeâŠ
14:08âEAsT camPUS
Conversations with high level ec administrators: âŠand it turns out, when itâs almost time to close the office, they just have a powwow behind their deskâŠ
14:09âEAsT camPUS
Building: âŠand the little indian manâŠ
14:10âEAsT camPUS
More political correctness with east campus: q: âdot or featherâ a: âwhatâ
14:11âEAsT camPUS
Finance seminar: âŠso i ask him how much money i owe themâŠ
14:12âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: âŠand he says âwhat?ââŠ
14:13âEAsT camPUS
Building: âŠand i said âfor the building permitââŠ
14:14âEAsT camPUS
Seminar on stress in college: âŠand he said âdonât worry about thatâŠ
14:15âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: âŠand i said, âcan i get that in writing?â and he laughed.
15:00
15:37âEAsT camPUS
Meet ec residents: stephen suen != stephen serene
16:00
16:00âNext House
Water War: What do we say to East Campus? Not today.
16:00âBurton Conner
Smoothies: Waste away in margaritaville and get caught in the rain with a piña colada.
16:00âMcCormick
Playground Games :) [F
16:00âMcCormick
Ice Cream Extravaganza!!! [Front Lawn]: Cool down with your favorite ice cream and our homemade fudge!
16:00âRandom Hall
Come join the Random faction as we prepare to march to victory at the water wars! Cover yourself in war-paint! Prepare flying aqueous projectiles! Create funnelators of doom and deathiness! Unleash your inner berserker!
16:00âMaseeh Hall
Castle Battle CTF! Compete for the crown, and defend for your honor as you battle throughout Maseeh for the in a Capture the Flag Battle.
16:00âMacGregor
Water War Smell of Water Balloons in the Morning: âFRESHMEN, WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR? WAR, WAR, WAR!â Take up arms with West Campus against the East. Meet at MacG to receive armaments
16:03âEAsT camPUS
Come write tweets for east campus rush: #laurastheonlypersononthelist
16:16âEAsT camPUS
Building: paul: congratulations!
16:17âRandom Hall
Itâs hard to overstate my satisfaction with how much this event is fulfilling in creative way. If hopes and dreams are shattering apart, remember itâs gonna be the future soon, so apply forgetful functors to the past and be still alive.
16:44âMacGregor
Silly String Lava War, pt 2: Itâs back â the Silly String Lava War. This time with double the silly string. And remember â the floor is lava. FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN STANDING!
17:00
17:16âEAsT camPUS
Come patch the roofs of east campus: dude this shit is dripping
18:00
18:25âEAsT camPUS
Ec desk, explained!: also you should tell me when i should stop putting my fork up q: âwhy are you putting your fork up?â
18:30âSimmons Hall
Not yoga: Balancing on things
18:30âBurton Conner
Mug Shots and Mug Meals: Learn to cook a full meal out of a mug! Make your own delicious quiche (with tomatoes, ham, egg, cheese, and bread) and chocolate nutella cake. Top off your dessert with whipped cream and ice cream! The entire meal will be ready to eat in under 10 minutes. Weâll take a mug shot of you with your mug meal to remember this scandalously delicious occasion.
18:30âSenior Haus
Garment District Adventure Time
18:30âBurton Conner
Dance Central: So you think you can dance? Come show off your skills or just have a good time. 1 on 1 faceoffs or bring a crew and have up to 4 vs 4 throwdowns!
18:30âMacGregor
Luau! : Grab a lei, snack on a lavish pile of tropical fruit, sway to the music, play games, and empty an ice cream truck with the residents of MacGregor House
18:47âRandom Hall
Have you ever wondered how printed circuit boards (PCBs) are manufactured? Have you ever wanted to design a circuit and lay out a circuit board? Come help us finish our homemade fridge-mounted RGB led display and learn about how we designed it.
18:47âRandom Hall
We all love our majors. But whose major is truly the best? Come listen to us argue. Delicious home cooked Hispanic food will be served!
19:00
19:00âNew House
Meet the Brothers of Chocolate City: The Brothers of Chocolate City are a very lively and diverse bunch. We originate from multiple corners of the country and beyond but share common interests that help to bring us close as a brotherhood. Some of these common interests inclu
19:00âBurton Conner
Letâs Rock Letâs Rock Today: Jam session in the BC music room(s). Come make oppresively loud or pleasantly soft and possibly musical noises. Instruments provided. Tenacity encouraged. Talent and skill not required.
19:00âNew House
Dinner with DH: Come eat delicious German food with the residents of Deutsches Haus!
19:00âNew House
Cooking Competition: 99.9% of our house is off the meal plan; come learn from the best. Vegan, vegetarian, and meat options all provided. Come hungry, leave happy.
19:00âNew House
Board Games with French House: We like games. You like games. Come play games! Board games, card games, TextTwist. All of them are games. We have them. Milkshakes, smoothies, and cookies are not games. We have them anyway.
19:00âNew House
Anime with Desmond: Sheâs a scythe-mistress with a short temper and a wicked chop. Heâs a wannabe cool guy who can turn into a scythe. They Fight Madness.
19:16âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: #toooldforthisshit
19:30âSenior Haus
Screen Printing
19:30âNew House
Ice Cream and Desserts!!!!: You know what goes well with ice cream? Cupcakes! Cookies! Alllll the sugar! :D
19:30âBurton Conner
Apples to Apples, and other card and board games: Do you enjoy games of hilarious associations? Feel like you havenât had enough to laugh about today? Join us and your fellow frosh for one of the best party games ever invented. And when that gets tiring, we have a whole lot more for you to play!
19:56âEAsT camPUS
Enjoy our hamster wheel: #notacube
20:00
20:00âBurton Conner
The Naked Game: *does not involve actual nudity. You might have heard it called the salad bowl game, or even simply the bowl game. Whatever the title, come join us for a bit of Taboo, Charades, memorization, death by laughter, snacks, and chatter with some upperclassmen of Burton Conner!
20:00âBurton Conner
Lightning Lectures on Ridiculous Things: Want to learn quantum mechanics at high speed? Learn circular breathing? Come listen to upperclassmen lecture on the most ridiculous of things in under 5 minutes. Some are so ridiculous that they are even practical! Snacks will be provided!
20:00âMcCormick
Disney Night :) [GLC]: Feeling old now that youâre in college? Relive your childhood by dressing up like your favorite Disney character and singing along to your favorite Disney classics!
20:00âNew House
Baking + Origami: Come bake cookies with us and talk to the friendly folks of New House 3. For those who have already had too much sugar, fold paper and learn origami from our resident OrigaMIT masters.
20:11âEAsT camPUS
Q&a with our house manager: you should totally attribute that to joeg
20:17âRandom Hall
Whether youâre here to sing along or just take over the world, come join us as we act out Dr. Horribleâs Sing-Along Blog live! There will be love, drama, and freeze rays galore! Hosted at Simmons.
20:30âNew House
Sugar Water Purple!: Come relax and get to know the New House 2 family through a New House 2 tradition! There will be a lot of free candy and soda.
20:30âBurton Conner
Coffee break: In order to stay up to enjoy all of the festivities of REX, some caffeine is needed for assistance. Come have a quick break with coffee, tea, and other snacks.
20:47âRandom Hall
Ever wanted to experience meditation? Come to this guided session, where Alison, our friendly GRT, will walk you through a couple special breathing exercises to reduce your heart rate and calm your body, and show you how to meditate.
20:59âMacGregor
Piñata-Smashing and Sâmore-Making:Because those go together, right? Come destroy the now-filled piñatas you made yesterday (or one of ours!) and toast marshmallows with the folks of MacG.
21:00
21:00âBurton Conner
Sugar High Pre-Party Featuring Rolltreppe: âCome prep for the biggest party of REX with the sounds of Rolltreppe - MITâs most well-known student band, showcasing a fusion of funk and electroswing.â
21:00âSenior Haus
Last Minute Mask Making. H
21:00âSimmons Hall
Drop the bass: Play Super Smash Bros, eat some wings, and listen to Dubstep. Sounds like a great night. Long live Bobby.
21:17âEAsT camPUS
Roll around in our sweet fort net: clearly we need more stuff in this thing
21:17âRandom Hall
LNIC: Served steaming cold.
21:47âRandom Hall
Do you like SPACE? Do you like COWBOYS? Do you like SPACE COWBOYS? Come to random to watch a few animated and live action Space Westerns. Why camp out and stare at the stars at night when you can fly through them?
21:59âMacGregor
oh hey there: what are YOU doinâ tonight? ;)
22:00
22:00âSenior Haus
That thing with the masks
22:00âBurton Conner
Sugar High: Your first real college party is Burton Connerâs annual REX party â
22:00âBaker House
Skyline Party: Over 600 people attended this largest party of REX last year; can we beat the record?
22:00âNew House
Midnight Ultimate Frisbee: We have the light-up disk, you bring the fun! Come join our midnight Frisbee game â
22:00âNew House
Fireside Chat: Gather in our beautiful house lounge for a quiet evening of answers to all of your burning questions. Light refreshments and video of a roaring fire will be provided.
22:14âEAsT camPUS
Meet the ec cats: why do cats hate fun?
22:17âRandom Hall
Rave (noun). An underground party in which electronic music is played, dancing occurs in a very free-form fashion. The dress of the partygoers is quite unrestrained.
22:56âEAsT camPUS
Story time with ec exec: chapter 3: bubbly holes to fill! teeheehee!!!
23:00
23:00âSimmons Hall
Making out in the back (rhymes with rex): Come watch a movie! Legally, we canât tell you which, so itâll be a fun surprise! Hurray!
23:11âEAsT camPUS
You should probably climb out of our fort net now: my butt really really hurtsâŠ
23:38âEAsT camPUS
Dance party with ec: his wiggles are too saucy
Tuesday,
August 27, 2013
0:00
0:00âSenior Haus
Coffee & Cigarettes.
0:17âEAsT camPUS
Isawyou seminar: #isawyounotbeingeddie
00:59âMacGregor
Bedtime Baking: Before you melt into your bed, come bake some melt-in-your-mouth goodies with the residents of MacGregor.
1:00
1:16âEAsT camPUS
Isawyou part 2: mf have my babies
2:00
2:11âEAsT camPUS
Grilling: drink your pickle juice, pranjal
3:00
3:17âRandom Hall
Random House of Pancakes! Is it early, or is it late? All we know is that we have delicious pancakes to feed you.
3:38âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: shit just got weird gaiz
4:00
4:00âSenior Haus
Orgy. H
4:36âEAsT camPUS
Landlines available for preemptive breakups: #yobuwyhsgo â
5:00
5:24âEAsT camPUS
Meet the rush chairs: jessica â1 pickle juiceâ parker
6:00
6:00âSenior Haus
Walk Of Shame. Already broke the November
6:34âEAsT camPUS
Write us a story: the pen is mightier than the sword
7:00
7:04âEAsT camPUS
Alphabet seminar: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
8:00
8:30âBurton Conner
Waffle Flockle Flame: Break the fast the right way with an eggselent event!
8:38âEAsT camPUS
Get yo drank on : lajnarp the thirsty
9:00
9:00âNew House
Breakfast of the Admitted â
9:00âSimmons Hall
Better than Dennyâs for sure: Stayed up all night? Come fuel up for an exciting day the right way: with a scrumptious assortment of pancakes! Make them your own with rainbow-colored batter!
9:00âBurton Conner
Fast-paced Tourism: Get in your morning run while exploring Bostonâs many scenic and historical sights! Weâll give you a not-guaranteed-to-be-completely-factually-correct tour of our awesome city, and how to make the most of it in your time here. Meet on time at <insert start time here>, weâll do some stretches and leave!
9:30âMcCormick
Running [meet in the lobby]: See Cambridge and Boston on a morning bridge loop (a popular route for runners) led by McCormick residents.
9:47âRandom Hall
You just canât wait to be King. No one will tell you no, or where to go, or say youâre only dreaming. Come to Random Hall to rediscover tales as old as time and songs as old as rhyme. We donât mind if you sing along. We know all of the words, too.
9:47âRandom Hall
Up in the morning, ready to seize the day, watch your enemies quiver in fear and make the whole world tremble with the power of your footsteps? Come have some breakfast first! We have waffles, sâmores, smoothies, and more.
10:00
10:00âSenior Haus
SH Runners
10:00âBaker House
Sunrise: Feast on some delicious OJ and waffles on Bakerâs rooftop!
10:30âSenior Haus
Brunch of Doom
11:00
11:00âBurton Conner
BBQ with Burton Conner!: Come eat summer foods with BC! Weâre firing up the grills to bring you delicious burgers (meat and veggie) and hot dogs, and weâll have some awesome summer-ripe fruit to enjoy as well. Grab some food and hang out with the residents of Burton Conner! And while youâre here, why not take a break and enjoy the sun in our hammocks? :)
11:00âBurton Conner
Make your own healthy-ish salads: In case you were possibly getting sick of ice cream, cookies, burgers, and other staple REX foods. Weâll have all the classy toppings you could ask for, plus some you probably wouldnât ask for.
11:11âEAsT camPUS
Linguistics seminar: what am i, nordic?
12:00
12:00âMaseeh Hall
Epic Water War Training. Enter an epic battle with Maseeh residents to prepare for the campus wide water war. We will have GIANT guns, water balloons, and an obstacle course to prepare you for the war! For Maseeh!
12:00âBurton Conner
Slacklining! Better than slacking off!
12:30âSenior Haus
Mad Hatter Tea Party.
12:30âNew House
Pretzels and Pastries: The dough is ready! Your pretzel and pastry creations will be out of the oven in no time, just bring your creativity and appetite!
12:30âSimmons Hall
ARGHHGHARRR: Medieval tournament with foam swords. Rules simple. Fence until âARHGHHGHâ. Bloody, yes, only finest warriors for Simmons. Now prepared if time travel happen. Or chill and nom ice cream. All OK. GRRRAHHHHRGGG
12:30âBurton Conner
BC Pro Skater: Shred the gnarin in our new mini halfpipe. Rock out to classic Tony Hawk era jams and unleash your inner hooligan. Skateboards and helmets provided. Bring your own Rocket Power quotes.
12:47âRandom Hall
The lovely ladies of Fortress Awesome invite you to their castle for a glorious feast. Eat stews, breads, meats, and vegetables that you might find in fantasy movies or shows.
12:47âRandom Hall
Negotiations have failed. The shooting has begun. Both sides have vowed to fight to the death, and now the moment of glory is at hand. Do you have what it takes to be a hero?
12:54âEAsT camPUS
Building: girlfriend, we ainât runninâ out of wood.
12:59âMacGregor
Tie Dye: Youâve got an Orientation T-Shirt; itâs white. Come fix that. While youâre at it, those socks are looking pretty boring, tooâŠ
13:00
13:00âNew House
Q & A with Upperclassmen: Just came from Core Blitz and still have questions about how to survive MIT academics? What classes to take? Get them answered while you munch on snacks!
13:00âMcCormick
Picture Scavenger Hunt [L
13:00âBurton Conner
Board Games and Snacks!: Come play Dominion, 7 Wonders, Agricola, Bang! and more while eating the most delicious cookies ever!
13:00âBurton Conner
Paint with your BODY: Welcome back to the days of kindergarten, when they understood that you simply couldnât conform to such things as paintbrushes. Fear not, your creativity shall be stifled no more. Come hang out with Burton Conner and relive the glory days. There will be a large canvas and neon paint, we leave the rest up to you.
13:00âBurton Conner
Tropical Getaway (hammock to-be-included!): Picture chillinâ on a tropical beach with a bunch of friends, swinging in a hammock, drinking smoothies and soaking up the sun. Except that you have to help us weave the hammock first. Weâll bring the smoothies, and the sun better the hell show up.
13:02âEAsT camPUS
Seminar on inclusivity: eddie: âugh i hate it; i donât smoke.â
13:15âBurton Conner
Sponge Wars: What better way to make new friends than by pelting them with soaking wet sponges?
13:43âEAsT camPUS
Red bull tasting: just stick a monster sticker on it, itâs fine.
13:47âRandom Hall
An introduction to the art of tying knots and people in practical and ornamental ways. Our knowledge of knots is not for naught. I can knot understand how anyone could knot be excited.
14:00
14:00âSenior Haus
Graffiti & Anti Vandalism. Come be delinquent with some of the best.
14:00âSimmons Hall
Ashley hates this event: Simmons has an official velociraptor safety guarantee â
14:17âRandom Hall
Tired of boring old chocolate? Come to Random Hall and try our truffles with flavors ranging from raspberry to pink lemonade to wasabi. That still too boring for you? Then freeze your truffles in liquid nitrogen!
14:22âEAsT camPUS
Meet the house team: if you donât give our housemaster the paper she needs to grade, she canât go to hawaii, god dammit.
15:00
15:15âEAsT camPUS
Violence prevention seminar: uhhh, if i say âno,â are you going to smash that bottle on my head?
15:33âEAsT camPUS
Cooking seminar: if you try to pour, but the cap is still on, it wonât work.
16:00
16:00âSenior Haus
BBQ & Tireswinging
16:00âNew House
Smoothigami: What happens when you mix smoothies and origami? You get⊠wet sticky paper. Luckily, weâre not doing that. We have state-of-the art cups that are specifically designed to keep smoothies out of your origami.
16:00âNew House
Cuisinez avec La Maison Française!: Help La Maison Française prepare a scrumptious meal from scratch. Stick around until dinnertime, quand nous mangerons. No kitchen experience required!
16:00âSimmons Hall
Friendly nerf fire: Negotiations have broken down, and there is no way to settle things except through WAR. Join us as we fight until only one side remains.
16:00âMcCormick
Arts and Crafts with McCormick GRTs! [BLR]: Have fun with arts and crafts while hanging out with the McCormick GRTs!
16:00âBurton Conner
Photo booth: With all the proper accessories of courseâŠ
16:00âBurton Conner
Tea and tattoos: Join us in the tea-and-tattoo parlor to soak leaves in hot water the RIGHT way, eat teatime-appropriate goodies, and decorate your newfound friends with temporary tattoos and sharpie art. Minimal pain and poshness threshold required.
16:17âRandom Hall
Math is beautiful, cookies are sweet, tea is tasty. Come enjoy all three as we discuss topics in math ranging from algebra to topology.
16:17âRandom Hall
Come play (almost) life-sized Settlers of Catan! Hoard sheep, wheat, iron and bricks. Trade them with your neighbors, or foil their plans and keep everything for yourself. Build roads, villages, and cities!
16:30âMaseeh Hall
Maseeh Exploration (MEX). Explore the seven levels of Maseeh. Get to know the GRTs and hall residents at different floor-wide events before you choose where you live.
16:47âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: donât live here if you have lou gehrigâs disease
16:48âEAsT camPUS
Ec desk, explained!: heâs not stephen, heâs still âhandy houseâ
17:00
17:07âEAsT camPUS
Even more rushburgers: no! youâve had enough pickle juice!
17:29âMacGregor
Quesadillas Locas: Channel your REX sleep deprivation into some creative quesadillas. Weâve got 50 kitchens and a hell of a lot of food; youâve got the imagination. What would you like to do about it?
17:30âSimmons Hall
Eating more dead cows: Same thing (burgers). Same place (the super huge and totally functional stairs).
17:51âEAsT camPUS
Wrestling: i can maybe wrestle youâŠbecause definitely iâll just win
18:00
18:00âNew House
Meet and mingle over baked, blended, and fried goods!
18:00âNew House
Non-Newtonian Fluid Pool: What do you do with 200 pounds of cornstarch? We have the answer. Come run across our pool and play with a non- Newtonian fluid.
18:00âSenior Haus
Nude Portraiture. Figure drawing with senior haus models in the flesh.
18:00âNew House
Mangez comme les français (Eat like the French): Dßnez au restaurant français! Come experience the finest dining west of Mass Ave.
18:00âMcCormick
Sweets, Treats, and Board Games! [East Penthouse]: Weâve got board games, card cames, and tons more. Come play or eat delicious desserts!
18:00âBurton Conner
Jell-o wrestling: Some like it hot. Some like it dirty. Personally, we like it slippery, sexy, and covered in jello. Come join Burton Connerâs most athletic residents for a sensual competition in humanityâs ultimate challenge. There is only one way to prove oneâs greatness, and it lies in a pool full of jello. Safety not guaranteed (Legally speaking, yes it is).
18:00âBurton Conner
Outdoor Twister: Bring back the little kid funtimes on a giant outdoor twister mat!
18:00âBurton Conner
Giant Snickers (making): Is there a better way to kick off freshman year than by making the biggest Snickers bar youâll ever see? Nope, there really isnât. If you love chocolate then come on over and help us do just that! Note: we will be cooking with peanut butter so if you have a nut allergy please use your best judgement regarding this event
18:17âRandom Hall
Come draft our custom Magic: The Gathering set with our resident Magic players. If youâve never cast Global Thermonuclear War, nowâs a good time.
18:30âNew House
International Development Talk: Serious discussion on international development. Food will be provided and weâre ordering out!
18:30âBurton Conner
Henna Tattooing: Come find the inner artist in yourself with this exquisite form of art brought to you all the way from the Middle East! No experience necessary. But if learning is too much, come by and get a free tattoo!
18:44âEAsT camPUS
Take laura down: iâm pretty sure i mud-wrestled maja every year and didnât get a yeast infection, so theyâre all just bitches
19:00
19:00âNew House
Nerf Gun War: Battle your way through the halls of New House to claim your opponentâs flag, and get to know your comrades for the next four years along the way â
19:00âNew House
Delicious Desserts at German House: The title says it all. Bring your sweet tooth!
19:17âRandom Hall
Secretly, this is TNT. But there wonât be any explosions. Come listen to upperclassmen talk about how not to explode at MIT and Random. Itâs going to be great. Seriously. Food (including vegetarian options) will be provided.
19:29âMacGregor
Outdoor Laser Tag: Oh yes we did make our own laser course in the courtyard of MacGregor House. Grab some friends (or meet some new ones!) and shoot each other up.
19:30âSenior Haus
Pretend to be a teen mother. I am a teen mother!
19:30âSimmons Hall
Being intellectually masochisitc: A puzzle hunt made by MIT students for MIT students. Drop in at any time and solve a few puzzles, or try to solve the meta first.
19:30âBurton Conner
Burn baby burn!: The grills are still hot from the barbecue. Why waste an excellent opportunity? Come enjoy a good, old-fashioned campfire â campfire songs, scary stories, roasting marshmallows, the works. But weâre at MIT, so youâll learn the Engineerâs Drinking Song/B
19:32âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: we donât pee off the roof here; roofs are disgusting
20:00
20:00âNew House
Find A Clue in New House 2!: Do you like riddles, puzzles, logic problems or figuring out random clues? Come and experience a classic scavenger hunt with the New House 2 family!
20:00âMcCormick
Nigh time Carnival!! [Front Lawn]: Why limit yourself to games under the sun? Grab a glow stick and join in for a game of frisbee, capture the flag, and more!
20:11âEAsT camPUS
Cultural diversity seminar with pat mcdaniel: the 14th baâktun is sure shaping up to be a good one! thank quetzalcoatl!
20:30âNew House
Game night!: We have more things to do with ping-pong balls and cups than you could ever imagine. Plus lots of video games and board games. Come join us!
20:30âSenior Haus
Alternative Sex Seminar.
20:47âRandom Hall
Having problems being woken up at night by swordsmen breaking down your door? Well, youâll be able to sleep easy after this event; come learn to make armor worthy of the thirteenth century! Also suitable for badass jewelry.
20:47âRandom Hall
âCruft, n.: (1) An old piece of computer equipment, possibly useless, that keeps hanging around. (2) An old alum. Come hear stories from back in the day, when things were more hardcore.â
20:59âMacGregor
Movie Night on the Deck: Tired!? Come relax and watch a movie in MacGregorâs outdoor lounge before REX ends. Weâll pick a movie at 9pm and munch onsnacks as we hang out under the stars.
21:00
21:00âBurton Conner
Bananagrams and banana splits: Can you beat us in bananagrams? We think not. But come play with us anyway while eating banana splits!
21:00âBurton Conner
Bananagrams and banana splits: Can you beat us in bananagrams? We think not. But come play with us anyway while eating banana splits!
21:04âEAsT camPUS
Come exclude big james: iâm glad that flipdog is in on all the inside jokes
21:47âRandom Hall
Beam up to Random and discover Star Trek at warp speed! If you want to live long and prosper at MIT, frosh, you want to come to this event--make it so!
22:00
22:00âNew House
Midnight Ultimate Frisbee: We have the light-up disk, you bring the fun! Come join our midnight Frisbee game â
22:10âEAsT camPUS
Weâre still blasting music, come listen: blah blah blah itâs all a cacaphony
22:17âRandom Hall
Night is the period where the sun vanishes beyond the horizon. Fortunately, humans are designed to be able to withstand this temporary decrease in solar energy. Join us in doing so by playing games of the board and non-board varieties and eating various foodstuffs.
22:30âSenior Haus
Church
23:00
23:00âNew House
Midnight Breakfast: Waffles and bacon and eggs and bacon and biscuits and bacon and pancakes and bacon. Facon options available.
23:00âMcCormick
Smoothies! [Lobby]: Weâve raided Haymarket so weâve got tons of fruit and yogurt. Use your imagination to design your concoction!
23:00âSimmons Hall
Sporcle fun fun: Because we all know we want to.
23:30âSenior Haus
Bouncy Ball Drop
23:40âEAsT camPUS
Outwit laura while stuffing your face: if laura has too much pickle juice to know whatâs going on, the freshmen are definitely too dumb to understand.
23:44âEAsT camPUS
Advice from the ec rush chairs: east campus: donât drink and tweet
Wednesday,
August 28, 2013
0:00
0:00âSimmons Hall
Throwing glowing plastic: Things will glow.
0:31âEAsT camPUS
Trader jacks: now selling!: pranjal: âiâd like to thank trader joes for this wonderful eveningâ
0:54âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: iâm trying to hug you back
1:00
1:26âEAsT camPUS
Learn about housecomm: i donât know what, but iâm raising my hand to it!
01:59âMacGregor
oh, I didnât see you there: wanna hang out? the MacG REX chairs are always awake. Always.
2:00
2:53âEAsT camPUS
Donât elbow your wrestling opponent.: i hear youâre talking about elbows. âyeah?â âwhat about them?â âelbows!!!â
4:00
4:13âEAsT camPUS
Fun time with laura: if the tech allows it, weâll fill a whole dormâs entries with the shit laura says
5:00
5:33âEAsT camPUS
Taylor swift listening session: toilet dispenser beats goats, iâm sorry
7:00
7:00âNext House
Orange Sunrise: Where did we get all these oranges?
9:00
9:00âNew House
Breakfast of the Admitted â
9:00âSimmons Hall
Better than nothing: Stayed up all night? Come fuel up for an exciting day the right way: with a scrumptious assortment of pancakes! Make them your own with rainbow-colored batter!
9:14âEAsT camPUS
Physical reasoning with east campus: i weigh like 3 times she does she canât do shit
9:47âRandom Hall
Youâve been running around doing exciting things all of REX â come hang out with us and relax a bit and play bananagrams! Weâll have hot chocolate and cookies, too â come ask any and all questions about life at MIT, classes, extracurriculars, etc. :)
10:00
10:47âRandom Hall
Donât be afraid of cooking for yourself. It can be delicious without taking tons of time and money. Come see (and eat) the kinds of food that your peers cook on a regular basis during the semester.
10:53âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: thatâs creepy, take that one out.
11:00
11:00âSimmons Hall
The sky is the limit!: Come master the skies with us as we build and fly kites! Weâll even have cameras to attach for aerial photography! Weâve got the materials â youâve got the ideas! Kite construction on Si
12:00
12:00âSenior Haus
Paint a mural. Spill yourself on the walls t
12:04âEAsT camPUS
Construction: why does he have a tape measure in his pants? a: isnât it obvious?
12:17âRandom Hall
Have you ever wondered how glowsticks work? Why bread browns when itâs baked? Join us for the answers to these questions and more, including a whirlwind tour of Course 5, and a live demonstration of the breakdown of sugars and carbohydrates (in tasty cupcake form)!
12:29âMacGregor
Devilsâ Dodgeball: MacGregor has an underground basketball court, did you know? Come hurl dodgeballs at new friends and current MacGregorites in the depths of our aforementioned dungeon.
12:30âSimmons Hall
Pie tasted better on your face: COME EAT PIE SANS HANDS. Do so in competition or in the hippie-lovinâ kind of way.
14:00
14:38âEAsT camPUS
More story time with ec exec: chapter 4: bubblyâs blobby bubbles
15:00
15:11âEAsT camPUS
Infectious disease seminar: the doâs and donâts: laura: he has mono, you know. pranjal: did he get it from you?
16:00
16:17âRandom Hall
You know what chess is lacking? More projectile combat! Use nerf darts to skip your opponentâs turns and capture their king. Come play chess as youâve never played it before.
16:44âEAsT camPUS
Come test this empirically: the gallon challenge: if you get mono, you will vomit through you nose.
17:00
17:00âSenior Haus
Sport Death. Only life can kill you.
17:00âSimmons Hall
Balls of Fury: Are you the master of table tennis? Prove your title on our custom ping-pong table.
17:00âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours: i am permanently the most sober person you know.
17:00âMacGregor
Laser Tag! : Yup, we still have a laser tag arena set up at MacGregor. JOIN A TEAM. JOIN THE BATTLE!
17:17âRandom Hall
This just came across the wire! The secret police has issued a new statement on last nightâs secret tea party incident. Those who are interested should avoid the hooded figures by the dog park. The city council remarked, âWhat is tea? Tea isnât even a thing!â
18:00
18:00âSimmons Hall
Frosh Tours: Giving frosh tours
18:17âRandom Hall
Arm yourself with a weapon wrought of foam and tape, and strike with the fury of a thousand tigers! FOR THE GLORY OF RANDOM HALL!
19:00
19:00âMcCormick
McCormick Sleepover! [East Penthouse]
19:00âSimmons Hall
Showing frosh how awesome each part of the building is
22:00
22:00âMaseeh Hall
Ultimate Frisbee. Come play Ultimate with your new neighbors!
Thursday,
August 29, 2013
9:00
9:06âEAsT camPUS
Dunkin donuts tasting
10:00
10:25âEAsT camPUS
Carnival. Hang out with the Maseeh crowd and enjoy all living in the Castle has to offer: food, pop corn, cotton candy, our own castleâŠ
12:00
12:00âMaseeh Hall
Balloon Dart Painting. Create art while throwing sharp objects!
15:00
15:00âMaseeh Hall
Dessert Around Town! Join some upperclassmen to explore the area and visit the best dessert locations in Boston/Cambridge of your choosing!
19:00
19:00âEAsT camPUS
Dorm tours