DORMCON REX 2025

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Find all the events online at dormcon.mit.edu/rex.

Made with 💙 by DormCon Tech+REX Chairs

REX 2025 runs from Saturday August 23, 2025 to Wednesday August 27, 2025.

REX

REX (Residence EXploration) is a fun time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the different residential communities at MIT. For those of you who haven't already decided where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT's dorms and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents. For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the different parts of campus that you otherwise might not experience. Most of all, REX is a time to enjoy yourself, meet as many people as possible, freshmen and upperclassmen, and get a feel for what MIT has to offer socially.

FYRE

FYRE, the First-Year Residence Exchange, is a system that allows you to request to swap from your temp dorm into another dorm you'd prefer living in. Different people are drawn to different communities, and we want everyone to be placed where they'll be happiest. FYRE will not move you without your consent - if you're interested in a different residence hall, we strongly encourage you to participate. You can find more information at studentlife.mit.edu/fyre.

DormCon

The Dormitory Council, or DormCon, is a student government body formed by the dormitory presidents to represent dorm residents and facilitate interdorm events. You're now a dorm resident, so DormCon represents you! Learn more about DormCon and how to get involved at dormcon.mit.edu, and either add yourself to the dormcon-announce mailing list or email dormcon-secretary@mit.edu to get invited to meetings. Enjoy the booklet we made!

How to Make the Most of This Guide

There is no wrong way to do REX. Plan it out carefully! Mark a couple fun-looking events and play the rest by ear! Wander aimlessly around campus until an upperclassman drags you into their dorm for a card game! Hit every single food event on the list! However you spend these first few days at MIT, remember that now is the time to make friends and make memories. When in doubt, heed the wise words of Ms. Frizzle: "Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!"

With that in mind, here's a quick guide to the guide:

Mandatory Event Events that look like this are mandatory. Make sure you go to them, or you'll miss important information!
Signature Event @ Dorm This is Dorm's absolute favorite event. The Dorm REX chairs picked it because they think it'll be the most fun event out of all of REX and it'll do the best job of showcasing everything that's fantastic about Dorm! If you can only go to one event from Dorm, go to this one.

Also, look out for icons like 🎨 (art), 🎲 (games), 🍴 (meal), 🎉 (party), 🍪 (snacks), and 👥 (social), which will tell you some extra information about the event.

This booklet was created on October 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM. Some events may have changed since then. For the latest information, visit dormcon.mit.edu/rex.

Residence Hall Tours
nv01 Sat 1 PM - 2 PM · Explore NV @ New Vassar (New Vassar Lobby) · Take a peek inside your future home with a New Vassar tour, guided by a New Vassar resident (tours will run every 15 minutes)
rn20 Sat 3:17 PM - 4:17 PM · Random Hall Tour 1 @ Random Hall (Foo (Random First Floor)) · Get a tour of Random Hall!
mg01 Sat 6 PM - 7 PM · MacTour #1 @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Courtyard) · Come tour MacGregor! While we have a few main locations we plan to stop by (lounge areas, kitchens, an example dorm room, etc.) , these tours can change depending on what the group wants :D
bc18 Sat 7 PM - 7:30 PM · BC Dorm Tour @ Burton Conner (BC Lobby) · get a tour of burton conner, the one with the (cute) mice
sm06 Sat 9 PM - 10 PM · Tour of Simmons Hall @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Lobby) · Get a tour of Simmons Hall!
nw23 Sun 11 AM - noon · New House Tour @ New House (New House Lobby) · Come tour New House and see all that we have to offer!
e101 Sun noon - 12:30 PM · East Campus Dorm Tour! @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · Come get a short tour of East Campus and learn its distinct culture!
ms04 Sun noon - 12:45 PM · Maseeh Building Tour 1 @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Lobby) · Come tour Maseeh with us! Featuring the dining hall, courtyard, gym, game room, study rooms, sample dorm, and more!
nv04 Sun noon - 1 PM · Explore NV @ New Vassar (New Vassar Lobby) · Take a peek inside your future home with a New Vassar tour, guided by a New Vassar resident
nx02 Sun noon - 1 PM · Next House Tour @ Next House (Next House Front Desk) · Your one (and probably not only) chance to see all of Next House! Listen to some great stories while you walk our storied halls and witness such great things as our music room, communal kitchen, our eight wonderful wings, and more!
sm11 Sun 1 PM - 2 PM · Simmons Hall Dorm Tour @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Lobby) · Get a tour of Simmons Hall!
bk05 Sun 1 PM - 2:30 PM · Baker House Dorm Tour @ Baker House (Baker Lobby) · A tour around Baker House. Tours will start at 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00 and each tour will last 20-30 minutes.
rn21 Sun 1:47 PM - 2:47 PM · Random Hall Tour 2 @ Random Hall (Foo (Random Hall First Floor)) · Get a tour of Random Hall!
mg03 Sun 2 PM - 3 PM · MacTour #2 @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Courtyard) · Come tour MacGregor! While we have a few main locations we plan to stop by (lounge areas, kitchens, an example dorm room, etc.) , these tours can change depending on what the group wants :D
mc01 Sun 6 PM - 7 PM · McCormick Tours @ McCormick Hall (Meet at Lobby) · Get an insider tour of McCormick, including the Penthouse, Dance Studio, Craft Room, Country Kitchen, Gym, and more!
nw24 Sun 6 PM - 7 PM · New House Tour @ New House (New House Lobby) · Come tour New House and see all that we have to offer!
sm13 Sun 6 PM - 7 PM · Simmons Hall Dorm Tour @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Lobby) · Get a tour of Simmons Hall!
rn22 Sun 8:17 PM - 9:17 PM · Random Hall Tour 3 @ Random Hall (Foo (Random Hall First Floor)) · Get a tour of Random Hall!
e102 Sun 9 PM - 9:30 PM · East Campus Dorm Tour! @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · Come get a short tour of East Campus and learn about its distinct culture!
bc19 Mon 9 AM - 9:30 AM · BC Dorm Tour @ Burton Conner (BC Lobby) · come get a tour of burton conner, the one with the (rad) mice
nw25 Mon 10 AM - 11 AM · New House Tour @ New House (New House Lobby) · Come tour New House and see all that we have to offer!
sm16 Mon 10 AM - 11 AM · Simmons Hall Dorm Tour @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Lobby) · Get a tour of Simmons Hall!
ms05 Mon 10:15 AM - 11 AM · Maseeh Building Tour 2 @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Lobby) · Come tour Maseeh with us! Featuring the dining hall, courtyard, gym, game room, study rooms, sample dorm, and more!
e103 Mon 10:30 AM - 11 AM · East Campus Dorm Tour! @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · Come get a short tour of East Campus and learn about its distinct culture!
mc02 Mon 7 PM - 8 PM · McCormick Tours @ McCormick Hall (Meet in lobby) · Get an insider tour of McCormick, including the Penthouse, Dance Studio, Craft Room, Country Kitchen, Gym, and more!
ms06 Mon 8 PM - 8:45 PM · Maseeh Building Tour 3 @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Lobby) · Come tour Maseeh with us! Featuring the dining hall, courtyard, gym, game room, study rooms, sample dorm, and more!
mc03 Mon 8 PM - 9 PM · McCormick Tours @ McCormick Hall (Meet in lobby) · Get an insider tour of McCormick, including the Penthouse, Dance Studio, Craft Room, Country Kitchen, Gym, and more!
nx10 Mon 9 PM - 10 PM · Next House Tour @ Next House (Next House Front Desk) · Your one (and probably not only) chance to see all of Next House! Listen to some great stories while you walk our storied halls and witness such great things as our music room, communal kitchen, our eight wonderful wings, and more!
bc20 Tue 9 AM - 9:30 AM · BC Dorm Tour @ Burton Conner (BC Lobby) · come get a tour of burton conner, the one with the (wise) mice
mg19 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · MacTour #3 (STUDENTS ONLY) @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Courtyard) · STUDENTS ONLY TOUR. Come tour MacGregor! While we have a few main locations we plan to stop by (lounge areas, kitchens, an example dorm room, etc.) , these tours can change depending on what the group wants :D
nv12 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · Explore NV - A Night at NV @ New Vassar (New Vassar Lobby) · Take a peek inside your future home with a New Vassar tour, guided by a New Vassar resident.
sm30 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · Simmons Hall Dorm Tour @ Simmons Hall (Lobby) · Get a tour of Simmons Hall!
nx12 Tue 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM · Next House Tour @ Next House (Next House Front Desk) · Your one (and probably not only) chance to see all of Next House! Listen to some great stories while you walk our storied halls and witness such great things as our music room, communal kitchen, our eight wonderful wings, and more!
Saturday 08/23/25
e019 Sat noon - 2 PM · 🎲🍪 Nertz & N-Waffles @ East Campus (2nd East Kitchen) · card games and waffles!
e028 Sat noon - 2 PM · 🎨🍪 Origami && Indie Pop @ East Campus (2nd West Lounge) · We'll fold Origami Cranes and Butterflies, and listen to indie pop. If you can fold something cooler than a crane come stunt on us, if you can't fold anything we can teach you! We'll also have hot chips and other snacks.
sm14 Sat noon - 2 PM · 🎲🍪 Jackbox @ Simmons Hall (Simmons TV Lounge) · Play jackbox with Simmons residents!
e007 Sat noon - 3 PM · 👥🍪 Baking by ✨vibes✨ @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Come bake cupcakes with us by ✨vibes✨
sm45 Sat noon - 3 PM · 🎲 Volleyball @ Simmons Hall (Briggs Field outside of Simmons) · Come play volleyball with fellow Sims!
e002 Sat noon - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Grill, Chill, and Build @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided
rn32 Sat 12:17 PM - 2:17 PM · 👥🍴 Shabbes Lunch with MIT JCL! @ Random Hall (Crafts Room) · Join MIT JCL for a vegetarian-friendly meal to learn about the group, its members, and its activities! All are welcome!
rn10 Sat 12:17 PM - 6:17 PM · 👥🍴 Woodpecker Bakery @ Random Hall: Pecker (Pecker Kitchen) · come to Pecker Kitchen every hour at X:17 for free baked goods and tea while this event runs! baked goods may include but are not limited to: lemon bars, crepes, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, strawberry cake, and pumpkin muffins
e031 Sat 2 PM - 3:30 PM · 👥🎨 Graffiti 101 @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · the most important freshman GIR.
sm02 Sat 2 PM - 3:30 PM · 👥 Sing with the Sims! @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Join us for karaoke!
e021 Sat 2 PM - 4 PM · 👥🎨 Storyboarding Tim @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Do you like painting? Do you like our friendly mascot Tim? Help us paint murals of Tim exploring MIT!
nv02 Sat 3 PM - 4:30 PM · 👥🍪 Karaoke @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Come sing your heart out to your favorite songs and make some new friends!
e010 Sat 3 PM - 5 PM · 👥🎨 Stick it to the Man (with Vinyl) @ East Campus (East Campus Talbot Lounge) · Make stickers with designs inspired by the EC experience (or your experience if you have a vision in mind 👀) while learning how to vinyl cut!
rn41 Sat 3:17 PM - 5:47 PM · 👥🎲 python bee @ Random Hall (AiW) · the python bee is like a spelling bee, but instead of spelling a word you’re spelling a python program. the winner will get a bee of their very own.
sm03 Sat 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Professional Politicking @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Run as a presidential candidate for a random nation under a pseudorandomly-generated party with bizarre platforms and debate against your opponents. Or be a citizen and ask candidates tough questions, then vote for your favorite! (A very lighthearted, fast-paced simulation game)
rn33 Sat 3:47 PM - 5:47 PM · 👥🎨 Quilting 101 @ Random Hall (Crafts Room) · Learn the basics of quilting!
sm04 Sat 4 PM - 6 PM · 🎲🍪 Epic Gayming @ Simmons Hall (TV Lounge) · Be queer. Play Videogames. Chill event playing smash, mario kart, etc. Snacks will be provided.
e012 Sat 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎨 Animal Ears Headband Making @ East Campus (5th West Lounge) · Come make cute animal ear headbands with us >:3 we'll bring the bells and whistles, you bring the spirit!
e023 Sat 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 HispaniFAC @ East Campus (Saxon Lawn) · East Campus' Latine residents celebrate their culture with music, food, and activities for all to appreciate. MIT Mariachi, pinatas, and more @ this expanded version of the usual Friday Afternoon Club!
sm53 Sat 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · 🎨🍪 Medieval Sword Fights @ Simmons Hall (Craft Room (first hour)/MPR (second hour)) · Here ye, here ye! The grandest of medieval pastimes is upon us: the Simmons sword fight. In just one hour, craft yourself some armor, a shield, and a trusty sword, then fight...to the death!...figuratively.
rn16 Sat 6:47 PM - 8:17 PM · 👥🍴 oodles of noodles @ Random Hall: Clam (Clam Kitchen) · eat various noodles! mostly spaghetti and ramen. veggies and meat included
e033 Sat 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 FRICK UP YOUR CLOTHES!! @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · Come find creative ways to mess up your garments and make them into pieces of art you love!! We have screenprinting and fabric paint and safety pins and grommets…all we need now is YOUR IMAGINATIONS!! (We have some extra fabric for those who like their clothes… come have fun (: )
nw06 Sat 7 PM - 9 PM · 🎲🍪 Cookies and Mario Kart @ New House: German House (German House Kitchen) · Come to consume baked goods and play various video games.......
nv03 Sat 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 Movie Night @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Swing by NV for a fun movie night, popcorn, snacks, and more!
e026 Sat 7 PM - 1 AM · 👥 horror movie marathon @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · take a break to chill and watch a movie (or 3)! watchlist includes the substance, donnie darko, rocky horror, etc… popcorn + halloweeny snacks provided ^^
rn12 Sat 7:17 PM - 11:17 PM · 🎲🍪 Board Games! @ Random Hall: Pecker (Pecker Lounge) · come play board (or card) games on Pecker! games include but are not limited to: wingspan, catan, codenames, spirit island, root, betrayal at the house on the hill, and ticket to ride. drop in anytime to play a game!
sm05 Sat 7:30 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Mamma Mia Sing-Along @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Life is short. The world is wide. Let's make some memories! Join a night of reconnecting with your inner musical theater kid with snacks!
mg02 Sat 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍪 Dentry Cafe @ MacGregor House: D Entry (D Entry Lounge) · Come wind down with members of Dentry while indulging in some delicious pastries with a beverage.
rn26 Sat 8:17 PM - 10:17 PM · 🎉🍪 bmf karaoke! @ Random Hall: BMF (BMF lounge) · enjoy singing? come karaoke with us on bmf! bonus points if you queue mamma mia songs, but all music tastes are welcome
mc09 Sat 8:30 PM - 10 PM · 🍴 late night snacking @ McCormick Hall (McCormick Country Kitchen & Green Living Room) · Get ready to indulge in a night of delicious college comfort foods at our late-night snacking extravaganza! Join us for a night full of ramen, mac and cheese, and popcorn!
e017 Sat 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM · 👥🍪 Trader Jacks @ East Campus (5th East Lounge) · Jack has many snacks, but only if you ask.
sm21 Sat 9 PM - 10:30 PM · 🎲 Scootah Hockey @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Dining) · Relive elementary gym class with a simmons tradition of hitting pucks on tiny scooters with tiny hockey sticks
sm07 Sat 10 PM - 11 PM · 🎲 GATAS @ Simmons Hall (2nd Floor Pool Table) · A high energy game where we abuse a pool table. Keep the balloon off the ground, but better. Come play a Simmons favorite!
sm09 Sat 11 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍪 Queer as Duck @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Party Room) · chat with residents about being queer in Simmons and at MIT!
bc15 Sat 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍴 theoretical pancakes @ Burton Conner: C2 (C223 Suite) · it's too late to be awake, too early to go to sleep... luckily, we have just the thing. come flip with us
e004 Sat 11 PM - 1 AM · 🎨🍪 Stare into the Void @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · Capture the endless void by taking photos of space :)
sm08 Sat 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Late Night Office Hours @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Too late to go to high energy events, but still want to interact with people? Come on by to yap about anything with your fellow classmates. Snacks are provided.
Sunday 08/24/25
nx01 Sun 10 AM - noon · 🍪 Fire and Ice I (Ice) @ Next House (Next House Courtyard) · Turns out smashing ice is quite therapeutic. Come vent and diy shaved ice with us.
sm51 Sun 10 AM - noon · 👥🎲 Hungry Hungry Hippos @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · A human-sized version of the classic game.
bc24 Sun 10:03rd AM - 12:03rd PM · 👥🍴 b3rd's bottomless brunch @ Burton Conner: B3rd (B341 Suite) · Bottomless brunch at the only club in Boston worth going to
rn24 Sun 10:17 AM - 11:47 AM · 🍴 ghibli brunch @ Random Hall: BMF (BMF kitchen) · always thought that ghibli food looked good? now's your chance to come try it! come to bmf kitchen to experience the world of ghibli with more than just your eyes
e005 Sun 10:30 AM - noon · 👥 Cruft Smashing @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · wanna smash old electronics? have built up rage from the hassle of unpacking?, wanna see other people let out demons? come to cruft smashing and see what you and a tool of your choice can do to some old electronics.
e001 Sun 10:30 AM - 3 PM · 👥🍪 Grill, Chill, and Build @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided
e009 Sun 11 AM - 1 PM · 👥 Knotical Nonsense @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Do your shoes come untied too often? Do you love tying things together but hate the square not? We do too!! Come learn cool knots and other miscellaneous rope things :D
bc36 Sun 11 AM - 3 PM · 🍪 Lemonade Stand @ Burton Conner: B2 (Outside BC) · Lemonade, it's what plants crave.
bc09 Sun noon - 2 PM · 👥 Tea and Tattoos @ Burton Conner: C2 (C2 Floor Lounge) · Do you like to drink tea (and spill tea)? Do you like making adult decisions but hate the commitment of sticking to said decisions? Then come join C2 (aka the British Floor) for tea and tattoos! The tattoos may be temporary but tea time is forever.
bc33 Sun noon - 2 PM · 👥🎨 P4int Our B4loor @ Burton Conner: B4 (B4 Hallways) · P4int! 4oodle! Dr4w! Our wall, your canvas. Stop by anytime during REX and your ideas to B4! (disclaimer: there'll be sheets. HRS don't hate us <3)

P.S. - PASS BY OFFICIAL REX TIME TO MEET B4 PLAYERS 🦞
mc07 Sun noon - 2 PM · 👥🍴 Taste of Cambridge @ McCormick Hall (McCormick Front Lawn) · Hungry but don’t know where to go in Cambridge? We got you! We bring you delicious food (and boba!) from the finest dining establishments around. Though we don’t recommend you mix all the flavors together, we do recommend that you come and stuff your face!
sm10 Sun noon - 2 PM · 🎲🍪 Miracle on the Sponge @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Oh no! A terrible emergency has just occured on your flight, and worst of all: you are the captain! Can you safely land an Airbus A320 in varying conditions—sunny, rainy, and hurricane-like? Come play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 with us!
sm46 Sun noon - 3 PM · 🎲 Volleyball @ Simmons Hall (Briggs Field outside Simmons) · Come play volleyball with fellow Sims!
rn11 Sun 12:17 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎨 Hyperbolic Crochet @ Random Hall: Pecker (Pecker Lounge) · come crochet hyperbolic objects!!! no experience required :D and you get a cool object! we will also have Tea and Friends and potentially Differential Geometry of Crochet
e044 Sun 12:30 PM - 2 PM · 👥🍪 Chocolate Covered Oddities @ East Campus (1st East Kitchen) · Have you ever wondered what pickle seasoning tastes like with chocolate? If yes, come visit us and try this truly unique and potentially delicious dish! If no, come anyway and eat some chocolate drizzled chips (crisps for the English folk) and/or chocolate-covered strawberries!
rn18 Sun 12:47 PM - 2:17 PM · 👥🍪 Asian Beverage Testing! @ Random Hall: Clam (Clam) · Try every weird tea or milk drink you see at the asian supermarket.
bc40 Sun 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🍪 Berries & Basket Weaving @ Burton Conner: ILC (BC TV Lounge) · Join the Indigenous Living Community in learning how to weave reed baskets & eat delicious Wabanaki berry slump (biscuits cooked in thick berry sauce)! No experience necessary, and all are welcome :)
e006 Sun 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎲 Ink Fencing @ East Campus (Saxon Lawn) · Duel your friend in a sword or knife fight with ink and paint! Wear provided white shirts and grab a drawing weapon and try to get color on them! Gear includes markers (knife), foam swords (sword), and costume armor.
e020 Sun 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🍴 EC Carne Asada @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · Pull up for a TAQUIZA!!!! Chat with Latino students about life & Latinidad at EC! Ask us about food, campus lore, the Hispanic scene or MIT chaos!!! Menu: tacos de carne asada, pollo pibil, chorizo, grilled corn (elote if u will) & salsa verde
nv05 Sun 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎨 Get CRAFTea @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Unleash your creativity! Make a custom cup of boba and decorate plant pots!
nx03 Sun 1 PM - 3 PM · 🍴 Fire and Ice II (Fire) @ Next House (Next House Courtyard) · Where was the fire in Fire & Ice I, you ask? Come eat spicy ramen with us and find out.
e015 Sun 1:30 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎲 Doors 201: Lockpicking @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · An MIT education opens doors
e014 Sun 2 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎨 DIY Gravestone @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site (Mausoleum)) · Don't let looming PSets make you constantly feel behind. Get ahead on your future before procrastination engulfs you <3
bc25 Sun 2:03rd PM - 2:53rd PM · 👥🍴 Hot Ones with Hot Ones @ Burton Conner: B3rd (B341 suite) · hot wings and hotter questions from the hottest people
bc32 Sun 5 PM - 6 PM · 🎲🍪 B5nut @ Burton Conner: B5 (B5 Floor Lounge) · try to eat donuts dangling from the ceiling
e016 Sun 5 PM - 6 PM · 👥🎲 toobing @ East Campus (Saxon Lawn) · you have a body, we have a tube. enter and roll to your hearts content
nx04 Sun 5 PM - 6 PM · 🎲🎨 Water Balloons and Tie Dye @ Next House (Next House Courtyard) · Do you wish to pummel your friends, enemies, and random strangers with endless water balloons? Do you crave the sight of tie-dye exploding across your victims? Then join the battle! We'll even have a station to make your own tie-dyed shirts (noncombatants welcome)!
bc17 Sun 5 PM - 6:01 PM · 👥🎨 ERECT A WALL @ Burton Conner: B1 (BC Connerside Courtyard) · Come hang out as we screw some long hardwood members under the sheets of drywall and help us finish by painting our wall in blue!
bc14 Sun 5 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥🎲 wheel of gameshow @ Burton Conner: C2 (C2 Floor Lounge) · be entertained or become the entertainment. spin the wheel and compete in traditional family classics like "that sounds about right," "uncertainty!" and "are you smarter than a dormspammer?"
e022 Sun 5 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥🎨 Wreck this Journal with Us @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · destroy destroy destroy
nv06 Sun 5 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥🍴 BYO Pizza @ New Vassar (Country Kitchen) · Come create your own custom pizza! Winner's pizza gets added to the NV menu.
sm01 Sun 5 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥 Lockpicking and Lawyering @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Do you want to learn how to pick locks? Do you want to lawyer? Do you want to pick locks while lawyering? It's time to learn to become a lockpicking lawyer!
bc10 Sun 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍪 blind cake decorating @ Burton Conner: C3 (C3 Floor Lounge) · Ever watched the Great British baking show? Like that, but instead of British it’s Irish*. And instead of professional bakers it’s college students. And instead of unobstructed vision it’s blindfolded. No hand-eye coordination required! *we aren’t actually Irish
e008 Sun 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 Catboy Cafe x Goth Girl IHOP @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · Stop by for emo pancakes, cookies, and more :3 learn about life at MIT from local catboys and goths!!
e030 Sun 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍪 (s)creaming @ East Campus (1st East Lounge) · i scream, u scream, we all scream
mg04 Sun 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 MacDonalds @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Courtyard) · Order up! Looking for more culinary variety than REX has to offer? MacG HouseComm has you covered! Stop by and have a meal cooked and served right on the MacG grills. You’ll MacLove it!
e003 Sun 5 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍴 Grill, Chill, and Build @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided
nw14 Sun 5 PM - 9 PM · 🎨 P4INT THE W4LLS @ New House: House 4 (New House Four Kitchen) · That’s right, we’ll be entirely covering our walls with blank paper turning the kitchen into a giant canvas! Whether you've never held a paintbrush before or are an expert, get ready for lots of color, good music, and great vibes.
bc41 Sun 5 PM - 1 AM · 🍪 Lemonade Stand @ Burton Conner: B2 (Outside BC) · Lemonade, it's what plants crave.
rn14 Sun 5:17 PM - 6:47 PM · 👥🍴 tinned fish tasting @ Random Hall: Clam (Clam Kitchen) · A variety of tinned fish! Rice, crackers, and some veggies too for a full meal.
rn34 Sun 5:47 PM - 7:47 PM · 🎉👥 Make an ozok with ozok @ Random Hall (Blackhole Lounge) · come to black hole lounge and see a full grown home grown pasture fed ozok no msg and we will all make small cute ozok plushies diy chat
mg05 Sun 6 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 PanEEnEEs @ MacGregor House: E Entry (E Entry Lounge) · Come make paninis with E Entry!
nw01 Sun 6 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍴 Fried Rice Funday @ New House: iHouse (iHouse Kitchen) · c o n s u m e. vegetarian and vegan options available!
nw16 Sun 6 PM - 8 PM · 👥🎨 Arts and Crafts Night @ New House: Juniper (Juniper Lounge) · Come make jewelry with the junies.
nw18 Sun 6 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 nh3 d3ss3rt bar @ New House: House 3 (House 3 Kitchen) · shaved ice, fresh sago, matcha chocolate fountain.
e018 Sun 6 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Outdoor Blacksmithing @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · Hit hot metal outdoors.
bc26 Sun 6:03rd PM - 8:03rd PM · 👥🍴 carter's country hoedown @ Burton Conner: B3rd (BC Grills) · grills, games, good times
rn31 Sun 6:17 PM - 7:17 PM · 🍴 Tako Takoyaki Time @ Random Hall: BMF (BMF kitchen) · Come eat takoyaki!
e027 Sun 6:30 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 Poetryyyyy @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Read poetry with friends and also snacks!!
sm12 Sun 6:30 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 Talk and Tanghulu @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Country Kitchen) · Enjoy tasty Asian treats while you attempt to make tanghulu with various fruits while also enjoying matcha, milk tea, mochi,and mango sago! Talk to fellow Sims and relax after the craziness of orientation!
rn09 Sun 6:47 PM - 9:47 PM · 🎲🍪 Only the $64,000 Jeopardy @ Random Hall: Pecker (Pecker) · Like quiz shows? Can't pick a favourite? Easy solution: come play them all at once and prove your quiz show prowess once and for all!
e024 Sun 7 PM - 9 PM · 🎨🍪 Henna & Chill @ East Campus (4th East Lounge) · I do henna, you do henna, we all do henna! While drinking tea or cocoa with a side of tea cookies and chill music.
mg06 Sun 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 Centry Cookies and (iCe) Cream @ MacGregor House: C Entry (C Entry Lounge) · Sometimes me think, "What is friend?" And then me say, "Friend is someone to share the last cookie with." - Cookie Monster. Unleash your inner Cookie Monster with cookiemonstah inspired cookie sandwiches with Centry!
rn05 Sun 7:17 PM - 9:17 PM · 🎲🍴 Words and Waffles @ Random Hall: Loop (Loop Kitchen) · join the loop waffle night tradition, and come play a word game with our poetry magnets! and feel free to bring your favorite non-magnet poem to share :)
e032 Sun 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM · 👥🍪 Mitski & Mochi @ East Campus (4th West Kitchen) · bury me at mochi creek
bc21 Sun 7:51 PM - 9:01 PM · 👥🎲 K1NG OF THE H1LL @ Burton Conner: B1 (BC Porter Room) · r1se to the top
nx05 Sun 8 PM - 9 PM · 🎲🍪 Paper Tower Engineering Challenge @ Next House (Next House TFL) · Build sky-high towers out of seemingly simple materials like paper and tape! There will be snacks, as well as prizes for the tallest tower achieved by any team or individual
e029 Sun 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Eat the Elite, Serve Pupusas @ East Campus (1st East Kitchen) · Calling all fans of corn for what is arguably one of the best ways to use it! Come make and/or eat pupusas with a whole bunch of random strangers and discuss the revolutionary history of corn... OR any other potentially more interesting questions in your brain
mg07 Sun 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍪 Dentry Cafe @ MacGregor House: D Entry (D Entry Lounge) · Come wind down with members of Dentry while indulging in some delicious pastries with a beverage.
mc10 Sun 8 PM - 11 PM · 🎲🍪 Night Carnival @ McCormick Hall (McCormick Front Lawn) · Games, cotton candy, popcorn and PRIZES GALORE! ! We're having a GIANT CARNIVAL BASH, and we're giving away so much food & prizes!! (Bring your friends! All genders invited!)
sm54 Sun 8 PM - 11 PM · 🍪 SIMFEST @ Simmons Hall (All Across Simmons) · Come participate in a variety of Simmons traditions! Including: Tape the President, Chalk Muraling, building Legos and more!
rn27 Sun 8:17 PM - 9:47 PM · 🎉🍪 learn to DJ @ Random Hall: Bonfire (bonfire lounge) · Music. Vibes. Snacks. Come learn the basics of mixing music in Bonfire Lounge, best DJ will be henceforth known as the next Skrillex
e025 Sun 9 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍪 CULT MEETING @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · The door to enlightenment awaits. Time to find a key.
rn35 Sun 9:47 PM - 11:47 PM · 👥🎨 BEFOUL OUR WALLS @ Random Hall (Blackhole Floor) · Unleash your creative energy and leave your mark on Black Hole! Paint and brushes provided.
mg08 Sun 10 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Jentry Brownie Night @ MacGregor House: J Entry (J Entry Lounge) · Jay there! Just Jonesing for dessert and/or some late-night company? Jump over to J Entry lounge for some brownies and some Jocund activities to close off the night. Join us!
nx06 Sun 10 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Lying Down on a Carpet @ Next House (Next House Basement) · Pillows. A carpet. Hot chocolate. Maybe chill music. No brain, just waiting for the next REX event and vibes.
rn19 Sun 10:47 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 roofdeck movies @ Random Hall (Roofdeck) · watch movies on the random hall roofdeck! ft. the matrix, into the spiderverse, and others
e080 Sun 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Super Secret Gay Time @ East Campus (Rainbow Lounge) · the secret­est, gayest time
nv07 Sun 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍴 College Classics @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Prepare to eat all of the college student midnight classics (ft. McDonalds, ramen, and more)!
nx07 Sun 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Bubble Tea Social @ Next House (Next House Country Kitchen) · WHO DOESN'T LIKE BOBA??? Pull through to enjoy tapioca pearls with an assortment of beverages, jigsaw puzzles, and the company of current Nexties!
sm23 Sun 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 SECOND Robotics Competition @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Suffering Ex-FRC Chief Delphiers Organizing New Disappointments. Touch Grass with us. Eat red loctite with us.
Monday 08/25/25
nv08 Mon 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 🍴 Street Waffles @ New Vassar (Country Kitchen) · Come and grab the best waffles on campus and meet new friends!
bk02 Mon 8 AM - 10 AM · 👥🍴 Brunch on the Bricks @ Baker House (Baker Upper Lobby) · Enjoy an amazing view, bagels, yogurt, and great company while meeting fellow Baker students—and don’t forget to grab some cool Baker merch!
sm15 Mon 8 AM - 10 AM · 🍴 Pancake Breakfast @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Country Kitchen & Old Late Night) · Fuel up before REX events with a pancake breakfast!
bc42 Mon 8 AM - 11 AM · 🍪 Lemonade Stand @ Burton Conner: B2 (Outside BC) · Lemonade, it's what plants crave.
e047 Mon 8 AM - 11 AM · 👥🍴 Breaking Breakfast @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · See what happens when you mix kilos of pancake mix, hazmat suits, and very little sleep. We're here to make breakfast and break bad.
sm47 Mon 8 AM - 11 AM · 👥 WATER WARS TROJAN DUCK BUILD SESSION 1 @ Simmons Hall (Front of Simmons) · War is coming to MIT. Build a duck shaped tank (cart)!
rn23 Mon 8:17 AM - 11 AM · 🍴 random hall coffeehouse @ Random Hall: BMF (BMF kitchen) · come get a hot/iced beverage and chat with lovely people <3 coffee, matcha, and hot cocoa available!
e074 Mon 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM · 👥🍪 CuRSed WaFFleS @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Do you like waffles? What about if you add some fun toppings? Like beans...or mac & cheese...? Come satisfy your creativity and your hunger!
e054 Mon 9 AM - 10 AM · 👥🍪 Snow Cones and Concoctions @ East Campus (5th East Lounge) · Sweaty? Hot? Humid? The average Boston summer cannot be changed, but it can be remedied with an East Campus snow cone.
Note for new players: Snow cones outside of EC are too weak to combat the sun.
mg09 Mon 9 AM - 10 AM · 👥🍴 Bentry Breakfast @ MacGregor House: B Entry (B Entry Lounge) · Grab breakfast with MacGregor B Entry! Pancakes, waffles, & fruit! Enjoy the morning view from the high rise to start your day.
nx08 Mon 9 AM - 10:30 AM · 🎨🍪 Mini Canvas Painting @ Next House (Next House Country Kitchen) · Join our very own paint bar in capturing scenic skylines, signs, and sunsets seen on campus. Refreshments and supplies provided.
nx09 Mon 9 AM - 10:30 AM · 🎨🍴 Leggo my Eggo @ Next House (Next House Country Kitchen) · Did someone say Legos? And Eggo Waffles?!? Come through to relive your childhood (and maybe even adulthood) in the best possible way! Get delicious breakfast to keep you running for the rest of the day AND channel your Mens et Manus by building stuff out of Lego!
e036 Mon 9 AM - 11 AM · 👥🍴 Grill, Chill, and Build @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided
e040 Mon 9 AM - 11 AM · 👥🎨 Hair Dyeing @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · You could get your hair dyed tomorrow. But you also could've gotten it dyed yesterday, and you didn't (unless you did, in which case you're awesome). Why wait any longer? You know you want to.
e050 Mon 9 AM - 11 AM · 👥🎨 exPosed @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · come wreck your rex shirt with us!! cyanotype with plants, power tools, and passion, and persuade your properly pretentious prefrosh friend to join as well. BYOWTS - bring your own white t-shirt - and we will Provide the rest.
bc11 Mon 9:30 AM - 11 AM · 👥🍴 gr33n 3ggs and ham @ Burton Conner: C3 (C313 Suite and C3 Floor Lounge) · do you like green eggs and ham? Come enjoy green breakfast with Conner 3 to find out!
sm24 Mon 9:30 AM - 11 AM · 🎲🍪 Stupid Pacer Tests @ Simmons Hall (Mailbox Lounge) · a multistage random bs capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. play jenga, pictionary, and more, all to the pace of electronic bell noises.
e056 Mon 10 AM - 11 AM · 👥🎨 Shape Music Your Way! @ East Campus (2nd West Lounge) · Ever wanted to ignite your hidden musical genius? Come sing / play to create the best renditions of your favorite songs you can! Everyone is welcome whether you’re new to music or have been playing since you were born.
e058 Mon 10 AM - 11 AM · 👥🍪 Gaysian Tea Party @ East Campus (2nd East Lounge) · gay? asian? neither? -- or both?! join us for a casual event with tea and snacks :) all are welcome!
mg10 Mon 10 AM - 11 AM · 👥 MacG Entry Panel @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Dining Room) · Curious about what all these mysterious letters mean? Why does the MacG elevator only go to about every third floor? Why is there no I Entry? Come ask any questions you may have about MacGregor and figure out which entry is the best home for you!
bc02 Mon 7 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 DINOSAUR HUNT AHHHH @ Burton Conner: C5 (C5 Floor Lounge) · join C5 for a ~mysterious~ scavenger hunt! you are permitted to explore the floor and snoop in some of our suites (floor tour?!??). whoever finds the most dinosaurs gets a plushie but everybody gets snackies :3 come for scavenging, snooping, and yapping !
sm18 Mon 7 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 Simmons Sunset @ Simmons Hall (7th Floor Terrace) · Enjoy the views of Boston, Cambridge, and the sunset from the 7th floor terrace.
bc16 Mon 7 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥 Uncontrolled Substances @ Burton Conner: C2 (C2 Floor Lounge) · Your afternoon pick-me-up: caffeination, hydration, or personal exploration. Join C2 for fun drinks, emotional damage, and the cursed Garnish Wheel of Fate™ where you can spin for toppings like garlic, mint, or shame.
e062 Mon 7 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥🎨 62.EC2W Closed Loop Systems @ East Campus (2nd West Lounge) · Subject 62.EC2W Closed Loop Systems covers closed-loop deformation techniques applied to post-consumer flatware. Emphasis on material response under stress and low carbon alloys. Credits Recieved : 1 GIR (Gleaming Industrial Ring)
mg11 Mon 7 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥🎨 nail painting and beverages @ MacGregor House: G Entry (G Entry Lounge) · paint nails or get your nails painted and make or drink some beverages with us!!!!
e041 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Hair Dyeing @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · If you're worried about what your parents will think, natural colors such as leaf green, sky blue, and grape purple also available.
e060 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 Horror Shows and Rabbit Holes @ East Campus (5th East Lounge) · Wanted: Archive assistants. Applicants are ideally interested in supernatural phenomena, weird internet stories, and/or the occult. Work entails consuming ghoulish snacks and chatting while watching horror short films and creepy clips. Compensated generously in job experience.
e067 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Graveyard jewelery @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Come make fun and spooky jewelry with us.
nw08 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍴 Rock and Bawk @ New House: Desmond (Desmond Kitchen) · we have the bawk, you bring the rock. Test your luck with some Dave’s hot chicken while singing your heart out.
nv09 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 🎲🍪 Game Night @ New Vassar (Game Room) · Calling all gamers! From switches to board games to ping pong, come play some games and eat snacks!
sm17 Mon 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 Just Dance (Gonna be okay, da-da-doo-doot-n Just dance) @ Simmons Hall (Simmons MPR) · Come dance with us!
e038 Mon 7 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Grill, Chill, and Build @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided
nw15 Mon 7 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 Game Night @ New House: La Maison Française (La Maison Française Kitchen) · Come wind down with French House and enjoy fun board games and light refreshments! Enjoy chips, dips, and drinks while engaging in relaxing gameplay with current house members. Eat our food, ask us about life at French House, MIT, or anything else your mind could think of.
sm19 Mon 7 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 Board Games & Ice Cream @ Simmons Hall (Simmons Party Room) · Play Catan! Play Codenames! Play Risk! Play any game you want from the Simmons board game collection and/or enjoy a sweet ice cream snack!
sm20 Mon 7 PM - 10 PM · WATER WARS TROJAN DUCK BUILD SESSION 2 @ Simmons Hall (Outside, in front of Simmons) · War is coming to MIT. Build a duck shaped tank (cart)!
rn04 Mon 7:17 PM - 9:17 PM · 🍴 Nekomimi maid cafe @ Random Hall: Destiny (Foo) · Welcome home, Master! (=˃ᆺ˂=) ♡ Come enjoy omurice and Japanese curry, and make your day extra special with lots of love and smiles~! ✨
nx18 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Tournament??) @ Next House: 4E (4E Main Lounge) · Play SSBU with 4E wingreps and community members!
nx21 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥 Next Sing's Open Rehearsal! @ Next House: Next Sing (Next House TFL) · Happy Monday! Come sing "Monday, Monday" with the Next Sing gang. We're a low-key acapella group based in Next House, open to anyone and everyone!
rn01 Mon 7:47 PM - 8:47 PM · 👥🎨 Are you a Drawer? [Pictionary / Art meetup] @ Random Hall: Clam (Random Hall Clam Lounge) · Are you a drawer? Come to clam and play pictionary, or vibe and draw your own art while guessing what that scribble really is. [drawing materials provided, fun provided, bring your own creativity]
mg12 Mon 8 PM - 9:30 PM · 👥 Gym w/ D-Entry @ MacGregor House: D Entry (MacGregor House Gym (Weight Room)) · Get in a lift with members of D-Entry at the MacGregor gym while learning more about D-Entry and MIT as a whole!
bc37 Mon 8 PM - 10 PM · 🎲 You TouCan Dance @ Burton Conner: B2 (B2 Floor Lounge) · Get Footloose and join the 2cans for a night where we Just Dance! Whether you've memorized the dance for Rasputin, or you've never managed to land a gold move, We Gotta Feeling that you will Dance All Nite!
nw05 Mon 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Waffle Nacht @ New House: German House (German House Kitchen) · We have too many waffles. Please consume them.
nv10 Mon 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 SLICE to Meet You @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Come to meet some new friends while eating pizza!
nw13 Mon 8 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 K4R4OKES N’ CRE4M @ New House: House 4 (New House Four Kitchen) · A karaoke event like you've never experienced before. Join House 4's favorite weeknight tradition of singing and dancing your heart out in the kitchen! Oh and don’t forget to enjoy an ice cream sundae drowned in your favorite toppings. (Vegan option available!)
bc27 Mon 8:03rd PM - 9:03rd PM · 👥 marital struggles @ Burton Conner: B3rd (B3 Floor Lounge) · Help! My marriage is dying and I can't afford a real therapist.
rn08 Mon 8:17 PM - 9:47 PM · 👥 open your eyes! all scifi media is connected!! they've been lying to you!!! @ Random Hall: Loop (Loop Lounge) · they've been lying to us!! all scifi media is connected in some vast extended universe!! come with your most harebrained scifi conspiracy theories and put red string all over our walls
e065 Mon 8:30 PM - 10 PM · 👥 emo nite @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · it was never a phase, mom
bc30 Mon 9 PM - 10 PM · 👥🎨 Art After Hours @ Burton Conner: B5 (B5 Floor Lounge) · Come join us for paint-by-numbers and various other crafts! We'll provide snacks and good vibes, and you'll get to make your first dorm room decoration.
e013 Mon 9 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍪 What would you do with a baguette in the shower? @ East Campus (1st East Shower) · Come have a baguette picnic in the EC showers as we discuss bread, showers, bread in showers, water, and anything in between.
e069 Mon 9 PM - 10 PM · 👥🎨 Summoning Circle @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · we know you want that fall semester UROP or summer internship. nobody cares what you did in high school - sacrifice your puny past achievements to reach even greater ones.
mg13 Mon 9 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 Bentry Bonanza @ MacGregor House: B Entry (B Entry Lounge) · Come play poker and mahjong with MacGregor B Entry! There will be various other board games and lots of cards. Swing by and get to know the entry! There will be snacks!
mc11 Mon 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Sweet Movie Night @ McCormick Hall (Green Living Room) · Looking for a chill nighttime acitvity? Tune into a movie with us while enjoying yummy desserts!
sm55 Mon 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Attend Your Own Funeral @ Simmons Hall (7th Floor Terrace) · You have died. At least you get to attend your own funeral!
nx22 Mon 9 PM - 1 AM · 🎲🍪 Next Haunt - Haunted Escape Room! @ Next House: Next Haunt (Next House Private Dining Room) · Are you excited for Halloween? Yes, it's August, but ARE YOU EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN? Swing by Next Haunt's booth for a mini escape room experience rife with snacks, prizes, and spo0kiness!
rn30 Mon 9:47 PM - 11:17 PM · 🎲🍪 Find your REAL-LIFE D&D Score @ Random Hall: Bonfire (bonfire lounge) · Have you ever played D&D and wondered what your real-life ability score would be? Maybe you play as a barbarian, but can barely deadlift. Maybe you play as a bard, but are horribly tone-deaf. Come unveil your TRUE D&D class. Expect snacks and good company :)
rn36 Mon 9:47 PM - 11:47 PM · 👥🎨 BEFOUL OUR WALLS @ Random Hall (Blackhole Kitchen) · Unleash your creative energy and leave your mark on Black Hole! Paint and brushes provided.
mg15 Mon 10 PM - 10:45 PM · 🍪 MacG Dessert Party @ MacGregor House (MacGregor Dining Room) · A MacGregor classic. Come relax, mingle with the entries, ask any questions, or just fill up on pastries.
mg14 Mon 10 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 E Entry Boba @ MacGregor House: E Entry (E Entry Lounge) · Come get boba from E Entry!
sm22 Mon 10 PM - 11 PM · 🎲 GATAS @ Simmons Hall (Simmons 2nd Floor Pool Table) · A high energy game where we abuse a pool table. Keep the balloon off the ground, but better. Come play a Simmons favorite!
nx11 Mon 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍪 Weird Milkshakes @ Next House (Next House Country Kitchen) · Ah yes, the perfect milkshake! We've got ice cream, chocolate syrup, ...soy sauce???
bc05 Mon 10 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Poker Night @ Burton Conner: C4 (C4 Floor Lounge) · Challenge C4 residents in a night of poker fun! Come hang out and enjoy some snacks! I heard we got some good g̶a̶m̶b̶l̶e̶r̶s poker players here...
e071 Mon 10 PM - 1 AM · we're not here @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · Where’s “here” 🤔?
sm25 Mon 10 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 24 Hr Korra Marathon @ Simmons Hall (TV Lounge) · Come watch The Legend of Korra with us! Snacks available and questions about MIT are welcome :)
bc22 Mon 10:01 PM - 1:01 AM · 🎉👥 WELCOME TO THE B1NERVERSE @ Burton Conner: B1 (B141 Suite) · (it's a party)
sm26 Mon 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Late Night Office Hours @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Too late to go to high energy events, but still want to interact with people? Come on by to yap about anything with your fellow classmates. Snacks are provided.
Tuesday 08/26/25
e035 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍴 Panera Lost Menu Items @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Many famous or infamous Panera foods and drinks have been discontinued or else fallen to the halls of history. Come, archaeologists and gastrologists, in studying these relics in a hands on and tongues on event today.
e039 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍪 Matcha + Performative Malemaxxing @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · read feminist literature, drink matcha, be bisexual, and listen to clairo with us. (candy) cigarettes provided, BYOWE (bring your own wired earbuds)
e043 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍴 Breaking Breakfast @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · See what happens when you mix lines of pancake mix, hazmat suits, and very little sleep. We're here to make breakfast and break bad.
nv11 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 🍴 Street Waffles @ New Vassar (Country Kitchen) · Come grab the best waffles on campus and meet new friends!
sm27 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 🍴 Pancake Breakfast @ Simmons Hall (Country Kitchen + Old Late Night) · Fuel up before REX events with a pancake breakfast!
sm28 Tue 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍪 24 Hr Korra Marathon @ Simmons Hall (TV Lounge) · Come watch The Legend of Korra with us! Snacks available and questions about MIT are welcome :)
rn42 Tue 8:17 AM - 9:27 AM · 👥🍴 real food for breakfast @ Random Hall: Clam (Basement) · Tired of dessert for breakfast? Come for rice, veggies, fish, chicken, and hashbrowns!
mg16 Tue 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍴 Bentry Breakfast @ MacGregor House: B Entry (B Entry Lounge) · Grab breakfast with MacGregor B Entry! Pancakes, waffles, & fruit! Enjoy the morning view from the high rise to start your day.
bc31 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 Float into B5 @ Burton Conner: B5 (B5 Floor Lounge + Center Suite) · Root beer, orange soda, questionable cola… if it fizzes, it floats. No culinary degree required—just scoop, pour, slurp, repeat. Taste buds will be confused, but delighted.
ms07 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · 🍪 Maseeh BOBA!!!! @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Lobby) · Join us in Maseeh for some delicious boba, the MIT staple.
nx16 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · 🍪 cafe 2e @ Next House: 2E (2E Main Lounge) · make sushi hand rolls, sip on made-to-order matcha lattes and coffee, and chat with nexties in 2e's cozy main lounge!
sm29 Tue 7 PM - 8 PM · 👥🍪 24 Hr Korra Marathon @ Simmons Hall (TV Lounge) · Come watch The Legend of Korra with us! Snacks available and questions about MIT are welcome :)
e046 Tue 7 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥🍪 Queer Black + Brown Hangout @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · Chill vibes, games & snacks provided.
e053 Tue 7 PM - 8:30 PM · 👥🎨 Pride Tarot @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · The future is new and bright. Find out what yours holds while celebrating the awesome communities here at MIT, and maybe even design a card of your own!
bc06 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Painting @ Burton Conner: C4 (C4 Floor Lounge) · Make our walls colorful with us! Unleash your creativity :)
bc12 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 🎲🍪 C3 Gam3 Night @ Burton Conner: C3 (C3 Floor Lounge) · Come play board games, card games, or just chill with us and listen to music. Snacks, drinks, and maybe even leftover cake provided!
e052 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Gory Makeup & Gothic Crafts @ East Campus (East Campus Talbot Lounge) · Get in the ghoulish spirit of REXurrection with a gory look and accessories to match. Body paints, latex, scar wax, charms, and more!
mg17 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 Fried Chicken and Karaoke! @ MacGregor House: G Entry (G Entry Lounge) · Come enjoy Korean Fried Chicken and Karaoke with G Entry!
mg18 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍴 Fentry Feast @ MacGregor House: F Entry (F Entry Lounge) · Come hang out and eat the best homemade meal you can find on campus!
nw07 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🍪 5ips & 5ongs with Desmond @ New House: Desmond (Desmond Kitchen) · Join us for super hyped karaoke and mix up some super yummy drinks!
nw11 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎲 Loteria Night and Snacks @ New House: La Casa (La Casa Kitchen) · Come find out what La Casa is all about through Loteria! Play a few rounds and find out whether the game is all luck or all skill. Talk to current La Casa residents and president. Snacks will be provided!
nx27 Tue 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Jam Session with the MIT Video Game Orchestra @ Next House: VGO (Next House TFL) · Join VGO for an evening of great music! Bring your instrument and play with us, or hang out, chat, and listen to some cool video game tunes!
e049 Tue 7 PM - 9:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Cat Pageant @ East Campus (2nd West Lounge) · We'll exchange hands of monopoly money based on Cat Pageants, you can buy snacks with the monopoly money. You spend monopoly money from the horses(cats) races to feed yourself
e037 Tue 7 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Grill and Chill @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · GRILLS R HOT ALL DAY! :D Come pick up a burg with friends
e042 Tue 7 PM - 10 PM · 👥🎨 Hair Dyeing @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · You could get your hair dyed tomorrow. But you also could've gotten it dyed yesterday, and you didn't (unless you did, in which case you're awesome). Why wait any longer? You know you want to.
e045 Tue 7 PM - 10 PM · 👥🎲 CLIMB TIME! @ East Campus (East Campus Fort Climbing Wall) · Climb on the bouldering wall at the East Campus fort!
nw10 Tue 7 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 4ROUND THE C4MPFIRE @ New House: House 4 (New House Left Courtyard) · Ready to look camp right in the eye? Join us around the campfire* for chill vibes, s’mores, and fun lawn games. (*Campfire not included lol)
sm31 Tue 7 PM - 10 PM · 🎲 Race Marbles While Watching Marbles Race @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Watch the best sporting event known to mankind (marble racing) and race some marbles while watching!
rn15 Tue 7:17 PM - 8:47 PM · 🍴 eat your (chinese) veggies! @ Random Hall: Clam (Clam Kitchen) · they will never serve this at a dining hall. comes with pork bone broth, rice, and snacks
rn25 Tue 7:17 PM - 9:17 PM · 🎲🍪 mario kart wii @ Random Hall: BMF (BMF lounge) · eat snacks, play mario kart, prove your motion control abilities!
rn06 Tue 7:17 PM - 9:47 PM · 👥🍪 Queer Ladies’ Movie Night @ Random Hall: Loop (Loop Lounge) · Are you queer? Are you a lady? Are you a movie? Are you a night? Are you none of the above but want to eat cookies, make friends, and watch a sapphic movie? Then come to queer ladies’ movie night!
bc01 Tue 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Dalgona to the Death (Squid Game) @ Burton Conner: C5 (C5 Floor Lounge) · Join us for a Squid Game-based competition where you must carve a shape out of a cookie before time runs out... or else. If you break the cookie, you also lose. RNG is part of the fun. Win dinos for escaping death!
rn03 Tue 7:47 PM - 9:17 PM · 👥🍪 the world is miku's @ Random Hall: Destiny (Destiny Lounge) · and we're just living in it
bc07 Tue 7:51 PM - 9:31 PM · 👥🍪 B1EA MARKET @ Burton Conner: B1 (B133 Suite) · a b1zarre bazaar featuring secondhand clothing b1ns, caricature drawings, tarot readings, and DJ-ing! all for the low low price of free- well, sort of…
bc29 Tue 8 PM - 9:30 PM · 👥🍪 Bake and Binge @ Burton Conner: B5 (B5 Floor Lounge) · Come join us for some freshly baked goods while enjoying various dramas with the denizens of B5!
bc38 Tue 8 PM - 10 PM · 🎲 Charades Against Humanity @ Burton Conner: B2 (B2 Floor Lounge) · What does it mean to act out “genuine human connection” or “doing the right thing”? Can you get a whole room of people to guess that you’re trying to “ask if it’s possible to get some of that salsa to go” with no words? Find out with B2.
mg20 Tue 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍪 Dentry Cafe @ MacGregor House: D Entry (D Entry Lounge) · Come wind down with members of Dentry while indulging in some delicious pastries with a beverage.
nw20 Tue 8 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 switches & cookies @ New House: House 3 (House 3 Kitchen) · play switch games and eat warm cookies
sm32 Tue 8 PM - 10 PM · 👥🍴 Simmons Taco Stand @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · What a better way to enjoy a Tuesday than with a taco? Come chill and eat tacos with us! (Vegetarian options available)
bc28 Tue 8:03rd PM - 9:03rd PM · 👥 deep talks with shallow people @ Burton Conner: B3rd (B3 Floor Lounge) · discuss the meaning of life, et al.
e048 Tue 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM · 👥🍪 PyroFac @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · How often do you burn your food?
e055 Tue 8:30 PM - 10 PM · 👥 Fluffytown @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Stop by and build/hang out/eat snacks in a blanket fort with folks from East Campus!
nv13 Tue 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM · 🍪 Poker Night @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Feeling lucky? Participate in our infamous poker tournament!
bk03 Tue 8:30 PM - 11 PM · 🎉👥 Baker Blackout @ Baker House (Baker Dinning Hall) · Kick off the semester with good vibes, great food, and great music—plus a chance to score some vintage Baker merch!
mg21 Tue 9 PM - 10 PM · 🍴 Bentry Burgers + Basketball @ MacGregor House: B Entry (MacGregor Courtyard) · come play some late night basketball in the macgregor courtyard and eat burgers right off the grill!
nx23 Tue 9 PM - 10 PM · 👥🎲 Next Act - Theatre Game Night! @ Next House: Next Act (Next House TFL) · Join Next Act for a fun night of improv games and acting shenanigans! there will be snacks :)
bc13 Tue 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🎲 Sardines @ Burton Conner: C2 (C2 Floor Lounge) · As an MIT student, you probably think you’re unique, but is it ever too much? Do you ever gaze wistfully upon those who can blend in, such as, say, identical tinned fish in a can? Get your conformity on with a game of sardines!
nw09 Tue 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🎲 Dgames with Desmond @ New House: Desmond (Desmond Kitchen) · Come hang out with the Desmondites and enjoy our collection of board games or video games like FIFA and Super Smash Bros! Good vibes guaranteed!
bc34 Tue 9 PM - 12 AM · 🎉🍪 Just D4nce D4nce D4nce!! 🕺💿🎶 @ Burton Conner: B4 (B4 Floor Lounge / BC Back Courtyard) · Feel the beat! Move to the groove! Dance the night away! Join the Pl4yers as we boogie to Just Dance songs and enjoy some charcuterie~
bc03 Tue 9 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Studio Ghibli Night @ Burton Conner: C4 (C4 Floor Lounge) · Come watch wholesome Studio Ghibli movies with us! A classic C4 tradition :)
mc14 Tue 9:30 PM - 12:30 AM · 🎉 Penthouse Party @ McCormick Hall (McCormick East Penthouse) · Take pics with the Boston Skyline at Night, enjoy beverages, & dance to the rhythms of your favs! (Bring your friends, we spent so much money on this XD)
rn37 Tue 9:47 PM - 11:47 PM · 👥🎨 BEFOUL OUR WALLS @ Random Hall (Blackhole Kitchen) · Unleash your creative energy and leave your mark on Black Hole! Paint and brushes provided.
sm33 Tue 10 PM - 11 PM · 🎲 GATAS @ Simmons Hall (2nd Floor Pool Table) · A high energy game where we abuse a pool table. Keep the balloon off the ground, but better. Come play a Simmons favorite!
mg22 Tue 10 PM - 11:59 PM · 👥🍪 Centry Chill Corner @ MacGregor House: C Entry (C Entry Lounge) · Centry would like to Cordially invite you to Come to our mini Cinema with popCorn, snaCks, hot CoCoa, and friendship braCelets while you Chat on the Centry Couches and Chill from the Chaos of REX B)
bc39 Tue 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍪 Bad Movie Night @ Burton Conner: B2 (B2 Floor Lounge) · Join b2 in our tradition of watching the worst-rated movies out there! If you've ever seen Spaghetti Man, Velocipastor, or Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, or just want to join the giggles, this is the event for you.
ms08 Tue 10 PM - 12 AM · 🍪 Maseeh Waffle Night @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh courtyard) · Come out to Maseeh courtyard for waffles with all the toppings.
e034 Tue 10 PM - 1 AM · 🎉 EASTSIDE PARTY @ East Campus (East Campus Fort) · Join us for our biggest party of the year, East Side Party! Ride student-made attractions, get space-trained, climb our bouldering wall. Theres murder on the dance floor in our fort, St. Jeffrey's Haunted Mansion!
e072 Tue 10 PM - 1 AM · Where'd we go? @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · Idk, you tell me.
nx13 Tue 10 PM - 1 AM · 🍴 Midnight Pancakes @ Next House (Next House Country Kitchen) · Come to one of Next House's signature events following a warm wholesome karaoke session. Catch pancakes in the Next House country kitchen (literally)! Chill and talk to Nexties! Warm up with hot chocolate and the vibes ~
nx24 Tue 10 PM - 1 AM · 🎉👥 Next Sing Karaoke @ Next House: Next Sing (Next House Basement) · come partake in the next house tradition of singing in the basement until we get noise complaints!
sm50 Tue 10 PM - 1 AM · 🎉 Top of the Sponge @ Simmons Hall (7th Floor Terrace) · party on the simmons rooftop!
rn40 Tue 10:17 PM - 11:47 PM · 👥🎨 Applied Knot Theory @ Random Hall (AiW) · A practical introduction to the art, mathematics, and philosophy of tying pretty people up with pretty knots. WARNING: This event can expose you to adult-themed conversations, which are known to the State of California to cause discomfort in select individuals
Wednesday 08/27/25
mc06 Wed 8:30 AM - 10 AM · 🍴 McCormick Breakfast House @ McCormick Hall (Country Kitchen) · Stop by to get your most important meal of the day- McCormick’s got you covered with smoothies, cereal, bread, and more in the Country Kitchen!
e082 Wed 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM · 👥🍪 CuRSed WaFFleS @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Do you like waffles? What about if you add some fun toppings? Like beans...or mac & cheese...? Come satisfy your creativity and your hunger!
mg23 Wed 9 AM - 10 AM · 👥🍴 Bentry Breakfast @ MacGregor House: B Entry (B Entry Lounge) · Grab breakfast with MacGregor B Entry! Pancakes, waffles, & fruit! Enjoy the morning view from the high rise to start your day.
bk04 Wed 9 AM - 10:30 AM · 👥🎨 Baker Adopt-a-Brick @ Baker House (Baker Upper Lobby) · Discover what makes Baker unique and decorate your own Baker Brick keepsake! Meet fellow Bakerites and take home a piece of the tradition.
e086 Wed 9 AM - 10:30 AM · 👥🎨 Gym Goth Baddie Factory @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · BECOME A GOTH GYM BADDIE TODAY! glam up and hit a lift, makeup and weights provided.
rn39 Wed 9:17 AM - 10:17 AM · 👥🍴 Bagels & Locks @ Random Hall (Black Hole Kitchen) · Have a bagel while you learn to pick locks. Previous experience with either not required.
bc08 Wed 9:21 AM - 10:30 AM · 🍴 B1ANKSY @ Burton Conner: B1 (B133 Suite) · Did you know that Banksy invented pancakes? Did you know b1 invented Banksy? Come tag a pan with your best pancake art and enjoy some breakfast with the b1ners!
ms01 Wed 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM · 👥🍪 Matcha and Mingle @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Courtyard) · Enjoy matcha from Flour in Maseeh’s courtyard and meet other freshmen and upperclassmen who have lived in Maseeh. Learn more about the community and life in the dorm.
e100 Wed 3 PM - 4 PM · 👥🎨 Origami Time! @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Fold modular origami models with frens using some Mulberry paper :)
nx20 Wed 3 PM - 4 PM · 👥🍪 3W: Bits and Pieces @ Next House: 3W (3W Main Lounge) · Come join 3W in putting together the jigsaw puzzles we have lying around! (snacks too)
e093 Wed 3 PM - 4:30 PM · 👥🎨 Become Your Clownsona @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · Do clown makeup! Face paint provided.
or07 Wed 3 PM - 4:30 PM · Academic Expo & DAPER Gateway (Johnson Athletic Center) · Talk and interact with faculty members, administrators, and students from MIT's academic departments and offices in the Johnson Ice Rink. In addition, the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER) Gateway will be happening in the Johnson Indoor Track.
e089 Wed 3 PM - 5 PM · 🎨🍪 Cotton Candy Plushies @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Ever wanted to eat your stuffed animal? Well now you can! Come stuff animals with us with cotton candy and an edible exterior!
mg24 Wed 3 PM - 5 PM · 👥🍪 Centry Boba Shop @ MacGregor House: C Entry (C Entry Lounge) · *sluuuuuuuuurp* omnomnom yummy boba
nv14 Wed 3 PM - 5 PM · 👥🍪 Camp New Vassar @ New Vassar (Courtyard) · Summer camp at NV! Come eat snow cones and tie dye shirts!
nx25 Wed 3 PM - 6 PM · 👥🍪 Back To School Fresh cut & Henna @ Next House: Next Salon (Next House Basement) · If you feel your hair is getting too long, or your hands are looking a bit too bland, please stop on by, we will be giving out free haircuts and henna designs to anyone who wants it. If you feel your hair and hands are absolutely perfect, then stop on by for Ukrainian dessert!
nx26 Wed 3 PM - 6 PM · 👥🍪 CS with Next CS (Counterstrike Obvi) @ Next House: Next CS (Next House Athena Cluster) · Come enjoy a social environment with gaming and food, partnering with Next Salon
e084 Wed 3 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 Grill & Chill @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · GRILLS R HOT ALL DAY! :D Come pick up a burg with friends
e087 Wed 3 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎨 Hair Dyeing @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · If you're worried about what your parents will think, natural colors such as leaf green, sky blue, and grape purple also available.
e011 Wed 4 PM - 6 PM · 👥🎲 CLIMB TIME! @ East Campus (East Campus Fort Climbing Wall) · Climb on the bouldering wall at the East Campus fort!
e096 Wed 4 PM - 6 PM · 👥🎨 Shrinky Dink Keepsakes @ East Campus (5th West Lounge) · Come make a shrinky dink keychain (or even an earring) to remember REX by!
bc35 Wed 4:04 PM - 5:44 PM · 👥🎲 Pin the Tail on the Lobster @ Burton Conner: B4 (B4 Floor Lounge) · "Dress to Impress!! Impress who? Our lovely mascot, the Lobster 🦞

Confess your undying adoration! Sing a song! Doodle your best drawing! Make paper clothes!"
e099 Wed 4:30 PM - 6 PM · 👥🎲 DON'T TOUCH YOUR TOES!!! (TAG) @ East Campus (Saxon Lawn) · ONLY THE MOST FUN, MOST EXTREME, VERSION OF TAG. Get ready to harness every ounce of dexterity and coordination you possess for this challenge! There is only one rule: don't let your opponents touch your toes (shoes) or else YOU DIE!! Prizes include Celsius or mystery prize!?!
mc04 Wed 4:30 PM - 6 PM · 👥🍪 Artsy Ice Cream @ McCormick Hall (McCormick Front Lawn) · Why settle for regular ice cream when you can have BOSTON'S BEST? For multiple years, Tosci's has been voted by Bostonians to be the BEST and come see why! Come sample some ice cream and add as many toppings as you want!
sm48 Wed 4:30 PM - 7 PM · 👥 WATER WARS TROJAN DUCK BUILD SESSION 3 @ Simmons Hall (Front of Simmons) · War is coming to MIT. Build a duck shaped tank (cart)!
rn02 Wed 4:47 PM - 6:17 PM · 👥 kazoo-oke @ Random Hall: Destiny (Destiny Lounge) · want a kazoo? come kazoo along any song you want!

kazoos will be provided.
mg25 Wed 5 PM - 6 PM · 🎲🍪 Wings and Party Games @ MacGregor House: A Entry (A Entry Lounge) · Join us for a night of party games (Jackbox) and a fiery challenge as we eat wings that get spicier with each round!
nv15 Wed 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎲 Laser Tag @ New Vassar (Mezzanine) · Get a tactical edge in the annual New Vassar Laser Tag competition!
sm38 Wed 5 PM - 7 PM · 🍪 Cupcake Decorating @ Simmons Hall (Late night + country kitchen) · Come decorate cupcakes and hang out! We'll have prizes for the best (and worst) cupcakes! Gluten free options available.
rn28 Wed 5:17 PM - 6:47 PM · 👥🍪 card games galore @ Random Hall: Bonfire (bonfire lounge) · Do you wanna learn some card games? Come on up to Bonfire Lounge and we can play together :D There will be snacks and good company! (Also, if you already know how to play Egyptian Rat Screw you WILL be forced to play against me so I can defend my title as the Best Player Ever™)
nw02 Wed 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · 👥🍪 Donuts and Documentaries @ New House: iHouse (iHouse Kitchen) · fill your bellies with knowledge and your brains with breakfast food
nw27 Wed 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Sculpt and Sip @ New House: Juniper (Juniper lounge) · Bring your wildest polymer clay creations to life with the Junies.
nv16 Wed 7 PM - 9 PM · 👥🎨 Art & Crafts Night @ New Vassar (Courtyard) · Come paint and make crafts under the city stars
nx19 Wed 7 PM - 9 PM · 🎨🍪 5E: Let's Get Crafty (and Snacky) @ Next House: 5E (5E Main Lounge) · Join 5E for a chill session of arts, crafts, and tasty snacks from around the world! Origami, painting, and other creative projects — no experience needed. There will also be a bunch of international treats. Bring your friends, relax, and get crafty (and snacky) with us!
nx14 Wed 7 PM - 10 PM · 🎲🍪 Poker Chips & Chips @ Next House (Next House TFL) · Craving a late-night snack? Want to learn how to play poker in a casual, low-stakes setting? Both? Come feast on chips with Next House's poker enthusiasts! (just don't snack on the poker chips)
or08 Wed 7 PM - 11 PM · In-House Rooming Processes · All students will report to the building they are currently assigned to or have switched into. Every residence hall has a different process for selecting an internal room assignment, so it is very important to arrive to your assigned building on time.
nw04 Wed 8 PM - 11 PM · 🎲🍪 Roll the DiCCe @ New House: Chocolate City (Chocolate City Lounge) · Unwind with a cozy night of board games, card games, and snacks! Whether you're here to compete or just chill, it’s a great chance to meet other first-years and house members in a relaxed, low-key setting.
bc04 Wed 9 PM - 11:59 PM · 🎲🍪 All kinds of games. @ Burton Conner: C4 (C4 Floor Lounge) · come play card games, board games, and video games! you can bring your own but we have many. take your pick from a wide selection (codenames, secret hitler, mtg, tetris, smash (ssbu, ssbb, ssbm), mariokart, and more). lmk and ill try to find (or buy!) it
nx17 Wed 9 PM - 12 AM · 🍪 Ghibli Movie Marathon @ Next House: 2W (2W Main Lounge) · Want to chill for a night? Come lounge and watch some Ghibli favorites with snacks, blankets, and good company included!
sm34 Wed 10 PM - 11 PM · 🎲 GATAS @ Simmons Hall (2nd Floor Pool Table) · A high energy game where we abuse a pool table. Keep the balloon off the ground, but better. Come play a Simmons favorite!
ms02 Wed 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍴 Pizza and Horror Movie Night @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh Lower Level Lounge) · Horror movie night in the Maseeh lounge! Enjoy Otto’s pizza and snacks while watching Final Destination. A great chance to meet other freshmen and see what it's like to hang out in one of Maseeh’s common spaces.
nx15 Wed 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🎲 Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader? @ Next House (Next House TFL) · Come participate in the debut of ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 6TH GRADER, the long-awaited sequel to America's favorite gameshow! Fabulous prizes and eternal glory await all intrepid challengers!
sm39 Wed 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Late Night Office Hours @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Too late to go to high energy events, but still want to interact with people? Come on by to yap about anything with your fellow classmates. Snacks are provided.
rn43 Wed 11:47 PM - 12:47 AM · 👥🍪 ozok cookies and ozok milk @ Random Hall (Black Hole Kitchen) · chill out for the last night of rex, ozok has made snickerdoodles and milk and you decorate them (to look like ozok but also anything really chat I just only have black frosting)
Post-REX Events Still can't get enough of our awesome dorms? Well, move into your new room first, but then stop by any of these events for more fun times! Thursday 08/28/25
nv17 Thu 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 🍴 Street Waffles @ New Vassar (Country Kitchen) · Come and grab the best waffles on campus and meet new friends!
e068 Thu 9:30 AM - 11 AM · 👥🍴 toast toast toast toast toast @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · toast all ways. fulfill your wildest toast hopes and dreams. put your hopes and dreams on toast. or butter or something. featuring a variety of breads and toppings!
e070 Thu 11 AM - 1 PM · 👥🍴 Pinkies @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · It’s your favorite diner! Pinkies offers the BEST food including grilled cheese, lemonade, Harry’s monstrosity, and lots more. Prepare for the element of surprise. Embrace the lack of information.
mc12 Thu 11 AM - 2 PM · 🎨🍪 Great McCormick Baking Show @ McCormick Hall (McCormick Front Lawn) · Show off your cake-decorating skills at McCormick’s very own cake-off! We’ll bring the cakes, you bring the friends!
e059 Thu 11 AM - 7 PM · 👥🍴 Grill & Chill @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · GRILLS R HOT ALL DAY! :D Come pick up a burg with friends
e079 Thu noon - 1:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Competitive Microwaving @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Have YOU ever wanted to see how your microwave skills stack up against the average? Well we now have FIVE (5) microwaves for you to do just that. Try your hand in a variety of challenges on eggs, soap, grapes, marshmallows, and more!
bk01 Thu noon - 2 PM · 🍪 Baker Carnival @ Baker House (Baker Lawn (front entrance of Baker house)) · Cool off and unwind on Baker Lawn with a cold sweet treat, cuddly animals at our petting zoo, and fun lawn games!
nw22 Thu noon - 2 PM · 👥🍪 Marvelous Melty Meal @ New House: La Maison Française (La Maison Française Kitchen) · Relax with a raclette repas full of delicious melted cheese and chocolate fondue delights. You can indulge in a sweet and/or savory midday treat with your fellow frosh and vibe with the beautiful people of French House.
sm42 Thu noon - 7 PM · 👥🍪 Star Wars Watch Party @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Binge the original trilogy while sipping some blue milk!
e063 Thu 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎲 Powerpoint Karaoke @ East Campus (1st East Lounge) · ever wanted to give a ted talk? well today is not your lucky day!! come give a pre-made presentation on the spot to your fellow froshies. you WON’T want to miss this FANTASTIC opportunity to up your public speaking skills. employers are banging on the door as we speak.
e073 Thu 1 PM - 3 PM · 👥🎨 Stare into Infinity @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Make an infinity mirror so you can stare at infinity. (first come first serve)
sm49 Thu 1:30 PM - 5 PM · 👥 WATER WARS FINAL PREPARATION @ Simmons Hall (Front of Simmons) · Arm yourselves and prepare for Water Wars!!
mg26 Thu 2 PM - 3 PM · 🍪 Blind Monster Taste Test @ MacGregor House: D Entry (D Entry Lounge) · you get to try a bunch of different monster energy drinks and if you can correctly name them you'll get a free monster. you are probably going to become well-acquainted with energy drinks for the next four years (if you aren't already) so might as well try them all now.
e108 Thu 2 PM - 4 PM · 👥🎲 CLIMB TIME! @ East Campus (East Campus Fort Climbing Wall) · Climb on the bouldering wall at the East Campus fort!
e075 Thu 3 PM - 4 PM · 👥🎨 Fabric paint it up @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Painting on fabric. We will provide the paint and tote bags to paint on, but feel free to bring your own fabric object to paint!
e064 Thu 3 PM - 4:30 PM · 🎲🍪 Burping Contest @ East Campus (2nd West Lounge) · I got a bunch of sparkling water, a decibel meter, and lots of food so you can burp real loud. Biggest burp gets a chocolate cake.
mc13 Thu 3 PM - 4:30 PM · 👥🍪 McCormick Tea Party @ McCormick Hall (Green Living Room) · Enjoy a wide variety of fresh-made teas: matcha, hojicha, oolong, and more! Don't worry, this tea is tax-exempt (and none of it is going in the harbor ;) )
rn07 Thu 3:17 PM - 4:47 PM · 👥🍪 You may fascinate a woman with a piece of cheese @ Random Hall: Loop (Loop Lounge) · Feeling blue? Move-in stress making you munsterous? Feta-p with boring orientation events? Come indulge your cheesful desires as we spill the havar-tea about stem education, women in physics, and life at the 'tute. Brie sure to caerphilly mark your calendars!
e083 Thu 3:30 PM - 5 PM · 👥 Water Wars Preparation @ East Campus (East Campus Courtyard) · We shall fight to the death and WIN!!!!! (and by death I mean we shall soak them completely)
e077 Thu 4 PM - 5 PM · 👥🍪 East CamWORMS @ East Campus (3rd East Kitchen) · Chocolate pudding, oreo crumbs, and many kinds of gummy worms. Eat worms at East Campus
ms03 Thu 4 PM - 5 PM · 👥🍪 Cookie Decorating @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh PDR) · Come decorate cookies in the Maseeh PDR! We'll have everything you need. Design yummy cookies while meeting other freshmen and spend time in one of Maseeh’s community spaces.
bc23 Thu 4 PM - 5:30 PM · 🍪 BC B(C)ONANZA!!! @ Burton Conner (Porter Room) · Have you ever wondered what BC stands for? Surely not Burton Conner. Oh wait! It’s Big Canvas!!! Join us in making a mural and enjoying a sweet treat with your newfound floors!
rn29 Thu 4:47 PM - 6:17 PM · 👥🍪 Um, Actually @ Random Hall: Bonfire (bonfire lounge) · Are you a little pedantic and/or know random factoids? Then come to "Um, Actually"! We will say subtly wrong 'facts' and you must correct us (by saying "Um, Actually...").
dc01 Thu 5 PM - 6 PM · Water Wars @ Campus Wide! (Killian Court) · In Killian Court where the brave do spar, we build great forts and wage water war.
mg27 Thu 5 PM - 6 PM · 👥🍴 Saucy Boogaloo @ MacGregor House: H Entry (H Entry Lounge) · Feeling saucy?? Come try out our selection of hot sauces!! Will be served with chicken nuggets!!! Will you be able to withstand the heat?? Or will you die trying... :'(
e066 Thu 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎨 Get (Temporarily) Tatted! @ East Campus (4th West Lounge) · Temporary tattoos, tattoo markers, and mehndi/henna + stencils!
e078 Thu 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎨 Be the Canvas! @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Come draw on yourself with temporary tattoo markers and ink!
nw26 Thu 5 PM - 7 PM · 🍴 Taste of New House @ New House (New House Arcade) · Get a taste of all the different flavors of New House! This "meet-and-eat" is a great chance to interact with our 9 unique communities. Enjoy our food, make new friends, and try to beat us at our own games (Dance Dance Revolution, ping pong, or pool).
or09 Thu 7 PM - 9 PM · House Meetings and & Residence Hall Welcome · Meet the Heads of House, Area Directors, GRAs, and other leadership staff in your dorm!
mg28 Thu 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Jentry Brownie Thursday @ MacGregor House: J Entry (J Entry Lounge) · Jay there! Just Jonesing for dessert and/or some late-night company? Jump over to the J Entry lounge for our famous BROWNIE THURSDAY! Join us for both brownie baking, decorating, and tasting to close off the night!
ms09 Thu 9 PM - 11 PM · 👥🍪 Maseeh Ice Cream Social @ Maseeh Hall (Maseeh courtyard) · Enjoy ice cream with all the toppings and all your friends in Maseeh courtyard.
nw21 Thu 9 PM - 12 AM · 👥🎲 ping pong plus puzzles @ New House: House 3 (House 3 Kitchen) · play ping pong with a paddle (or with a pan, pot, plate, or phone). puzzles also available
sm35 Thu 10 PM - 11 PM · 🎲 GATAS @ Simmons Hall (2nd Floor Pool Table) · A high energy game where we abuse a pool table. Keep the balloon off the ground, but better. Come play a Simmons favorite!
mg29 Thu 10 PM - 11:59 PM · 👥🍪 Centry Chill Corner @ MacGregor House: C Entry (C Entry Lounge) · Centry would like to Cordially invite you to Come to our mini Cinema with popCorn, snaCks, hot CoCoa, and friendship braCelets while you Chat on the Centry Couches and Chill from the Chaos of REX B)
nv18 Thu 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍴 College Classics @ New Vassar (Mezanine) · Prepare to eat all of the college student midnight classics (ft. McDonalds, ramen, and more)!
sm52 Thu 10 PM - 12 AM · 👥🍪 Ratatouille Watch Along @ Simmons Hall (MPR) · Come watch Ratatouille with us and unwind after orientation! Watch Remi cook while you enjoy fondue and sparkling apple cider!
e085 Thu 10 PM - 1 AM · Oh no where'd we go again? @ East Campus (East Campus Build Site) · Come join us in not-being-here.
sm40 Thu 11 PM - 1 AM · 👥🍪 Late Night Office Hours @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Too late to go to high energy events, but still want to interact with people? Come on by to yap about anything with your fellow classmates. Snacks are provided.
Friday 08/29/25
mc05 Fri 5:30 AM - 6:30 AM · 👥 Sunrise on Harvard Bridge @ McCormick Hall (Meet in McCormick Lobby) · Get ready for an epic adventure (across the street) at Sunrise on Harvard Bridge! Rise and shine with us as we witness the most breathtaking sunrise in Boston. Kickstart your college adventure with breakfast, friends, and a picture-perfect sunrise.
nw03 Fri 8 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥🍴 CCartoons & PanCCakes @ New House: Chocolate City (Chocolate City Kitchen) · Start your day with classic cartoons and a pancake breakfast!
e088 Fri 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM · 👥 Queer Panel @ East Campus (Talbot Lounge) · An informative panel about what it's like to be queer at MIT, including resources and firsthand accounts from queer students from East Campus. (This event is not open to parents.)
nw19 Fri 2:30 PM - 4 PM · 👥🎲 La Casa Soccer Tryouts @ New House: La Casa (Briggs Field: Field D) · Come to try out for the IM La Casa soccer team! Drinks will be provided, and no prior experience required.
e090 Fri 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM · 👥🎨 Flower crowns! @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Come make flower crowns with us!
or11 Fri 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM · Activities Midway (Johnson Athletic Center) · check out all of mit's awesome clubs! see them perform, stock up on stickers, and join a couple or a lot!
e094 Fri 3 PM - 5 PM · 🎨 Stick & Poke art! @ East Campus (5th East Lounge) · Come do various forms of sticking and poking art, such as stick sculptures and felting.
mc08 Fri 4:30 PM - 6 PM · 👥🎨 Paint, Origami, and Bracelets in the Sky @ McCormick Hall (McCormick East Penthouse) · What’s better than free art supplies? How about using them with the best view on campus! Come up to the McCormick East Penthouse to paint the stunning Boston skyline, fold beautiful origami, and make your own custom bracelets. We'll have snacks!
e098 Fri 5 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥🎨 Smol Desk Concert @ East Campus (East Campus Talbot Lounge) · Open mic. Instruments are not provided but are welcome. Sing a song, read a poem, tell a joke, do something
e092 Fri 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎲 Room and Board (games) Marathon @ East Campus (5th East Lounge) · Come to Room and Board (games) for a marathon of strategic scheming, chaotic card play, and suspicious alliances. Whether you're a seasoned meeple or just here for the vibes, we’ve got games, snacks, and great vibes. No actual rent required.
e095 Fri 5 PM - 7 PM · 👥🎨 Shapes and Colors @ East Campus (3rd East Lounge) · Come poke some colorful wool and make fun shapes with me.
nv20 Fri 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM · 👥🍴 Meet House Gov and Grub @ New Vassar (Conference Room) · Come meet the New Vassar House Government and eat food!
mg30 Fri 6 PM - 7 PM · 👥🍪 Get Baking with H @ MacGregor House: H Entry (H Entry Lounge) · Got the munchies? Hentry is serving up the ultimate cookie bazoonga. Come pick out toppings for your own custom cookie and have it baked by ME, the person writing this description.
sm56 Fri 6 PM - 7 PM · 🍪 Plátanos con Salami @ Simmons Hall (Old Late Night) · Yummy tostones/fritos with salami and passion fruit juice!
or12 Fri 7 PM - 1 AM · DSL Special Event: Silent Beats & City Lights (Samberg Conference Center) · A silent disco with panoramic Boston views, head-bobbing beats, karaoke throwdowns, live puzzles by MIT’s Puzzle Club, and a photobooth to capture the memories. Whether you're dancing, singing, solving, or just vibing, Class of 2029 this night is yours!

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