Saturday's Schedule
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| Time | Type | Event Title | Location | Description |
| 12:00am-1:00am | D | Midnight Dessert | Baker House (W7), Lobby | Stop by to grab some ice cream with all the toppings and a variety of other desserts. |
| 12:00am-2:00am | DO | Midnight Breakfast | New House (W70), German House (House 6), 2nd Floor | Come enjoy the cozy atmosphere of the German House lounge and be amazed by the cooking prowess of our student chefs. There will be pancakes, waffles, and toppings galore! Eat your fill and get ready for the next six hours of CPW. The night is still young! |
| 1:00am-3:00am | O | Late Night Movie: Hotel Rwanda! | Room 6-120 | Join the MIT Global Poverty Initiative (GPI) for a free screening of Hotel Rwanda! |
| 1:00am-8:00am | D | Classic "Star Wars" Movie Marathon | Next House (W71), Tastefully Furnished Lounge | Join us in the TFL for all three of the original "Star Wars" movies and snacks! |
| 2:00am-3:30am | DO | Bottle Popping, Bubble wrap, Rubber bands, and House | New House (W70), German House (House 6), 2nd Floor | Rekindle your childhood days with us. Play with bubble wrap. Bounce around in our bubble wrap covered lounge. Have rubber band shooting contests. Squirt the tops off of plastic bottles. When you grow tired of these explosive activities, relax and regroup watching endless episodes of House M.D. |
| 2:00am-4:00am | D | Midnight Snack + Movie | New House (W70), House 6, Lounge | All tired and hungry from partying all day and/or night? Wide awake but just feel like settling down someplace chill anyway? Well head on over to New House for some snacks and to kick back and watch a funny action movie. |
| 2:00am-4:00am | F | After Party | Phi Sigma Kappa, 487 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Partied out or want to take a break? Come by for some snacks. Third stop Saferide Boston West. |
| 2:17am | D | RHOP | Random Hall (NW61) | Random House of Pancakes. Why are we up so late? To feed you pancakes. |
| 3:00am-5:00am | D | BC Rave Party | Burton-Conner House (W51), TV Lounge | Sleep is for the weak. We prefer thumping bass, flashing LEDs, glowsticks, black lights, glow-in-the-dark hair gel.... Glow-in-the-dark hair gel?!! |
| 8:17am | D | Saturday morning cartoons | Random Hall (NW61) | Remember those grand old days, when you hastened downstairs on Saturday mornings to watch the zany adventures of Ash Ketchum and his band of friends, accompanied by cereal so sugary it was promised "One Cavity per Box"? Come relive those days with us. |
| 8:30am-10:00am | *P | Insight for Parents by Parents | Room 10-250 | A panel of current MIT parents will be on hand to share their insights and answer your questions. Sponsored by the MIT Parents Association. |
| 8:30am-10:30am | G | Waffles, Sundaes, and Games!! | McCormick Hall (W4), Country Kitchen and Game Room | United Christian Fellowship will be enjoying homemade waffles with an assortment of exciting toppings, including ice cream and fruit. Afterwards, we will go downstairs to the game room and play board games, ping-pong, Wii, and more! |
| 9:00am-11:00am | F | Breakfast Bonanza Death Wish with the Skulls | Phi Kappa Sigma, 530 Beacon St., Boston | Cheese-Filled Bacon Roll. Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger. Bratwurst wrapped in Chocolate-chip pancakes. Salad. One of these do not belong. Drop by Skullhouse for a morning of sampling the food that'll leave your arteries trembling, your heart plotting revenge, and your stomach in an utter and complete state of euphoria. |
| 9:00am-11:00am | F | Breakfast of Champions | Nu Delta, 460 Beacon St., Boston | Start the day off right, with a full breakfast served by the brothers. |
| 9:00am-11:00am | F | Breakfast with TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Brothers are waking up early...you should too. |
| 9:00am-11:00am | D | Breakfast and Cartoons | Burton-Conner House (W51), TV Lounge | If you miss sugary cereals and your morning dose of Power Rangers or Transformers, so do we. Come hang out with us and help us eat our donuts and Cocoa Puffs! |
| 9:00am-3:00pm | DP | Phoenix Group Dorm Tours | Meet in front of Kresge Auditorium (W16) | Do you know where you want to live next year? Have you considered being part of the Phoenix Group - MIT's founders group that is planning the newest dorm community? Come get a tour of the brand new graduate dorm where we are living temporarily. Tours run every hour on the hour; the last tour starts at 2pm. |
| 9:00am-5:00pm | SO | Prom Dress Rugby Tournament | Briggs Field, right in front of Simmons Hall (W79) | Come watch our annual Prom Dress Rugby Tournament, brought to you by the Women's Rugby Team. Matches will be going on all day, so stop by anytime to check out the action and learn about rugby! |
| 9:00am-5:00pm | *P | Parent Hospitality Lounge | Student Center, 2nd Floor, La Sala de Puerto Rico | Grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat with current MIT parents as well as other parents of MIT prefrosh. Also, learn about the MIT Parents Association and the Parent Connector Network from current volunteers and staff. |
| 9:00am-8:00pm | * | CPW Help Desk | Student Center, 2nd Floor, La Sala de Puerto Rico | |
| 9:30am-11:30am | D | Breakfast at Next | Next House (W71), Dining Hall | Eat breakfast at Next House and learn more about MIT dorm life! We will have lots of tasty breakfast treats like waffles, fresh fruit, and juice. Come enjoy our free food! |
| 9:30am-11:30am | O | Caffeinated Breakfast with The Tech | Student Center, 4th Floor, The Tech's newsroom (Room W20-483) | There's no better way to start a Saturday morning than with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. Stop by the office to caffeinate yourself, grab some breakfast, and catch up on news from MIT and beyond. |
| 9:30am-4:30pm | * | Financial Aid Appointments | Sign up in the Student Center, 2nd Floor, La Sala de Puerto Rico | Have questions regarding your financial aid package or the financial aid process in general? Either get your questions answered immediately by the Financial Aid Counselor on-hand or schedule a 20-minute appointment to speak one-on-one with a Student Financial Services representative. Visit the Student Financial Aid desk in the Student Center, 2nd Floor, La Sala de Puerto Rico. (Scheduled appointments will be held in 11-120, the Student Services Center.) |
| 9:55am | F | Monkey Island! | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | "You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate - you fight like a cow!" Join us - and Guybrush Threepwood - as we embark upon an epic quest to become a pirate! We'll play this classic adventure game on our big projector screen. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver Van to Epsilon Theta. |
| 10:00am-12:00am | F | Theta Xi Continental Breakfast | Theta Xi, 64 Bay State Rd., Boston | Stop by our house and enjoy a leisurely Saturday morning with a delicious continental style breakfast. We'll have fresh fruit and tasty pastries from the famous Mike's Pastries in the North End. |
| 10:00am-11:00am | *A | F/ASIP Information Session (Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program) | Room 32-123 | Learn more about this seminar, which provides freshmen with career development training, the cultivation of professional skills, and the opportunity to gain internship or research experience with an MIT alumni mentor. Information sessions will include an overview of program goals and details of seminars, a student panel of former F/ASIP students sharing their experiences, and a Q&A session. |
| 10:00am-11:00am | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 10:00am-11:00am | D | Breakfast at New House | New House (W70), Arcade | After our decidedly non-traditional breakfast yesterday, we've decided to switch it up for some traditional waffles and pancakes! The fruit salad is also still here, on the chance you really loved it last time. |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | D | Breakfast at Baker | Baker House (W7), Dining Hall | All your favorite breakfast foods at Baker House! Pancakes, eggs, and muffins oh my! |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | O | ESPie + Waffles + games | Student Center, 4th Floor, Room W20-467 | Drop by the cozy office of the Educational Studies Program (ESP) for brunch, including waffles and ESPie! Play all kinds of board games! Hang out on our awesomely comfy couch! |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | GO | Crepes and Pancakes | McCormick Hall (W4), Dining Hall | What's better than free food? Nothing. So come have breakfast with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) - we will have a cornucopia of crepes, piles of pancakes, mountains of muffins, jugs of juice, batches of bacon, enormous quantities of eggs.... you get the idea. |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | D | Brunchitize Me, Cap'n! | McCormick Hall (W4), Brown Living Room | Come enjoy some brunch with a Silly Rabbit that's cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs with real cinnamon swirls in every bite. It'll be GRRRRRRReat! Also provided: Honey Bunches of Oats, eggs, and coffee for all you grown-ups. |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | F | Fraternal House of Pancakes | Phi Sigma Kappa, 487 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Come find out why we don't need a chef. Start the day off with some great food. Third stop on Saferide Boston West. |
| 10:00am-1:00pm | PO | LBGT Family and Friends Brunch | Rainbow Lounge (Room 50-005) | Bring the 'rents and your buddies to this LBGT Family and Friends Brunch. Take a tour of the Rainbow Lounge, grab some yummy homemade waffles, and learn all about LBGT events, community, and services at MIT. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, families, and friends are encouraged to attend! If you think this includes you, or the topics (or waffles!) interest you, swing by: all friendly faces are welcome! |
| 10:15am-11:45am | *DP | Housemasters' Residential Living Panel for Parents | Room 10-250 | Learn more about the different housing options available to your son or daughter and hear from Housemasters and others who support residence life at MIT. |
| 10:17am | D | Finger painting ceiling tiles | Random Hall (NW61) | Ever wanted to make a permanent difference to a bunch of Random kids? Well, now you can paint your very own ceiling tile at Random Hall! Get your hands dirty and dig into that paint. |
| 10:30am | S | Women's Soccer Team Brunch | Zesiger Center (W35), Lobby | Come meet the coaches, captains, and players of the women's varsity soccer team. It'll be a really informal brunch where we'll let you know what playing soccer at MIT is all about and you can ask any questions you want. Food will be provided! |
| 10:30am-11:30am | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | F | Breakfast at Theta Chi | Theta Chi, 528 Beacon St., Boston | Our master chefs will astound your taste buds, with eggs, bacon, sausage and delicious pancakes. We're a short walk (or Saferide ride) across the bridge to Boston and then a right on Beacon St. |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | STF | WILG's Campus Run for Charity | Killian Court | Want to see MIT's campus in a fun and fast-paced way? Join the Women's Independent Living Group (WILG) for a short run around campus in aid of a local women's shelter. Entry is $5 - turn up early to make sure you don't miss it. Open to all! |
| 11:00am-12:30pm | OM | Brunch with the Black Women's Alliance | New House (W70), House 3, Kitchens | Come enjoy a delicious brunch and mingle with the Black Women's Alliance! |
| 11:00am-12:30pm | F | Infinite Crepes | Alpha Delta Phi, 351 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge | Vive la France! |
| 11:00am-1:00pm | FOM | What Is Chocolate City Discussion | New House (W70), House 1, 3rd Floor Lounge | Meet the brothers of Chocolate City and find out what living in Chocolate City is all about. There will be a brief overview and time for questions and answers. |
| 11:00am-1:00pm | F | R&R Brunch | Alpha Epsilon Pi, 155 Bay State Rd., Boston | Meet at our house at 11 am for an R&R brunch. Pancakes, burgers...you choose!...7th stop on the Boston West Saferide. |
| 11:00am-1:30pm | O | Games with SWIM | McCormick Hall (W4) | Come and play games with the Society for Women in Mathematics (SWIM)! Yummy food provided! |
| 11:17am | D | Knights of Cydonia | Random Hall (NW61) | It's 11:17 - the time has come to make things right! Join us on Pecker floor to rock out to some awesome music videos while improving your abs. |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | *AP | Prehealth Panel | Room 32-123 | Come hear a panel of current MIT prehealth students and MIT alums in local medical schools share their experience and advice. This is an excellent opportunity to ask questions and learn about the resources available for individuals interested in a health profession career. |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 11:30am-2:00pm | F | Saturday Grill-Out | Kappa Sigma, 407 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Chef Malcolm will be making a second appearance in case you didn't get enough. Grab some food and then head across the street for some dodgeball. |
| 12:00pm | S | Women's Varsity Soccer Pick-Up | Meet in the Zesiger Center (W35), Lobby | Interested in playing varsity women's soccer? Come kick a ball around with us for a while to meet the team. We'll meet in the Z-Center Lobby and go from there. |
| 12:00pm | S | Women's Basketball Pickup Game | Du Pont Athletic Center (W32), Court 2 | Come join the women's basketball team in a game of pickup. It will be a great opportunity to meet the players and to learn more about the program. After playing, we'll all go to lunch together at the Cambridge Bertucci's (please bring $). |
| 12:00pm-3:00am | F | Rockband/Halo/Smash Bros. | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Didn't get enough? We have just what you need. |
| 12:00pm-12:30pm | *P | Overview of TechCASH & Dining Dollars | Student Center (W20), 2nd Floor, Lobdell Dining Hall | Two 30-minute presentations beginning at 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm. TechCASH and Dining Dollars are MIT debit accounts, a.k.a the "Campus Currency." Attend this presentation to learn more about TechCASH and Dining Dollars, how to fund these accounts, and about how students use these accounts on campus. |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | A | Solar Car Shop Tour | Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Building NW14 | Come check out the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team's shop and see what we're up to on a typical work day. |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | R | Jam with the Toons! | 77 Mass. Ave., Lobby 7 | Come jam with the MIT/Wellesley Toons, MIT's only cross-campus a cappella group! We'll be taking requests and rocking out with YOU! And when we're done, don't leave! We're providing FREE LUNCH -- get to know some real MIT (and Wellesley) students! |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | TD | Insider's Tour of MIT | Next House (W71) | Do you want to learn how to navigate MIT's confusing tunnels and crazy campus? Come with us! We'll show you the best places to eat, study, and other cool places you won't see on a regular tour. |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | S | Sailing with the Ski Team | MIT Sailing Pavilion (Building 51) | Come out on a boat with members of the MIT Ski Team. This is your chance to hang out and join many skiers' favorite off-season activity. If the river makes you hungry, there'll be lunch on the dock too. (Weather permitting.) |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | GO | Shabbat Lunch at MIT (SLAMIT) | Religious Activities Center, Building W11 | Come enjoy a traditional Shabbat lunch, prepared by students each week. RSVP to slamit@mit.edu. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | PM | MITES Luncheon | Student Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine Lounge | Luncheon/reunion for the MITES 2008 class, their families and '08 teaching staff. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | F | Chillin' n' Grillin at PiLam | Pi Lambda Phi, 450 Beacon St., Boston | Have you had enough burgers? We didn't think so. Come to Pi Lambda Phi for more grilling on our front steps. We're located one block east of the first stop on Saferide Boston East or West. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | O | ESPie + Pizza + games | Student Center, 4th Floor, Room W20-467 | Drop by the cozy office of the Educational Studies Program (ESP) for lunch, including pizza and ESPie! Play all kinds of board games! Hang out on our awesomely comfy couch! |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | F | BBQ With the Skulls | Phi Kappa Sigma, 530 Beacon St., Boston | Rain or shine, the brothers of Skullhouse always have a BBQ on Saturday. Today is no exception. Drop by for a bite! |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | F | Nu Delta Ballin' | Zesiger Center (W35), MAC Courts | Ball with the finest of Nu Delta - no experience necessary. Swag required. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | F | BBQ Lunch | Alpha Tau Omega, 405 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Come join the brothers of ATO for a BBQ Lunch. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | FP | Lunch with TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Come relax with us in our courtyard as the brothers prepare a BBQ. |
| 12:00pm-3:00pm | O | Electric Porsche | Student Center Steps (W20) | Come see the MIT Electric Vehicle Team's Porsche 914 EV conversion and the plans for building an EV with 10-minute charge time over the summer of 2009. |
| 12:00pm-3:00pm | F | Top 2 Barbeque in the World with Beta Theta Pi | Kresge BBQ Pits (outside W16) | It's heavily debated whether this BBQ or a particular "Barbeque Extravaganza" held on Friday is the best in the world, but we're willing to share the crown. There will also be tours of our two beautiful Bay State Road brownstone houses, which may give you a feel for what off-campus life is like at MIT. Ask about our upcoming scholarship for class of 2013 freshmen! |
| 12:00pm-3:00pm | F | BBQ on the Putting Green | Delta Upsilon, 526 Beacon St., Boston | There are many reasons to have a putting green for a front lawn - Saturday afternoon BBQ hangouts are one of them. Come grill up some brats, burgers, and dogs. |
| 12:00pm-4:00pm | DP | MacGregor House Tours | MacGregor House (W61) | Meet in the front lobby to embark on a magical journey through the hallowed halls of MacGregor. |
| 12:15pm | F | Fajitas At Epsilon Theta | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | Come have lunch at Epsilon Theta and eat delicious fajitas with a side of sweet potato fries and brownies for dessert! Vegetarian options are always available. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver van to ET. |
| 12:17pm | D | Dumplings en masse | Random Hall (NW61) | Come and find out that you don't actually have to traipse to Mary Chung's or Royal East to make and eat these tasty food items, affectionately called ravs by Bostoners. |
| 12:30pm-1:00pm | *P | Overview of TechCASH & Dining Dollars | Student Center (W20), 2nd Floor, Lobdell Dining Hall | Two 30-minute presentations beginning at 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm. TechCASH and Dining Dollars are MIT debit accounts, a.k.a the "Campus Currency." Attend this presentation to learn more about TechCASH and Dining Dollars, how to fund these accounts, and about how students use these accounts on campus. |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | S | Sailing with the Ski Team | MIT Sailing Pavilion (Building 51) | If you missed the boat at noon, come join us for the next trip off the dock! Or enjoy lunch while you're waiting. A lot of skiers are sailors... and a lot of sailors are skiers. We want to hang out with you! (Weather permitting.) |
| 12:44pm-1:00pm | GO | Dhuhr (Midday) Prayer | Religious Activities Center, Building W11 | Join the Muslim Students Association for Dhuhr (Midday) Prayer. |
| 1:00pm | F | BBQ at LCA | Lambda Chi Alpha, 99 Bay State Rd., Boston | Come chill with the brothers of LCA at our sweet house, located a block from Fenway in Kenmore Square. Find out how MIT's finest athletes enjoy spending their Saturday afternoons. |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | S | Sailing with the Ski Team | MIT Sailing Pavilion (Building 51) | One more invitation to be chauffeured along the Charles while chatting with members of the MIT Alpine Ski Team. See you soon! (Weather permitting.) |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | *O | Student Activities Fair | Johnson Athletics Center, Building W34 | MIT has more than 400 student activity groups, many of which will be on hand at the Activities Fair to answer your questions. |
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | ARF | Determinism, Ethics and Fate | The Number Six Club, 428 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | A discussion with Professor Richard Holton, author of Willing, Wanting, Waiting, Oxford University Press. Believing in determinism makes people act badly. Many conflate determinism with fatalism, and come to think that any good actions will make no difference to the world. Number Six Club (Delta Psi) is located between Burton-Conner and MacGregor. |
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | F | Legendary Korean BBQ | Phi Delta Theta, 97 Bay State Rd., Boston | The cooks have traveled thousands of miles. The recipes have been handed down through the generations. Our Korean BBQ is legen... wait for it... dary. |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm | SF | Sports on Briggs Field with SigEp | Briggs Field | Join the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon for touch football, ultimate frisbee, soccer, and more on Briggs field (between Simmons and MacGregor). (Rain location: MAC courts in the Z-center.) |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm | F | Billiards and Darts Tournament | Theta Chi, 528 Beacon St., Boston | Do you have what it takes to sink the 8 ball and hit the bull's eye. If you do we have prizes with your name on them. We're a short walk (or Saferide ride) across the bridge to Boston and then a right on Beacon St. |
| 1:00pm-5:00pm | DO | German House Food | New House (W70), Main Floor | Not particularly German, but definitely tasty. Enjoy what makes our dorm special--food. No where else will you find such diverse treats as orange cookies, crepes, brigadeiros, lentil rice, carrot halva, bread,..., and the list goes on. Come sample the House specialties. |
| 1:00pm-5:00pm | D | Tubular Tie Dye | McCormick Hall (W4), Courtyard | Retro colors + sunshine = Totally rad tie-dye t-shirts. Groovy, yo. |
| 1:00pm-7:00pm | FP | When You Grow Up | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Our alumni have some awesome jobs such as founding X-Prize, owning an exotic car company, and many more. Come meet them as they talk about how MIT has affected their lives and some of the cool things they do for their jobs. Parents are encouraged to come. |
| 1:17pm | D | Pillow fight | Random Hall (NW61) | You keep what you kill. |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm | D | Ballroom Dancing Lessons | Next House (W71) | Want to learn some smooth moves? Want to dance but have two left feet? Come to Next House and learn a wide variety of ballroom dances: the elegant waltz, the saucy rumba, and the party-like hustle. Classes are intended for beginners and dress is casual. Come alone or with friends and dance the night away. |
| 1:30pm-4:00pm | F | Dodgeball Tournament | Kappa Sigma, 407 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Dodge, Dip, Duck, and Dive your way to victory with this year's IM Champion Dodgeballers. Play for pride and prizes on mixed teams--just try not to be on Flynn's team. We'll meet at our house before heading across the street to the Tennis Courts. |
| 1:47pm | D | Integration Bee | Random Hall (NW61) | Like a spelling bee, but with more integrals and less spelling. |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | D | EAST CAMPUS PREPARES FOR WAR | East Campus Courtyard (between Buildings 62 and 64) | Come fill water balloons, get your war paint on and shove a giant dinosaur towards the line of battle. |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | D | Late Risers Breakfast | Senior House (E2), Courtyard | Missed all the other breakfasts? Well come get some pancakes, orange juice, bacon, and lots of butter - all made with love. Come eat and ask us questions about MIT. |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | O | Mirror Walk with the MIT Lion Dance Club | In front of the Stratton Student Center (W20) | Play with our heads, bang on our drums, and get a little dirty....You've never danced quite like this before! Snacks and drinks will be served after in W20-439. (Rain location: Student Center 3rd Floor Lobby) |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | O | International Development Scavenger Hunt! | Meet in 77 Mass. Ave., Lobby 10 | Join the Global Poverty Initiative (GPI) for a scavenger hunt! Get to know the MIT campus and your building numbers while testing your knowledge of international development and learning about poverty-fighting initiatives at MIT. Start the fun in Lobby 10. Movies will be awarded as prizes for the top three participants. |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | S | MIT Crew Open House | Pierce Boathouse (W8) | Come down to Pierce Boathouse on Saturday afternoon to check out the men's and women's varsity rowing programs. No experience is necessary to try out for the team. Chat with the coaches, take a tour and grab a snack. |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | *DP | Housemasters' Receptions | Various Undergraduate Residences | Still have questions for Housemasters? You are invited to receptions in Baker House, Burton-Conner House and Simmons Hall to meet their Housemasters and ask questions about life in MIT's residences. Check at the front desk of these three houses for room location. Complete information will also be available at the Housemasters' Residential Living Panel for Parents at 10:15am Saturday in Room 10-250. |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | F | Pickup Football With DKE | Delta Kappa Epsilon, 403 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Meet up with the brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon for some Saturday afternoon pickup football out on nearby Briggs Field. |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | F | Barbeque at PBE | Phi Beta Epsilon, 400 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Come get food fresh off the grill as the Brothers of PBE show you how we hold it down on the weekends. While you're here, let us show you the house or give you a DJ lesson. |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | DP | MacGregor House Tours | MacGregor House (W61) | Meet in the front lobby to embark on a magical journey through the hallowed halls of MacGregor. |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | DP | Baker House Dorm Tours | Baker House (W7), Lobby | Another opportunity to take a tour of the architectural masterpiece known as Baker House! Our guides will show you our facilities, rooms, dining hall and much more! |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | DP | Taste of New House / Tours | New House (W70) | Come experience all of the various communities of New House, and while you're at it, get a taste of them too -- from Popeye's chicken to French pastries, each house has their own flavor to offer. We've even got a hot dog eating contest and a videogame tournament! |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | *DP | Residence Open Houses/Tours | Undergraduate Dormitories | Visit the undergraduate dorms, take tours, and find out as much as you can about each of your unique living options for next year. Prefrosh and parents are strongly encouraged to move from dorm to dorm on their own. For those who wish for more structure, guides will be available at each dorm's front desk to help you navigate from one dorm to the next. See schedule below for specific times and events at various dorms. |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | D | Simmons Hall Dorm Tours | Simmons Hall (W79) | Come check out Simmons Hall! |
| 2:30pm | S | What to do with Ski Racing Equipment and no snow... | Briggs Field | Come out and play with the MIT Ski Team! We're prepared to race you, joust with you, maybe build something no one has ever seen before. No telling what might happen, so come find out! |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | D | EAST SIDE WATER WAR | East Campus (62), Senior House (E2) | JINGOISM! HURRAH! |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm | FO | Jr. Panhellenic Arts and Games Mixer | Student Center, 4th Floor, Room W20-491 | Join the ladies of Panhellenic as our Jr. Panhel women show us a great time! We will be decorating Panhel bags, playing fun party games (pin the tail on the donkey, twister, and more!), eating great food, and answering your questions about being a sorority woman at MIT. |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm | PO | First Annual Professor Talent Show | Room 35-225 | SaveTFP Presents... the First Annual Professor Talent Show! Come watch MIT professors compete against each other to prove which major dominates over all the rest. Will Course 6 be the victor? Will it be 18? Who can predict the end of such a widely contested competition? Don't miss out! |
| 2:47pm | D | Boffing on the roofdeck | Random Hall (NW61) | Come beat your friends over the head with foam swords. Maybe even gain enough experience to level up. |
| 3:00pm | S | Don't Look Up! | Briggs Field | MIT Ski Team's favorite game! Engage in a vertical snowball fight and hope you don't get hit! |
| 3:00pm | D | Bexley Dorm Tour | Bexley Hall (W13), Courtyard | Come learn about living at Bexley. |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | D | Tire Swing Tutorials and Barbeque | Senior House (E2), Courtyard | Come learn how to use the infamous Senior Haus tire swing from our master tire swinger/GRT. FREE Barbeque included. |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | DP | Dorm Tours: Visit Next House | Next House (W71) | Come on a tour of one of the friendliest dorms on campus! Our eight wings all have their own subcultures, joining together to form the warm community that is Next House. |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | DP | Q&A Session | Burton-Conner House (W51), Porter Room | Whatever questions you have about dorm life, real live MIT students, or college in general, put us to the test. (Trust us, we've had plenty of practice with tests!) Both parents and prefrosh welcome! |
| 3:00pm-4:15pm | SP | The Scholar Athlete at MIT | Room 10-250 | MIT varsity athletes contribute significantly to the vibrancy of our community, bringing excellence to the field, the classroom, the pool, and the lab. Join us for a panel discussion of what it's like to be a varsity athlete at MIT, and the amazing opportunities available to student athletes here on campus. Refreshments to follow. |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | RO | Marching Band Tour of Campus | Meet at the Student Center Steps (W20) | Tired of boring tours? Join the MIT Marching Band for our Marching Tour of Campus and get a Band's-eye-view of MIT. We can lend you an instrument and music if you'd like to play along. Or, feel free to just tag along and enjoy the ride. All levels of musical and marching experience welcomed! |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | AO | Traders@MIT Open Outcry | Room 10-105 | Come join the Traders@MIT for an exciting open outcry trading simulation. Experience how stock trading was done in the days before computers, when traders shouted at each other in the trade pits. |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | RO | Anime Shorts Marathon | Room 2-105 | MIT Anime Club presents four notable shorts. "Chocolate Underground" - Child rebels combat a chocolate-banning totalitarian government. "Shanghai Dragon/Baby Blue" - Two works from the Genius Party compilation, which provide prolific anime directors free reign to create original mini-movies. "Axis Powers Hetalia" - World War II with quirky young men instead of countries. Chocolate foodstuffs will be provided. |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | F | Sports with PiLam | Briggs Field (across from Simmons Hall) | Burn off all the free food calories you have consumed this weekend by joining the brothers of Pi Lambda Phi on Briggs Field to play the sport of your choice. We will be playing an assortment of outdoor sports including ultimate frisbee, football, soccer, and softball. |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | RPO | WMBR Open House | Room 50-030 (Basement on the Memorial Drive side of Walker Memorial, Building 50) | Come check out WMBR, MIT's student-run radio station that broadcasts all over the Boston area! See our enormous record library and our two studios. Learn how you can get a show of your own. You'll even have the chance to pick out a couple songs to play and introduce on the air. Meet us at our Activity Fair booth in W34 at 3pm to walk over. |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | D | Capture the Duck | Simmons Hall (W79) | This is a twist on a classic game involving hidden rubber ducks and hitting your friends with foam pool noodles. Participants will get a free Simmons Hall water bottle! |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | O | BOBAfest | McCormick Hall (W4), Dining Hall | Liked the boba we handed out at the Welcome Festival? Have no clue what boba is? Come join the Association of Taiwanese Students (ATS) for some home-cooked fun - chug boba, shoot boba, play games with boba! If you love good food as much as we do, YOU BETTER NOT MISS OUT!! |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | O | International Desserts Reception | McCormick Hall (W4), Green Living Room | Join us to learn about Model United Nations, international relations, and sample a variety of international desserts! We host events on campus, organize an annual high school conference, and attend conferences from as close as Boston to as far as Beijing and Geneva! Visit web.mit.edu/airmun for additional information. All levels of experience welcome! |
| 3:00pm-5:30pm | F | Roofdeck BBQ | Nu Delta, 460 Beacon St., Boston | Enjoy a steak burger on our waterfront roofdeck overlooking the Charles. Fine food, finer conversation and the best jams. |
| 3:00pm-7:00pm | O | Alpha Phi Omega Service Stories | Student Center, 4th Floor, Room W20-415 | Wonder why a giant screw was on the dome? Want to see a working letterpress? Curious about silkscreening? Come find out about the varied activities of MIT's Community Service fraternity in our office in the Student Center. |
| 3:00pm-7:00pm | O | The Tech Open House | Student Center, 4th Floor, The Tech's newsroom (Room W20-483) | Explore MIT's "School of Journalism" - The Tech. Stroll on over to the office in the student center to play with expensive photo equipment, read the code of the first newspaper on the web, and meet writers and editors to find out how you can be a part of tomorrow's headline stories. Scrumptious food will be provided. |
| 3:14pm-5:00pm | DP | McCormick Dorm Tours (&pi) | McCormick Hall (W4) | There's a pi on every floor. Pies for anyone who can point out every single one. |
| 3:17pm | D | D&D One-Shot | Random Hall (NW61) | You're sitting in a lounge with a bunch of other prefrosh you barely know. In your hands are a character sheet and some pretty multicolored dice. Roleplay accordingly. |
| 3:30pm | S | Race the MIT Ski Team! | Briggs Field | Show off your slalom skills side by side with members of the MIT Ski Team! We've set a race course and you're invited to run it. We'll teach you how if you don't know. Just pretend you're wearing skis and we're going down a snowy hill. As for competition and fun? We've got that. |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | D | Phoenix Group Scavenger Hunt | New Ashdown House (NW35) | After doing one of our dorm tours, put your noggins to the test and see how well you remember our dorm in a scavenger hunt! |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | RSO | Traditional Korean Drum Practice | Student Center, 4th Floor, Room W20-407 | "Oori" is a group that performs pungmul, an ancient traditional Korean art form involving drumming, dancing, and singing. Join us for beginner's practice. |
| 3:30pm-5:30pm | D | 7th Annual Miss Ugly Pageant | East Campus (62), Talbot Lounge | A pageant for the Intentionally Ugly, Untalented, and Obnoxious, this contest is open to anyone at all, especially pre-frosh! Join the residents of East Campus and Senior House as they watch contestants strut their worst onstage. Will YOU be CPW's Miss Ugly 2009!? (Costumes on hand for last-minute entrants.) |
| 3:30pm-5:30pm | O | How It's Made: The News | Student Center, 4th Floor, The Tech's newsroom (Room W20-483) | Ever wonder where the news comes from? The Tech's news editors pull back the curtain from how the news is made. Along the way, we'll highlight some of journalism's triumphs (and blunders). |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | *T | Campus Tour | Student Center, 2nd Floor | Departing on the hour and the half hour from Wiesner Student Art Gallery. |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | D | Zombie Defense | Senior House (E2), Courtyard | Zombies are an imminent danger to the human race. Come learn about what to do when the dawn of the dead comes. |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | F | Cannoli Taste Off | Kappa Sigma, 407 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Whether you're a cannoli connoisseur or can't tell between a cannoli and a croccante, you don't want to miss this showdown between Mike's and Modern Pastry. We'll be bringing samples of this popular Italian-American dessert from the best pastry shops in the North End so you can make up your own mind. |
| 4:00pm-5:45pm | *M | Minority Student Barbeque | Kresge BBQ Pits (outside W16) | Come enjoy some of Boston's best barbeque! MIT students of color will be on hand to share their experiences about life at MIT. |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | GO | LDSSA Jello Eating Contest! | Religious Activities Center (W11), Small Dining Room | The MIT Latter-day Saint Student Association is sponsoring a jello eating contest. Why? We're not sure; it just seemed like a good idea. Eat as much jello (or vegetarian jello) as possible in the time allotted and win prizes! |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | F | Wallball @ TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Got game? We do. Try to prove us wrong. |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | D | BBQ & Sports | Burton-Conner House (W51), Burton-side BBQ pits | Moar free food! And you have a choice of burning calories or consuming them (while having fun doing both, of course). |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | F | PBE: Learn to DJ | Phi Beta Epsilon Rooftop, 400 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | PBE is host to 4 professional DJs. Come let DJ SINcere or one of the other three show you how to hold down the turntables. If you catch on quickly, you might get an invite to help DJ our party tonight! |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | DP | Taste of Cambridge | McCormick Hall (W4), Dining Hall | Come lick the streets of Cambridge with the cool kids. An Assortment of Dinner Entrees from various restaurants near our beloved MIT. We have THAI, MEXICAN, INDIAN, ITALIAN, and MORE YUMMIES. |
| 4:00pm-7:00pm | D | Korean Barbeque at Next | Next House (W71) | Ever had Korean Barbeque? Pork, beef, chicken, spicy stuff - it's good. Come enjoy the best dinner CPW has to offer. |
| 4:00pm-7:00pm | D | Carnival at Next | Next House (W71), Courtyard | Come to Next House's courtyard for hours of entertainment! With a dunk tank, cotton candy, popcorn, tie-dye, and carnival games, there's absolutely no shortage of fun. The only thing missing is you! |
| 4:00pm-7:00pm | F | Red Sox Tailgate BBQ | Phi Sigma Kappa, 487 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Grab a burger and hang out as the Red Sox crowd passes by on its way to the game at Fenway Park, just down the street. Stay to watch the game on our 51" TV. Third stop on Saferide Boston West. |
| 4:15pm | F | Improv | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | It's surprising how easily a group of people can entertain themselves with nothing but their wits and a stick of celery. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver Van to Epsilon Theta. |
| 4:17pm | D | LN2 Ice Cream | Random Hall (NW61) | I am invincible! |
| 4:31pm-5:00pm | GO | Asr (Afternoon) Prayer | Religious Activities Center, Building W11 | Join the Muslim Students Association for Asr (Afternoon) Prayer. |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | D | Club Cute Pinatas | Senior House (E2), Courtyard | Come beat our specially themed pinatas to get candy and fun gifts. |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | F | The Lie-Off! | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Why settle for a half-truth, when no truth will do just fine? Get the finest BS from an accredited institution! MIT's expert orators will entice your ears and defy your senses! |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | RP | Sound of Anatolia | Room 3-133 | Anatolia has hosted numerous cultures throughout history. This duo performance (Burkay Gur and Burak Tekin) is going to present to you a selection of music that carries feelings of love, joy and sorrow in different languages spoken in Anatolia. Brought to you by the MIT Turkish Student Association. |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | FP | Balanced Man Scholarship Information Session | Room 4-149 | Come find out more about the $5,000 Balanced Man Scholarship which will be open to all undergraduate men and women attending MIT during the '09-'10 school year. Hosted by the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon. |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | O | Law Panel | Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys | If you are interested in Law at all, the MIT Law Club is for you! Come check us out. |
| 5:00pm-7:00pm | F | Gaming time! | Alpha Delta Phi, 351 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge | Do you enjoy Rockband? Brawl? Halo 3? On a large screen? We dare you to beat our highscores!! |
| 5:00pm-7:00pm | F | Pizza and Wings at Theta Chi | Theta Chi, 528 Beacon St., Boston | If you like pizza and delectable wings you will want to be here. We're a short walk (or Saferide ride) across the bridge to Boston and then a right on Beacon St. |
| 5:00pm-8:00pm | F | Latino Cuisine | Theta Xi, 64 Bay State Rd., Boston | Come join the brothers for an evening of foods from all over Latin America. Whether you're craving some Mexican carne asada (roasted beef) or some Cuban Moros y Cristianos (rice and beans), the brothers will help you eat right - Latin style! |
| 5:15pm | S | Come out for Mexican with the Ski Team! | Meet at the Student Center steps (W20) | One of the MIT Ski Team's favorite traditions during the season is going out to dinner at a great Mexican place in Manchester, NH. We can't take you that far, but we'll do the next best thing. Join us for dinner at Border Cafe in Harvard Square tonight! Meet at the Student Center Steps (W20) and we'll go from there. |
| 5:15pm | F | Teriyaki At Epsilon Theta | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | Come eat beef teriyaki with scallion pancakes and jasmine rice! We always have vegetarian options. And for dessert we'll be having pie! Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver van to ET. |
| 5:17pm | D | Duct tape construction | Random Hall (NW61) | What CAN'T you make out of duct tape? We challenge you to find something - and we'll help make it happen. |
| 5:30pm-6:30pm | OM | "About Business" Minority Mixer | Student Center, Latino Cultural Center (Basement, Room W20-028) | Looking toward the corporate world in the future? Interested in learning and experiencing more in the field of business? Come Join the Minority MBA Association for our first Annual "About Business" CPW Mixer!!! See exactly what opportunities are available for undergraduates and where our MIT education has taken us so far. Desserts and beverages will be served. |
| 5:30pm-8:30pm | *P | Featured House Dining for Parents | Baker House (W7) | Check out MIT's House Dining options in Baker House (W7-100). Bring your CPW Parent Meal Voucher (available at registration) and your meal is free! |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm | D | Niece Jemima | Senior House (E2), Lobby | Come decorate and consume delicious cookies. Come on over to Senior House. |
| 6:00pm-7:30pm | *RP | CPW Closing Remarks and Variety Show | Kresge Auditorium, Building W16 | The last send-off and our chance to bid you adieu as you head back home. In addition, come watch various MIT talent perform for you - including hip-hop, Indian, and breakdancing, a cappella, juggling, drumming, and more! We hope you enjoyed your MIT experience! |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | D | Mexican Food at Simmons | Simmons Hall (W79), Dining Area | Come see the Simmons dining hall at a scrumptious sit-down dinner catered by Qdoba. |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | F | Mexican Fiesta | Sigma Phi Epsilon, 518 Beacon St., Boston | We're serving Mexican food at SigEp. Grab dinner with the bros before the Latin Dance Party starts. Our house is the one with the big red door - first stop on the Boston West or East Saferide. |
| 6:00pm-8:30pm | *P | Featured House Dining for Parents | Baker House (W7) | Check out MIT's House Dining options in Baker House (W7-100). Bring your CPW Parent Meal Voucher (available at registration) and your meal is free! |
| 6:00pm-10:00pm | F | Guitar Hero Tournament | Student House, 111 Bay State Rd., Boston | Come play guitar hero with the best MIT players around. See one of the coolest MIT dorms in Boston while you are at it! Lots of giveaways, prizes and dumplings. See you there! |
| 6:00pm-11:00pm | O | Tour the Tech Nickel Plate Railroad | Room N52-118 (Next to the MIT Museum) | Come see the work of 62 years of hacking! Our model railroad features a detailed miniature city, fifteen scale miles of track, and custom computer hardware and software that does everything from running trains to playing Tetris on a building! Try your hand at running a train or building some scenery. Join us for dinner at 7:00. |
| 6:17pm | D | Roofdeck BBQ | Random Hall (NW61) | Burgers are overdone. We're gonna grill us some steak tips and kabobs. The vegetarian option is to starve. |
| 6:22pm | D | Vegetarian Coup D'etat | Random Hall (NW61) | We now eat plants. Short plants, tall plants, even plants with chubby feet. |
| 6:30pm-7:30pm | F | Sushi Boat Dinner at pika | pika, 69 Chestnut St., Cambridge | Come over to pika for a home-made sushi boat dinner! Select your sushi off of plates floating in a moat on the dining room table (vegan/vegetarian options available). Show up early to help make sushi (beginners welcome) and stick around afterward for a house tour to see our treehouse, firepole, and our awesome house. Call pika front desk phone at 617-492-6983 for directions/questions. |
| 6:30pm-7:30pm | F | Steak Dinner @ DU | Delta Upsilon, 526 Beacon St., Boston | Put some hair on your chest with some char-grilled goodies from Master Chef Dave Zeno. Stick around afterwards to try your luck at billiards or cards. |
| 6:30pm-7:30pm | F | Dinner at Zeta Psi | Zeta Psi, 233 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge | Looking for a warm, home cooked meal? Come enjoy a delicious family style dinner prepared by the Brothers of Zeta Psi. |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | OM | Association of Puerto Rican Students (APR) Dinner | Stata Center (32), 4th Floor, R & D Commons | Come and meet the Puerto Ricans at MIT! (And if that's not enough, there will be tons of tasty Puerto Rican food.) |
| 6:30pm-9:00pm | OM | Cantando Por Un Sueno | Student Center, Latino Cultural Center (Basement, Room W20-028) | Come relax, enjoy Hispanic food, and meet the Latinos of MIT! We'll have karaoke and will be playing games. Traigan a sus amigos para una noche de diversion con los miembros del Centro Cultural Latino y MIT-SHPE (the MIT Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)! |
| 7:00pm-8:00pm | D | Murder Mystery! | New House (W70), House 6, 5th Floor | Was it Claire, in the kitchen, with a graduated cylinder? Or was it Justin in the lounge with a slide rule? Come meet les personnes de French House and find out! |
| 7:00pm-8:00pm | F | Dinner with Beta | Beta Theta Pi, 119 Bay State Rd., Boston | Enjoy an amazing dinner at Beta. Beta is the 5th stop on the Boston West Saferide. |
| 7:00pm-8:30pm | *P | Featured House Dining for Parents | Baker House (W7) | Check out MIT's House Dining options in Baker House (W7-100). Bring your CPW Parent Meal Voucher (available at registration) and your meal is free! |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | F | Dinner @ TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Join us as the brothers prepare dinner. |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | O | Rock Out with The Tech | Student Center, 4th Floor, The Tech's newsroom (Room W20-483) | Join us for a variety of games: Rock Band 2, Halo 3, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and a variety of other games on our 50-inch TV and 125-inch projector screen. |
| 7:00pm-10:00pm | F | PiLam Poker After Dark | Pi Lambda Phi, 450 Beacon St., Boston | Think you're a poker champ? Want to win some prizes? Take on some other MIT prefrosh and the brothers of Pi Lambda Phi in a friendly poker tournament. We'll provide the food and drinks. You provide your best game face. We'll be giving out an iPod Touch, gift cards, and more. |
| 7:00pm-10:00pm | F | Watch the Red Sox Game at DKE | Delta Kappa Epsilon, 403 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Come by the house of Delta Kappa Epsilon Saturday night to watch Red Sox play the Orioles since you won't catch NESN or ESPN on cable. |
| 7:00pm-11:00pm | FOM | iLL ViBes | New House (W70), House 1, 3rd Floor Lounge | An open mic experience... A night of spoken word, poetry, music, etc. |
| 7:17pm | D | Chainmail | Random Hall (NW61) | Chainmail has been around since BEFORE YOU WERE BORN! And, well, a long time before that. Come and learn how to make awesome armor (or pretty cool jewelry, if that's what you're into). |
| 7:30pm-8:00pm | GO | Maghrib (Evening) Prayer | Religious Activities Center, Building W11 | Join the Muslim Students Association for Maghrib (Evening) Prayer. |
| 7:30pm-8:30pm | F | Hsin-Hsin Chinese Dinner | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Breakfast for dinner time. |
| 7:30pm-9:00pm | P | Parent Connector Saturday Night Drop-In | Barker Library Reading Room (Room 10-500) | Join parents of other admitted students for an informal gathering hosted by the Chair of the MIT Parent Connectors. |
| 7:30pm-10:00pm | D | SCIENCE! ART! SCIENCE! | East Campus (62), Talbot Lounge | HomeBrew Chemistry REAL ART erotic sewing ELECTRONICS acetate SOLDERING pretentiousness SCIENCE |
| 7:30pm-10:00pm | GO | Swing Dancing with Campus Crusade for Christ | Religious Activities Center (W11), Main Dining Room | Want to learn how to swing dance? Take some time to learn with Campus Crusade for Christ. We'll have plenty of drinks and desserts too! Head to W11 (near the MIT Chapel) for tons of swing dancing fun. |
| 7:47pm | D | Storytime with cruft | Random Hall (NW61) | cruft, n.- code, data, or software of poor quality. Also: fluff, detritus and MIT alumni. Come learn of ye oldenn tymes from the ancient ones. |
| 7:55pm | F | Swing Dancing | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | Even if you've never danced a step in your life, our resident dancers will teach you some swing dancing basics. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver Van to Epsilon Theta. |
| 8:00pm-1:00am | D | MacGregor Games Night and Pizza | MacGregor House (W61), Recreation Room/TV Room | Come to MacGregor House for a night of games and free pizza. We'll have Rock Band, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, air hockey, pool, ping pong and more. |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm | RPO | Roadkill Buffet presents: The CPW Improv Show! | Room 6-120 | Come see MIT's premiere improv troupe, Roadkill Buffet in action! If you like the funny or are in the mood for a good chuckle, how can you say no to free improv comedy? |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | RDPO | Next Act presents "Sweet Charity" | Next House (W71), Tastefully Furnished Lounge | Come see Next Act's production of this hilarious musical comedy, featuring call-girls, movie stars, preachers, and romance! This year marks Next Act's 25th anniversary, and we invite you to come celebrate with us! Tickets are free and will be available at the door. |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | D | New House Carnival | New House (W70) | We may not be able to recreate the feeling of pure euphoria the carnival used to represent in your childhood lives, but we do have cotton candy and a snow cone machine. Also, a clown (we hear he juggles!). |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | RO | Paint a Wall Mural in the ESP Office!!! | Student Center, 4th Floor, W20-467 | Most MIT walls are boring white, off-white, or blue. Luckily, after numerous studies, surveys, and simulations, the Educational Studies Program (ESP) has discovered an elegant solution: give paintbrushes and copious amounts of paint to prefrosh! Previous artistic experience not required - we just like paint. Also, we'll have Indian food!!! ...and (gasp!) fresh fruit!!! |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | F | Baking and eating desserts with TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Got a sweet tooth? Just love to eat sweets? Join us making desserts. |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | F | Jam Session with TDC | Theta Delta Chi, 372 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Rock out with TDC as we open up our band room. Come to sing, play or just enjoy the environment. |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | D | Game Show Night | Burton-Conner House (W51), TV Lounge | Are you one of those people who shouts the answer at the TV while watching Jeopardy? Did you always wish you were Bachelor #2? Now you have your chance to be the star! |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | G | Preview Praise | Room E51-315 | Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully and shout for joy." (Psalm 33, verses 2 and 3) Join the Christian Music Ensemble in musical praise to God, as well as prayer for our world, our nation and our campus. |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | F | Reading Lolita in Number Six | The Number Six Club (Delta Psi), 428 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Lounge on our roofdeck and listen to Lolita. We all need to brush up on our Nabakov once in a while, but coffee and delicious pastries make it bearable. If clear skies, let the evening air amuse you, otherwise our study will be filled with discussion. Between Burton-Conner & MacGregor. |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | F | Graffiti Skills | Phi Sigma Kappa, 487 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | We've got the spray paint, you bring the mad skillz (or just give it a try). Come tag our walls as we get ready for the epic party to follow. Third stop on Saferide Boston West. |
| 8:00pm-11:00pm | F | Pizza/Smoothies/Video Games!! | Sigma Nu, 28 The Fenway, Boston | Wondering where the best pizza places to get pizza in Boston are? Well we've got a huge variety being delivered to our house! Come stop by and try the variety, grab some desserts, and play some video games!! |
| 8:00pm-11:00pm | F | Theta Xi Casino Night and Smoothies | Theta Xi, 64 Bay State Rd., Boston | Come enjoy a night in Vegas as we host our annual CPW night of games, smoothies, and (of course) tons of PRIZES! Enjoy a cool smoothie as you let it ride in craps or double down in blackjack, then cash in your chips for a chance to win DVDs and more. We'll even be giving away an iPod! |
| 8:00pm-11:30pm | RFO | 7th Annual Battle of the Bands | Student Center, 2nd Floor, Lobdell Dining Hall | Ten MIT and Boston area bands compete in front of a live audience for prizes and bragging rights. From metal to hip-hop, the bands represent a diverse spectrum of the Boston independent music scene. All proceeds will benefit the Children's Hospital of Boston. Free food and ice cream with price of admission ($4 for prefrosh)! |
| 8:00pm-11:30pm | F | Latin Dance Party | Sigma Phi Epsilon, 518 Beacon St., Boston | Come learn how to dance to the hottest Latin styles. We'll be playing salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton. Lessons start at 8, but the dancing runs till 11:30. |
| 8:30pm-12:00am | F | The Boston Cream Party | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Get desserted at TEP and sample Boston's indigenous delicacies! A feast of epic distortions! Eat more than you distended! Maximize dWeight/dMeal at TEP! |
| 8:30pm-10:00pm | O | Trip to JP Licks on Newbury St. | Meet at Religious Activities Center, W11, Lobby | Treat your taste buds to the finest ice cream Boston has to offer! We'll head over from the Hillel Jewish Student center as a group and cross the Charles River to enter the land flowing with milk, ice cream, and honey. |
| 8:30pm-10:30pm | O | Dumpling Eating Contest | McCormick Hall (W4), Country Kitchen | Come join Chinese Students' Club for our traditional CPW event: the Dumpling Eating Contest! There will be two rounds of competition for the first to eat 20 dumplings. Sign-ups are first come first serve! There will be lots of refreshments even for those that are not participating in the event! ALL MIT STUDENTS AND PRE-FROSH WELCOME! |
| 8:47pm | D | Tea and Math | Random Hall (NW61) | Oh, the exquisite aroma of quadratic reciprocity! |
| 9:00pm-12:00am | D | Baking and Chick Flicks at Simmons | Simmons Hall (W79), Country Kitchen | Spend some time baking yummy food in Simmons' country kitchen. Then sit down and enjoy with a girly movie in the Night Cafe. |
| 9:00pm-12:00am | D | MARIO KARTESIAN? | McCormick Hall (W4), Penthouse | Join us for a night of fun board games and video games (featuring the all-mighty Wii). ATP (food) will be provided. We know how tiring gaming can be. |
| 9:00pm-1:00am | D | Phoenix Group Game Night | New Ashdown House (NW35) | We have Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Halo, DDR, as well as hundreds of board games like Monopoly (Star Wars version, w00t), Scrabble, Equate (math version of Scrabble), etc. See if you can beat Dom, one of our residents who is ranked online for Guitar Hero! |
| 9:00pm-2:00am | F | NDurance | Nu Delta, 460 Beacon St., Boston | Can't stop, won't stop - at Nu Delta we never call it a night. We keep the hottest hip hop and R&B playin' all day, all night long - with Monster Energy to keep you going. Think you can last the night? Come see if you've got the NDurance. |
| 9:00pm-10:00pm | F | Last Night | Phi Kappa Theta, 229 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Before partying the last night of CPW away, recharge with root beer floats and smoothies at PKT. |
| 9:17pm | D | Pants pants revolution | Random Hall (NW61) | It's like DDR, but with more pants. Every time you win a game, you put on another pair of pants. How many pants can a human being possibly wear? Only science will tell. |
| 9:30pm-10:30pm | F | Exclamation Points!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | !!! |
| 9:47pm | D | Movies on the Roofdeck | Random Hall (NW61) | Demolition Man, Crank, and a surprise third feature. Popcorn will be provided. |
| 9:50pm-2:00am | F | PiLam Movie Marathon | Pi Lambda Phi, 450 Beacon St., Boston | After three days of nonstop running around, you are probably feeling exhausted. Come to Pi Lambda Phi and unwind with your favorite movies featuring MIT-like "Good Will Hunting," "James Bond", "Iron Man", "21" and more. We have a 106" projector screen guaranteed to make an incredible in-house movie experience. We're only one block east of the first stop on Saferide Boston East or West. |
| 9:55pm | F | Board Games and Fire (and S'mores) | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | Don't worry, the board games won't be on fire. Really, the fire was just there to catch your attention. We'll choose among classics like Settlers of Catan, Kill Doctor Lucky, Puerto Rico, Blokus, and many more. And, of course, we'll have s'mores. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver Van to Epsilon Theta. |
| 10:00pm-12:00am | D | Labyrinth Party | Senior House (E2), Basement | Come get lost in our nether regions. Get sweaty and have a great time - a miniature maze in the Senior Haus basement will lead you to a dance party. |
| 10:00pm-1:00am | F | Skullhouse Party | Phi Kappa Sigma, 530 Beacon St., Boston | CPW is almost over, if you still burn with enthusiasm unquenchable in this short weekend, come over to Skullhouse for one more night of dancing, music and good times. |
| 10:00pm-1:00am | D | East Campus Sweet Rave Party | East Campus Courtyard (between Buildings 62 and 64) | East Campus made this laser music light smoke bubble sensory overload party for YOU! |
| 10:00pm-1:00am | F | PBE Presents: Aftershock on the Roof | Phi Beta Epsilon Rooftop, 400 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Aftershock has been the biggest CPW party for 4 straight years. With the house DJs spinning tracks on our rooftop, you and girls from Harvard, Wellesley, BU, and (of course) MIT, can keep it that way. |
| 10:00pm-1:30am | D | Game Night | New House (W70), House 3, 5th Floor Lounge | Join us for a variety of games including favorites such as Rock Band, Taboo, Contact, and more! Snacks and drinks will be provided. :) |
| 10:00pm-2:00am | F | The Highlighter Party | Alpha Epsilon Pi, 155 Bay State Rd., Boston | Paint our friends, paint your friends, or paint your friends' friends. Join the brothers of AEPi and dance to the music of our live DJ spinning the latest hits while blacklights bathe you in our beautiful Boston home. Let us highlight your CPW like no one else...7th Stop Boston West! |
| 10:00pm-2:00am | F | JUNGLE party | Phi Delta Theta, 97 Bay State Rd., Boston | Welcome to the JUNGLE. Our three dance floors will be packed early. Our waterfall won't cool down this crazy hot party. |
| 10:00pm-2:00am | F | Graffiti Party | Phi Sigma Kappa, 487 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | Blacklights and highlighters. Your friends won't believe you when you tell them about MIT. End your CPW right at Phi Sig. Third stop on Boston West Saferide. |
| 10:30pm-12:30am | D | Dessert Night: Make-your-own Sundaes | Next House (W71) | Got a sweet tooth? Are you a chocoholic? Tired and hungry after your CPW adventures? Well it's not over yet! Come enjoy delectable desserts with current students and other prefrosh at Next House! |
| 10:30pm-1:30am | F | Top Gun Party at Sigma Chi | Sigma Chi, 532 Beacon St., Boston | Spend your Saturday night dancing and partying at Sigma Chi. We'll provide the aviators. We're a short walk (or Saferide ride) across the bridge to Boston and then a right on Beacon St. |
| 10:30pm-1:30pm | F | Highlighter VI Party: Glow-bal Meltdown | Theta Chi, 528 Beacon St., Boston | The 6th annual Theta Chi Highlighter party is brought to you by DJ Uso Kwazy. We will provide the shirts and highlighters. We're a short walk (or Saferide ride) across the bridge to Boston and then a right on Beacon St. |
| 10:30pm-11:00pm | F | TEP House Tour | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | TEP reveals its secrets to you and you alone! What will you see? The Batcave? The original net from Free Willy? Yes! This and more! |
| 10:47pm | D | Bubble wrap room | Random Hall (NW61) | Bubble wrap: it goes pop. We have an entire room of it. Come bounce off the walls! |
| 11:00pm-1:00am | D | La Casa Movie Night | New House (W70), House 3, Dining Area | Don't feel like dancing? Watch a movie and chill with us! |
| 11:00pm-1:00am | DO | 3 words. 1st word: 2 syllables. 2nd word: little word... | New House (W70), German House (House 6), 2nd Floor | Charades and cookies! Show your best charades skills with us. Homemade cookies and snacks will fuel your creativity! Beginners welcome. |
| 11:00pm-1:00am | D | Midnight Sports | Burton-Conner House (W51), Porter Room | Mini sports, at night. Who doesn't love Nerf balls and tiny Frisbees? |
| 11:00pm-3:00am | D | Late Night Cocoa, Cookies and Movies | New House (W70), House 6, 5th Floor Kitchen | Join us for some chocolat chaud and some cookies du chocolat, sur La Maison! Oh, et beaucoup des wicked weird French movies... |
| 11:00pm-11:30pm | F | Pink Floyd Layzor Lightshow! | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | TEP's world famous layzor lightshow, put through its paces by only the pinkest of Floyds! A computer orchestrated eye-stravaganza! |
| 11:00pm-11:30pm | F | More Exclamation Points! | Tau Epsilon Phi, 253 Commonwealth Ave., Boston | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 11:30pm-1:00am | F | Midnight Buffet | Kappa Sigma, 407 Memorial Dr., Cambridge | Not thinking about calling it a night, were you? Drop by the Kappa Sig stoop instead for a late-night snack, some pick-up basketball or that last match of fifa. |
| 11:47pm | D | Sweet Rave Party | Random Hall (NW61) | It's the end of the world as we know it, but you can dance if you want to. So walk this way - just don't get lost in the sandstorm. |
| 11:55pm | F | Bad Movie (Southland Tales) | Epsilon Theta, 259 St. Paul Street, Brookline | Some movies are truly works of art. And some .... aren't. Join us in admiring this colossally abysmal movie. Meet us in Lobby 7 to catch our Big Silver Van to Epsilon Theta. |
| 11:59pm-2:00am | F | Underground Capture the Flag | Meet at 77 Mass. Ave., Lobby 7 | Find the flag while exploring underground passageways of the MIT campus. Meet in Lobby 7 at midnight! Gatorade will be provided. |
| 11:59pm-2:00am | F | Infinite Dessert Tray | Theta Xi, 64 Bay State Rd., Boston | Is there such a thing as infinite dessert? No, but we will approach it. Stop by for an (almost) endless supply of delicious desserts and beverages. Cap off your CPW experience with a late night of decadent treats prepared by the brothers of Theta Xi. |