rex calendar: sunday 8/24

NW35: Young Money Milli Block Party

Get a taste of what it is to party at MIT before classes start. Come be captivated by our brand new dorm with our majestic new speakers. Let's bring down house as we let loose in the giant courtyard or just drop by to enjoy some classic block party food and drinks.

Burton-Conner: Build Your Own Water Weapon

Come build your own [fill in blank here] for the annual East vs. West Water War. Because engineering at 3 AM is the best kind of engineering.

Next House: OJ and Muffins

Start your day off right with some breakfast right in your friendly Next House Lounge.

Burton-Conner: Breakfast

Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids. Luckily, you still count as kids. Come grab some food before heading to Convocation.

East Campus: Courtyard Construction Antics

Join the race against the clock. We've got T-minus 10 hours till party time, and you can help make it happen right. We're not really just haphazardly throwing pieces of wood together... we just haven't slept in a long time. Come keep us from drilling into each others skulls, and learn to handle power tools yourself!

NW35: NW35 Tour Guides

Every hour, on the hour, a tour guide will be waiting for you at the student center (with a big sign that says NW35) to take you to NW35, the new dorm.

Senior House: BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON: BACON? BACON, BACON BACON! BACON. (BACON BACON.)

East Campus: Tour Guide Catch-and-Release Program

Come pick a tour guide from our holding pen. Don't worry, they won't bite (until November), and have had all the necessary shots for attendance at MIT. Learn about each of EC's unique halls, then try to guess where your guide normally dwells-- when not locked in a cage in the courtyard.

MacGregor House: Charles River Kayaking Sign-up and Dorm Tours

Already busier than you expected? Make sure you visit MacGregor to learn about and sign up for our first ever REX Charles River Kayaking Trip (trip to take place on Monday, 25 August)! While you’re here, learn more about MacGregor by going on a tour.

Simmons Hall: Housemaster Brunch and Tours

It’s pretty self-explanatory, but we cannot stress the magnitude of deliciousness only found in Simmons’ smoothies – a special recipe by our housemaster themselves, the Essigmans. Plus, what better way to see the concrete sponge than with a real Simmons resident as your tour guide and the quasi-guarantee you won’t get lost.

East Campus: Pink is the new Blonde

Natural is totally out. Dayglo is back! Electrify your tresses (but don't actually electrocute yourself, EC will get in a lot of trouble).

Senior House: Haus Tours

all day, but especially now! learn about Haus history, see murals, pet our cats, meet our quirky residents. tours led by upperclassman leave every five minutes from the lobby.

Baker House: Dorm Tours and Smoothies

We will have professionally trained guides leading groups on a tour of an architectural masterpiece known as Baker House! Groups leave every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour. After the tour come grab a smoothie and chat with some upperclassmen about life at MIT!

East Campus: Course 6 Indoctrination

Not everyone in EC is course 6; most of us do this for fun. Come see the allure of the field of electrical engineering as you construct your very own death ray.

MacGregor House: Recess!

Come relive the best moments of your childhood with four square, water skirmishes (ammo provided), and any other games that we dream up! We’ll even have juice boxes and other snacktime favorites.

McCormick: Dorm Tours

We'll show you all the great amenities of our dorm, including the dance studio, living rooms, the gym, penthouses, and more, as well as answer your questions about living in McCormick.

New House 3: "Boston Tour"

New to Boston or just want to learn more about it? Join Spanish House members and its GRT, Francisca, in an insightful tour of Boston and get to know your city from an Urban Studies Graduate Student's perspective. Remember to bring comfortable shoes and we hope to see you in the crowd.

Next House: Tye Dye and Free Love

Get into the psychedelic spirit by making your own tie dyed apparel. Enjoy smoothies and lots of love from enthusiastic-but-not-dangerous Nexties.

NW35: Birthday Party at NW35!

Come celebrate our birth as a new dorm with food and great company. Events will be going on throughout the day--check the schedule for details.

NW35: Airbrush Tattoos

Whether you want to look flashy, cool, or suave, these airbrush tattoos are the way to go.

NW35: Paintbrush Throwing

Are you artistic? Are you a throwing master? Do you just want to have a lot of fun? If you answered yes to any (or all), you should come join us in the creation of a wonderful masterpiece!

NW35: Paintbrush Throwing

Are you artistic? Are you a throwing master? Do you just want to have a lot of fun? If you answered yes to any (or all), you should come join us in the creation of a wonderful masterpiece!

Senior House:Uncle Penver takes the Kids to the Garment District

experience a crusty Senior Haus legend for the last time while visiting your local source for vintage clothes, hairdye, costumes and other weird stuff. home of the dollar-a-pound.

Random Hall: College Student Food

We hope you're enjoying all the free food, but the hectic MIT lifestyle doesn't always allow for fine cuisine. Let us take things a little more down to Earth for a bit. Ramen, grilled cheese, and hot pockets oh my!

East Campus: Course 2 Indoctrination (power tools seminar)

In our last installment of our Indoctrination seminar series, you learned about why course 6 is the best major. Now learn why course 2 is even better. We'll teach you how to keep your limbs intact and your screws unstripped. Then take your new skills and help out the upperclassmen with their wooden rides and projects!

New House: Dorm Tours

Come and explore the 9 houses that make up MIT's most multicultural dorm. Snacks will be served!

Senior House: How Does I Talk Internets

it's serious business. Learn about memes, (this is what happens when Rush is run by /b/tards)

French House: (Edible Engineering)

Fancy yourself an engineer? Come prove it à La Maison Française! We’ve got all sorts of high-tech building materials, including marshmallows, toothpicks, pretzel sticks, and maybe even some graham crackers et du chocolat, if you’re lucky.

Random Hall: Painting Ceiling Tiles

Leave your stamp on the Institvte, perhaps a bit more literally than usual.

Burton-Conner: Game Lounge

DDR. Twister. Guitar Hero. Pool. Bowl Game (It rocks, we promise). Just remember, you're all winners. Except the losers.

Burton-Conner: Tours

Um, the title is pretty self-explanatory, yeah?

Senior House: Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

it's tea time! formal attire encouraged.

Random Hall: Tutu Making

The things you come up with in the woods with friends. Come to Random Hall, unleash your inner kindergartener, feel like a pretty, pretty princess, or prove your masculinity.

Random Hall: Third Floor Banquet

Our third floor has been turned into a paradise of tasty food, cooked by the residents. We like to show off.

Random Hall: Fiesta Limon

Venga! Coma nuestras delicias arrugas. Muchos alimentos de lemony. (Come! Eat our delights wrinkles. Many food of lemony.)

Senior House: Alternative Sex Seminar

curious about being gay at MIT? the best way to tie someone to your Institute bed? where to buy latex clothing in Cambridge and Boston? solid advice direct to you from our resident experts about bondage, sodomy, and most all fetishes.

French House

Trois petites truites cuites, trois petites truites crues.

East Campus: Laser Graffiti

Provide beautiful glowing art for all the raver kids at the party.

Senior House: Bouncy Ball Drop

SIX THOUSAND bouncy balls will rain down from the fourth floor balcony, lit by strobe lights. not to be missed! NOW WITH TWICE THE BALLS.

Senior House: East Side Party: Concert in the Courtyard

featuring TSMH, a punk rock band composed of Haus residents. rock out, be offended.

East Campus: EC Amusement Park (of Doom)

Put your lives into our sleep deprived hands (sign a waiver first). Spin, fly, and feel like... a hamster? Well, if you're into that.

NW35: Movie and Games at NW35

Kick back and enjoy a few card games or video games while you slip into the night. If you've had a long day and just want to relax, we'll be having a Lord of the Rings marathon. The extended edition, of course.

Random Hall: Go Away

Go away. You have better thngs to do.

New House 6: Late Night Ice Cream

Come to New House and make your own delicious ice cream sundae with all your favorite toppings!

Random Hall: Pants Pants Revolution

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 one person possibly handle?

French House: Cookies and Lemonade

Il fait chaud, non? Come enjoy some nice lemonade and iced tea à La Maison Française, accompanied by fresh-baked cookies, naturellement.

Random Hall: Poker Tournament

A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.

Random Hall: RHOP

Everything is more interesting in the early hours of the morn. Even pancakes.

Stay updated with our