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    		• Building capacity:
    		93 beds
    		• 08-09 Cost per semester: single $2960 double $2615
    		• House tax for 08-09: estimated $55/semester
    		• Health/Allergy considerations: carpeting in rooms, smoking permitted in rooms, cats and fish permitted, no elevator
  		• Upperclass room sizes: singles and doubles
    		• Freshmen room sizes: doubles
    		• Kitchens and/or dining halls: kitchens on all floors, nearest to Student Center dining facilities
    		• Network access wired connection
    		• Room squatting allowed?: No


    Random hall is a book which should not be judged by its cover.

    Behind the building's modest façade live 93 amazing undergraduates, engaged in an astonishing variety of pursuits. "Random" describes us well: our opinions, personalities, musical tastes, operating systems, religious and political affiliations, feeding habits, and circadian rhythms range wide. Despite (or because of) our diversity, we're a cohesive community who value one another for our differences as much as for what we have in common. Randoms often study together, cook and eat dinner together, build and/or deconstruct things together, and just hang out together.

    As Housemasters, it is a privilege to share our lives with Random Hall's residents. We’ll make sure you get fed during finals week, and we’ll sponsor programs of various types during the year. Most importantly, we’re always available for friendly advice if you ever need any.

    When we're not home in the dorm, Nina is the head of Technology Operations and Metadata Services for the MIT Libraries. Christopher is a poet, playwright, and teacher, presently working in the English for Employment program at Catholic Charities in Boston. Our son Simon is a freshman at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Our family group also includes one amphibian but no need to worry about him – he hibernates most of the time.

    Random Hall has been our home for almost fourteen years. It's a wonderful place to live, and we look forward to welcoming you in person.

    - Nina Davis-Millis and Christopher Millis

    Experience MIT, Random, AND Cambridge!  Random is situated in a great location - no farther from classrooms than most of the undergraduate residence halls - but a whole lot closer to all the City of Cambridge has to offer.

    Random is just on the outside of Central Square, one of Cambridge's most active areas - filled with restaurants, conveniences, stores, and events and activities, including street fairs and concerts. There's also ice cream, if you want to go out for it, though we recommend ours - ice cream done the MIT way (you'll just have to stop by to find out).

    last update November 6, 2009