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Friday, August 28
Event Title Description Time
Truffles Come to Random Hall and make your own delicious chocolates! White chocolate with wasabi, dark chocolate with raspberry, milk chocolate with lemon and ginger... the possibilities are (nearly) endless! 15:17
D&D One-Shots: Edition 3.5 Wanted: Bold adventurers to help rid a town of a marauding dragon. Not to defeat the dragon in combat, but to retrieve a long-lost artifact to banish it. Goblins. Ancient ruins. Rival factions. Magic items. Many-sided dice. Adventure awaits! 16:47
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream The best tasting ice cream we've ever made... in 30 seconds. 17:17
Memes In memoriam: Rickrolling, R.I.P. November 2008. 18:17
Haymarket Fever FRUIT: NOT BEEF: EAT ANYWAY 19:17
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Back Blog With my freeze ray, I will stop- singing please? "the pain." I'm covered in BEEEEEEEEEEES! 20:17
3-D Twister We wanted to do it in 4-D, but the Transdimensional Building Committee wouldn't approve. 3 Boards, 3 Dimensions, 5242880 more ways to get tangled up. 21:17
Roofdeck Movies Beautiful view, horrible films. 21:47
Board Games Monopoly? Not a chance. Come and play our smorgasbord of Betrayal at the Twilight Imperium Robo Rally Escaping from Zyzzlvaria with Munchkins and Ricochet Robots Scrabbling for Tickets to Ride the Zombie Fluxx. 22:47
Saturday, August 29
RHOP Random House of Pancakes: Why are we up this late? To feed you pancakes, of course. 3:17
Saturday Morning Cartoons Terrible sugary cereal and terrible Saturday morning cartoons: two things that are as awesome today as they were twelve years ago. 9:17
Ceilings: Too plain? Have you ever longed to go back to the days of elementary school? Return to the days when finger-painting was more than acceptable and help us paint our ceiling tiles while you're at it. 10:17
Mobilize for the water war! Arm, paint, and funnelate yourselves for the upcoming water war. Crush (or at least mildly soak) your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their (hot engineering) women. 11:17
Bacon, bacon, bacon Bacon bacon bacon? Bacon. BaconbaconbaconbaconBACON. Bacon bacon! (Bacon: baconbaconbacon) Bacon- bacon, bacon bacon bacon. BAAAACCOOOONNN!!!! 12:17
Nerf Wars Shoot your friends! And your enemies! And the people you just met! Join us for a nerf battle of EPIC PROPORTIONS! 13:17
Minihunt Can't wait for the MIT Mystery Hunt? You don't have to! Join us to work on some awesome puzzles and brainteasers. We'll even try some meta-puzzles and go on a puzzling runaround! Healthy brain food provided. 14:17
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Served steaming cold. 14:47
Adventures of Baron von Ternus How to make a Baron von Ternus: one part seltzer for a bit of bounce, one part tonic for class, ten parts bitters for attitude. Serve with wienerschnitzel. Note: alcohol will not be served. Wienerschnitzel will. Ternuses are permanently sober but love them some fine Austrian breaded pork. 15:47
Settlers of Pangaea Catan has suffered a massive collision with the mainland! Settlements and cities galore! You may have brick for grain, but I've got wood for sheep! 17:17
Random: The Gathering Ever wanted to cast Global Thermonuclear Warfare? The Wizards of the Dorm have conjured a special edition cardset of Magic: The Gathering- so now you can. 18:17
Wok of Doom If a wok could signal the Armageddon, this would be it. Come feast on tasty stir fry and rice. 18:47
Nerdy Sing-Along It's hard to overstate my satisfaction with the songs we've got lined up here. Truly, this event fulfilling in creative way. If you want to be first in your class here at MIT, just remember that it's gonna be the future soon and if we just keep singing we'll be still alive when it comes. 19:47
Tea and Math The Pathological Monsters of functions: Fractal Recursion and the Busy Beaver Function served alongside tea that is equally exciting: Aztec Chocolate Tea, African Redbush Peach Tea, and biscotti! 20:47
Revenge of the Board Games! Didn't get enough the first time? Come for a second round of our favorite board games...or come join us for the first time! 21:47
Sunday, August 30
RHOP Random House of Pancakes: Why are we up this late? To feed you pancakes, of course. 3:17
MORE BREAKFAST THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR! Consume the OM NOM NOMLETTE! And devour OVER 9000 PANCAKES!!! 9:17
Hair dyeing Your hair is not blue/pink/green enough! Come fix it! 13:47
Making an Edible World In preparation for the Edible Katamari Damacy event later today (at 19:17) come help us build a giant world of candy and sugar! Then, stick around to destroy and eat it later. 14:17
Liquid Nitrogen Icecream Even at 77 Kelvins, it's the hottest thing around. 15:17
Tie-dyeing That shirt of yours? It's so last week. Why are you wearing something that lacks color? Come rainbow up your wardrobe with a bit of tie-dye. Peace. 16:17
Storytime with Cruft 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. 17:17
Roofdeck BBQ Steak tips, Kabobs, Sausage, and Vegetarians. 18:47
Roofdeck BBQ Part II: Vegetarian Invasion PORTOBELLO POWER!!!!1!!11 18:49
Edible Katamari Damacy Bent on world domination? Like chocolate? Come use chocolate to roll up, destroy, and then DEVOUR THE WORLD! 19:17
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 a human being possibly wear? Only science will tell. 19:47
Tea and Math Redux Come enjoy an evening of abstractions and hot tea and chocolate! 20:47
Monday, August 31
Juggling in closed spaces Random Hall has thin, topologically convoluted, claustrophobia- and vertigo-inducing hallways. Come juggle things through the air in them! We know ball juggling, club passing, diabolo spinning, contact rolling, and devil sticking. Come juggle (we're happy to teach people!) and we'll see if we can involve stairs in this bad idea somehow. 00:17
Sleepers Anonymous Sleep is an addiction. The first step towards recovery is admitting you have a problem. Sleepers Anonymous is a support group formed to help people like you overcome this addiction. Come, and we will fight this affliction together. 2:17
Crepes! Flatter than a pancake, it goes well with whipped cream, nutella, fruit, chocolate sauce, and more. There's nothing savory about these crepes. 9:17
Boffer Construction Forge something eternal. Forge something undying. Forge something legendary. Forge something that will be spoken of in years to come as the blade of a true warrior. Forge a weapon...out of foam. 10:17
The Improvised Furniture Experience Experience and develop the latest in 2x4 technology in a challenge to construct a couchlike lounge device from a bizarre assortment of road and automobile components, a test of creativity and engineering skill alike. Behold, the power of Furniture made from Stuff We Found On the Street. 11:17
CHEESE Swiss Cheddar Brie Cottage Parmigiano Reggiano Gouda Chevre Camembert Provolone Ricotta Colby Jack Pepper Jack Monterey Jack Mozzarella Muenster Blue Havarti Limburger Feta. 12:17
Toilet Paper Dodgeball Don't forget to dodge, duck, dive, dip, and dodge the toilet paper! 13:17
D&D One-Shots: Edition 4 Lord Milne's favorite vase has been stolen - come help reclaim it from a dungeon filled with monsters, puzzles and traps! 14:17
Bubblewrap Room It's your childhood dream come true: we've covered an entire room with bubblewrap. Come bounce off the walls! 15:17
Liquid Nitrogen Icecream Colder and more uncaring than the spirit of the Chem ASE. 15:47
Roofdeck Boffing Urban Dictionary has two definitions of 'boffing'. Guess which one we'll be doing. 16:17
Make Chainmail! Are you ever woken up at night by swordsmen breaking down your door? Well, you'll be able to sleep easy after this event; come learn to make armor worthy of the thirteenth century! 17:17
Philosophical Wankfest Where does the world come from? What is consciousness? Is there such thing as free will? Do you think these questions sound unanswerable? Better still, do you think that makes them all the more fun to argue about? Come celebrate the time-honored MIT tradition of "wanking" - pointlessly debating a subject simply for the sake of it - this time, with a humanities twist! 18:17
Heart Attack Food Leave your guilt and nutrition guides at home, and come commit a slow delicious suicide on the fourth floor of Random Hall as we home-fry everything from chicken to onions to Oreos! 18:47
Duct Tape Construction What can you use to close an open wound? Duct tape! What's great when your shoe starts falling apart? Duct tape! What comes in many colors and can be used to create something entirely new? Duct tape! 19:17
LN2 Icecream Mmmmmmmmm.... 19:47
Hair Dyeing Blonde? Brunette? Why not try purple or lime green? 20:17
Cake or Death One of the great questions of the modern age. 20:17
The Thinking with Portals Party at Random Hall Random Hall, the World's Smallest Nuclear Power, promises to always provide an awesome party environment. In party environments, the World's Smallest Nuclear Power promises to always provide useful advice. For instance, the floor here has cake. Try to eat it. (the cake is not a lie the cake is not aliethecakeisNOTALIE) 20:30
Pillow Fight We have pillows. You have violent urges. Use the former to satisfy the latter. 20:47
Guilty Pleasures Come indulge in furious mastication. 21:17
Gluck (Speed + Solitaire) x 4 = Gluck! Come learn this fast-paced, four-deck card game and then use it against Random Hall's Gluck masters. 21:47
Sweet Rave party Strobes Real Popular. Super Rad Powwow. Shake Rattle Pop.... Sweet Rave Party. 22:17
Bad Science Movie Marathon There will be screaming. But not because the movies are scary. 22:47
Tuesday, September 1
RHOP Random House of Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. 3:17
Make your own donuts Who needs Dunkin' Donuts anyway? Come to Random Hall and make your own custom fried models of our dorm! (No plastic spatulas allowed.) 10:17
Sock-Puppet Literary Classics What happens when you take sock puppets, literary classics, and a fifteen minute time cap? Hilarity. Come witness your (least?) favorite characters from high school English subjected to our whims. 11:17
On the construction of dumplings Since the days of yore, engineers have puzzled over the construction of dumplings. What is the optimal ratio of filling to skin? What is the proper catamorphism that will result in maximum structural integrity? Come make dumplings and then eat them. 12:17
Scavenger Hunt Bring a camera, team up, explore MIT, and embark on a journey to discover your True Self while collecting random junk along the way. Prizes for the winning team included! 13:17
Awesome Anime Music Videos AMVs, much like the internet, are 95% dross and 5% awesome. We've got that 5% triple distilled into its purest form. Come enjoy. 13:47
Cookies and Smut Listen to the finest Viking romance novels and eat delicious warm chocolate chip cookies. Feel the horriblehorriblehorrible sensation of rivulets of chocolate dripping down your throat and learn about Odin's magnificent sword! 14:17
How to Conquer the World and Rule it Thereafter Q.E.D. 14:47
Wikiraces Quick! How many moves does it take to get from Vampire Watermelons to Godwin's Law? 15:17
Pretentious Music Wanking Side effects may include life-changing spiritual experiences. Bach action figure included. 15:47
Liquid Nitrogen Icecream Don't try this at Harvard. 16:17