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href="#Tim_the_Beaver"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Tim the Beaver</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tim_the_Beaver-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recurring_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recurring_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Recurring events</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Recurring_events-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Recurring events subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Recurring_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bad_Ideas_Festival" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bad_Ideas_Festival"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Bad Ideas Festival</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bad_Ideas_Festival-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Baker_House_Piano_Drop" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baker_House_Piano_Drop"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Baker House Piano Drop</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baker_House_Piano_Drop-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campus_Preview_Weekend" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campus_Preview_Weekend"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Campus Preview Weekend</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campus_Preview_Weekend-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-East_Campus_Rush" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#East_Campus_Rush"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>East Campus Rush</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-East_Campus_Rush-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independent_Activities_Period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independent_Activities_Period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Independent Activities Period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independent_Activities_Period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-DTYD_(Dance_Till_You_Drop)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#DTYD_(Dance_Till_You_Drop)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>DTYD (Dance Till You Drop)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-DTYD_(Dance_Till_You_Drop)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ring_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ring_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Ring events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ring_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spring_Weekend" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spring_Weekend"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Spring Weekend</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spring_Weekend-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steer_Roast" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steer_Roast"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Steer Roast</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steer_Roast-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Harvard_and_MIT_Aphrodite_Project" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Harvard_and_MIT_Aphrodite_Project"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Harvard and MIT Aphrodite Project</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Harvard_and_MIT_Aphrodite_Project-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-recurring_and_sporadic_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-recurring_and_sporadic_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Non-recurring and sporadic events</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Non-recurring_and_sporadic_events-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Non-recurring and sporadic events subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Non-recurring_and_sporadic_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Annual_Spontaneous_Tuition_Riot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Annual_Spontaneous_Tuition_Riot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Annual Spontaneous Tuition Riot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Annual_Spontaneous_Tuition_Riot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chrysalis,_Monarch,_and_Daedalus_human-powered_aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chrysalis,_Monarch,_and_Daedalus_human-powered_aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span><i>Chrysalis</i>, <i>Monarch</i>, and <i>Daedalus</i> human-powered aircraft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chrysalis,_Monarch,_and_Daedalus_human-powered_aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MIT_Blackjack_Team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MIT_Blackjack_Team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>MIT Blackjack Team</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MIT_Blackjack_Team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MIT_Gangnam_Style" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MIT_Gangnam_Style"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>MIT Gangnam Style</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MIT_Gangnam_Style-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sodium_Drop" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sodium_Drop"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Sodium Drop</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sodium_Drop-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Time_Traveler_Convention" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Time_Traveler_Convention"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Time Traveler Convention</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Time_Traveler_Convention-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hacking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hacking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Hacking</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Hacking-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Hacking subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Hacking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-MIT_hacks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MIT_hacks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>MIT hacks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MIT_hacks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roof_and_tunnel_hacking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roof_and_tunnel_hacking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Roof and tunnel hacking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roof_and_tunnel_hacking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Activities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Activities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Activities</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Activities-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Activities subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Activities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Educational_Studies_Program" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Educational_Studies_Program"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Educational Studies Program</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Educational_Studies_Program-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lecture_Series_Committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lecture_Series_Committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Lecture Series Committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lecture_Series_Committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Student_Information_Processing_Board" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Student_Information_Processing_Board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Student Information Processing Board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Student_Information_Processing_Board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-TechX" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TechX"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>TechX</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TechX-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Miscellaneous" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Miscellaneous"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Miscellaneous</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Miscellaneous-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Competitions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Competitions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Competitions subsection</span> 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>IDEAS Global Challenge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-IDEAS_Global_Challenge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mystery_Hunt" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mystery_Hunt"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Mystery Hunt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mystery_Hunt-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-THINK_Competition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#THINK_Competition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>THINK Competition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-THINK_Competition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-IAP_Competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#IAP_Competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>IAP Competitions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-IAP_Competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Battlecode_(6.147)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battlecode_(6.147)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6.1</span> <span>Battlecode (6.147)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battlecode_(6.147)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_(MASLAB)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_(MASLAB)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6.2</span> <span>Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition (MASLAB)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_(MASLAB)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_Competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_Competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Other Competitions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_Competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performing_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performing_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Performing arts</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Performing arts subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Asymptones" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asymptones"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Asymptones</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asymptones-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chorallaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chorallaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Chorallaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chorallaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cross_Products" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cross_Products"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Cross Products</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cross_Products-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Folk_Dance_Club" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Folk_Dance_Club"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Folk Dance Club</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Folk_Dance_Club-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gamelan_Galak_Tika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gamelan_Galak_Tika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Gamelan Galak Tika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gamelan_Galak_Tika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Live_Music_Connection_(LMC)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Live_Music_Connection_(LMC)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Live Music Connection (LMC)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Live_Music_Connection_(LMC)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logarhythms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logarhythms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Logarhythms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logarhythms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marching_Band" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marching_Band"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.8</span> <span>Marching Band</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marching_Band-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Muses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Muses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.9</span> <span>Muses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Muses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Discography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.9.1</span> <span>Discography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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There are a few "big events" such as Commencement (graduation), but many smaller, decentralized activities sponsored by departments, labs, living groups, student activities, and ad hoc groups of MIT community members united by common interests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brass_Rat">Brass Rat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Brass Rat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1930MITRingBezel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1930MITRingBezel.jpg/220px-1930MITRingBezel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1930MITRingBezel.jpg/330px-1930MITRingBezel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1930MITRingBezel.jpg/440px-1930MITRingBezel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Bezel of the 1930 Brass Rat</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_class_ring" title="MIT class ring">MIT class ring</a></div> <p>"Brass Rat" refers to the <a href="/wiki/MIT_class_ring" title="MIT class ring">MIT class ring</a>, which prominently features the school mascot <a href="/wiki/Beaver" title="Beaver">beaver</a> on the top surface. The ring is traditionally made of gold, the beaver is the largest North American rodent, hence "gold beaver" has informally become "Brass Rat" in student lingo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Course_numbering">Course numbering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Course numbering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT students often refer to both their majors and classes using numbers alone. Majors are numbered in the approximate order of when the department was founded; for example, Civil and Environmental Engineering is Course I, while Nuclear Science & Engineering is Course XXII.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), the most popular department,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> collectively identify themselves as "Course VI" or "Course 6." </p><p>MIT students use a combination of the department's Course number and a number assigned to the class to identify their subjects; the course which many universities would designate as "Physics 101" is, at MIT, "8.01." For brevity, course number designations are pronounced without the decimal point and by replacing "oh" for zero (unless zero is the last number). Thus, "8.01" is pronounced <i>eight oh one</i>, "2.009" is pronounced <i>two double oh nine</i>, and "5.60" would be pronounced <i>five sixty</i>. This naming is not internally consistent: for example, the digital systems course "6.111" is pronounced <i>six one eleven</i>, but the introductory chemistry course "5.111" is pronounced <i>five eleven one</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smoots">Smoots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Smoots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Smoots" class="mw-redirect" title="Smoots">Smoots</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement,_Cambridge,_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/220px-2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/330px-2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/440px-2017_Harvard_Bridge_Smoot_measurement%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Painted text marks the length of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Bridge" title="Harvard Bridge">Harvard Bridge</a> in smoots</figcaption></figure> <p>The "Smoot" is a traditional unit of measuring length on the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Bridge" title="Harvard Bridge">Harvard Bridge</a>, which despite its name, connects MIT to Boston's <a href="/wiki/Back_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Bay">Back Bay</a> neighborhood, across the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tim_the_Beaver">Tim the Beaver</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tim the Beaver"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tim the Beaver is the official <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascot</a> of MIT, appearing at athletic events, fundraisers, and other occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Tim" is simply "MIT" spelled backwards. A <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">beaver</a> was selected as the MIT mascot because beavers are "nature's engineers"; this decision was made at the Technology Club of New York's annual dinner on January 17, 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cockburn_Maclaurin" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Cockburn Maclaurin">Richard Maclaurin</a> proposed the beaver. The sports teams at MIT often choose to feature Tim as their mascot, and go by the name "The Engineers". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recurring_events">Recurring events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recurring events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bad_Ideas_Festival">Bad Ideas Festival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bad Ideas Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_Campus,_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge,_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg/220px-East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg/330px-East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg/440px-East_Campus%2C_MIT_Buildings_62_and_64_-_Cambridge%2C_MA_-_DSC05583.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>The East Campus courtyard is the site of many Bad Ideas Festival and East Campus Rush events</figcaption></figure> <p>This event, which usually takes place between the parallels of the <a href="/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#East_Campus" title="Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">East Campus</a> dormitories, features oddball activities, stunts, and constructions. Notable Bad Ideas events include temporary <a href="/wiki/Roller_coasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller coasters">roller coasters</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Green_Building_(MIT)#Green_Building_Challenge" title="Green Building (MIT)">Green Building Challenge</a>. The event takes place during the last weekend of January.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baker_House_Piano_Drop">Baker House Piano Drop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Baker House Piano Drop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Piano_drop" title="Piano drop">Piano drop</a></div> <p>Each spring, the denizens of <a href="/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#Baker_House" title="Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Baker House</a> drop an old, irreparable <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> off the roof to let it plunge six stories onto the ground, to celebrate Drop Date, the last date one can drop classes at MIT. The resulting dent in asphalt has spawned a unit of volume, known as the Bruno.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campus_Preview_Weekend">Campus Preview Weekend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Campus Preview Weekend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) is a relatively new event sponsored by the Admissions Office, which invites recently admitted high school students to visit the campus before deciding whether or not to attend MIT. Invited students can sample classes, tour the campus, attend special events, and stay overnight with MIT students. The first fully inclusive event was held in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2013's CPW was held around early to mid April.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Campus_Rush">East Campus Rush</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: East Campus Rush"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Immediately before the beginning of Fall term, during Orientation Week for new students, residents of <a href="/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#East_Campus" title="Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">East Campus</a> dormitory construct large-scale temporary structures, such as a <a href="/wiki/Roller_coaster" title="Roller coaster">roller coaster</a>, in the space between the parallel wings of the residence. These projects are large enough that the City of Cambridge requires detailed engineering drawings in advance, plus a letter from a <a href="/wiki/Regulation_and_licensure_in_engineering" title="Regulation and licensure in engineering">licensed engineer</a> certifying that the design conforms to local <a href="/wiki/Building_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Building codes">building codes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Annear_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annear-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independent_Activities_Period">Independent Activities Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Independent Activities Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week-long inter-semester "term" offering hundreds of optional classes, lectures, demonstrations, and other activities throughout the month of January between the Fall and Spring terms.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final event is a half-day "Charm School" sponsored by the Student Activities Office.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  The first IAP was in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DTYD_(Dance_Till_You_Drop)"><span id="DTYD_.28Dance_Till_You_Drop.29"></span>DTYD (Dance Till You Drop)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: DTYD (Dance Till You Drop)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dance (previously Drink) Till You Drop (DTYD) is an annual party, hosted by the Burton-Conner living group the Burton 3rd Bombers, which is typically held the Sunday of Patriot's Day weekend in the Burton-Conner House Porter Room. The party has been traditionally accompanied by a hack and hosted live music, and is open to the entire campus. First hosted in 1969, the event celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ring_events">Ring events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ring events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brass_Rat" class="mw-redirect" title="Brass Rat">Brass Rat</a> undergraduate ring is designed and presented in the sophomore year of each class. The design is unveiled during the <b>Ring Premiere</b> in the fall term, which is followed months later by the <b>Ring Delivery</b> in the spring term. The latter has been a tradition since 1999 (Class of 2001), and is typically a <a href="/wiki/Formal_occasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Formal occasion">formal occasion</a>, often held off campus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spring_Weekend">Spring Weekend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Spring Weekend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spring Weekend is an annual event that includes performances by local as well as major recording artists as well as picnics, parties, home varsity games, and other celebrations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steer_Roast">Steer Roast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Steer Roast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senior_House_-_MIT,_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg/220px-Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg/330px-Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg/440px-Senior_House_-_MIT%2C_Cambridge_MA_-DSC05609.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Courtyard of Senior House, the site of Steer Roast</figcaption></figure> <p>Steer Roast is an annual weekend of celebration and festivities hosted by <a href="/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#Senior_House" title="Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Senior House</a>. The first Steer Roast took place in the spring of 1964, and this MIT tradition was maintained for over fifty years on the first weekend of every May. In May 2014, Senior House celebrated its 50th anniversary of Steer Roast. In the past MIT presidents and professors attended, but this time no presidential appearance occurred, in spite of the usual invitations. Then in 2017, Steer Roast was to be held during the first weekend of May, but two weeks before that, the event was cancelled by MIT administrators. Soon afterwards, in spite of student and alumni pleas and protests, Senior House itself was closed down. In May 2017, Steer Roast was celebrated off campus and on schedule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harvard_and_MIT_Aphrodite_Project">Harvard and MIT Aphrodite Project</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Harvard and MIT Aphrodite Project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a> <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite_Project" title="Aphrodite Project">Aphrodite Project</a> is an annual matchmaking event where thousands of students complete a psychology questionnaire and are matched with their best algorithmic match for valentine's day across the two universities.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-recurring_and_sporadic_events">Non-recurring and sporadic events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Non-recurring and sporadic events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annual_Spontaneous_Tuition_Riot">Annual Spontaneous Tuition Riot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Annual Spontaneous Tuition Riot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This "annual" event is generally not scheduled in advance, but occurs spontaneously in the Spring in response to the MIT administration's announcement of the tuition increase for the following year. The "riot" usually consists of a noisy protest march through the campus, accompanied by traditional chants of "$$$ is Too Damn Much!", where "$$$" is replaced by the newly announced tuition amount. Participants generally let off steam in a good-natured way, and injuries or property damage are extremely rare. The tradition has died out and then been revived several times.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chrysalis,_Monarch,_and_Daedalus_human-powered_aircraft"><span id="Chrysalis.2C_Monarch.2C_and_Daedalus_human-powered_aircraft"></span><i>Chrysalis</i>, <i>Monarch</i>, and <i>Daedalus</i> human-powered aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Chrysalis, Monarch, and Daedalus human-powered aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg/220px-Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg/330px-Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg/440px-Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2370" /></a><figcaption>The MIT <i>Daedalus</i> human-powered aircraft</figcaption></figure> <p>From the 1970s until the early 1990s, MIT had a succession of student-led projects which designed, built, and flew <a href="/wiki/Human-powered_aircraft" title="Human-powered aircraft">human-powered aircraft</a> (HPA), starting with <a href="/wiki/MIT_BURD" title="MIT BURD"><i>BURD</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/MIT_BURD_II" title="MIT BURD II"><i>BURD II</i></a>, and evolving into the flight of the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Chrysalis" title="MIT Chrysalis"><i>Chrysalis</i></a> in 1979, the first of the MIT HPAs to successfully fly.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Chrysalis</i> went on to have over 44 pilots, including the first female pilots of an HPA.<sup id="cite_ref-gossamers_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gossamers-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/MIT_Monarch_A" title="MIT Monarch A"><i>Monarch A</i></a> was an HPA built and flown by a student team in 1983, with the aim of winning a £20,000 <a href="/wiki/Kremer_prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kremer prizes">Kremer Prize</a> for sustaining a speed of over 30 km/h over a 1.5 km triangular course. A modified version of that craft, the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Monarch_B" title="MIT Monarch B">MIT <i>Monarch B</i></a>, won the prize the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Chrysalis</i> and the <i>Monarch</i> HPAs were precursors to the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Daedalus" title="MIT Daedalus"><i>Daedalus</i></a> aircraft, which flew, solely under human-power, from <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> to the island of <a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Santorini</a> off the Greek mainland in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIT_Blackjack_Team">MIT Blackjack Team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: MIT Blackjack Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team" title="MIT Blackjack Team">MIT Blackjack Team</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIT_Gangnam_Style">MIT Gangnam Style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: MIT Gangnam Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT students produced "MIT Gangnam Style", a lighthearted parody of the "<a href="/wiki/Gangnam_Style" title="Gangnam Style">Gangnam Style</a>" <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> which was an Internet phenomenon in 2012. The video featured hundreds of MIT students dancing in a wide overview of dozens of extracurricular student activities across the campus. The music video closely followed the original version, and included cameo appearances by MIT professors <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sadoway" title="Donald Sadoway">Donald Sadoway</a>, recognized by <i>Time Magazine</i> in 2012 as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World", <a href="/wiki/Eric_Lander" title="Eric Lander">Eric Lander</a>, who was co-chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a>, a pioneer of modern linguistics. </p><p>Soon after the video's release, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i> published an article with the headline "MIT 'Chomsky Style' Best Gangnam Parody Yet? Noted Intellectual Steals The Wacky Show".<sup id="cite_ref-huffingtonpost1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffingtonpost1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sodium_Drop">Sodium Drop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sodium Drop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sodium Drop traditionally consisted of a bar of metallic <a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">sodium</a> dropped into the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>, producing loud explosions due to the rapid <a href="/wiki/Exothermic" class="mw-redirect" title="Exothermic">exothermic</a> conversion of sodium metal to <a href="/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide" title="Sodium hydroxide">sodium hydroxide</a> and the ignition of the resulting <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a> gas. In the past, Sodium Drops occurred sporadically, initiated by impromptu groups of students from various dorms and fraternities. </p><p>However, in 2007, five volunteers using a boat to clean up trash from the river banks were injured by a small explosion and fire, apparently caused by unreacted sodium residue.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MIT quickly donated funds to pay for decontaminating and repairing the boat, although it was not clear at the time who was responsible for the damage.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A criminal case was initiated, and a graduate student accepted responsibility, resulting in a fine and a community-service sentence. In addition, a long-running civil suit against a fraternity resulted from this incident, culminating in a six-figure out-of-court settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The student newspaper <i>The Tech</i> has published an editorial urging readers to take responsibility for any injuries to innocent parties that result from the prank.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Time_Traveler_Convention">Time Traveler Convention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Time Traveler Convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Time Traveler Convention is a single-event <a href="/wiki/Convention_(meeting)" title="Convention (meeting)">convention</a> held at <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> on May 7, 2005, in the hopes of making contact with <a href="/wiki/Time_travel" title="Time travel">time travelers</a> from the future. The convention is organized by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amal_Dorai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amal Dorai (page does not exist)">Amal Dorai</a> with help from current and former residents of the MIT living group Putz, one of the halls in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_MIT_undergraduate_dormitories#East_Campus_Alumni_Memorial_Housing" class="mw-redirect" title="List of MIT undergraduate dormitories">East Campus</a> dorm. As of the date of the event, it was the most significantly publicized Time Traveler Convention, including front-page coverage in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wired magazine">Wired</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Slashdot" title="Slashdot">Slashdot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wired_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-slashdot_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slashdot-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was presumed time travelers would have the capability to visit any particular time if they could travel to that general time period at all. The idea originated in a <a href="/wiki/Cat_and_Girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat and Girl">Cat and Girl</a> strip by <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Gambrell" title="Dorothy Gambrell">Dorothy Gambrell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The convention is held at 22:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a> on May 7, 2005 (May 8, 02:00 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>) in the East Campus courtyard and Walker Memorial at MIT. That location is 42.360007 degrees north <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>, 71.087870 degrees west <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Convention was announced in advance (that is, before the event) and over 300 contemporary people attended. (For fire safety reasons, a handful of attendees watched the convention via a closed circuit broadcast.) The spacetime coordinates continue to be publicized prominently and indefinitely, so that future time travelers will be aware and have the opportunity to have attended. </p><p>The convention featured lectures on various aspects of time travel from MIT professors and faculty, including <a href="/wiki/Erik_Demaine" title="Erik Demaine">Erik Demaine</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Macarthur_fellowship" class="mw-redirect" title="Macarthur fellowship">MacArthur "genius grant"</a> winner, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Guth" title="Alan Guth">Alan Guth</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Eddington_Medal" title="Eddington Medal">Eddington Medal</a> winner for <a href="/wiki/Theoretical_astrophysics" class="mw-redirect" title="Theoretical astrophysics">theoretical astrophysics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Farhi" title="Edward Farhi">Edward Farhi</a>, winner of numerous MIT teaching awards. A <a href="/wiki/DMC_DeLorean" title="DMC DeLorean">Delorean</a>, the car featured in the <a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_(franchise)" title="Back to the Future (franchise)"><i>Back to the Future</i> trilogy</a>, was also on display, near the "landing pad" located at the exact coordinates advertised. </p><p>The convention inspired a full-length musical entitled <i>The Time Travelers Convention</i>, in which three college students, who all want to change their pasts, hold a convention in the hopes that they will be able to borrow an attendee's time machine. Although the school in the musical is not MIT, MIT is mentioned twice, once by name and once in the coordinates, which are the same as the coordinates given in the original convention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hacking">Hacking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Hacking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitadjust.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Mitadjust.jpg/170px-Mitadjust.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Mitadjust.jpg/255px-Mitadjust.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Mitadjust.jpg/340px-Mitadjust.jpg 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>A mural created by MIT hackers</figcaption></figure> <p>Hacking at MIT can refer to two distinct but closely related activities. Both have a rich history at MIT, despite being unsanctioned activities and often violating official policies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIT_hacks">MIT hacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: MIT hacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_hacks" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT hacks">MIT hacks</a></div> <p>A "hack" is a <a href="/wiki/Practical_joke" title="Practical joke">practical joke</a> or <a href="/wiki/Prank" class="mw-redirect" title="Prank">prank</a> display anonymously installed usually during the night. Many hacks commemorate historical or <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> events, particularly those relevant to science and technology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roof_and_tunnel_hacking">Roof and tunnel hacking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Roof and tunnel hacking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Roof_and_tunnel_hacking" title="Roof and tunnel hacking">Roof and tunnel hacking</a></div> <p>The term "hacking" typically refers to the activity of roof and tunnel hacking, where students explore building <a href="/wiki/Rooftopping" title="Rooftopping">rooftops</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steam_tunnels" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam tunnels">steam tunnels</a>, and utility shafts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT has over 380 recognized student activity groups.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are mostly governed by the MIT Association of Student Activities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_Studies_Program">Educational Studies Program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Educational Studies Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_Educational_Studies_Program" title="MIT Educational Studies Program">MIT Educational Studies Program</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg/220px-MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg/330px-MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg/440px-MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Christian Ferko and Colin Nancarrow teach a class called "Quantum Physics in Flatland" to high school students at MIT ESP Splash 2018.</figcaption></figure> <p>The MIT Educational Studies Program (ESP) was created by MIT students in 1957 to make a difference in the community by sharing MIT's knowledge and creativity with local high school students. Since then, its programs have grown to support well over 3000 students each year.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ESP classes are developed and taught by MIT undergraduates, graduate students, alumni, and members of the local community. ESP's students are given the chance to learn from passionate and knowledgeable teachers; ESP's teachers can gain experience developing their own curricula with access to students with strong desires to learn.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ESP pioneered <a href="/wiki/Splash!_(academic_outreach_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Splash! (academic outreach program)">Splash</a>, a large, short-term academic outreach program that involves over two thousand teachers and five hundred classes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program has grown in popularity and attracted students from well beyond the local Boston area.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Splash emphasizes having a diverse range of class topics, covering a variety of academic fields as well as non-academic games and practical skills. </p><p>In 2007, ESP alumni founded <a href="/wiki/Learning_Unlimited" title="Learning Unlimited">Learning Unlimited</a> (LU), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting educational opportunities like Splash at universities throughout the United States and beyond. LU provides assistance, including mentorship and software support, that helps new Splash programs start successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2020,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> there are over thirty LU affiliated programs in the United States and one in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lecture_Series_Committee">Lecture Series Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Lecture Series Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lecture Series Committee (LSC) organizes weekly screenings of popular films as well as lectures by prominent speakers. </p><p>As one of the few Institute-wide gatherings on a weekly basis over the years, LSC movie screenings have developed and retained a few quirky traditions which sometimes befuddle outsiders. One unspoken tradition relates to the 1950s style introductory film clips that announce "coming attractions" <a href="/wiki/Movie_trailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie trailers">movie trailers</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_sound" title="Stereophonic sound">stereophonic sound</a> was a new development in movies, the movie trailers would be preceded by a clip announcing, "Coming Next Week", followed by "In Stereo". For whatever reason, MIT audiences would spontaneously read the announcements aloud, in <a href="/wiki/Unison" title="Unison">unison</a>. This eventually became such an ingrained habit that, even though LSC discontinued screening the "stereo" announcements, the audience would intone the (now unseen) words. Even though LSC has replaced the sound system several times since the appearance of stereo sound, and now operates a <a href="/wiki/Dolby" title="Dolby">Dolby</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bose_Corporation" title="Bose Corporation">Bose</a> multi-channel theatrical sound system, the tradition has continued unchanged for decades. </p><p>A second tradition is less obscure; if there is an annoying technical problem with the screening (e.g. bad focus, bad sound, a botched film reel switchover), eventually an annoyed patron will yell out "Focus!" (for example), and "LSC...Sucks!", with the crowd chiming in loudly on the second word.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This outcry alerts the <a href="/wiki/Projectionist" title="Projectionist">projectionist</a>, who might not have noticed the defect, to fix the problem. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_Information_Processing_Board">Student Information Processing Board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Student Information Processing Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Student_Information_Processing_Board" title="Student Information Processing Board">Student Information Processing Board</a></div> <p>The Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) is a computing and information technology student group at MIT. SIPB was founded in 1969 by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Frankston" title="Bob Frankston">Bob Frankston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization helps MIT students access computing resources and use them effectively. </p><p>SIPB has funded, developed, and maintained several important software projects at MIT, including a <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_web_page" title="Dynamic web page">dynamic</a> <a href="/wiki/Web_hosting_service" title="Web hosting service">web hosting service</a>, a course planning assistant, a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_machine" title="Virtual machine">virtual machine</a> service, and an <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> client.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SIPB has contributed extensively to <a href="/wiki/Project_Athena" title="Project Athena">Project Athena</a>, the distributed academic computing environment used at MIT today.<sup id="cite_ref-garfinkel19881112_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garfinkel19881112-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TechX">TechX</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: TechX"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg/220px-HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg/330px-HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg/440px-HackMIT_2016_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Logo for <a href="/wiki/HackMIT" title="HackMIT">HackMIT</a> 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>TechX is a student group that organizes events that bring technology, new ideas, and <a href="/wiki/High_tech" title="High tech">tech-industry</a> innovators to MIT's campus.<sup id="cite_ref-techx_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techx-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HackMIT" title="HackMIT">HackMIT</a>, the university's largest annual <a href="/wiki/Hackathon" title="Hackathon">hackathon</a></li> <li>xFair, a <a href="/wiki/Job_fair" title="Job fair">job fair</a> and technology expo</li> <li>MakeMIT, a hackathon dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">hardware</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maker_culture" title="Maker culture">making</a></li> <li>Blueprint, a hackathon for local high school students</li> <li>THINK, a <a href="/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics" title="Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics">STEM</a> educational outreach initiative</li> <li>ProjX, a program that provides funding for MIT student projects</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups">"MIT student activities" MIT student groups</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22MIT+student+activities%22+MIT+student+groups&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>MIT has many student groups.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other notable ones include: </p> <ul><li>MIT EMS — student-run ambulance</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MIT_Outing_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MIT Outing Club (page does not exist)">MIT Outing Club</a> — student-run outdoors club</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi_Tau_Sigma" title="Pi Tau Sigma">Pi Tau Sigma</a> — Mechanical Engineering honorary society<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eta_Kappa_Nu" title="Eta Kappa Nu">Eta Kappa Nu</a> — Electrical Engineering and Computer Science honorary society<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIT_Science_Fiction_Society" title="MIT Science Fiction Society">MIT Science Fiction Society</a> — claims to have the "world's largest open-shelf collection of science fiction" in English.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>MIT Assassins' Guild — a live-action roleplaying group<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Sloan Business Club — Largest undergraduate business club<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="$100K_Entrepreneurship_Competition"><span id=".24100K_Entrepreneurship_Competition"></span>$100K Entrepreneurship Competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: $100K Entrepreneurship Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_$100K_Entrepreneurship_Competition" title="MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition">MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition</a></div> <p>The annual MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition has supported the creation of at least 60 companies worth a combined $10.5 billion since it started in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harvard–MIT_Mathematics_Tournament"><span id="Harvard.E2.80.93MIT_Mathematics_Tournament"></span>Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Mathematics_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament">Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament</a></div> <p>The Harvard–MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_mathematics_competitions" title="List of mathematics competitions">mathematics competition</a> for high school students. It is held twice each year in February and November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IDEAS_Global_Challenge">IDEAS Global Challenge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: IDEAS Global Challenge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT IDEAS Global Challenge encourages teams to develop and implement projects that make a positive change in the world. Entries are judged on their innovation, feasibility, and community impact. One component of the competition is the Yunus Challenge, named in honor of 2006 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, where teams are invited to tackle a specific development need. Previous topics include increasing adherence to tuberculosis drug regimens and affordable small-scale energy storage. </p><p>The competition was developed in part by <a href="/wiki/Amy_B._Smith" title="Amy B. Smith">Amy Smith</a>, who has developed a number of inventions useful to poor communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mystery_Hunt">Mystery Hunt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Mystery Hunt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg/220px-Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg/330px-Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg/440px-Teamsolvingpuzzle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/MIT_Mystery_Hunt" title="MIT Mystery Hunt">MIT Mystery Hunt</a> team solves puzzles in a room with chalkboards, projectors, computers, and food</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_Mystery_Hunt" title="MIT Mystery Hunt">MIT Mystery Hunt</a></div> <p>The MIT Mystery Hunt is one of the world's oldest <a href="/wiki/Puzzlehunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Puzzlehunt">puzzlehunts</a>. It is held annually in January over the <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a> long weekend, during MIT's IAP period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="THINK_Competition">THINK Competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: THINK Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>THINK stands for Technology for Humanity guided by Innovation, Networking, and Knowledge. The competition challenges high school students across the United States to take a refreshing approach to designing a technological solution to a social problem. Its founding vision is that applicants will learn how to be resourceful in society, which makes networking a core component of the competition. It aims to connect high school students with professors and MIT students so that they can develop an innovation for the world. </p><p>Each year, six high school student groups are invited to MIT to attend Techfair and to present their project proposal to the THINK administrators. The proposal consists of a summary, technical plan, and budget. Three student groups are then chosen to develop their proposals over a semester long period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IAP_Competitions">IAP Competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: IAP Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battlecode_(6.147)"><span id="Battlecode_.286.147.29"></span>Battlecode (6.147)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Battlecode (6.147)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battlecode, also known previously as The ACM/IEEE Programming Competition, 6.370, or RoboCraft, is a computer game AI programming competition. It was originally organized by the MIT ACM/IEEE Club,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but is now a separate student organization. </p><p>Battlecode held every year during the Independent Activities Period at MIT, and the competition is changed annually. The game consists of armies of virtual robots battling each other, controlled solely by the AIs written by competition participants. For many years, Battlecode was programmed in <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>. As of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a>, Java, and <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> are supported.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final tournament is held in Kresge Auditorium, and features commentary from the contestants and Battlecode developers. </p><p>As of 2008, Battlecode has been opened up to virtually anyone interested in participating outside of MIT. The competition is a class at MIT and its software has been used for several other classes and projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_(MASLAB)"><span id="Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_.28MASLAB.29"></span>Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition (MASLAB)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition (MASLAB)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory#Mobile_Autonomous_Systems_Laboratory_competition_.28Maslab.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory">Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Competitions">Other Competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Other Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2.007 Design & Manufacturing competition</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MIT_ASO_Science_and_Technology_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards (page does not exist)">MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Performing arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asymptones">Asymptones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Asymptones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Asymptones are MIT's lowest time-commitment a cappella group. Founded in 2007, they have regular concerts in conjunction with Roadkill Buffet, the on campus <a href="/wiki/Improv_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Improv comedy">improv comedy</a> group, focusing on <a href="/wiki/Parodies" class="mw-redirect" title="Parodies">parodies</a> and more <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a>-y songs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chorallaries">Chorallaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Chorallaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chorallaries of MIT are the first co-ed a cappella performing group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founded in the winter of 1976–77, the group is typically composed of undergraduates, graduates, and occasionally faculty. They perform several free public concerts a year on the MIT campus, as well as at a numerous on-campus events and at concerts, festivals, and private venues off-campus. The Chorallaries, as keepers of the MIT alma mater ("Arise All Ye of MIT") also perform at Freshman Convocation in September and at the Commencement Ceremony in June. </p><p>Their signature song, the <a href="/wiki/Godiva%27s_Hymn" title="Godiva's Hymn">Engineer's Drinking Song</a>, is a traditional tech favorite. </p><p>The Chorallaries compete in the <a href="/wiki/International_Championship_of_Collegiate_A_Cappella" title="International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella">International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella</a> every three years; they won the quarter-finals in 2000, 2003, and 2006, as well as the semi-finals in 1996 and 2006. In 2010 the Chorallaries of MIT released their most recent album "Stereophony," whose track "Hot Air Balloon" was featured on both Voices Only 2010 and Best of College A Cappella 2011. Previous recognitions include: </p> <ul><li>"Papercut" (Positive Chorallation) – nominated for Best Mixed Song from the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)</li> <li>"Rainbow Connection" (Positive Chorallation) – Voices Only 2008.</li> <li>"Pretty Good Year" (Contents Under Pressure) – Best of College A Cappella 1999</li></ul> <p>In total, the Chorallaries have produced 15 albums: </p> <ul><li><i>Seeing Red</i> (2019)</li> <li><i>Dischord</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>Stereophony</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Positive Chorallation</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Staring Down the Infinite</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Chorallaries Live: Spring Concert</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>After Taste</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Pokerface</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Contents Under Pressure</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Earshot</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Better Late Than Never</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>TimeSync</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>No Instruments Allowed</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Making It In Massachusetts</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Take Me Back to Tech</i> (19??)</li></ul> <p>The group is known for its humor and creativity, culminating in "The Nth Annual <b>Concert in Bad Taste</b>". </p><p><b>Bad Taste</b> is a concert devoted solely to off-color, nerdy, controversial, offensive, and often humorous material; a good-faith effort is made to offend everybody equally, but no quarter is given. Popular topics include: offensive sexual references; mocking the MIT administration; lambasting <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_College" title="Wellesley College">Wellesley College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simmons_College_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simmons College (Massachusetts)">Simmons College</a> and other colleges in the region; excruciatingly hilarious science puns; and disgusting sexual references. The concert is usually about 2½ hours long, with a mixture of skits, songs, and general hilarity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross_Products">Cross Products</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Cross Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cross Products are MIT's Christian co-ed a cappella singing group. Founded in 1988, their stated purpose is: "We exist to glorify God through music, and to tell others about the ways that He has changed our lives: we are each products of the cross of Jesus Christ." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Folk_Dance_Club">Folk Dance Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Folk Dance Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MIT Folk Dance Club, founded in 1959, sponsors 3 public dance sessions every week: <a href="/wiki/International_folk_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="International folk dancing">international folk dancing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contra_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Contra dancing">contra dancing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_folk_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli folk dancing">Israeli dancing</a>. In the 1960s it sponsored four Folk Dance Festivals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gamelan_Galak_Tika">Gamelan Galak Tika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Gamelan Galak Tika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Gamelan_Galak_Tika"></span> Founded and directed by Professor <a href="/wiki/Evan_Ziporyn" title="Evan Ziporyn">Evan Ziporyn</a> in September 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-MIT_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-MIT-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this MIT-based authentic <a href="/wiki/Gamelan" title="Gamelan">gamelan</a> orchestra performs on campus, and has toured nationally and internationally, including to <a href="/wiki/Bali,_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bali, Indonesia">Bali, Indonesia</a>, the birthplace of this musical genre.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensemble performs classical Balinese compositions with <a href="/wiki/Balinese_dance" title="Balinese dance">traditionally costumed dancers</a>, as well as contemporary and experimental pieces specially commissioned for the group.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experimental pieces have incorporated non-traditional instruments such as <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitars</a>, glass chimes, and one-of-a-kind novel <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic and computer-controlled instruments</a>, in a variety of musical styles.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guest composer-performers have included <a href="/wiki/Terry_Riley" title="Terry Riley">Terry Riley</a>, a pioneer of minimal music.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-Hist_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-Hist-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christine_Southworth" title="Christine Southworth">Christine Southworth</a>, an MIT alumna, has performed several of her compositions and has long been an active member of the orchestra. </p><p>Gamelan Galak Tika uses authentic <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussion</a> instruments made in Indonesia, and the musicians perform <a href="/wiki/Barefoot" title="Barefoot">barefoot</a> in authentic <a href="/wiki/Kebaya" title="Kebaya">Balinese costumes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Concerts are usually started with placement of a traditional Balinese centerpiece made of fresh fruit onto the stage (<a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a> sticks were lit up in earlier years, but this practice was discontinued due to concerns about <a href="/wiki/Allergies" class="mw-redirect" title="Allergies">allergies</a> and poor <a href="/wiki/Indoor_air_quality" title="Indoor air quality">indoor air quality</a>). After a concert, the audience is usually invited to come up on stage to get a closer look at the gamelan instruments, and to try hands-on playing of them under the guidance of orchestra members. Also, pieces of the fresh fruit centerpiece are offered to audience members, for a gustatory remembrance of the event. </p><p>The group <a href="/wiki/Learning_styles" title="Learning styles">learns aurally</a>, without the aid of <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a>, and functions in the tradition of a Balinese village <i>sekeha</i>, with decisions made communally and responsibilities shared among the members of the ensemble.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the ensemble means "intense togetherness" in Bahasa Kawi (classical <a href="/wiki/Javanese_language" title="Javanese language">Javanese</a>, a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-MIT_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-MIT-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is also a cross-lingual <a href="/wiki/Pun" title="Pun">pun</a> on the title of the old television show <i><a href="/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica" title="Battlestar Galactica">Battlestar Galactica</a></i>. The group performs with three sets of gamelan instruments: a traditional <i>pelog</i> set, another tuned in <a href="/wiki/Just_intonation" title="Just intonation">just intonation</a>, and the completely electronic Gamelan Elektrika, based on a design developed at the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Media_Lab" title="MIT Media Lab">MIT Media Lab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GGT-About_54-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GGT-About-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live_Music_Connection_(LMC)"><span id="Live_Music_Connection_.28LMC.29"></span>Live Music Connection (LMC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Live Music Connection (LMC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A co-op of MIT's bands on campus, the LMC provides a venue for artists to play as well as open jam sessions for students. Started in 2009 by MIT student band, The Guitar Knives, the LMC is now an official student group that holds concerts about once every 2 weeks in the Student Center, usually featuring 2 MIT bands. The LMC recently put out the first official CD of MIT bands that can be found on their website, as well as below. This sets a precedent at the school in that the CD is offered for Free Download, publicizing MIT's up and coming artists that also play the LMC's Concert Series. The LMC is also responsible for holding MIT's Battle of the Bands at Campus Preview Weekend, which it has recently taken over and established as a competitive ground for solely MIT bands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logarhythms">Logarhythms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Logarhythms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founded in 1949, the MIT Logarhythms is an all-male <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_a_cappella" title="Collegiate a cappella">a cappella</a> performance group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Logs began as a close-harmony octet, singing popular and comedy melodies of the 1940s. The Logarhythms were named by one of their founding members, Ed Kerwin. Their current repertoire consists primarily of modern pop, hip hop, and classic rock, and their close-harmony lives on in many tunes. </p><p>The Logs perform throughout Massachusetts and the New England area. Recent biannual tours have included performances around Washington DC, California, Michigan, and Texas. The group has earned songs on the Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) compilation albums from 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009, and their album <i>Soundproof</i> received near-perfect marks in its review from the Recorded A Cappella Review Board.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, the Logs participated in and took first place in WERS' All A Cappella Live competition at the Majestic Theatre in Boston, competing against the Tufts Beelzebubs, Brandeis VoiceMale, and the Harvard Low Keys.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Give Us Back Our Spyplane</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Natural</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Soundproof</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Superlogs</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Mind the Logs</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Redwood</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Songs From The Bagel</i> (1994)</li></ul> <p><i>Natural</i> features cover songs performed and recorded by the '04–05 and '05–06 members of the MIT Logarhythms. The tracks were recorded at MIT at the Logarhythms' studio. Tracks were subsequently mixed by producer John Clark. </p><p>"Part-Time Lover" soloist Chris Vu won a 2007 CARA award as Best Male Collegiate Soloist.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Such Great Heights" received a 2007 CARA nomination for Best Male Collegiate Song. </p><p><i>Soundproof</i> features cover songs performed and recorded by the '02–03 and '03–04 members of the MIT Logarhythms. The tracks were recorded at MIT at the Logarhythms' newly built studio.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Track one was mixed by Viktor Kray. All remaining tracks were mixed by John Clark. </p><p>"The Kids Aren't Alright" was featured as the first track on the Best of College A Cappella 2005 compilation.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "No Such Thing" appeared as track nine on the Best of College A Cappella 2004 compilation.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Learn to Fly" was Runner Up for Best Male Collegiate Arrangement in the 2005 CARA awards.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marching_Band">Marching Band</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Marching Band"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=MIT_Marching_Band&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MIT Marching Band (page does not exist)">MIT Marching Band</a> is purely student run, and is open to the entire MIT community. </p><p>The band plays at all types of events year-round. In its recent history, it has performed at football, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, women's rugby, water polo, and hockey games. The band has also played for events such as the re-opening of the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Museum" title="MIT Museum">MIT Museum</a> and the Cambridge Science Festival. During MIT's Campus Preview Weekend in April, the band leads the prospective freshmen from the keynote address in Rockwell Cage to an activities fair in Johnson Ice Rink. Every December, the band tours downtown <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> playing holiday music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Muses">Muses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Muses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MIT Muses, MIT's only all-female a cappella group, was founded in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambrosia_Liner_Notes_1_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambrosia_Liner_Notes_1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name of the a cappella group is based on the definition of the ancient Greek <a href="/wiki/Muses" title="Muses">Muses</a>. The members of the <b>MIT Muses</b> named their first album <i>Ambrosia</i> because it was the food of the ancient Greek gods.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambrosia_Liner_Notes_1_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambrosia_Liner_Notes_1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Discography">Discography</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Elysian Fields</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Ambrosia</i> (1995)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_Theater_Guild">Musical Theater Guild</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Musical Theater Guild"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Musical Theatre Guild is an entirely student-run theater group which performs four musicals per year (spring term, summer, fall term, and IAP). Membership is open to anyone, but preference is given to MIT students and MIT community members for cast and production roles. Performances are open to the general public. </p><p>In IAP 2003, MTG produced Star Wars: Musical Edition, a musical version of the original Star Wars movie, featuring musical numbers from existing musicals with the lyrics changed to fit the plot. In April 2005, part of the group performed selections from the show at Celebration III, a Star Wars convention for which George Lucas was present. In the fall of 2005, MTG produced Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition, which encompassed the entire original trilogy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resonance">Resonance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Resonance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT Resonance is a student rock/pop <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> group from MIT. Founded in the 2000–2001 school year, the group is co-ed and typically consists of sixteen undergraduate and graduate students (though its size varies). It is one of seven a cappella groups at the school, and is known across campus for its frequent free performances and its funny, edgy interludes used to keep audiences amused between songs. </p><p>Nationally, Resonance is perhaps best known for its recognition through CASA, the Contemporary A Cappella Society, having received a 2004 and 2008 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) nomination for Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement, a 2008 CARA award for Best Scholastic Original, as well as a berth on the 2006 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Best_of_College_A_Cappella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Best of College A Cappella (page does not exist)">Best of College A Cappella</a> compilation CD. The group is also known for regularly hosting the <a href="/wiki/International_Championship_of_College_A_Cappella" class="mw-redirect" title="International Championship of College A Cappella">International Championship of College A Cappella</a> New England Semifinals. </p><p>The group has produced three albums, its latest being the self-titled "Resonance" released in fall 2007. </p><p>Resonance was envisioned by Sara Jo Elice who, with her friend (and eventual co-founder) Jessica Hinel, fleshed out the original idea while waiting to audition for an MIT Musical Theatre Guild production. Jay Humphries was auditioning for the same production and ended up becoming an inaugural Resonance member as well. In 2001, the MIT Association of Student Activities recognized Resonance as its seventh a cappella group on campus at the time. </p><p>The name Resonance follows an established joke among MIT a cappella groups of using a science or math-based pun to name the group. In science, resonance has to do with vibration and harmony. Specifically, resonant frequencies are the frequencies that cause natural amplification of signal – a commonly cited example being the singer who can, at the right frequency, break glass with their voice. Keeping with the theme, the resonance name is often formatted as <b>"res(((o)))nance."</b> and displayed alongside a logo of a shattered wine glass. </p><p>Resonance regularly performs on the MIT campus, at the minimum presenting a single full-length concert per term. Each concert is primarily composed of a collection of songs, both covers and originals, selected and arranged for a cappella by members of the group. Over 100 different songs have been performed by the group since 2001. </p><p>Resonance, like many a cappella groups, has a single "alum" song, taught to all members and used to close almost all performances. Group alumni are invited to join the current members on stage to finish the night. Resonance's alum song is "Easy People" by the <a href="/wiki/The_Nields" title="The Nields">Nields</a>. </p><p>Resonance has released three albums: </p> <ul><li><i>Resonance</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Left On Red</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>First Harmonic</i> (2003)</li></ul> <p>Resonance is also featured on two a cappella collections: </p> <ul><li><i>acaTunes Awards 2007</i> (2007) – Collection, features "So Little Notice" by Sarah Dupuis as performed by Resonance</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Best_of_College_A_Cappella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Best of College A Cappella (page does not exist)">Best of College A Cappella</a> 2006</i> (2006) – Collection, features "Mystify (Atrévete)" by <a href="/wiki/Chenoa" title="Chenoa">Chenoa</a> as performed by Resonance</li></ul> <p>All three Resonance full-length albums are available only through the group directly. Best of College A Cappella is produced and distributed to various retail sources by Varsity Vocals. acaTunes awards are produced by acaTunes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shakespeare_Ensemble">Shakespeare Ensemble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Shakespeare Ensemble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founded in 1974, the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, denoted "Ensemble" for short, is a student-run theater group. The group puts on one Shakespeare play each semester as well as one non-Shakespeare play each IAP and summer. These shows are open to the public. Unlike other MIT theater groups, the Shakespeare Ensemble works with professional directors in the area. In the past, the Ensemble has taken their shows on tour; previous tours have included the East Coast, California, and England.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ensemble traditions include a bi-annual "spearing" ceremony to welcome new members, as well as a semi-formal gathering called Ensemball. The Ensemble also regularly performs "Scene Nights", which showcase a collection of scenes, and "24-hour shows", which entail writing, rehearsing, and performing a play all within a 24-hour period.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shakespeare Ensemble also has a strong tech community, with its own traditions. One such tradition is the "sex-light", denoting pink- or purple-tinted lights shined during a scene with romantic or sexual connotations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symphony_Orchestra">Symphony Orchestra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Symphony Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kresge_Auditorium,_MIT_(interior_with_concert).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG/220px-Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG/330px-Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG/440px-Kresge_Auditorium%2C_MIT_%28interior_with_concert%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>An MIT student orchestra performs in <a href="/wiki/Kresge_Auditorium" title="Kresge Auditorium">Kresge Auditorium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The MIT Symphony Orchestra is the <a href="/wiki/Symphony_orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphony orchestra">symphony orchestra</a> of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. </p><p>The origins of the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) date back as far as 1884 when the first MIT Tech Orchestra appeared on campus along with the Banjo and Glee Clubs. The orchestra disbanded and re-appeared several times over the years that followed until 1947, when <a href="/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Liepmann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Klaus Liepmann (page does not exist)">Klaus Liepmann</a> (1907–1990), MIT's first full-time professor of music and founder of the music program, became director of the MIT Glee Club, the Symphony and the Choral Society. </p><p>Nine years later John Corley (1919–2000) took over the direction of the Symphony until 1966, when David Epstein (1931–2002) became the Symphony Orchestra's music director. Under Prof. Epstein, the orchestra performed at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> and made several LP recordings. David Epstein's tenure ended in the spring of 1998 upon his retirement from the Institute. The MITSO has also performed with artists such as <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a>, when he performed works of <a href="/wiki/P.D.Q._Bach" class="mw-redirect" title="P.D.Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a> as a dog chained to the concertmaster. After an international search, Dante Anzolini became Music Director of the Orchestra and Associate Professor of Music at MIT in September 1998. For the 2006–2007 season, Paul Biss from Indiana University served as interim conductor for MITSO, and in the fall of 2007, Adam Boyles began his tenure as the current music director. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syncopasian">Syncopasian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Syncopasian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Syncopasian is an Asian a cappella group at MIT. Founded in 2008, Syncopasian's mission is to promote Asian music and pop culture at MIT and in the surrounding community. Unlike other a cappella groups on campus, its repertoire includes songs in not only English, but also in Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian languages. The group holds two large concerts in the winter and spring and also performs at a variety of other on-campus events. It released its first album titled Syncopasian in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Techiya">Techiya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Techiya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Techiya is MIT's Jewish, Hebrew, Israeli a cappella group. Founded in 1994, the group released a demo tape in 1997. Since then, they have released three albums: <i>Half-Life</i> (2002), <i>Techiya Sunrise</i> (2010), and <i>Technetium</i> (2015). The group sings a wide variety of songs, including traditional liturgy, Israeli pop songs, Broadway, and original parodies. </p><p>In addition to a concert near the end of each semester, Techiya performed at on-campus events, at local synagogues, and in NYC every spring. They sing songs in many languages, including Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Ladino, French, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, and Amharic. The group unfortunately became inactive around Fall 2017. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tech_Squares">Tech Squares</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Tech Squares"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tech_Squares" title="Tech Squares">Tech Squares</a></div> <p>Tech Squares is a <a href="/wiki/Square_dance" title="Square dance">square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Round_dance" title="Round dance">round dance</a> club founded in 1967. It is known for technical proficiency, often pursuing difficult and challenging choreography. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toons">Toons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Toons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MIT/Wellesley Toons are a cross-campus, co-ed college <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> singing group. Founded in 1990, the group takes its members from both the undergraduate and graduate students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the undergraduates of <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_College" title="Wellesley College">Wellesley College</a>. The group performs several times each year at free concerts on both campuses, as well as at a variety of other venues both nearby and out-of-state. </p><p>The Toons host an annual <i>Concert for a Cure</i> in support of <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a> research, which draws large crowds from around the Boston area to enjoy music, dance, and other performing arts from a diverse array of groups from <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> colleges and universities. The fourth annual concert – held in November 2009 – raised nearly $3000 in audience donations, which was donated to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Accelerated_Cure_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Accelerated Cure Project (page does not exist)">Accelerated Cure Project</a>. </p><p>The Toons have released five albums: </p> <ul><li><i>Part of This Complete Breakfast</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>All Jokes Aside</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Holding Our Own</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>59th Street Bridge</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Target Practice</i> (1995)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wind_Ensemble">Wind Ensemble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Wind Ensemble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MIT Wind Ensemble, also known as MITWE or 21M.426, is a group of instrumental performers who are students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The group performs classic (such as <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Holst" title="Gustav Holst">Holst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Percy_Grainger" title="Percy Grainger">Grainger</a>) and contemporary <a href="/wiki/Wind_ensemble" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind ensemble">wind ensemble</a> repertoire. It also <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">commissions</a> many new works. </p><p>The ensemble was formed in 1999 by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Frederick_Harris_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Frederick Harris Jr.">Dr. Frederick Harris Jr.</a> It is led by him and <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Amis" title="Kenneth Amis">Kenneth Amis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a> player in the <a href="/wiki/Empire_Brass" title="Empire Brass">Empire Brass</a>. </p><p>The ensemble performs 4 concerts per year in <a href="/wiki/Kresge_Auditorium" title="Kresge Auditorium">Kresge Auditorium</a>. The concerts are open to the public. The ensemble also has performed with local <a href="/wiki/Middle_school" title="Middle school">middle school</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high school</a> bands, as part of an outreach program. The ensemble has taken two international tours: to the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> in 2019 and to <a href="/wiki/Manaus,_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Manaus, Brazil">Manaus, Brazil</a> in 2023. </p><p>Admission to the MIT Wind Ensemble is by <a href="/wiki/Audition_(performing_arts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Audition (performing arts)">audition</a> only. Current players must re-audition at the beginning of every year to remain in the ensemble. The audition consists of a short piece of the student's choice, a <a href="/wiki/Sight_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Sight reading">sight reading</a> exercise, and a <a href="/wiki/Chromatic_scale" title="Chromatic scale">chromatic scale</a>. <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Undergraduate">Undergraduate</a> students in the ensemble may choose to take MITWE for <a href="/wiki/Credit_(education)" class="mw-redirect" title="Credit (education)">academic credit</a>. In this case, the student must take a short playing exam at the end of each term. </p><p>In 2002 and 2003, the ensemble recorded its first CD ("Waking Winds") featuring 4 works by <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> area composers: </p> <ul><li>Concertino for Violin and Chamber Winds, by Peter Child</li> <li>The Congress of the Insomniacs, by Brian Robison</li> <li>Song and Dance, by <a href="/wiki/Gunther_Schuller" title="Gunther Schuller">Gunther Schuller</a></li> <li>Drill, by <a href="/wiki/Evan_Ziporyn" title="Evan Ziporyn">Evan Ziporyn</a></li></ul> <p>The recording sessions took place in <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Hall_(Boston)" title="Jordan Hall (Boston)">Jordan Hall</a>, Kresge Auditorium, and Killian Hall. </p><p>The ensemble's second CD ("Solo Eclipse") was released in 2008, featuring new works by: </p> <ul><li>Kenneth Amis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ran_Blake" title="Ran Blake">Ran Blake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Klein" title="Guillermo Klein">Guillermo Klein</a></li></ul> <p>The ensemble has commissioned many works for Wind Band, including pieces by Kenneth Amis, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Werner" title="Kenny Werner">Kenny Werner</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Erica_Foin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erica Foin (page does not exist)">Erica Foin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Forrest_Larson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forrest Larson (page does not exist)">Forrest Larson</a>, Ran Blake, Guillermo Klein, Evan Ziporyn, and others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications_and_media">Publications and media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Publications and media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WMBR">WMBR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: WMBR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg/220px-MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg/330px-MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg/440px-MIT_Walker_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3547" data-file-height="2183" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/WMBR" title="WMBR">WMBR</a> campus radio station is located in Walker Memorial</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WMBR" title="WMBR">WMBR</a></div> <p>WMBR is a student-run <a href="/wiki/College_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="College radio">college radio</a> station <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_license" title="Broadcast license">licensed to broadcast</a> on 88.1 FM. Its <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a> is an acronym for Walker Memorial Basement Radio, referring to the location of the radio station.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIT_International_Review"><i>MIT International Review</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: MIT International Review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>MIT International Review</i> (<i>MITIR</i>) is an interdisciplinary <a href="/wiki/Academic_journal" title="Academic journal">journal</a> of <a href="/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international affairs</a> published by MIT. The aim of the publication is to "foster solution-oriented discourse about international problems.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Tech"><i>The Tech</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: The Tech"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)" title="The Tech (newspaper)">The Tech (newspaper)</a></div> <p><i>The Tech</i> is MIT's student newspaper. It is published once a week on Thursdays during the academic year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIT_Undergraduate_Research_Journal_(MURJ)"><span id="MIT_Undergraduate_Research_Journal_.28MURJ.29"></span><i>MIT Undergraduate Research Journal</i> (MURJ)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: MIT Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This periodic publication reports on results from recent and ongoing Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (<a href="/wiki/UROP" class="mw-redirect" title="UROP">UROP</a>) projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ergo_(defunct)"><span id="Ergo_.28defunct.29"></span><i>Ergo</i> (defunct)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Ergo (defunct)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ergo</i> was a student-run newspaper, based at MIT,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but distributed and staffed by people from other colleges in the Boston area as well, primarily <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a>. It was started in 1969<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a conservative-libertarian alternative to the often socialist student activism that was prevalent at the time. It was published weekly; support came from advertising, contributions, and subscriptions; MIT provided free office space but did not otherwise support the paper. </p><p>In the next few years <i>Ergo</i> shifted in a more <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarian</a> direction, and its editorial policy became more aligned with <a href="/wiki/Objectivist_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Objectivist philosophy">Objectivism</a>. Content included commentary on local and national political issues, occasional analysis of more abstract philosophical issues, and reviews of books and music. The paper conducted a long-running campaign criticizing the MIT philosophy department for presenting <a href="/wiki/Analytic_philosophy" title="Analytic philosophy">analytic philosophy</a> to the exclusion of other philosophical systems, and campaigned with more success against student <a href="/wiki/Hazing" title="Hazing">hazing</a> practices. It regularly covered <a href="/wiki/Ayn_Rand" title="Ayn Rand">Ayn Rand</a>'s annual talks at the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Hall_Forum" title="Ford Hall Forum">Ford Hall Forum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the core group behind <i>Ergo</i> graduated and drifted away, and as student activism in general declined, publication became more sporadic. It ceased publication in the 1980s. It was briefly revived in 1999. Authors for <i>Ergo</i> included <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bidinotto" title="Robert Bidinotto">Robert Bidinotto</a> and (briefly) <a href="/wiki/Simson_Garfinkel" title="Simson Garfinkel">Simson Garfinkel</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_government">Student government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Student government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MIT's student body has several governing organizations. The Undergraduate Association is the primary representative body for undergraduate students while the Graduate Student Council represents the interests of graduate students. Organizations like the Interfraternity Council (IFC), Panhellenic Council (Panhel), Living Group Council (LGC), and Dormitory Council (Dormcon) are independent bodies that represent the interests of fraternities, sororities, independent living groups, and undergraduate dormitories respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fraternities_and_Sororities">Fraternities and Sororities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Fraternities and Sororities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_fraternities,_sororities,_and_ILGs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology fraternities, sororities, and ILGs">List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology fraternities, sororities, and ILGs</a></div> <p>MIT has an active Greek and <a href="/wiki/Student_housing_cooperative" title="Student housing cooperative">co-op housing</a> system, including thirty-six <a href="/wiki/Fraternity" title="Fraternity">fraternities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorority" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorority">sororities</a>, and independent living groups (<a href="/wiki/FSILG" class="mw-redirect" title="FSILG">FSILGs</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 98% of all undergraduates lived in MIT-affiliated housing; 54% of the men participated in fraternities and 20% of the women were involved in sororities.<sup id="cite_ref-CDS_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most FSILGs are located across the river in <a href="/wiki/Back_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Bay">Back Bay</a> near where MIT was founded, and there is also a cluster of fraternities on MIT's West Campus that face the Charles River Basin.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MIT_Engineers" title="MIT Engineers">MIT Engineers</a></div> <p>MIT has 33 varsity sports teams. Of the previous 41 varsity sports, eight (Alpine Skiing, Golf, Men's Ice Hockey, Women's Ice Hockey, Men's Gymnastics, Women's Gymnastics, Pistol, and Wrestling) were cut in 2009 for budget reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-varsity_athletics_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varsity_athletics-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MIT also has an extensive club and intramural sports team. </p><p>All MIT undergraduates must complete physical education classes as well as a swim test or class as part of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#AnchorGIR" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">General Institute Requirements</a> (GIRs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditions_and_student_activities_at_MIT&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Course numbers were traditionally presented in <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>, e.g. "Course XVIII" for mathematics. 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