REX 2023
Viva La Revolution!!! And welcome to REX 2023.
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REX (Residence Exploration) is a chance to explore all of the dorms MIT has to offer. It's 4 days of non-stop events of every kind imaginable. Meet new friends, try new things, and most importantly, find your home!
At East Campus, we have events every hour of the day. Get your hands messy building a three-story wooden castle. Try one of our World Famous rush burgers. Turn your hair a new color. Whether you want to make art (or messes), build cool projects, or take a Tour, we encourage you to stop by and meet the members of our community!
Most events take place in the EC Courtyard (between buildings
62 and
64) or in
Talbot lounge (a big room on one
side of the courtyard in building 62)
at the fort build sitein DAPER Field A, behind the tennis bubble.
Hot tip: if you know what hall an event
is on but you don't know where it is, just go to one end of that hall and walk
in a straight line until you find it the fort build site.
This is a great place to start if you aren't sure
where to go. Event locations are listed in the schedule and can be found on the campus map below. If you need any help
finding something, please ask!
Here's our schedule of REX events. Look out for some limited edition events only on the East Campus schedule!
You can import this event list to your calendar. or open the Google calendar preview.
| FPOP Week | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill, Chill, and Build | power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided | Build Site |
| Saturday, August 26 | |||
| 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM | Learn to Solder! | Join us at the Edgerton Electronics Mezzanine in 6C-006 all day to learn soldering, illuminate a 3-story fort, and create an exceptional glow for our castle, regardless of your soldering experience, as long as you have enthusiasm for EC (East Campus or Electronic Circuits). | Metropolis (6C-006) |
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill, Chill, and Build | power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided | Build Site |
| 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Hair Dyeing | Is there something missing in your life? Do you look in the mirror and know that there's something out there that you don't see, but you can't figure out what it might be? It's probably hair dye. Stop by the East Campus build site today! | Build Site |
| 10:00 PM - 10:19 PM | we're not here. | Where’s “here” | Build Site |
| Sunday, August 27 | |||
| 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Henna Hours | Have you ever wanted to draw on yourself? Have you ever wanted to draw on yourself and not have it come off? Then this is the event for you! Come join us for henna pens and vibes! | Classroom (1-136) |
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill, Chill, and Build | power tools! ladders! safety! no experience required, burgers provided | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Hair Dyeing | East Campus is running a sale on Hair Dyeing and Bleaching services. Today only*, stop by for a complementary hair transformation experience! *Also Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Minecraft Dorm Tours | what do you feel when you see the parallels of East Campus? curiosity? intrigue? …temptation? alas, due to abstruse concepts like “health and safety”, we are unable to offer you the East Campus Tour Experience™ this year. So instead, we will do so… in minecraft! (laptop optional) | Classroom (1-135) |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Paint a mannequin!! | We bought a mannequin and paint on the internet. Have fun. | Build Site |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Trader Jack's | we ask you (and you can ask us) invasive personal questions in exchange for Trader Joe’s snacks. learn the infinite secrets of MIT while also eating a rice cake. | Between Stud & Z |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Pinkies | Who is Pinkie? What is the "Harry's monstrosity" menu item? What do I get if I order "oat"? Come and find out at EC's favorite late night diner! | Next House Kitchen |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | PROTEST!!! | We are mad! Come express your outrage with us. Today we march! >:) | Build Site |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Python Bee | the python bee is like a spelling bee, but instead of spelling a word you’re spelling a python program. if you win, you will get a bee (soft) as a prize. my bee (soft) is named bigby because he is a big bee. in the python bee, you too can earn a bee (soft) of your own. 🐝 | Classroom (1-150) |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | super spicy challenge | it's getting hot in here... come, eat increasingly spicier foods, and let us suffer together. if you get to the spiciest of the spicey spices, maybe you can even walk home with a bottle of your own ec-branded ~mystery hot sauce.~ | Warehouse Kitchen |
| 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM | EAST SIDE PARTY | VIVA LA REVOLUTION! East Side Party, where the bops don't stop. Ride our student-made attractions, get space trained, and wrestle in substances never before wrestled in. Dance your way to freedom from the tyranny of normal life. | Build Site |
| Monday, August 28 | |||
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Pronoun Pins | Come customize resin pronoun pins! We'll have duo-chrome nail polishes to paint said pins (or your nails), as well as good company :) | Build Site |
| 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | MasterChef | are you the best cook? don't actually cook yet? come make food while competing for the title of MasterChef. you'll compete in a team and everyone will get the same mix of cursed and non-cursed ingredients. there will be prizes and everyone gets to eat! | Next House Kitchen |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Graffiti 101 | the most important freshman GIR. | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill and Chill | Burgers and friends ALL DAY! :D | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Hair Dyeing | You could get your hair dyed tomorrow. But you also could've gotten it dyed yesterday, and you didn't (unless you did, in which case you're awesome). Why wait any longer? You know you want to. | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Climb the Castle | Come climb on the EC castle bouldering wall! | Build Site |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Queer Panel | An informative panel about what it's like to be queer at MIT, including resources and firsthand accounts from queer students from East Campus. (This event not open to parents.) | Rainbow Lounge (50-250) |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Oobleck Pool! | Come dip your toes in a non-Newtonian fluid! | Build Site |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Catboy Cafe x Goth Girl iHOP | haiiiiii ^-^ stop by for emo pancakes, kawaii waffles, and more :3 learn about east campus from local goths and catboys! | Next House Kitchen |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Minecraft Dorm Tours | what do you feel when you see the parallels of East Campus? curiosity? intrigue? …temptation? alas, due to abstruse concepts like “health and safety”, we are unable to offer you the East Campus Tour Experience™ this year. So instead, we will do so… in minecraft! (laptop optional) | Classroom (1-134) |
| 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Cruft Smashing | wanna smash old electronics? have built up rage from the hassel of unpacking?, wanna see other people let out demons? come to cruft smashing and see what you and a tool of your choice can do to some old electronics | Build Site |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Snake Summoning | come make some magical snakes and see them dance! | Build Site |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Fluffytown | Stop by and build and/or hang out in a blanket fort with folks from East Campus! | Classroom (1-136) |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | smol desk concert | open mic! come play and/or listen to some music! | Build Site |
| 10:00 PM - 10:19 PM | where'd we go? | Come join us in not-being-here. | Build Site |
| Tuesday, August 29 | |||
| 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Tetris and tats | play tetr.io and get some sick ink(box) | Classroom (1-132) |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Climb the Castle | Come climb on the EC castle bouldering wall! | Build Site |
| 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Ruin Your Wardrobe | you probably came here with all those new clothes mommy and daddy bought you. or maybe you've gotten a (very plain) orientation shirt. either way, wouldn't it be nice to turn those into something you'd ACTUALLY wear? *BRING CLOTHES* | Build Site |
| 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Minecraft Dorm Tours | what do you feel when you see the parallels of East Campus? curiosity? intrigue? …temptation? alas, due to abstruse concepts like “health and safety”, we are unable to offer you the East Campus Tour Experience™ this year. So instead, we will do so… in minecraft! (laptop optional) | Classroom (1-134) |
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill and Chill | Burgers and friends ALL DAY! :D | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Hair Dyeing | What better way to appreciate the spirit of individualism and self-reliance than to get your hair dyed in ALL OF THE COLORS because you can and why not | Build Site |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | New! Courseroading in the Castle (Bring Laptop Plz) | Lost? Confused? Unsure what classes you want to take at MIT? Come hang out with upperclassmen and get advice on how to choose classes and what classes people have enjoyed. | Build Site |
| 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | CURSED GRILLZ | If it's grillable or edible, we gon make it deliciousable. Come try various foods that may or may not grill well. Vote on your favorites and help revolutionize the world of cooking with the almighty grill! | Build Site |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Westyard SCREAAMM | words are hard....sometimes you just need to aaAAAHHHHH!!! Come join us in some (non)traditional EC group therapy. | Build Site |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Black Queer Hangout | chill with some POC gay people and eat our baked mac n cheese (among other foods) | Between Stud & Z |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Sizzling S'mores | Fun fact #1: Fire makes marshamllows niicceee and toasty. Fun fact #2: We have fire. | Build Site |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Super Secret Gaytime | Come chill with fellow gays of EC; stay as long as you like and speak as much as you want :) | Classroom (1-134) |
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Let Them East Cake | As the famous french royalty once proclaimed, “Let them eat cake!” Well, let the people eat cake! ‘Tis not the boring cake of the 1800s, though - decorate a cake to your heart’s content, or demolish a heart cake like in Taylor Swift’s music video content. Viva la revolution! | Warehouse Kitchen |
| 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM | Water Wars Prep | We shall fight to the death and WIN!!!!! (and by death I mean we shall soak them completely) | Build Site |
| 7:15 PM - 8:00 PM | Water WARS!!! | The eternal battle. East vs West. Unleash your battle cry. Grab a water balloon. CHARGE! You will get wet. Dress accordingly | Killian |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Crocheting Peculiar Cats | Come crochet cats, the pride and joy of East Campus! Beginners welcome—in fact, if you end up crocheting the strangest blob of a body, that’ll only mirror the reality of EC cats more :D | Classroom (1-136) |
| 10:00 PM - 10:19 PM | where'd we go? | Idk, you tell me. | Build Site |
| Wednesday, August 30 | |||
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Cooking with Power Tools | we have power tools, we have food, and we need you to help make it. | Next House Kitchen |
| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Grill and Chill | Burgers and friends ALL DAY! :D | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Hair Dyeing | We've been coloring hair so long that our hands have literally turned into rainbows. Please advise. | Build Site |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Up in smoke: where is EC now (answer: BC) | You can’t light a building on fire without a building. Join the BC and EC communities for burgers and some fun conversations about living in a building that doesn’t exist. Our communities are stronger than the reinforced concrete and asbestos that hold us together. | BC Grillz |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Climb the Castle | Come climb on the EC castle bouldering wall! | Build Site |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Doors 201: Lockpicking | An MIT education opens doors. | Classroom (1-132) |
| 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Goblin | Gather to celebrate the genesis of GOBLIN at Goblin ESCAPE ROOM!!! Join us for this thrilling event in a dark room full of goblins. Watch the Goblin movie on 4x spd. Learn of the fabled Goblin House. And lock in: or you won't be able to lock out. | Classroom (1-150) |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Ink Yourself | how much surface area can you cover with EAsT camPUS temporary tattoos? theres only one way to find out. | Build Site |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | High Velocity Tic Tac Toe | Ever seen an apple core go supersonic? Neither have I, but we'll get close. | Build Site |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Gaysian Tea Party | are you a gay slay? or are you asian? — or both?! come have & spill tea :) (if you are neither gay nor asian, feel welcome as well!! all poggers people are awesome and we would love to uwu with u!) | Warehouse Kitchen |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Knotical Nonsense | Whether you're a thrill-seeker, an adventurer, or just someone who loves to learn new things, 'Knottical Nonsense' is the perfect place to learn to tie knots! You'll discover the knots used by climbers to reach new heights and riggers to lift heavy loads. | Classroom (1-132) |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Minecraft Dorm Tours | what do you feel when you see the parallels of East Campus? curiosity? intrigue? …temptation? alas, due to abstruse concepts like “health and safety”, we are unable to offer you the East Campus Tour Experience™ this year. So instead, we will do so… in minecraft! (laptop optional) | Classroom (1-134) |
| 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM | Waffle Night | come hang out and eat sweet treats with us! 🧇 waffles are not guaranteed, but good vibes are 😎 | Next House Kitchen |