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Second East became known as the Beast from the East during the 70's thanks to a particularly captivating beast‐like drawing which the residents clung to as a symbol of the hall. The Beast mentality was maintained for many years, as Second East transitioned to a coed environment in 1995. The Beast of Second East has been immortalized in many murals on hall whose ages stretch back to the early 80's. Second East has a great deal of artwork to boast of, and new murals and doors are still being painted frequently. Notable large scale murals include a replica of the Sistine Chapel in one of the lounges and a collaborative space themed mural in the largest bathroom, whose ceiling tiles have been painted by multiple residents.
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Second East became known as the "Beast from the East" during the '70s thanks to a captivating beast‐like drawing which residents revered as a symbol of the hall. The Beast mentality persevered for the following years, and Second East transitioned to a coed environment in 1995. The Beast of Second East has been immortalized in many murals on hall whose ages stretch back to the early '80s. Second East boasts a great deal of artwork, with new murals and doors still painted frequently. Noteworthy large-scale murals include reproductions of various Sistine Chapel paintings (most notably [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam The Creation of Adam] on the ceiling) in Goodale lounge and a collaborative space-themed mural in the largest bathroom, whose ceiling tiles have been painted by multiple residents. LED comm has also decked out both lounges with sick LED displays (which, when not broken, may even be able to play videos).
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Second East residents are very involved in East Campus government and programming, such as Rush, Campus Preview Weekend, and the Bad Ideas Competition, to name a few. Many Beasts also participate in sports (recently the IM badminton team won the league championships), and enjoy working on various engineering projects. Over the years we've constructed a magnetic game‐board wall, an arcade machine running every arcade game made before 2000, multiple remote control lounge and bathroom sound systems, a string of programmable LED clusters spaced down the hallway, a custom refrigerated soda machine, and a mounted CRT projector, connected to a custom water cooled media server, the radio, a television antenna, and multiple other external sources including at least a half dozen different game consoles. Thanks to Reuse, we've obtained a large server farm to back our many projects and support many hall services, including a wiki, photo gallery, radio server, Athena dial‐up, and IRC server. Additionally, many hall residents have their own personal servers.
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The interests of Beast residents have fluctuated a lot over the years, but many refer to this hall as the "jack of all trades". If you have some hobby or special interest, you can most likely find someone on hall who will join you in your endeavors. In the last few years, denizens of Beast have enjoyed: hitting the gym, cooking, dancing, watching anime, rock climbing, playing multiplayer games, cuddling, hosting book clubs, DJing, and fire spinning.
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Second East's culture is constantly evolving, and so many of our traditions fluctuate with the times.Some recent active traditions include:
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Second East's culture is constantly evolving, and so many of our traditions change with the times Δ. Some recent active traditions include:
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*Weekly GRT sponsored hall feeds
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*GRT-sponsored hall feeds
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*Serious Sunday – when we gather to watch a classic cinematic drama on Sunday nights
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*talks through TEDxBeast
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*Nightly viewings of the Daily Show
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*tea time with hall residents
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*Resident coordinated hall dinners (Thanksgiving, Easter, Passover, etc)
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*<del>weekly hall smoothies, courtesy of Smoothiecomm</del>
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*Waffle Night every Thursday, in which residents cook, bake, and share food (which may or may not include waffles, depending on the whims of the benevolent chefs)
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*Resident-coordinated hall celebrations (Beastsgiving, Secret Sarah, etc.)
*Dinner mobs to local restaurants
*Dinner mobs to local restaurants
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*Hall parties at least once a term
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*Hall parties at least once a semester, and spontaneous dance parties far more frequently
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*Clotting in the halls (residents passing by just cannot help but clot in the hallway)
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*Clotting in the halls (residents passing by a hall clot typically get sucked in)
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*[http://web.mit.edu/beast/www Beast Website]
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*[https://www.mit.edu/~beast Beast Website]

Latest revision as of 06:46, 8 November 2022

Second East became known as the "Beast from the East" during the '70s thanks to a captivating beast‐like drawing which residents revered as a symbol of the hall. The Beast mentality persevered for the following years, and Second East transitioned to a coed environment in 1995. The Beast of Second East has been immortalized in many murals on hall whose ages stretch back to the early '80s. Second East boasts a great deal of artwork, with new murals and doors still painted frequently. Noteworthy large-scale murals include reproductions of various Sistine Chapel paintings (most notably The Creation of Adam on the ceiling) in Goodale lounge and a collaborative space-themed mural in the largest bathroom, whose ceiling tiles have been painted by multiple residents. LED comm has also decked out both lounges with sick LED displays (which, when not broken, may even be able to play videos).

The interests of Beast residents have fluctuated a lot over the years, but many refer to this hall as the "jack of all trades". If you have some hobby or special interest, you can most likely find someone on hall who will join you in your endeavors. In the last few years, denizens of Beast have enjoyed: hitting the gym, cooking, dancing, watching anime, rock climbing, playing multiplayer games, cuddling, hosting book clubs, DJing, and fire spinning.



Second East's culture is constantly evolving, and so many of our traditions change with the times Δ. Some recent active traditions include:

  • GRT-sponsored hall feeds
  • talks through TEDxBeast
  • tea time with hall residents
  • weekly hall smoothies, courtesy of Smoothiecomm
  • Waffle Night every Thursday, in which residents cook, bake, and share food (which may or may not include waffles, depending on the whims of the benevolent chefs)
  • Resident-coordinated hall celebrations (Beastsgiving, Secret Sarah, etc.)
  • Dinner mobs to local restaurants
  • Hall parties at least once a semester, and spontaneous dance parties far more frequently
  • Clotting in the halls (residents passing by a hall clot typically get sucked in)

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