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Campus Preview Weekend 2014
Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) is when prefosh and their families come to MIT and explore student life. For more information, check out the CPW website!
Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Event Title |
Host |
Time |
Blurb |
Location |
Dinner with German House |
German House |
5PM - 8PM |
Sick of junk food already? Join German House for dinner! We'll start cooking at 5 and eat around 7. Come to cook, eat, or both. No German or cooking skills necessary. |
New House 6, 2nd floor lounge |
Origami + Duct Tape + Sugar |
House 3 |
9:45PM - 11PM |
We have paper, duct tape, and SUGAARRRRRR!! Come fold anything from a paper airplane to a modular piece to a dragon. Or play with duct tape. Or stuff your face with cookies. |
NH3 1st floor kitchens |
PowerPoint Karaoke |
House 4 |
10PM - 1AM |
Remember that one time you had that presentation due NEXT PERIOD and threw together random pictures on a PowerPoint and presented it to a room full of people? Experience PowerPoint Karaoke, which requires presenters to think on their feet as they give a presentation they've never seen before. |
House 4, 5th Floor |
Late Night Game Night |
Chocolate City |
10PM - 2AM |
Come enjoy Poker, Spades, Super Smash Bros, Call of Duty, Monopoly, and various other games with the brothers of Chocolate City. |
Chocolate City |
Cards and Crêpes |
French House |
10PM - 2AM |
We like games. You like games. Come play games! Board games, card games, video games. All of them are games. We have them. Milkshakes, smoothies, and crêpes are not games. We have them anyway! |
New House, House 6, top floor kitchen |
21 and Under |
House 2 |
10PM - 3AM |
Sick of everything being 21 and over? We feel your pain. Come watch movies like 21 Jump Street and 21 in New House 2! |
5th Floor lounge |
Event Title |
Host |
Time |
Blurb |
Location |
Continental Breakfast |
New House |
8AM - 10AM |
Looking for breakfast or a bedtime snack? Craving delicious smoothies and waffles? Not enough bacon in your diet? The friendly residents of New House will be serving up breakfast, so come get some! |
Arcade |
CC Jukebox |
Chocolate City |
9AM - 5PM |
Come enjoy music and get to know the brothers of Chocolate City. |
Student Center Stairs |
Smoothigami |
House 4 |
3PM - 5PM |
What happens when you mix smoothies and origami? You get...wet sticky paper. Luckily, we're not doing that. We have state of the art cups that are specifically designed to keep smoothies out of your origami. |
House 4 Kitchens |
Soccer with La Casa |
Spanish House |
4PM - 6PM |
Come join nuestra familia for a pick-up game of indoor soccer. Show us skills and we’ll show you ours. |
Briggs |
Lego my Eggo |
Desmond |
5PM - 9PM |
Actually, we have enough legos and waffles, so sharing skills are not a prerequisite (although good to have). You can even build things with waffles! Warning: Legos present choking hazard. Do not eat legos. |
New House Game Room (Desmond 1st floor lounge) |
Fire House |
House 2 |
6PM - 10PM |
Somebody call 911!!! New House just turned into a FIRE HOUSE! Ignite your own fire with a hot wing eating contest, cool it down with ice cream, and have fun with some good ol' karaoke. |
NH2 Kitchens |
Mangez comme les français (Eat like the French) |
French House |
6:15PM - 7:30PM |
Dînez au restaurant français! Come experience the finest dining west of Mass Ave. Cooking starts at 4pm if you fancy yourself a chef (no cooking experience or French actually required). Dinner is served at 6:15. Bon appétit! |
New House, House 6, top floor kitchen |
Meet & Eat with the residents of New House |
House 3 |
9PM - 11PM |
Meet the friendly residents of New House 3! Also meet our cotton candy machine, fondue fountain, bread machine, and ice cream maker! Come talk to us about majors, cooking for yourself, research, and the deepest secrets of the universe. |
NH3 1st floor kitchens |
Video Games and Junk Food |
House 4 |
10PM- 12AM |
Video Games. Junk Food. Video Games AND Junk Food. |
House 4, 5th Floor |
Whine and Cheese |
French House |
10PM - 2AM |
Bring your questions, comments, concerns, worries, deep existential questions, and bad puns, and we'll provide the sparkly drinks, fancy cheese, and listening ears! (remedial Ben & Jerry's available on demand) |
New House, House 6, top floor kitchen |
Tasty Treats |
New House |
11PM - 1AM |
Have you reached your sugar intake limit yet? No? Boy, do we have the event for you! Test your limits with midnight dessert from New House! |
Arcade |
Midnight Brunch and Disney Movies |
German House |
11PM - 2AM |
Come visit German House to gorge on breakfast food, drink bubble tea, and watch your childhood favorites! |
New House 6, 2nd floor lounge |
Event Title |
Host |
Time |
Blurb |
Location |
Midnight Munchies |
House 2 |
12AM - 2AM Is this Sunday Morning? |
House of Pancakes...Waffle House...aka...HOUSE 2! Come stop by for your last night of CPW to fuel up on pancakes, waffles, and other breakfast foods with fruitilicious toppings. |
NH2 Kitchens |
Continental Breakfast |
New House |
8AM - 10AM |
Looking for breakfast or a bedtime snack? Craving delicious smoothies and waffles? Not enough bacon in your diet? The friendly residents of New House will be serving up breakfast, so come get some! |
Arcade |
Brunch at iHouse |
iHouse |
11AM - 12:30PM |
Discuss international development over a delicious brunch made by current iHouse resident. Come find out what it's like to be part of the only living-learning community at MIT while enjoying delicious food. Bring your questions, appetites, and yourself! |
iHouse (House 1) |
Nerf War: Battle of Champions |
New House |
11AM - 1PM |
Do you have what it takes? Nerf guns provided. BYOC (bring your own courage). |
Possibly Houses 3 & 4 |
Pretzels and Pastries with French House |
French House |
11AM - 1PM |
Craving something savory? Something sweet? How about both? The dough is ready! Come to French House to make pretzels and pastries with us! |
New House, House 6, top floor kitchen |
Carne Asada! |
Spanish House |
12PM - 2PM |
Join Spanish House for our traditional Hispanic BBQ. Learn about our cultural house and fill up with our delicious beef and rice and beans. |
Courtyard between House 1 and House 3 |
Let's Go Fly a Kite (with German House) |
German House |
12PM - 2 PM |
First you make the kite. Then you fly the kite. Then you quit your job and run through the streets singing. Pretty simple, really. |
New House Arcade and Briggs Field |
TexMex Lunch Feast |
House 4 |
12PM - 2PM |
Have you ever wanted to be a Chipotle employee for a day? Probably not, but you should come build your own burrito, throw together your own taco or embark upon a quesadilla quest at our TexMex Lunch Feast. Indulge in some of your favorite American-Mexican foods that you, yourself have put together. It's a character building experience, really. |
House 4 Kitchens |
CC/Minority Mens Discussion |
Chocolate City |
1PM - 3PM |
Ever wondered what it was like to be a minority man at one of the best schools in the world? Come and discuss the experiences with the brothers of Chocolate City. |
Macgregor |
Truffle and Pretzel Making |
German House |
3PM - 5PM |
Come make (and EAT!!!) delicious chocolatey and doughy treats with the denizens of German House. |
New House 6, 2nd floor lounge |
Taste of New House |
New House |
4PM - 6PM |
New House has nine individual houses, and every single one of them has prepared a delectable meal - just for you! Get to know the people of New House while eating food cooked by our numbered and cultural houses. |
Arcade |
Thinking with Portals |
Desmond |
7PM - 9PM |
Aperture Laboratories and the Desmond denizens challenge you to make it past the turret and get the companion cube on the button. Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. |
Desmond 2nd floor lounge and 3rd and/or 4th floor lounge |
Ill Vibes |
Chocolate City |
7PM - 10PM |
Do you enjoy music, poetry, and spoken word? Come and view some of Boston's best talent with the brothers of Chocolate City. |
Macgregor |
Serve up the Stats |
House 2 |
7:30PM - 10PM |
So you think you can dance? Nah? Maybe? Better with Smash Bros.? Well step right up and claim your prizes! Come play to win! |
5th Floor Lounge |
Game Night with La Casa |
Spanish House |
8PM - 11PM |
We’ve got Apples to Apples, Bananagrams, Taboo, Pictionary Man, Pandemic and lots more. |
Spanish House Dining Area |
Game Night |
House 3 |
9PM - 1AM |
LoL, Dominion (Base, Intrigue, Seaside, Prosperity, Cornucopia), Settlers of Catan, Apples to Apples, Ticket to Ride, Boggle, For Sale, Resistance, Wits and Wagers, Fairytale, Bananagrams, Catchphrase, 3D Twister, Anomia, Rock Band, Nintendo 64 (Pokemon Puzzle League, Pokemon Stadium, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater) , Coach Ride to Devil’s Castle!! Plus: fooooooood |
New House 3 5th floor lounge |
We're Okay at YouTube (if you squint a little) |
Desmond |
9:30PM - 1AM |
Singin' in the rain, hopefully without the rain. Even with April showers, rain can't bring down Desmond karaoke spirit! We will sing anything. Seriously, anything. |
Desmond 2nd floor lounge |
Event Title |
Host |
Time |
Blurb |
Location |
Continental Breakfast |
New House |
8AM - 10AM |
Looking for breakfast or a bedtime snack? Craving delicious smoothies and waffles? Not enough bacon in your diet? The friendly residents of New House will be serving up breakfast, so come get some! |
Arcade |
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