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Sections of the MIT Technique yearbook were enhanced by paintings and etchings. This is the frontispiece to the 1917 fraternities section. This is the frontispiece to the 1917 fraternities section. The first, or pioneer, fraternity on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus was Chi Phi , established in 1873. [ 1 ]
MIT has relatively few formal traditions, compared to many other universities, but has a rich culture of informal traditions and jargon. 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.
MIT's central and east campus from above the Harvard Bridge. Left of center is the Great Dome over Killian Court, with the Stata Center behind. MIT's Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court. MIT's 166-acre (67.2 ha) campus in the city of Cambridge spans approximately a mile along the north side of the Charles River basin. [6]
A view of the HO scale model of the Green Building at the Tech Model Railroad Club in Cambridge, MA. The Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) is a student organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [1] Historically, it has been a wellspring of hacker culture and the oldest such hacking group in North America. [2]
Tech Squares is well known for doing difficult and ambitious choreography, and for having an achievement-oriented mindset. At a time when many Modern Western Square Dance clubs are finding that the long learning time for a high degree of proficiency does not attract a sufficient number of newcomers to the activity, Tech Squares thrives on high-proficiency dancers. [2]
Jay Glass, who covered the team for MIT’s newspaper, commented, “It was a hack on the university itself.” After a poor first season, the new MIT Engineers won their first victory in 1979 and went 6–1 the next year. [4] [5] In 1987, the club became a varsity program and joined the NCAA Division III.
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The MIT Crime Club was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student group known for its attempts to develop technological solutions to crime problems and for its unauthorized investigation of a murder in a Harvard dorm. It was established in 2005 to undertake campus-safety projects and raise awareness of campus and neighborhood crime.