Spring '24 Rush

Monday, February 5 to Saturday, February 10

Walk back to the house with us for free dinner!

Vegan options always available

@5:00pm & 7:00pm in Lobby 7

link: directions to Xi, 253 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA, 02116

Monday, February 5

🦀 Scuttle Back to Xi

Every school day during rush, 17:00 and 19:00

Start: MIT Lobby 7 (look for the people in purple)

End: House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Join us in making the trek to our house! The walk is more fun with company, and groups scare away the river monsters 🦑🦑🦑

📜 Pset Party

Every school night, 17:22 - 19:22 after we scuttle back.

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

First week of classes already piling on tons of work? Get some Pset Buddies at Xi! We’re in all sorts of classes, so you’ll have someone to grind out work with.

🧇 Catboy Cafe Waffle Bar Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Enjoy breakfast for dinner and pile up your waffles with an eclectic mix of sweet and savory, liquid and solid toppings and sauces. Vegan options available. Dress up in cat ears and maid outfits and go nya.

🛠️ Kruft Smashing and Construction

20:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Use construction tools to create chaos and destruction! Put your engineering classes to use by creating something from the ensuing scrap!

☕️ Cocoa

21:22-22:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Take a break from smashing or braiding and experience our weekly tradition of drinking cocoa, eating snacks, and taking a break from * the things we should be doing. *

Tuesday, February 6

🥟 Dim Sum Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

While leisurely sipping tea, munch on some bao, dumplings, noodles, meat, tofu, and treats galore. (Vegan options available.)

🚨 Amongus Haus Tour

20:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Crawl through vents and find the imposters! Climb the many things hanging from our ceiling! See the legacies of The Great Molasses Flood!

Wednesday, February 7

🌈 Rainbow Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Enjoy a colorful dinner and see how many shades we can create naturally and which we’ve resorted to food dye for. (Vegan options available.)

🏳‍🌈 Rainbows

20:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Be gay with us. We will eat Skittles (and other candy), do crafts, and talk about queer things. Everyone is welcome!

Thursday, February 8

🏰 Medieval Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Turkey legs, perpetual stew, sweet rolls and other fantasy-esque foods, a jousting tournament, and more. (Vegan options available.)

🎲 Magic the Gathering and Board Games

20:22-22:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Get sucked into the world of high stakes, high strategy, high silliness Magic and board games. Play with what we have or bring your own. No experience necessary — we can teach you :)

🧙 Wizard Squids

22:22-00:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Dress up as a wizard (we have some costume supplies if needed) and cast splendiferous spells. Relax from the first week, listen to music, chat, laugh, and most importantly, eat snacks.

Friday, February 9

🍲 Hot Pot Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Why just eat pre-made meals, when you could cook your own food? Eat home cooked hot pot! People say it tastes better when you have to labor for it? (Vegan options available.)

💃 Xi Fest

20:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Play DDR and Just Dance, get your hair dyed (or maybe practice your skills on one of us?), and eat many snacks.

Saturday, February 10

🧾 Xi Garage Sale

13:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Participate in capitalism! Buy our stuff in our open/closed air bazaar (weather pending)! Large 100% off section!

⛸️ Ice Skating

14:22-16:22 Cancelled because the Z-Center is closed :(

Z-Center (120 Vassar St.)

Know how to skate? Great! Haven’t skated in your life? Even better!

🏹🧗🧵 SRS (Slingshots, Rappelling, and Sewing)

16:22-19:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Make slingshots and test your aim. Rappel down our center stair well (you can wear one of our iconic purple hard hats). Mangle together garage sale purchases with thread into accessories for our drag event after dinner.

🎤️ KFC and Karaoke Dinner

19:22-20:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Sing karaoke in the Xi front room while we eat Korean Fried Chicken. (Vegan options available.)

🎭 Doll-Up in Drag

20:22-23:22

House (253 Commonwealth Ave!!)

Make-up, wigs, costuming, and accessorizing. Try stuff on and look ridiculously magnificent

Want to spend more time with us?

• Cocoa: Mondays* @ 9:22pm

• Squids: Thursdays @ 10:22 pm

• Psetting: Sunday-Friday @ 5:22

• Dinner: Sunday-Thursday @ 7:22

  *sometimes Tuesdays if that is the first day of classes that week