<p>MIT’s hacking culture. Star* linked to some of the most famous hacks a few posts above this one. The full hack gallery is here: [IHTFP</a> Hack Gallery: Welcome to the IHTFP Gallery!](<a href=“http://hacks.mit.edu/]IHTFP”>http://hacks.mit.edu/)</p>
<p>Also from MIT (partial list):</p>
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<li><p>The tradition of student choice in housing. It used to be just one Rush for dorms, fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups. Now they each have their own - Dorm Rush, Fraternity Rush, etc. But the spirit is reasonably preserved.</p></li>
<li><p>Steer Roast: [Steer</a> Roast](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/senior-house/www/history/roast/index.html]Steer”>http://web.mit.edu/senior-house/www/history/roast/index.html)</p></li>
<li><p>The Baker Piano Drop (from the roof of Baker House, a dorm).</p></li>
<li><p>The Pumpkin Drop (dropping pumpkins from the roof of the Green Building, the tallest building on campus and in Cambridge)</p></li>
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