The Hacking Scavenger Contest
There are a total of six hacks on the 2014 Brass Rat. Some of these hacks were formally presented at Ring Premiere, but the rest were left for students to discover through a contest. The first person to find them all and email the ring locations of those hacks to The 2014 Ring Committee received a gift certificate to dinner at the Top of the Hub. The winner was Tyler Hammer who found all the hack just a few hours after Premiere concluded. Congratulations Tyler! Below are photos and descriptions of the six hacks courtesy of The IHTFP Gallery. Thank you to all of you who participated!
Giant Spider Web
1999
Every once in a while, MIT students decorate the inside of the little dome for Halloween. Sometimes they just weave a web and sometimes the spider has the name of an administrator whose actions the student body has found particularly distasteful in the recent months.
2010
For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside-down on the Media Lab Arch the morning of 4/8/10.
Apple Logo in Memory of Steve Jobs
2011
On October 6, 2011, hackers installed the apple logo on Maseeh's clock tower and hung the apple logo in lobby 7 in memory of Steve Jobs' death.
2011
On February 03, 2011, hackers hung internal organs inside the Alchemist statue outside of the student center. The Alchemist received a heart, lungs, a liver and intestines.
Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
2011
On September 11, 2011, hackers installed lights on the Green building and hung a flag on the pillars of Building 10 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
2011
On March 9, 2011, hackers illuminated both lobby 7 and the big dome with purple lights and placed a purple ribbon above the entrance to 77 Mass. Ave. The lights honor Paint the Campus Purple week and the Relay for Life to fight cancer.
