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May 6, 2006
MIT Steer Roast 2006
Every year, I make an attempt to come back to MIT for Steer Roast, a weekend-long party that takes place at a dorm called Senior House. The festivities begin with the annual lighting of the BBQ pit. As the festivities involve serving a large amount of food, the BBQ pit has hundreds of pounds of meat that will be cooked all Friday night.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people gather in the courtyard, mostly current students and alumni back to see their old friends:
Pictures of the lighting after the jump...
A flaming roll of toilet paper streams down a fishing wire tied to the roof of Senior House and lands in the middle of the bbq pit:
At some point, the flames have to be kept under control:
Posted by Dean at May 6, 2006 2:29 PM
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