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Bacchanalia, the spring formal, seems to bring in everyone, and its three dancefloors, ice sculptures, and openness to guests from other Houses (see!) make it one of the best and most popular events on campus...
House Culture: Eccentric. The days of nude swimming parties may be behind us, but Adams still has its quirks. The underground tunnels are adorned with both interesting and odd paintings. Break out your formal wear for the annual black tie reading of “Winnie the Pooh” at the Winter Feast. And don’t forget Drag Night. Even the Palfreys participate. Adams House is certainly filled with characters—but friendly, hilarious, Adams-loving characters...
...Lino Pertile makes a point of memorizing every resident's name and can often be seen chatting up students in the dining hall. He routinely downs a beer or two with students at Eliot's weekly Stein Club and is famous for hilarious rants about all things boating at formal dinners...
House Culture: This House is all about the Fete, and Eliot's strict resident + one policy sends the House List into a frenzy looking for extra tickets every April. That said, it quite doesn't live up to the hype, though perhaps no House formal could. Throughout the year, Eliot takes its weekly Stein Clubs almost as seriously as its Boat Club, whose members, including Lino, flood the dining hall every morning after spring break. You might think a House blog would be a selling point, but the recently launched El-Word is heavily dominated...
...hopefuls introduced themselves during a formal wear segment. Guanyi “Tony” Huang ’12 strutted across the stage in his version of creative black tie: jacket, tie, and boxers. Shirtless...