By adamg on Tue., 6/21/2016 - 3:14 pm 
282 Mass. Ave. fire. Photo by Paras Bhatia.
The roof of Random Hall, a four-story MIT building being renovated at 282 Mass. Ave. burst into flames around 3 p.m. The fire went to two alarms before being brought under control.
Han watched the smoke from across the river:
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Dorm
By KellyJMF
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:00pm
Random Hall is a tiny dorm for ~100 students.
http://web.mit.edu/random-hall/www/about.shtml
hmm
By Steeve
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:12pm
I wonder if this is arson or if it's truly random.
since the website mentions a
By Muerl
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:18pm
since the website mentions a Grill on the roof, I think Occam's Razor is clear here.
Fire Alarm
By J
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:25pm
At least the alarm woke up anybody that was sleeping on my mixtape.
Dang
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 7:48pm
I know that MIT has been trying to close its older dorms, despite (or because of) their affordability to people who struggle financially and mess up their special 4-year stats, but ...
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By ACC
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 8:38pm
Hell, rh was $96 / month when I started there in Fall '78.
Yeah
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:35pm
It was something like $125 when I got there in '84, but hard to get into as a frosh.
Does everything have to...
By Roman
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:39pm
..oh nevermind. I already know the answer.
Let me ask you this
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:56pm
As an MIT alum, how do you feel about the administration attempting to close Senior House and other older dorms for tayloristic reasons?
No dog in the fight
By Roman
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:24pm
Chicken Scratch Tech for undergrad, remember?
Care to post a link so I at least know what you're referring to?
Fire Marshall
By Norm Dudziak
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:52pm
As the student Fire Marshall for Random Hall 1977-1981, I am not happy with this. Whoever is Fire Marshall now is not doing their job.
Thinking back, Norm did a
By ACC
Wed, 06/22/2016 - 12:38am
Thinking back, Norm did a damn good job making sure the place was still standing for four years (well, I was only there for three of them.) And it's somewhat amazing that it's *still* standing...
let me
By Steeve
Wed, 06/22/2016 - 10:17am
"LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!" - Fire Marshall Bill
Temporary?
By David Gray
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:46pm
Wow...Random House is still in existence? It was opened when I was a student in the early 1970s as a temporary overflow facility. Apparently it is "temporary" in the same manner as a temporary tax!
Temporary?
By David Gray
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:47pm
Wow...Random House is still in existence? It was opened when I was a student in the early 1970s as a temporary overflow facility. Apparently it is "temporary" in the same manner as a temporary tax!
Hall. Random Hall. Bennett
By ACC
Tue, 06/21/2016 - 11:33pm
Hall. Random Hall. Bennett Cerf got a bit peeved at the original name.
no injuries
By surprisefries
Wed, 06/22/2016 - 9:06am
10 people evacuated, no injuries fortunately.
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