The quirkiness and humor of the MIT community shows itself in unusual ways.
“It is tradition, a very important rule, and a sign of respect to sign emails to the Burton-Conner dorm-wide social mailing list with the color of the underwear you are wearing.” This has led to the collection of some very colorful data.

Underwear Color by Guesstimated Binary Gender. Illustrated by Lydia Krasilnikova '14, MEng '16.