May The Food Be With You

More than 900 students gathered at Chandler Hall on Tuesday night for the Dining Services quarterly Midnight Madness event—a late-night study break meant to provide students with some fun and much-needed sustenance during finals week.

This year's event was themed around Star Wars and drew volunteers from departments across the Caltech community–some of whom even donned stormtrooper costumes. In support of the theme and to help entertain the students as they snacked, the dining service staff decorated the hall with Star Wars-themed murals that represented each house, designed a TIE Fighter-style DJ booth, and played the Star Wars soundtrack throughout the evening.

"I firmly believe there is not another dining department in the country that could pull this off without hiring an art and design company," says Jonathan Webster, the senior director of Dining Services. "This event was a passion project for our group, a complete team effort, a drain on sleep for the last two weeks, and completely worth it to see the students' faces."