<p>The rule in many dorms is that you can do whatever you want, so long as you paint the room back at the end of the year.</p>
<p>You could contact the house manager at Next House; [url=<a href="http://web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/residences.html%5Dshe%5B/url">http://web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/residences.html]she[/url</a>] will be able to give you a definitive answer.</p>