Loeb's also provides tuxedo rental services for weddings, formals, and black tie events. The Junior Dean is in charge of all socials including brotherhood events, formals, and mixers. Many schools conduct end of year "formals" (similar to a senior prom). Social activities include fraternity exchanges and the annual formals and semi-formals. Like other fraternities, BYX usually hosts one or two formals per semester for their members. Every year NBCGSS holds events like winter/semi formals, a ski trip and a summer trip. Formals are instead black tie events and happen around ten times a year. The nature of Formals varies widely between the colleges and halls that hold them. The full name and abbreviations to describe the formals differ. There are a number of traditions at Formals.