 The current Faculty Deans of Kirkland House are Tom and Verena Conley, and the current Allston Burr Academic Dean is Soha Bayoumi, PhD.Kirkland House boasts many traditions, such as its opening ceremony (complete with Minutemen reenactors playing the drums and fife as they process around the House, followed by the house Faculty Deans, tutors, and students), Secret Santa week (an in-house-only series of gifts, jokes, and events) -- accompanied by bawdy skits in the dining hall, and a Holiday Dinner and Dance complete with a mock roast boar.Kirkland House has a gym, lounge, game room, music rooms, and performance and event spaces for students.