• Less than one hundredth of one percent of Earth’s water is available for this important daily activity.
What is drinking
100
• Scientists point out that land use, in the form of forest clearing, agriculture, and urban development, is responsible for 15-20% of this important climate problem.
What are greenhouse gas emissions
100
• This is the name of IC’s online message center, where you can find news and stories from around the campus, including important announcements and upcoming events.
What is Intercom
100
• According to the BRT RA’s, this is the worst day of the week to do laundry
What is Sunday
100
• BRT Residence Director Shannon is excited to learn more and become a part of this way of life in the Ithaca area
What is being green or sustainable
200
• This not-so-savory issue is the world’s most urgent and widespread water problem, affecting 2.9 billion of the world’s people.
What is (inadequate) sanitation
200
• Ithaca College owns almost 600 acres of undeveloped land in this conservation reserve system that are accessible to the campus community and the public, as well as used extensively for course work, athletics, and recreation.
What is Ithaca College Natural Lands
200
• He is the author of Brooklyn, the book chosen for the First-Year Reading Initiative for the Class of 2017.
o Who is Colm Toibin
200
• According to the BRT RA’s, this is the best time of day to do laundry.
What is after 10pm
200
• This Faculty Associate double-majored in Spanish as an undergraduate, used Spanish throughout graduate school, and now works off hours as a professional medical interpreter at local hospitals.
o Who is Jake Brenner
300
• These structures are among society’s largest engineering projects, and a hallmark of modern water management, with tens of thousands having been built worldwide since the 1930s.
What are (large) dams.
300
• This local land management organization owns numerous local nature preserves that offer spectacular hiking opportunities. Its bigger job, however, is managing hundreds of conservation easements on private lands.
What is Finger Lakes Land Trust
300
• IC has been the home of this film festival that links cinema, intellectual inquiry, and the debate of larger global issues, since 2005.
What is FLEFF (Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival)
300
• If you lock yourself out of your room between the hours of 9 pm and 7 am, see this friendly person on your floor.
What is the RA on duty
300
• BRT Residence Director Shannon Scheening’s office is located in this residence hall.
What is Hilliard Hall
400
• Scientists believe that as of the year 2000 society had co-opted more than half of the global stock of this substance for its own uses.
What is freshwater.
400
• The landscape and topography around you owe their form and shape to this major geologic force
What is glaciation (or glaciers)
400
• The New York Press Association named this IC newspaper the Best Overall College Newspaper in New York State for 2012 in its annual Better College Newspaper competition.
What is The Ithacan
400
• This event is organized by the RAs during Fall semester for students to show off their talents
What is Open Mic Night
400
• This Faculty Associate studied abroad in Cannes on the French Riviera as a junior in college and will be happy to talk to you about the countless benefits of study abroad.
Who is Anne Theobald
500
esert cities need water, and they often pump it unsustainably from these underground reservoirs.
What is aquifers
500
• The large global conservation organization, Conservation International, devised this system for prioritizing lands for protection based on their species richness and their degree of threat.
What are biodiversity hotspots
500
• If you want to participate in community service initiatives as a volunteer, contact this office, located in Egbert Hall.
What is OSEMA (the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs)
500
• The purpose of this event, held during finals week of Spring semester, is a chance for BRT students to “chill” and enjoy a BBQ with their fellow residents.
What is ChillFest
500
• BRT Residence Director Shannon will experience this type of life event within the next year