Inside the Castle
Modeled after Oxford University's Christ Church Refectory, this is a great spot to have dinner (or lunch) and hang out with your fellow Risleyites.
What is Risley Dining?
The only real marching band in the Ivy League.
What is the Big Red Marching Band (BRMB)
What is the Ithaca Farmer's Market?
This RisOC is learning American sign language.
Who is Alanna?
There are this many portraits of Prudence Risley within the building.
What is Zero?
What is Found Coffee?
Located near College Town and home to Duffield Hall, Hollister Hall, Kimball Hall, Bard Hall, and Carpenter Hall, this location is (unfortunately) a 15 minute walk from Risley.
What is the (Pew) Engineering Quad?
Initially founded as a conservatory of music in 1892, this academic institution still features one of the best music, theatre, and dance programs in the world.
What is Ithaca College?
This RisOC has lived in the Ithaca area for their entire life and is very passionate about soup and science fiction novels.
Who is Sabina?
Before Risley was the Creative and Performing Arts dorm, it was this.
What is a Women's Dorm?
This governing body meets in the CLR every Sunday at 9:00 PM to govern Risley and allocate funds and space.
What is Kommittee? (must be spelled correctly)
This feature is a great hiking, kayaking, and canoeing spot and forms part of the boundary between North and Central Campus.
What is Beebe Lake?
Set up by the Science Center, this one-to-5 billion scale model of the Solar system spans 1.2 km in downtown Ithaca.
What is the (Carl Sagan) Planet Walk?
This RisOC is studying physics and is a member of Ring of Steel.
Who is Ayla?
The co-creator of this online gaming platform lived in Risley all four years and was the manager of the Wood Shop.
What is Roblox?
We are all waiting with antici--
--pation for this Risley event, where we learn that castles don't have phones and we do the time warp again.
What is the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Originally built for the Civil Engineering department for training students on geographical surveying and timekeeping and now home to the Cornell Astronomical Society, this building is one of the best spots to enjoy the night sky on a Friday night.
What is Fuertes Observatory?
This pedestrianized area in Downtown Ithaca features many restaurants and shops as well as a major TCAT bus hub.
What is Ithaca Commons?
This RisOC likes plants, fiber art, and playing guitar.
Who is Leah?
William H. Miller, the architect of Risley Hall, also designed this downtown building.
What is Dewitt Mall?
This stage combat club, which practices in the Risley Great Hall, also performs at various events, both around campus and in Risley, including Star Wars Night and Game of Thrones.
What is Ring of Steel?
This sports facility, which sometimes has fish thrown onto it during the rivalry game with Harvard, is home to Cornell's most popular sport.
What is Lynah Rink?
This park features Lucifer Falls, a 115-foot waterfall, and trails carved into the gorge by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1933 and 1941.
What is Robert H. Treman (State Park)?
This RisOC has an Edgar Allan Poe shrine, hosted Frog Day last year, and is an author of the Risley Purity Test.
Who is Willow?
This part of the building houses the Risley Theater's Prop Shop and Set Shop, lots of graffiti, but no raves.
What is the subbasement?