When Professor Garrick said that the next stop on our behind-the-scenes tour of Rose house was a memorial room in the lobby of Lyon hall, I was confused. I’ve walked through that lobby many times and had never noticed a memorial room of any sort. When we got there I remember thinking, “Oh, it’s THOSE doors.” I had looked at those doors every time I had walked through the lobby, but I had never given any thought as to what was behind them.

This got me thinking about how sometimes you can see something every day but never really pay attention to it, besides knowing it’s there. I feel like life (and especially Cornell) is often so stressful and busy that people have no time anymore to pay attention to small things like this. It’s pretty sad that nowadays life is so fast-paced that people don’t even have time to think about what’s behind a door in the dorm where they live. There are sooooo many cool places to explore not only on West, but all around campus in the buildings that we walk through every day. Make time to open doors!