Today many of the rose house residents and their friends started their first weekend of 2016 spring semester with a blast at the Lynah Rink. This was my first time skating at Cornell and I was very excited to go skating again. I lived in Canada for a couple of years when I was younger and took some skating lessons and I’ve always enjoyed skating since then.
I remember whenever I had night marching band practice in the Alumni field, we passed by the Lynah Rink and often saw the hockey team practicing hard. Cornell has an awesome hockey team and I am honored to have skated in the same place as where all the championships and countless training happened.

Putting skates on took some time but when I got on the ice, time flew by! I made new friends with my hall mates and had a great time skating with them. Overall, I felt that the skating was a successful event where many of the Rose residents got to meet and got to know each other. Events such as these will help build a stronger and friendlier community.
Going ice skating at Lynah Rink is in the list of ‘161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do’ and I am happy to have crossed this off the list. I will try to do at least 100 things on this list before I graduate in 2 years and I hope in the future Rose House continues to have some of the listed activities. I am thankful that Cornell offers so much opportunities and fun activities like this for students and the public.