I have walked the arch of West Campus numerous times during my time at Cornell. During my walk, up the stairs and up the slope, I have never once noticed a door that opens to lead to a room in between the arch and Lyon hall. During my Spring 2018 semester, I have walked past the door in Lyon Hall that leads to this room and not once did it occur to me to open that door. To my surprise, after partaking in this activity, the door I never once thought to open leads to a war memorial room. Although this room was spooky and cold, it seems to hold pieces of history that seem to be forgotten. Only once during a blue moon are the secrets that are held in this room ever noticed. One piece of artifact that I found to be of interest was the copy of a letter from Lyndon B. Johnson. The letter was interesting to view and allowed me to catch a glance of the past. The room itself looked antique and very befitting for a war memorial room. Another interesting stop on this activity was the basement level of Rose House. It has never dawned on me to push the button to get to the basement level of Rose House. It was interesting to find out that once you reached the basement level, you cannot use the elevator to go back up Rose House from the basement level. In all, I thought this activity to be interesting. This activity helped me to realized that all the secrets of Cornell may be impossible to discover in four years. There might always be a mystery that one person might not know or discover during their time at Cornell.
I agree that it’s cool that we got to discover some of these west campus “mysteries.” I hope to see more of them before graduating!
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