Did you know there is a tunnel underneath our Rose House kitchen? Yeah neither did I! You can even get down to it from the main house elevator, but I don’t recommend it because then you can’t get back up and you’ll be stuck in the maze of tunnels. And Prof Blalock can hear every word from the tunnel in his downstairs apartment so you have to find another place to trash talk himBefore we went on the tour of the Becker-Rose tunnel system, Prof told us about the history of West Campus. What sets Cornell apart from the other Ivys was Ezra Cornell’s radical idea of having any person doing any study. Ezra also didn’t want to have typical Ivy dorms like Yale that had one room for the student and a smaller room in the suite for their servant. Another radical idea for the 1860’s. When I heard that I was shocked and relieved I chose a much more accepting and progressive university to attend. Thank you Professor Blalock for the informative chat and interesting tour!