Risley Residential College

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[edit] History

Risley Hall was built in [insert date here]. Risley governs itself according to a charter created in 1970.

[edit] Function

It is a multi-function building that includes:

• Dormitory
• Theater
• Dining Hall
• Bathroom (what should I say if I need to go to the shithole)
• Meeting spaces
• Cafe
• Metal shop
• Darkroom
• Musical practice rooms
• Music Studio
• Laundry
• Government (called Kommittee)

[edit] Geography

Different parts of the building are named according to a regular scheme:

• Second or Third Lost, in the east wing.
• Virgin's Corridor (VC), in the east wing, once only for female residents.
• Monks' Corridor, the first floor of the northeast wing, once only for male residents.
• Third or Fourth and a Half, above Great Hall, the west wing.

A Risley Lexicon Special rooms include:

• CLR (Central Living Room), in the center of the building on the first floor. Used for meetings and waiting for food deliveries.
• Cowcliffes, east of CLR. A smaller meeting room, with a piano (the doughnut machine, mmmm doughnuts).
• TV Room, west of CLR.
• Eschervator, at the east end of the main hall. An electric elevator with windows on all sides.
• Great Hall, the dining hall.
• Guest Suites, suites of rooms for visiting (per semester) artists, who act as mentors for Risleyites.
• Tammany Hall, the cafe, between dining and the RHD suite.
• RHD suite, where the director of the building lives.
• Theatre.
• Tower, the rooms on the fifth through seventh floors.