page_title: Cornell West Campus
section_title: House system
hierarchical_section_title: Cornell West Campus / Residences / House system
caption_attribution_description: English: Hans Bethe House at Cornell University
context_page_description: West Campus is a residential section of Cornell University's Ithaca, New York campus located west of Libe Slope and between the Fall Creek gorge and the Cascadilla gorge. It now primarily houses transfer students, second year, and upperclassmen.
context_section_description: As part of the Residential Initiative, the house system aims to create smaller communities enhanced by a relaxed atmosphere to supplement students' academic pursuits. Each residential college is housed in a newly built main building, and three colleges include surrounding Gothic-styled buildings. Within each main building, each college has its own dining hall. Rooms are divided into hallway-style arrangements and suite-style arrangements. All residents must enroll in the House Choice meal plan, which allows them unlimited meals in West Campus dining halls, but limits the number of meals they may take elsewhere.  This is similar to the Risley meal plan which has been in effect since 1971. The rooms are singles or doubles arranged in suites and apartments. The facilities include laundry, kitchens, computer networking, study lounges, and TV/social lounges. Some annual events include drive-in movies on the Tower, Fall trips to hike the gorges, sea kayaking on Cayuga Lake, go-karting, a Winter Semi-formal, a Mardi Gras celebration, trips to the Late Show with David Letterman and an end of the year barbecue.
  The house system comprises:
  Alice Cook House, founded in 2004. It is named in honor of School of Industrial and Labor Relations labor historian and University Ombudsman Alice H. Cook (1903–1998).
  Carl Becker House, founded in 2005. It is named in honor of historian Carl L. Becker (1873–1945).
  Hans Bethe House was completed in January 2007. It is named in honor of the Nobel Prize-winning Cornell physicist Hans Bethe (1906–2005).
  William T. Keeton House  was completed in August 2008. It is named in honor of esteemed Cornell biology professor William T. Keeton (1933–1980).
  Flora Rose House was completed in August 2008. It is named after Flora Rose (1874–1959), co-founder of the College of Human Ecology.
caption: One dormitory wing of Hans Bethe House (left) connected to a communal area (right). The house dining hall is situated on the first floor of the structure on the right, while lounges, meeting rooms, and study space fills the second floor of that structure.
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