sentences:  The cost of running the fancy all-female dorm was too much, and Cornell was going to shut Risley down.After several attempts to develop an acceptable plan for running Risley as an arts dorm, and much Cornell paperwork aided by Darling, Goodman and her friends finally got her vision of Risley approved.In the first year, the college received over 1000 applications for the roughly 200 spots in the building.