She secretly kept her cat, Seymour, in Hill College House during parts of her freshman year.
She owned every Madonna album and could recite all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire."
At Electra Bynoe's memorial service last night, friends, family members and faculty shared moments of her life with those in attendance.
Many of Bynoe's hallmates, classmates, friends, coworkers and professors said that the memorial service fit what Bynoe would have wanted.
"I thought it was beautiful," said Sabrina Hom after the service. "It really reflected her life."
Hom, who has known Bynoe since she was six years old, travelled from Wellesley College in Massachusetts to attend the service.
She said that Bynoe, whom she called "a beautiful person and just about the best friend a person could have," would have appreciated the entire service, from the formal remarks to the photo montage.
"She would have loved all of it," Hom said, adding that the portion of the service when members of the audience had the opportunity to come to the front of the room and share memories of Bynoe was particularly meaningful.
"It was good to hear people's memories of her," Hom said. "It seemed like what she would have wanted. She would have loved to hear how much she meant to us. I know she treasured those memories, too."
Another of Bynoe's friends, College senior Emily Schiller, also said the open mic portion was an important aspect of the service.
"It gave everybody a chance to say what they wanted to say," Schiller said. "I thought it was good to hear from her friends. The things that people said were so personal and so heartfelt."
Schiller said she thought some people had important messages to share with the audience.
"I thought [College senior] Alicia [D'anella] made a really important comment about the fact that a lot of people are feeling this way, that depression is not something to take lightly and that there are so many people that really cared about her," Schiller said.
She also noted that the video montage was helpful for her on a personal level.
"I was glad that they had made a video montage, because I don't have a lot of pictures of her myself," Schiller said.
Lael Cheung, who lived four doors down from Bynoe in Hill during his freshman year, said that the choice of Madonna's "This Used to Be A Playground" during the montage helped bring back memories of Bynoe.
"She really liked Madonna," the College senior said. "I could always remember 'Ray of Light' blaring from her room. She was the biggest Madonna fan."
People who did not know Bynoe as well said that the memorial service helped them feel like they were part of the grieving process.
"The University can't go to each person, so it's easy to feel that nobody cares and it's nice to see that people are doing something," said Law student Joseph Gordon, who was an Upper Class Board member in Hill and helped Bynoe move in when she was a freshman.
"I thought it was a really good idea that her friends did it," Gordon said.
He added that the service was effective because anyone grieving for Bynoe could take part.
"I thought the service itself was really good," Gordon said. "It wasn't sectarian, but it was really moving."
Some of her friends said that the memorial service was very meaningful, but that the grieving process would continue for a long time.
"I don't think you ever get closure to something like this, but we love Electra very much, and it's unacceptable that someone should have to feel so lonely or alone," Schiller said.
"What we're learning from this is that you really need to work hard to be aware of yourself and the people around you, because you don't realize the value of what you have to offer just by listening and being there until you think back to the times that you didn't take the opportunity to do that," she added.
