This is the Cube -- it's just behind the building I work in. Not only is it an odd piece of sculpture, but it spins! Sometimes, I think it might be motorized because it moves at a constant rate, but other times, it only moves when people push it. Come to think of it, I've never pushed it! I probably ought to do that, just to say that I have.
Here is Burton Bell Tower, where my husband shares an office with about a hundred grad students. OK, maybe not quite that many, but there are a lot of people with keys to that place! Behind the bell tower is the infamous MLB, where I used to work.
The fun part about the bell tower is that you can go up in it and see the bells (a.k.a. the carillon). This bell isn't quite as large as the one in the tower at Notre Dame, but hey, it's still pretty big! And besides, I couldn't strike a pose in front of the N.D. one ... too many tourists get in the way. (One of the hazards of sightseeing in Paris, I guess.)
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Just a couple points of interest, from one of the residents of the Tower:
1) The bell that Amy is posing in front of weighs twelve tons. And check out that huge hammer that actually strikes the bell. When you're teaching on the 7th and 8th floors, you can hear the whole process--click, click, click (gears pull the hammer back); thud (the hammer is released); BONG!!!!!!!!!!
2) The entire carillon consists of 55 bells, with a combined weight of 43 tons. That makes Burton Tower the fourth heaviest in the world!
3) The entire UofM school of music used to be in the Tower. Frankly, I just can't imagine that...
4) For a cool picture of the big bell being hoisted up to the bellchamber, check out this link.
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