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That year, the president suspended the entire sophomore class. He later faced a threatened boycott of commencement exercises by the seniors. When the smoke cleared from an 1841 explosion in the chapel, the words “A Bone for Old Quin to Pick” were found written on the wall. A few years later, Old Quin quit picking bones with students and stepped down. While Quincy’s tempestuous reign pushed the institution of the president even closer to the edge of the pedestal, real accountability was still nearly a century away...
Michelangelo did not, as legend has it, paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel lying down. He stood up, neck craned back, for the entire enterprise. That scholarly judgment is just one of many in The Sistine Chapel (Harmony Books; 271 pages; $60), an intensive look at the Vatican's most famous treasure. The book's seven essays give due credit to other artists who embellished the Renaissance chapel of Pope Sixtus IV, including Botticelli and Raphael. But the focus is on Michelangelo, whose preference for bright colors is coming to light as restorers clean centuries of candle soot, grime...
...Public scrutiny or not, very rarely in my life have I felt completely at ease with my body. But somewhere between Holden Chapel and Matthews Hall, I started to believe the mantras I was mentally repeating in my head. By the time I rounded the corner to Grays, I felt better about my body than I had all semester. The three minutes it took to circle the Yard were a rare moment of comfort in my own skin...
Paik said that he continued walking towards his destination, Phillips Brooks House, and entered the courtyard between Hollis Hall and Holden Chapel. There, the two suspects reappeared...
Paik said that he continued walking towards his destination, Phillips Brooks House, and entered the courtyard between Hollis Hall and Holden Chapel. There, the two suspects reappeared...