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...seems some Russian Patriarch Would topple our Towering Landmark To take back the bells He says he knows wells And claims are Saint Danilov’s trademark...

Author: By Benjamin I. Rapoport, | Title: Klappermeister Offers Poem Lauding Bells | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

...legitimacy. Nevertheless, there is something irresistibly comic in the Church’s implicit demand that because we can send men to Mars, we ought to be able to dismantle the Lowell House Bell Tower and send the bells back to Russia in time for the 700th anniversary of Saint Danilov’s death, three months from...

Author: By Benjamin I. Rapoport, | Title: Klappermeister Offers Poem Lauding Bells | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

...Laden's been lost and must be found." This isn't the prayer a lot of us remember, but St. Anthony helps me find my keys and wedding ring and just about everything else a distracted mother of three misplaces. Why can't he find a terrorist? Given the saint's track record, I give Osama about a week. Kim McCarthy Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 2002 | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...childish rebuttal on whether or not we actually can fly to Mars is proof of how patronizing the response to the unnamed Russians became. If it comes down to “how symbolic they may be,” I believe that the spiritual power of any saint outweighs the “charm and mystique” of that jarring symphony of clangs and clongs which weekly disturbs our hung-over Harvardian peace. Keep it to yourselves, Lowell House, for the rest of us do not share your opinion, or your taste in music...

Author: By Adrian D. Maldonado, | Title: No Love Would Be Lost Returning Lowell Bells | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...pail of petroleum. The alleged motive was to punish the restaurant for serving food during Ramadan. But it’s not hard to see the symbolic meaning in this act of terrorism, as Saudi oil mixed with American grease to burn down the temple to the patron saint of decadence...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, | Title: Ronald Retreats | 12/11/2002 | See Source »

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