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Quirks: Symbolizing the House’s grace and humility, Winthrop does not have a tower. Winthrop House Superintendent David Simms—or, as we call him, Mr. Simms—is a friendly presence in G-entryway. The House also holds yoga lessons in the JCR every Sunday afternoon...
Score: +50 for not having a pompous bell-tower, +20 for yoga lessons, -50 for wasted rooming space, +200 for awesome staffers
...Launch it from the highest tower of Eliot: Let’s hope you’re blocking with the softball team...
...strongest earthquake to hit Chile in a generation rocked the capital, and all morning, local radio stations have carried news that although the city's modern structures emerged largely unscathed from the tremor, Santiago's sacred spaces did not fare as well. A few blocks away, the bell tower at Divina Providencia, a community church, had collapsed. But in the Plaza de Armas, the 18th century Catedral Metropolitana has held up much better. A few fresh pockmarks left a dandruff-like ring of debris around the base, but after what seemed like hours, the police deemed the structure safe...
After his victory in the 1992 Olympics, Wylie came back to his alma mater, and Mitchell even ordered the lighting of the Eliot House bell tower to honor the occasion...