Dang, that's loud, says John.

As grads and their families take one last, long look around campus this weekend, Davidson College senior writer John Syme offers a trip up to the roof of the Chambers building – a place few get to go. In a 2006 “Daybook” column on the college website titled “Up On The Roof,” he marvels at the view and calls it a “Davidson moment.” Read his report on Davidson.edu. And while you’re doing that, here listen to the sound of those bells.

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RELATED STORY: May 18, 2012, “Graduating: 449 seniors to march out of Chambers on Sunday.”

Clouds over Chambers Hall at Davidson College. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)