02: On Berkeley time? He keeps Campanile's clocks ticking

The Campanile clock tower is the campus’s North Star. At 100 years old and 307 feet tall, it’s a landmark everyone knows and trusts. But what happens when the clocks stop? There’s only one person to call: Art Simmons.“Everybody in Berkeley watches those clocks,” says Simmons. “Not just the people on campus. So when the clocks stop, the whole city knows about it and it doesn’t look good.”Read the story on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/07/29/campanile-clocks/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.