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Senior single not quite as luxurious as you’d hoped? Cramped in a triple-turned-quad? Phil Matchett ‘02 has a solution. This violin-playing, mathematics concentrator has constructed a contraption whereby his bed is a mini elevator. Yes, it’s on pulleys...
...structure is imposing and impressive. Constructed using nary a power or even hand tool, the bed has been lofted on a frame made entirely of wooden poles and rope. Three of the poles actually came all the way from Matchett’s home state of Wisconsin in the neighboring town of Norskedalen. “I needed some longer poles, and we had these sitting around at my house, so my dad brought them up,” he explains...
...around those bindings. The friction in the ropes keeps anything from slipping. I tell people, ‘Friction keeps me sleeping soundly at night’,” he explains. And the ropes do not budge. When in the “down” position the bed frame itself rests on the wooden structure. But when up, the frame and mattress are counter weighted by four two-pound cement blocks. It’s incredibly sturdy. “I’m confident that it could hold four to five people, but it?...
...bed has attracted a fair amount of attention. “My roommates tell me that people have come by when I’m not here and have asked to see the bed. It’s a bit of a tourist attraction, but it gets the job done,” Matchett says. But the bed is not the only feat of construction to grace Leverett B-34. The roommates decided to partition the common room to form a fourth bedroom. But again, this is no common partition; it is not attached in any way to the ceiling...
Matchett’s roommates approve of the bed and his various construction skills. Sam Parsons ‘02 praises him, saying, “If we were on Survivor, we’d definitely keep...