Corpus Christi College



The Corpus Clock

About
Charming, well-sized, and well-mannered, Corpus Christi is one of the friendliest colleges at the University of Cambridge. It is located across the street from King's College close to the center of shopping in the city center. While at Cambridge, Zachary McCune played a Corpus basketball team with Selwyn College, and the beat them to ensure Selwyn'c promotion to Division Four. McCune also visited Corpus twice- once for a Formal Hall in the College's extraordinary dining space (the delightfully painted ceiling has stars all about it) and again to meet with a sociologist colleague.

The Clock
Perhaps most importantly, Corpus is home to a most unique clock that face's the King's Parade and was a daily site on McCune's cycling commute from Selwyn. The clock features a sinister cricket-like creature referred to by certain commentaries as a 'chronophage' or 'eater of time.' The chronophage's jaws open as he approaches the minute, then snatch down 'consuming' the time. The clock also run irregularly, sometimes slowing to half or quarter pace, and at other times running too quickly, simulating the relativity of time as it is experienced rather than counted. It may even run backwards from time to time. The golden cover was said to cost 1 million pounds, and the blue LED lights suggest that though ancient-looking the clock is very contemporary. At the hour, a chain can be heard running over a wooden box: time passes and we are closer to the grave than we were a minute ago.