{"id":13859,"date":"2019-04-23T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=13859"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:17:12","slug":"nick-nice-notre-dame-cathedral-summer-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/nick-nice-notre-dame-cathedral-summer-job\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Nick Nice recalls his summer job at Notre Dame Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world watched last Monday as centuries of its history burned in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral was heartbreaking for many. Religion notwithstanding, the cathedral is a monument to human innovation. Losing it would mean losing crucial parts of our story. And ironically, it was an attempt to restore Notre Dame that led to the April 15 fire, most likely an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2019\/04\/18\/notre-dame-cathedral-france-hold-daylong-tribute-firefighters\/3505452002\/\">electrical short circuit<\/a>. Several French billionaires have pledged millions to rebuild the cathedral, deepening the rift between the country\u2019s working and ruling classes.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the loss of the cathedral is hard to describe, even for those with only knew it in passing. Here in Madison, DJ Nick Nice finds it difficult to put into words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotre Dame is so much more than a church. It\u2019s really the heart of Paris,\u201d he tells The Bozho. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to convey this to people who haven\u2019t lived there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As UW undergrad in the early \u201990s, Nice <em>did <\/em>live there. He studied abroad in Paris, and while there he and a friend picked up summer jobs working at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were officially hired as \u2018security,\u2019 but since there were no official tours in English at that time we ended up giving underground ones on the side,\u201d Nice says. \u201cAlong with our summer goal of trying to break up the elaborate pickpocket ring that was plaguing the church at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NickNice-NotreDame.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Nice in Paris in 1992\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NickNice-NotreDame.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NickNice-NotreDame-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NickNice-NotreDame-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NickNice-NotreDame-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>Nice recalls the job being a transformative experience, citing the \u201cmajesty\u201d of walking into the building each day. He is not religious, but would often find himself locked in ideological debates with some of his more devout coworkers. Still, at Notre Dame, Nice was able to find a home away from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had many heated theological debates with our fellow employees and soon discovered that pretty much everyone involved there also really enjoyed drinking on the job. There was a local dive bar a half-block down that everyone would meet up at. So being from Wisconsin we felt right at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Nice\u2019s first thoughts watching the fire on a live feed was of the staff. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but it could have been much worse. Even since 1992 \u2014 when Nice spent the summer at Notre Dame \u2014 there was no fire sprinkler system. And <a href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/vbjp4x\/the-notre-dame-cathedral-is-falling-apart-and-the-us-is-fixing-it\"><em>VICE<\/em><\/a> reported last year that the cathedral was in dire need of repairs. The fact that no one (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_in\/article\/bj9xba\/thousands-of-bees-living-in-notre-dames-roof-survived-the-fire\">not even the bees!<\/a>) was hurt in the fire is a near miracle.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt, Nice concedes. But the conversation around it has changed. Even before the fire, the Catholic church has been mired in sexual abuse scandals. And after the fire, the restoration has become a flashpoint for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/04\/20\/715470174\/yellow-vest-protesters-fueled-by-anger-over-notre-dame-funds-march-in-paris\">income inequality<\/a> in France. But it\u2019s \u201cmuch more than a tourist attraction,\u201d according to Nice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with all the horrible things the Catholic church has done, it\u2019s still an incredible feat of architecture,\u201d Nice says. \u201cIt will obviously be rebuilt but it\u2019ll never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world watched last Monday as centuries of its history burned in Paris. The fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral was heartbreaking for many. 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