Marking Marathons

This was my office at SFU circa 1995. On a clear day one has a panoramic vista of the North Shore mountains. Conversely during periods of intense rainfall, the rooftops outside my window transformed into a temperate bayou. Unfortunately, I shared the office with Ross Nicholson, a physical geography instructor, who was perpetually under the wrath of undergrads for haphazard marking. The inflatable globe on the floor was used to visually explain the concepts of geographic coordinate systems. While organizing my notes for a lecture, I tossed the globe into the theatre, only to have it rebounded back off my cranuim moments later by one of the jock students. This shot epitimizes the mid-term marking crunch that besieged many a grad student: estimated time 3:30 a.m. Note the plethora of fruit and beverages among the lab assignments. A vending machine was an oasis at this hour on the hill.