opinion

Paul Abela is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Acadia University.

Every passing deserves to be marked.

As I returned to my office at the university where I teach to prepare for the fall term, I encountered a funeral of dead objects in my building’s corridors. As building maintenance was preparing for the arrival of the incoming class, a decision had been made to finally pull the plug.

Yes, the clutter of equipment on trolleys –perhaps “gurneys” captures the spirit of the moment better – signalled a death. The dust-gathering overhead projector was no more.

All things must pass.

My earliest memories of the newly departed begin in senior public school in Toronto’s east end. In grade 8, I recall our math teacher making very heavy use of this piece of equi

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