The Academic Quarter is a long-standing tradition in academia. Originally, it was created because church bells were the only means of keeping time. It was understood that students had 15 minutes to get to class after the clock chimed a certain hour. Today, it’s still maintained in many universities to give students some time to park and find their classrooms. A tradition like that requires a monument. In Lund, a plaque claims to mark the meridian that is exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes east of Greenwich, or 15 minutes…
