University of Ediacara

Where did "Ediacara" come from?

Info About the U of E:
The University of Ediacara was spontaneously generated by Chris Heiny, now Professor of Bizarre Theories and occupying the Offther-Hocking Chair of Lunar Influences at the University of Ediacara.

Sequenced by Seanna & Steve Watson, now Professors of Very Large Scale Evolution and Object-Oriented Evolution respectively and joint registrars of the University of Ediacara.

PCRed by Chris Nedin, now Professor of Palaeopathology and occupying the Gish Chair of Palaeontology at the University of Ediacara, and the Faculty was transcripted by the t.o Howler Monkeys.

Whilst the University's spiritual home still remains The Ediacara Hills (grid ref: 30o 45'S by 138o 15'E - link ), the University is fully incorporated in the Galapagos Islands, and maintains a virtual campus there, on the northern slopes of Darwin Volcano (grid ref: 0o 30'S by 91o 00'W. Here, the campus boasts a fully equiped olympic sized swimming pool which doubles as our aquatic facility to study the Aquatic Ape theory and the Laminar Flood Theory. A fully equiped luxury research yacht is also available for research cruises, when not required by the Dean. Faculty members are often found relaxing in the campus pub, "The Panda's Thumb" which also doubles as the University's Social Psycology study lab (ensuring that all fixtures, fittings and alcohol in the pub are classified as required for educational and/or research and are thus tax exempt.)

--
Chris Nedin (cnedin@geology.adelaide.edu.au, nedin@ediacara.org)
Many say it was a mistake to come down from the trees, some say
the move out of the oceans was a bad idea. Me, I say the stiffening
of the notochord in the Cambrian was where it all went wrong,
it was all downhill from there.