Since BU’s transition to remote learning for the duration of the semester, professors have been instructed to teach at the same time and on the same days as they normally would on-campus. This, however, poses a challenge for many students taking classes at their homes in different time zones.

In a 2001 episode of SpongeBob Squarepants, when the town of Bikini Bottom was threatened by the invasion of an Alaskan Bull worm, Patrick Star recommended the absurd solution of taking Bikini Bottom and...