“Paradigms are the sources of systems. From them come goals, information flows, feedbacks, stocks, flows … People who manage to intervene in systems at the level of paradigm hit a leverage point that totally transforms systems.” – Donella Meadows
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned about sports fans over the years, it’s that they like to complain about losing almost as much as they like to bask in the glory of winning.
Eighteen months ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
A trio from the UCSB track & field team competed in the heptathlon and decathlon during the first two days of the Big West Track & Field Championships over the weekend, highlighted by senior jumper Katie Kramer’s second place finish in the long jump.
The Student Health Service buys them by the thousand, sometimes leaving them in a fish bowl as though they were candy at the doctor’s office.
The campus has been vibrantly spattered with multicolor flags and rainbow-painted posts this week, symbols that vibrantly announce the 17th annual Queer Pride Week 2007, themed “raising our voices in a sea of noise.”
Ah, the Queer Wedding. The only place outside of Facebook where dozens of straight girl couples can be publicly seen in joke relationships.
I know the right wing pundits said that San Francisco values would burn bridges with the American people, but this is ridiculous.