Change in weather consequence of living on planet Earth
A new study shows that dealing with seasonal changes is just par for the course when inhabiting Earth. This includes temperamental rain clouds, daylight savings time, and, most polemically, tolerating the beating hot sun.
Dirk Hutchinson, a meteorologist for Channel 99 News in Los Gatos and a part-time server at the coffee kiosk in the Ocean and Marine Sciences building, says that it has taken him years to come to terms with the oppressive heat.
"At first, I was like, ‘Man, this sucks!’ But now, I just carry a water bottle."
The general populous seems to share Hutchinson’s feelings of resistance and then acceptance of the weather. "‘If a problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good.’" Hutchinson pauses emphatically to take a sip of coffee. "The Dalai Lama said that when he was in that Brad Pitt movie."
UCSC students, on the other hand, are not taking this matter lightly.
"How are we supposed to smoke our cigarettes and brood in the quad under these conditions?" asks Maggie Fillerman, a Porter second-year. "I can’t work like this."
College 10 student Bertha Biggins agrees: "I have a perspiration and body odor problem as is. This heat isn’t helping. My hippie roommate doesn’t even believe in air-conditioning!"
Outraged students are organizing a protest that will be launched the next time Mother Nature raises the thermostat above 70 degrees. The protest will rally at the Porter Squiggle after sunset (because that’s when it stops being so hot) before its participants march to Science Hill.
"We’re going to give those scientists a piece of our mind!" declares Biggins. "They can’t just turn up the heat whenever they want. We live in a democracy. This is the sort of thing that should be brought to a vote."
She continues, "I’m a pacifist, but if things get ugly, I’m not going to put a stop to it. I’ll do anything to get rid of my perpetual B.O. I pass out at the sight of blood, but…I’m just saying."
Science Hill representatives are actively reacting to the threats. The buildings have been barricaded by CSOs since last Friday evening.
Dirk Hutchinson, a meteorologist for Channel 99 News in Los Gatos and a part-time server at the coffee kiosk in the Ocean and Marine Sciences building, says that it has taken him years to come to terms with the oppressive heat.
"At first, I was like, ‘Man, this sucks!’ But now, I just carry a water bottle."
The general populous seems to share Hutchinson’s feelings of resistance and then acceptance of the weather. "‘If a problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good.’" Hutchinson pauses emphatically to take a sip of coffee. "The Dalai Lama said that when he was in that Brad Pitt movie."
UCSC students, on the other hand, are not taking this matter lightly.
"How are we supposed to smoke our cigarettes and brood in the quad under these conditions?" asks Maggie Fillerman, a Porter second-year. "I can’t work like this."
College 10 student Bertha Biggins agrees: "I have a perspiration and body odor problem as is. This heat isn’t helping. My hippie roommate doesn’t even believe in air-conditioning!"
Outraged students are organizing a protest that will be launched the next time Mother Nature raises the thermostat above 70 degrees. The protest will rally at the Porter Squiggle after sunset (because that’s when it stops being so hot) before its participants march to Science Hill.
"We’re going to give those scientists a piece of our mind!" declares Biggins. "They can’t just turn up the heat whenever they want. We live in a democracy. This is the sort of thing that should be brought to a vote."
She continues, "I’m a pacifist, but if things get ugly, I’m not going to put a stop to it. I’ll do anything to get rid of my perpetual B.O. I pass out at the sight of blood, but…I’m just saying."
Science Hill representatives are actively reacting to the threats. The buildings have been barricaded by CSOs since last Friday evening.
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