“They say that time
changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” –Andy Warhol
*I do not know the context of Andy’s quote, but I will use
his quote for my purposes.
Time is an overarching abstract concept that was personified
in Andy’s statement. As he noted, it cannot “change” anything. An individual’s actions lead
to change over time. For example, the President or his advisors made a single
order change by deciding to create a website after the stimulus/recovery bill
passed to show projects where stimulus money was designated too. This is a single
order change because many Americans demanded transparency and all the White
House needed to do was make a website (See http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/default.aspx).
On a side note and in relation to our reading, part of citizenship is political
involvement, and Americans need to stay current and express their opinions when
appropriate to their representatives.
At the beginning of the quarter live-out fraternity brothers
expressed concern that they were left out of fraternity events in the past because
of a lack of communication. Part of this was because roles were not clearly
defined among the executive board (which we are going to make clear at our
first 100% attended executive board meeting Sunday night), and there was not an
open calendar in house where people could read upcoming events. Therefore, one
of our guys bought a calendar and posted it on the wall. I filled in the
upcoming events and we received positive feedback. In addition to the calendar,
every new member was finally added to the email listserve so all brothers can
email everyone else quickly without typing in each person’s email address. These were both single order changes and
resulted in positive change.
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