On 26/02/2008, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote:
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>  :P.S. Can someone tell me the scientific name of the species pictured
>  :in the mascot?
>
>     I'm afraid I don't know.  I took that picture in my garden, in
>     Berkeley, California.

Well, I will find out. It is almost certainly a Darter (Sympetrum) -
although you Americans call them Meadowhawks.