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Keep it cool
Students try to keep it cool on hot days
Rainier Ramirez
Issue date: 5/15/07 Section: News
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Suzy Fernandez, a sophomore majoring in child and adolescent development, said that she prefers to stay inside the Student Union or the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library to avoid the hot weather.
"(Hugh Gills Hall) is hot. I have a 7:30 (a.m.) class, and it's always hot. You can just walk into the building and you'll feel the change," she said.
She said that she doesn't really mind the weather.
"I'm a summer baby, so I would rather be in hot weather instead of cold," Fernandez said.
She added that the recent weather patterns have been weird because it would suddenly become cold and cloudy on some days.
"I like the warm weather," said Sith Koopthavonerk, a senior majoring in art and design. "I was born in a tropical country so I'm use to it - over here it's not as humid as it is in Asia."
During hot temperatures, he said that he likes to go to the mall instead of classes because they have good air conditioning.
"The Student Union is pretty cool. I'm wearing a sweatshirt right now," Koopthavonerk said,
"the basement level is usually cold."
Michael Voss, a lecturer in the meteorology department, said that along with the heat, there was not a lot of rainfall in the spring.
"The spring time was certainly much dryer than normal," he said.
Voss said that even though it has been dry, it would not effect how the weather in the summer will be.
He added that he couldn't give a prediction on how the summer weather could be because it is only possible to accurately forecast the weather for the next seven days.
"We don't know, it could be a cool summer, it could be a warm summer," Voss said.
In addition to students, professors also have difficulty in teaching through a hot day.
"After lunch time some students seem sleepy because of the heat," said Maria Ochoa, a lecturer in the social science department.
She said that some buildings, such as the newly renovated Clark Hall, are comfortable to teach in because they have a really nice air conditioning system. Ochoa added that she also teaches in Dudley Moorhead Hall, which is an older building with no air conditioning, and that it can get really hot on some days.
"It's really difficult because (Dudley Moorhead Hall) is being painted and fumes come in if we leave the windows open," Ochoa said.
"It can be oppressive if it gets too hot and you live in a house with no (air conditioning)," said Peter Kistler, a junior in communications studies.
After classes, he said that he has his own special way to beat the summer heat.
"We have an ice machine at home, so we fill the bathtub with ice and just chill," Kistler said.
He said that he will be taking summer classes and expects it to be really hot. He added that the Student Union can feel stuffy on hot days, and that the library is a really cool place to hang out.
"It seems like summer is getting hotter and hotter each year," Kistler said, "for about two weeks we are going to be miserable."
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