It's hot and cold in herre [sic]
I agree with the sentiments about the temperature which were professed by fellow Gargoyle writer Deren Kudeki in his blog entry .
However, my complaints about the weather center on a slightly different issue. As the column of mercury in the thermometer rises when spring rolls around, it also stimulates a series of nuisances specifically associated with the building of Uni High, or any other building for that matter without central heating or cooling.
The temperature in the school varies not only daily but also depending on where in the school you’re standing. It is common knowledge that the North Attic and the lounge are both places where heat radiates from each object in the room while the hallways and other classrooms are icy to the touch.
While I do realize that this is a bit of an overexaggeration on most days, I also know that there have been days when I notice a severe temperature increase as soon as I walk into the room.
It has become a matter of irritation for me when I find myself taking the two steps into the threshold of the lounge and being blasted with a wave of hot air because the hallways are approximately 10 degrees cooler in temperature than any of the surrounding classrooms.
Not only do I find it difficult to decide on what to wear in the morning when I realize that I have to cater to two different temperatures within several feet of each other, but I also know that I risk being incredibly overheated or dealing with cold-induced goose bumps for an extended period of time if I make an incorrect decision about what clothes I choose.
People say that layering is the best thing to do in a situation like this. I understand the logic behind such a statement. I agree that theoretically one could bring a winter coat for the hallways, a sweatshirt for some classrooms, a light spring jacket for other classrooms, and a bikini for the lounge. However, I find that the impracticality of changing clothes by the hour trumps any theoretically sound plan to handle the temperature at Uni.
In the end I suppose that I should just be grateful that at least Uni does have heating and cooling even if it is rather erratic.
There are worse things that could be wrong with the school, such as our teachers only being paid a fraction of what their colleagues are being paid elsewhere in Champaign-Urbana, or students writing on the elevator door and risking shutting down transportation through Uni or … oh, wait ….
— Shivani Khanna