Last week was the first week of the fall semester, and Huskie students and faculty alike braved sweltering weather.
Trekking across campus with a heavy backpack and five minutes until your next class can work up a sweat on an average day, but the blazing sun had lots of us feeling like the Wicked Witch of the West.
Thankfully, many students on campus have upheld positive attitudes despite the heat, and no one’s turned into a puddle – yet.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INTERVIEWS:
TyLyn Martin, a junior pre-med major, has his class schedule set up just right for a heat wave.
Q: “How have you been managing the heat on campus?”
A: “Well, for me, I only have one class every day. So I’ve been in my room for the rest of the days, I mean, the rest of the other time outside of class, with the air on.”
Q: “Okay, so you only have to do, like, one walk to that class and back?”
A: “One walk, and I’m good to go back to the dorm.”
Valencia Kells, a sophomore business and marketing major, embraces water in all its forms.
Q: “How did you handle the heat on campus?”
A: “I eat ice, and I wear the appropriate clothes, and I stay inside.”
Kendall Rodriguez, a junior psychology major, was feeling pleasantly chilly inside last week!
Q: “How did you handle the heat on campus?”
A: “Honestly, I’ve been really lucky with, like, having the halls, not the halls, I guess, like, yeah the halls being really cold. I can wear shorts, pants, it doesn’t really matter because it’s really cold in there. And honestly, it’s very, I don’t know, it’s really nice.”
Francisco Franco, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, was struggling on Tuesday, which saw highs in the nineties.
Q: “On a scale from one to ten, how melted do you feel when you’re outside?”
A: “I would say, like, Monday, Tuesday I was at like a 10. I felt like I was melting down in. But like, it’s been, it’s been dropping the number, feeling like an eight maybe, maybe seven?”
Treasure Tramble, a sophomore psychology major, had no hesitation when asked how melted she felt.
Q: “On a scale from one to ten, how melted do you feel when you’re outside?”
A: “10, yeah, 10 outside – yes.”
Q: “How come?”
A: “Because the sun is, like, overbearing!”
