Word: halogens
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...advice is just never heeded. Last week, it was announced that the Class of 2001 will be warned against the purchase and use of halogen lamps in spite of the fact that no suitable alternative has been suggested by the administration. Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans, refusing to outright ban the lights, wrote in an e-mail message, "We will tell entering students that halogen floor lamps pose a potential fire hazard and that students need to use incandescent or fluorescent lamps in freshman dormitories...
...Halogen lamps have been banned at Yale University. However, students there seem to have adjusted to the change...
...have seen a fire caused by a halogen lamp, and I'm pretty glad they're prohibited," said Barry M. Fine, a first-year at Yale...
...doesn't particularly bother me. I have an incandescent floor lamp in my bedroom. It's just as good as the halogen in our common room," said Grays Hall resident Michael B. Leslie...
...begins to look into this issue, things such as halogen lamps become part of the discussion," said subcommittee chair Robert Mortimer...