Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...winter has returned to remind us that ski masks and scarves are the fashion "do" of this season. Unwilling to brave the potential frostbite incurred while venturing to the Science Center, many students have found refuge in their cozy dorm rooms. But what if the boilers broke and these heat havens became below-zero morgues? FM asked some residents of Leverett House G-tower and Matthews Hall, both of whom have come to deal with this major dilemma with ingenuity...
Besides the usual layering of clothing, Harvard students have devised unique methods to deal with the unexpected cold. Maria Padilla '96 of Leverett House suggests warming up by "sleeping with someone who retains a lot of heat." For those of us not so fortunate, many other creative ways to stay warm abound. For example, Padilla recalled a "pseudo-sleepover" in Leverett House where "everyone brought his or her own space heater and electric blanket" in order to maximize minimal and precious heat...
...others have also employed similar electricity-draining methods to stay warm. Another Leverett House resident, Matthew Bradley '97 and his roommates "turned on all the lights" and playfully "warmed [their] hands on the light bulbs" while others kept their computers running 24 hours a day to generate life-sustaining heat. Talia Milgram-Ellcott '98 of Matthews Hall admitted to "running the hand heaters in the bathroom on full blast" to warm the air in the bathroom and make showers friendlier...
Milgram-Ellcott cited sweat pants as the key to her warming success. She and her friends "did aerobics in sweat pants and jumped around to stay warm" in the process working off the "huge quantities of hot chocolate consumed to maintain body heat...
John Miri '98 of Matthews Hall dealt with the Arctic conditions with a more efficient system: selective memory. When asked over the phone what creative ways he used to stay warm, he answered, "I think you have the wrong number." Reminded again about the lack of heat, he responded, "Oh yeah, I guess we didn't have heat for a while. I guess I blocked...