University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 24, 1988 3 Students seek cool alternatives to heat By Terry Bauroth Rusty Holiday, Lawrence resident, patches a staircase Monday in front of the newly remodeled wing of Snow Hall. Holiday repairs concrete, which forces him to endure the intense summer beat. Kansan staff writer Monday's high of 101 degrees had sweat dripping from the brow of Matt Lueders, as he carried shelves upstairs to his room in the hospital Hall. only to find out that his air conditioner wasn't working. Lueder's roommate, Brian Reid, Omah, Neb., junior, he would spend the night with a friend who had air conditioning. "I'll sit around with the fans, take cold showers and visit the pool a lot," said Luedders, a Columbia, Mo. junior. Lueder and Reid got some relief yesterday with cooler temperatures and functioning central air. However, John Calhoun, Prairie Village senior, won't be so lucky. He lives in an Acre neighborhood he owns. You can rent an air conditioner unit to turn on "I'm taking it easy, no jogging or aerobics in the day," said the man wearing a fan. When I first moved in, a fan was blowing constant air. I was blowing constant air. Shane Creason, Bonner Springs junior, said, "I beat the heat with a brew." Other students found a way to cool off at the Crossing, a tavern at 618 W. 12th St. Although some students beat the heat during enrollment, others may sweat it out inside campus buildings when school starts. "We start having problems with some of the buildings when it gets over 95 degrees, but nothing we can't handle." Samuel said. He said that facilities operations tried to accommodate at 74 degrees year round. Also beating the heat with a brew was Bracken Bone, El Dorado graduate student. "The heat isn't bad as now it was earlier this ities operations who works with refrigeration and electrical systems. The air conditioning systems on campus are not designed to handle temperatures above 85 degrees. The maintenance department is the director in the department of facil- Richard Perkins, an associate director in facilities operations who works with utilities, said that the majority of campus buildings had central air conditioning, but a few old buildings such as Strong Hall, only had small window units. High humidity is another problem. Air conditioning systems mainly regulate temperature, not humidity. Perkins said. Samuels said that the biggest problem with humidity was in Watson Library, but he said that a study of complaints from Wescose Hall. Although most of the buildings have air conditioning, Hoch Auditorium and a few, small off-campus buildings do not. Candye Waitley, nurse health educator of the health education department at Health Center, said, "Heat is a stress." She said people should be more patient with others because everyone is under stress with the heat. To avoid heat related illnesses, Waitley suggested that people drink at least eight glasses of water a day, exercise early in the morning or late in the evening and wear clothing to absorb perspiration. Although people can suffer from heat stroke and heat exhaustion, Waitlie said that heat fatigue was the most common. Lindley Hall water not threatening,officialsaves Rv Mark F. McCormick Elevated levels of volatile organic chemicals found in water at Landley Hall and throughout the city in May were no more dangerous than a drink of beer, a University official said yesterday. "You have about the same chance of getting sick from drinking that water as from a beer or a glass of wine," said Steve Cater, KU environmental health and safety officer. "We were able to drink that water we weren't all that toxic." The state action limit, at which state officials begin testing and identifying people who have reached when the potential exists for one additional case of cancer among those tested. To contract cancer from the contaminated University water, a person would have had to consume the water exclusively for 70 years. Cater Brooke Evanes, director of a University Relations, said deionchloroethane was found in the water at Lindley Hall after taste and odor complaints In tests of KU water from May 20 to June 4, state examiners found 31.5 micrograms of the chemical a liter, more than four times the state's action level of 7 micrograms. Subsequent analysis and only traces of the dichloroethane Traces of toluene, an organic solvent, were found in every sample of samples from the supply on June 18. Eversole said. However, toluene levels were well below the regulatory limits. Atmospheric vacuum breaker How it works: Ralph Gelvin, systems engineer for the city water plant, said testing suggested that the dichloroethane was present only in campus water supply. He also noted that city water posed no health threats. The city still is trying to locate the source of contamination. Cater said no specific source for the contaminants in city or campus water was found. Eversole said that the campus water system was flushed and subsequent tests showed only traces of the bacteria, which are the source of contamination was hard. "It is so difficult to find the source of a one-time problem," she said. "Something got into the supply and gradually washed out." Because polluted water is sometimes siphoned from pipe connections into the water supply, about 20 facilities operations employees recently attended workshops on potentially dangerous pipe connections and killed Kuwaitian workers to 200 to 300 heatbreakers to prevent such siphoning and to train staff to eliminate dangerous connections. The University has taken other precautions to prevent further problems, she said. The University also will schedule routine testing once a semester at Malet Hall, Haworth Hall, Lindley Hall and the Art and Design Building where chemicals are used, Cater said. KU all-sports tickets are going, going, almost gone Bv a Kansan reporter All-sports tickets, which admit stud- ent groups in the gym and ball games, and the Kansas Relays, are almost sold out for the year, at ticket salesman said yesterday. If "sales keep up as they are, we are anticipating that we'll be sold out by Friday," said Kathy Freederickson at the collegiate athletics office. The sports combo-package costs $65 this year, a $1 increase from last year's price. Frederickson said that there were 7,300 all-sports tickets available to him on Thursday. The date count of how many were left She said the tickets were being at least $150 each. season passes had been sold. out for the last four years. Football ticket sales have increased, she said, because people were excited about the new coach and the new team. Frederickson said that basketball However, Frederickson said that there were still season football—only passes available for £5. She did not worry how many of the passes were given. Students enrolled in seven hours or more may purchase the sports compackage or the football-only pass in the Allen Field House ticket office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students who already have been shown up starting Aug. 30 by alphabetic appointments, will be posted in the Allen Field House ticket office. The summer Kansan staff produced the Campus and City/Area sections of this edition. The fall Kansan staff produced the News, Sports and Leisure sections. Daily publication of the Kansan will begin Monday. Summer news staff Laird MacGregor Editor David White Managing editor Brian Baresch Campus editor Jeff Moberg Assistant campus editor Tom Shenson Sports editor Dale Fullerken Photo editor Chris Ralston Copy chief Kurt Messersmith Business manager Linda Prokop. 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