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Baby,it's cold outside,but it's warm in here...
Layering clothes takes off the chill
Students stay warm with 'system jacket'
To keep warm in the outdoors and cool in the classroom, many students say layers are the only way to go.
Aimee Riss, Shawnee Mission senior, said that weather fluctuations in Lawrence made it hard to dress for class.
"In the morning, I have to wear a sweater and a coat," Riss said. "By the time I walk home, I've stripped down to a T-shirt practically."
Students also complained of the high temperatures in classrooms.
Mike Richardson, director of facilities
operations, said the University tried to keep the classrooms at 70 degrees.
When the rooms seem too hot, Richardson said, it was up to students and faculty to call and inform facilities operations.
"You go from freezing to so hot you can hardly stand it," said Pete Rubens, Minneapolis junior.
Rubens said that he was used to severe winters and brought his heavy ski coat with him to Kansas.
"Even when it's snowing outside, I don't like
layers throughout the day," Kemper said.
A system jacket has several linings that can be zipped out. Liz Patton, Overland Park or St. Louis? junior, said she bought a North Face jacket that could be used as a winter jacket or peeled to a sleeveless shell.
"That's the way to go," Patton said. "I just unzip a part and stick it in my backpack."
to wear it to class," Rubens said. "I don't like to take it off in class because it's just a hassle."
Chad Kemper, employee of The Sunflower, 804 Massachusetts St., said there was an easy solution to this problem.
"More and more people are buying the system jacket so they can peel away the
Another easy way of beating the elements is by wearing a hat.
A good hat keeps in a tremendous amount of body heat, Kemper said. Shoes are important as well. Tennis shoes, Kemper said, have thin soles and don't keep feet as warm as boots.
Wool or fleece socks also help keep feet warm, he said.
In the morning, I have to wear a sweater and a coat. By the time I walk home, I've stripped down to a T-shirt practically.
AimeeRiss
Leslie Cameron, Dodge City junior, said that she rarely wore a coat to class but wore a hat and gloves.
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"I don't want to mess with a big coat," Cameron said. "And if my ears and fingers are warm, then so is the rest of me."
Some students have their own methods of keeping warm.
Mark Parrish, Boulder senior, said he learned how to stay warm when he was a member of his
high school ski team.
Because thick ski coats discouraged movement, the team members usually wore only a thin shell, he said.
"We all wore silk long underwear," Parrish said. "It's unbelievable how warm it is."
BY COURTNEY TUGGLE
'Tis the season
~Hill • December 6, 1995
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