Dear Editor,
I felt extremely sorry for all the students and faculty of the Eyring Science Center, the Herald R. Clark Building and the Nichols Building who had to suffer through temperatures pushing “nearly 90 degrees” for two days. But I rejoiced from the fact that classes were either let out early or transferred to other locations on campus, and faculty could leave early.
Yet, my joy was very short lived. My eyes accidentally glanced at the indoor thermometer, which is hanging at my apartment in Wymount Terrace. It read 88?F. This is with two fans going and no cooking being done at all (my wife and I realized that cooking in our apartment in the summer equals somewhat to committing a suicide). Unfortunately, we are not as lucky as the faculty at the Eyring Science Center. We can’t leave.
We have lived at Wymount Terrace for the last three summers. Every summer all Wymount residents have to suffer through unbearable heat. When we contacted the housing office about this, they chose not to respond to our suggestion to put in air conditioners here. The same letter, sent to the President’s office, was acknowledged. The response was that the need for air conditioners is being evaluated on an annual basis, and no funding was available at the time. At the same time we pointed out that installing air conditioning could be done instead of not really warranted recarpeting and installing new linoleum.
It is sad indeed that the administration cares little about health of its students, including many pregnant women who reside here.
We are moving very soon to a location cooler than Provo. So, neither my wife nor I will ever experience a joy of a cool apartment at Wymount Terrace again. But we do hope that one day, the decision to install air conditioners here will be made.
Nikolay O. Malyarov
Moscow, Russia
