Chase Hunter

With the record-breaking heat in Central Texas, students at Texas State are finding ways to adjust during the first week of classes. Chase Hunter has more on this Bobcat Update.

One-hundred degree temperatures are not ending any time soon, and many students are beating the heat in unique ways. One way they are cooling off is with free gear in the quad courtesy of Student Affairs. Frisbees are being handed out. Graduate student Hope Herrington says the frisbees are mostly being used as fans to provide some relief :
Soundbite 1: (Hope Herrington, division of Student Affairs)
Some students are experiencing a problem in the theater building. A sewer line recently broke, which means the building has no running water. This means no restrooms and no water fountains. Portable toilets have been set up outside of the building [and a few come equipped with air-conditioning -- Seriously!]. Inside the theater building water stations are set up with cups for everyone to rehydrate. Senior Breck Robinson says it's a little frustrating, but everyone has to cope:
Soundbite 2: (Breck Robinson, senior student)
Drinking plenty of water will help cool off some of the heat in the afternoon hours. Senior Chase Joliet says he brings a water bottle with him to keep refreshed.
Soundbite 3: (Chase Joliet, Mass Comm Senior)
Luckily for students a brief shower today provided some temporary relief from the heat. But most students were caught without umbrellas and were left walking in the rain.
For Bobcat Update, I’m Chase Hunter.