On Wednesday, Housing Services sent out its annual “seasonal notice.” No message so cruel has ever arrived under such innocent cover. Officially, the email reminds us that Columbia’s heating systems, now activated, may conspire with the fluctuating autumn temperatures to leave us uncomfortably warm. Unofficially, it says that we are entering that dreaded part of the year when the outside temperatures suggest sweaters, but indoor climates frequently turn the sweatered into the sweaty. We are left uncomfortable, gross, fainting from the heat, and, in an ironic twist, feeling anything but hot.
