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Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
If you were to go on accuweather.com today (July 17, 2006) and type in Hackettstown's zip code (07840) you would see a high temperature of 97 degrees, with a RealFeal of 105. Suffice it to say, the campus was on fire.
Sci-Fi fans will recognize this face. It is Lois Nettleton from The Twilight Zone. In an episode entitled "The Midnight Sun" the earth's course deviates from the norm and begins to move closer to the sun, creating sweltering hot conditions for this New York City resident. While in a few hours, when the sun does, in fact, go down, we will have a bit of relief in the form of night time, conditions during the day lead many to believe that the cold had ceased to exist.
The sun was shining bright and hot onto the entire campus, not excluding the open fields behind Anderson Hall.
That did not, however, stop determined Frisbee players from participating in the Frisbee Tournament. It did, however, redden the faces of those who played.
A walk across the campus seemed to last forever, as if walking through a desert. The only difference was that there was no mirage in the distance depicting a desire-only a construction site and men on golf carts.
Walking past the air-conditioned library of Centenary College reminded me of the story of Tantalus. In Greek Mythology, Tantalus so offended the gods, by stealing ambrosia, that he was condemned to Tartarus, the Underworld zone of punishment. He stood in a river of water, thirsty, but the water would dry up when he touched it. When he reached for the grapes above to satisfy his hunger, they would vanish. Thus was the plight of Tantalus (Tantalus is where we get the word 'tantalize' from). Alright, enough of my tangents. Walking past the Air Conditioner, feeling the hot air blow out while the cold air blew inside was tantalizing.
The areas of shade and sun soon became dividing lines...
This image is usually found in dried up lakes, but was instead found on the Centenary Campus.
But here at Campus Kids, we keep our campers hydrated and healthy, with numerous water bottle filling stations, and numerous reminders both to use a water bottle and the dangers of dehydration.
I think that I have sufficiently made the point that the temperature today was very high. And to quote many a camper, "It's hot!"