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Has the surge of environmental awareness caused you to change your lifestyle?
Ronald K. Dennard
Senior - Journalism
Mechanicsville, Va.
Yes, to a small extent. It has
made me more aware of the situa
tion. I think I would be more in
volved in it if the city had a simpler
system of disposal.
Rao Kowtha
Ph.D. candidate - Management
Hyderabad, India
Fes, I have begun categorizing
my garbage into glass, paper and
plastics. I dispose of it at the recy
cling dump behind the Deluxe
Burger Bar. It’s now become a
habit for me. I’ve also quit smok
ing.
Mary Lee Prigge
Junior - Recreation and Parks
Round Rock
/ have become more environ
mentally aware. I’ve been collect
ing cans since I was in high school.
I’m more active, now that it’s eas
ier with more places to recycle.
Lisa Wood
Junior - Theatre Arts/English
Fairfield
Actually, it has. At my job in the
English department, we collect pa
per to be recycled, and it has made
me more aware of the environ
ment.
David Ernst
Professor - Department of Physics
College Station
No, I have learned nothing new
from the recent surge of environ
mental awareness that I was not al
ready aware of. I have recycled my
aluminum cans for years. Perhaps
if it were more convenient to recy
cle, I would participate more.
John McClain
Coordinator of Academic Com
puting Services
College Station
No, my lifestlye hasn’t changed.
I have always recycled. Some of it
is still a hassle to do, so it’s still not
worthwhile. My car’s air-condi
tioner also still uses fluorocarbons.
Adrienne Elliott
Junior - Accounting/Finance
Carrollton
Not until this summer when I
roomed with an environmental ac
tivist. She showed me how easy it is
to separate our cans, bottles and
plastics and take them to the recy
cling dump.
Brandy Hickman
Senior - Accounting
Snyder
Not really. I don’t believe that
the individuals are the cause of the
pollution problems. I think it’s the
major corporations who are the
problem. Companies like McDon
alds should stop using Styrofoam.
Terry Brown
Graduate student - Physics
Harrisburg, Pa.
I have changed to some degree.
My friends are more involved than
I am. They boycott many environ
mentally unsafe things. This
makes me feel guilty when I use
them in their presence.
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Graduate student - Agroeconom
ics
Beijing, China
No, my lifestyle has not
changed.
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Graphic by Jmyme Blaschkc
By KATHY COX
Of The Battalion Staff
It’s only as hot as you think it is.
Dr. Dennis Driscoll, a Texas A&M
biometeorologist, says a positive
mental attitude can help reduce the
summer heat’s impact.
“You can’t think yourself cool,”
Driscoll said, “but the negative im
pact of our environment can be les
sened if you approach it in the right
frame of mind.”
A psychosomatic element affects
how we perceive the weather, he
said, because everything around us
is filtered through the brain first.
“We respond to our environment
by the way we perceive it,” said Dris
coll, who specializes in the effects of
the atmosphere on humans.
Driscoll said motivational levels
dictate the conditions we can with
stand.
“If you’re motivated, you can
stand just about anything,” he said.
For example, ne said, football
players trying out for the A&M team
can take the incredible heat on Kyle
Field in the summer because they
are highly motivated to impress the
coaches and make the team.
Driscoll said a positive mental atti
tude helps when coping with the
heat.
“Much of your thermal comfort
depends on your frame of mind,” he
said. “That largely determines how
you react to environmental condi
tions.”
Driscoll said his expertise comes
from his “professional lifetime,” but
added that he is not a medical doc
tor.
However, he recommends keep
ing a positive attitude and staying in
doors as much as possible.
“We should thank technology for
air conditioning,” he said. “If it
weren’t for air conditioning, we
wouldn’t be here.”
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