Temperatures have started to hang in the 40-degree range this past week making campus buildings and residences cold and uninviting.

While students are used to bundling up for the brisk walk to class and some of the draftier buildings on campus, it’s difficult to start your day if your room is cold.

It seems like the apartments have been the coldest places on campus lately and even the Asian Beetles that appeared recently might be rethinking their stay because their presence seems to have diminished.

While regulation of temperatures is nothing new, the Energy Conservation Policy proposed at the beginning of the year would require all campus buildings to have a 68 degrees cap in the winter. The university is still working on this policy, which includes other initiatives to conserve energy and will be decided Dec. 1.

Earlier this year officials said the university could save more than $90,000 every year if the plan goes accordingly and temperatures are set at 78 degrees in the summer and 68 degrees in the winter. Students also were given the chance to send feedback to University President Pat Long at [email protected].

Conservation is necessary in a time when our climate is changing, resources are dwindling and the economy is struggling. However, if students’ rooms are colder than usual, they need to contact student development or maintenance and have their rooms checked. It won’t do any good to complain about it if you don’t tell anyone about the issue.

Although, temperatures in buildings across campus are only going to feel chillier as the temperature outside continues to fall in the coming months. People can prepare for temperatures in the buildings on campus by dressing appropriately, although students living on campus shouldn’t have to prepare for temperatures in their rooms to be the same as in classrooms.

If the university made the classrooms cooler in the policy so the residences could be warmer, this might be a nice exchange so we can conserve energy but live comfortably at the same time.