Jonathan Tillen, Layout Staff

February 9, 2024

As New England winter fully settles over the Nobles campus, the season brings in the bitter temperatures that New England is so famous for. During these times, many buildings on campus seem way too cold for comfort. To combat these frigid conditions, here are some of the best strategies to stay warm this winter. 

1. Bundle up! This almost goes without saying. Throw on the extra, dress code-allowed, sweatshirt, or even consider wearing snow pants instead of jeans. While sporting a full snowsuit, be sure to make as much noise as possible while passing through the Shattuck hallways to advertise this strategy to the wider community. To take this step a bit further, be sure to pack snow goggles and skis in case snow piles up throughout the day.
2. Hand warmers. Disposable or rechargeable, these amazing items can warm up your fingers, allowing you to type your essays with as much efficiency as possible. 
3. Sneaking a personal heater into your backpack. Less clunky than extra layers, while also maintaining the relaxing feeling of hot air skimming across your body. While it may be challenging to find a place to plug in your heater, if you think ahead and sit next to an outlet at the beginning of the year, you will be all set. This solution does come with two notable downsides. First is that the heater takes up quite a bit of space. Second, reaching into your backpack to take out a math textbook and accidentally punching a hot heater is also quite unpleasant. 
4. Assembling a fireplace in your classroom. What else could be more aesthetic than bringing your own wooden logs, coal, and firestarters into your second period? While your kindling may turn some heads, it’ll all be worth it once your entire English II class bundles around the fire for a cozy read-aloud of Hamlet. Be careful not to set off any smoke alarms, or worse, burn anything down.
5. Installing a jacuzzi in Mr. Kovacs’ AP Biology classroom. Who wouldn’t want to relax in a jacuzzi during a lecture? While this one is not so budget-friendly, it is undoubtedly more beneficial to the community than the previous options. And what would better accompany the fish tanks in the windows than a giant hot tub in the middle of the classroom?

Feel free to try out these newfound strategies as temperatures drop throughout the next month. Finally, The Nobleman sincerely wishes you the warmest of winters.

(Photo Credit: Zack Mittelstadt)