marenhansen
Staff Writer
This summer McPherson has experienced one of the hottest summers on record. High temperatures have been over one hundred degrees consistently since the middle of July and the heat has affected students in the variety of different places they’ve been this summer. 

“One of the biggest effects the heat had on me had to do with getting sick. I had to miss a day and a half of band camp because of it,” sophomore Katherine Geist said, “The heat didn’t directly cause it, but it definitely made it worse.” 

There have been two main options that students have taken to try and beat the heat: locking themselves inside their houses with the air conditioner blasting, or spending every second of the day in or near water: the lake, the pool, even the backyard sprinkler. 

“To stay cool I went to the lake a bunch during the summer.” sophomore Janaye Hanschu said. Besides the lake, the city pool is also a popular spot to spend the afternoon cooling off. 

All in all, the heat has played a major role in many students’ summers. Whether they’re eating ice cream and sitting in front of the AC or tubing on Lake Kanopolis, they have definitely found amusing ways to beat the heat.