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- Cover your windows during the day: Sunlight that streams through your window brings a lot of heat and combines with the humidity to create a greenhouse effect.
- Take a lukewarm or cold shower: Especially with the high humidity, taking a hot shower in the morning starts your day off feeling the heat. A cold or lukewarm shower helps to keep your body temperature down.
- Open your windows and doors at night: While the day can be stifling, the night can be fairly cool. Make sure to take advantage of this by opening your windows at night to let in the cool night breeze.
- Have cold water close by: One of the best ways to cool your body is from the inside out. Having cold water close by can help keep the heat from becoming too much to handle.
- Buy a fan and place it well: Fans are a must here on campus. However, just as important as having a fan is knowing where to place it. Putting your fan in the window or door, especially at night, can help bring in the cool outside air.
- Putting a bowl of ice in front of a fan: It may seem weird, but putting a bowl of ice in front of a fan allows it to spread the cool air coming off from the ice.
- Bottle of Ice under the pillow: If the heat is making it hard for you to sleep at night, an easy trick is to fill a bottle with water, freeze it and put it under your pillow.
- Study in places with A/C: Getting overheated can be especially annoying when you are trying to study or do homework. Some of the best places on campus you can study in with A/C include the Aloha Center, the library and HGB.
- Going to the beach: The beach is never far and when you’re feeling too hot, the walk to the beach could be what you need. While jumping in the water is guaranteed to cool you down, sitting in the sand and taking in the ocean breeze can suffice.