100-word rave: Space heaters —the ground warming invention keeping us cozy March 31, 2022 — by Sanjoli Gupta My space heater sitting comfortably under my table. Want your room to be not too cold and not too hot — invest in a space heaterIt’s the middle of February, but the central cooling is still blasting in my room. I’m shivering violently in my ice-block of a chair right after a steaming-hot shower, only to go outside and find my family and myself stuck in a battle over control of the thermostat. Lunchtime? I’m moving the thermostat up. Trying to finish homework but my toes have gone numb? Venture out into the corridor to move the thermostat back up. Middle of the night and my nose has turned red? I’m shivering my way out the door to turn the thermostat up again. This cycle continues on for an endless period of time. But then — a glorious black box with a grid and a plug-in wire graces my room, and I’m no longer entrapped in the Thermostat Wars. I have control over the temperature in my room. Gone are the days when my room turned into a stuffy furnace during 10 minutes of central heating. Not too hot, not too cold — my space heater is always warming up my toes from under the table. Need to evade your own Thermostat Wars? Get yourself a space heater. 5 views this weekAbout the contributorsSanjoli GuptaSanjoli Gupta, Class of ‘24, is a News Editor of the 2023-24 Falcon staff. Previously, she was the School Scope Editor between 2022-23, Head Photographer between 2021-22 and Reporter and Layout Artist between 2020-21. She has attended the Stanford Daily Summer Journalism program as well as The School of The New York Times Inside the UN/Journalism/Law program where she interviewed a Holocaust survivor and learned about libel. She has won a Silver Key in Scholastic Art and Writing for her feature story on being both South Asian and Christian. Some topics she has previously covered include bioethics, intimidation, future professions and religion. Some things she enjoys outside journalism include reading, baking and photography.