Heaters in dorms

As the winter rolls in (kind of), the dorms on campus are now turning on their heaters.  In many dorms, including Pauley hall where I lived my freshman year, each room has a heater unit attached to the central unit in the building.  Sure it's nice to have heaters in every room, but the only problem is the type of heaters used.  In Erdman, large "radiator" units are set in the walls.  These units are about 3 feet high and a complete eye sore.  On top of all this, when the heaters turn on, the stench is awful, it takes about 30 minutes for the things to get warmed up and they are a huge fire hazard. I'm not entirely sure if every room has the option of switching the unit off, meaning it's on whenever the dorm heater is on. Obviously, not every person is cold when it dips below 60 but believe me, there are plenty of warm-weather students here at Oxy.

myspaI was wondering if there has been any mention of this in the master plan.  I believe that Oxy needs to look into more efficient ways of heating such large areas of space.  Oxy can save energy and lives just by looking into more "modern" heating units.  As we all know, the world is only getting warmer, namely in CA, but every now and then it dips below 40, which is plenty cold for those of us born and raised in the warm climates of the southwest. Does anyone know if the Master Plan is confronting this issue or is it sweeping it under the carpet like it does for most other student concerns?