Cool kids on campus

Martine Balthazar and Kevin Boen beat the heat at Mario’s Italian Ice.
Photo: Joshua Clark/UIC Photo Services

Mark Twain may (or may not) have said, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.”

That criticism doesn’t apply to Martine Balthazar, a senior in psychology, and Kevin Boen, a sophomore in architecture, who work in the Daley Library circulation department.

The two find a remedy for the record heat Monday at Mario’s Italian Lemonade, a long-time campus summertime hang-out at 1068 W. Taylor St.