By The Numbers (Oct. 2)

    **36 percent**
    The percentage of freshman dorm rooms in air-conditioned buildings. The only freshman dorms that are air conditioned are Dupont and Yates Halls.

    p. **46 percent**
    The increase in the number of digitally downloaded tracks over the last year, now at 612 million. Total sales of albums fell 14 percent over the same period to 300.6 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

    p. **79 million**
    The number of trees Indonesia says it will plant on one day in December, just before a U.N. Climate Change summit. Indonesia had the fastest rate of deforestation in the world from 2000 to 2005, according to Greenpeace.

    p. **496,022 miles**
    The length of duct tape that has been sold in the past decade by Duck brand duct tape.

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