GREENSBORO, NC
Changes made to smoking policy
Seth Van Horn
News Editor
I uilford changed its
smoking policy this
year, tightening restrictions on
where people may smoke.
Last year the policy prohibit
ed smoking inside the dorms,
but not around the entrances.
Now, however, it also prohibits
smoking at all building
entrances facing the interior of
campus. Smoking is still
allowed in Bryan hall, the
apartments, and alternative
houses if the house, apart
ment or suite-mates agree.
Campus Life has posted signs
where smoking is no longer
allowed.
People can still discuss fur
ther changes and needs for
the smoking policy in the
future. Smoking policy is on
the agenda for the Student
Senate town meeting on Sept.
6. The Office of Residential
Life also plans to talk to stu
dents in the dorms that still
allow smoking about becom
ing smoke free this year,
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according to Anne Lundquist,
Dean for Campus Life.
No final decision has been
made about any further steps,
though there will be ongoing
discussion.
The decision to change the
smoking policy came from the
advice of the Vice-President /
Deans group (VP-Deans
Group), said Lundquist. The
VP-Deans Group is comprised
of the vice-presidents of the
four areas of campus, the
deans who work directly
under them, and Ty Buckner,
Director of College Relations.
Lundquist described the VP-
Deans group as being "like a
cabinet to the president."
The decision to change the
policy came from two polls
given over the last two years.
A majority of the 437 stu
dents who completed an
Office of Campus Life survey
in February 2003 supported
removing smoking from the
dorms, but not becoming a
smoke-free campus.
During the 2003-2004
school year, Campus Life also
administered a
survey about
smoking in
Founders Hall.
The results -2:1
in favor of remov
ing the smoking
completely from
Founders -
prompted both
Campus Life and
the 2003-2004
Community
Senate to support
changes in the
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smoking policy.
Prompted by
concerns for
student health
and fire safety,
the VP-Deans
group recom
mended making
Founders hall,
the new terrace
and designated
entrances at
each building
as smoke free.
Lundquist
and Sandy
Bowles, Gender
Issues
Coordinator and
Health
Educator, later
walked around
campus to
determine
which entrances to each
building were the main
entrances and make them the
smoke free, said Lundquist.
This was a change in plans
since the introduction of the
proposal. When originally pro
posed, the smoking policy did
not extend to the entrances of
dorms.
"We didn't think about provid
ing places outside for students
to smoke. We know better now."
~ Dean for Campus Life Anne Lundquist
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First-years Tim May and Megan Crutchfield on the steps of Binford hall
In the Sept. 19, 2003, issue
of The Guilfordian Randy
Doss, Vice President for
Enrollment and Campus Life,
commented on the proposal
which evolved into this year's
policy, saying, "This is about
the academic buildings.
Visitors and other non-stu
dents do not go into (the
AUGUST 27, 2004
dorms). Visitors go into Dana,
New Garden, the Library."
A number of student and
faculty concerns remain that
Campus Life is trying to
address.
"There need to be more
trash cans and ash trays so
we don't litter on this beautiful
campus," said first-year and
smoker Sam Sklover.
David Petree, Manager of
Landscaping and Grounds,
has noted 22 locations where
smoking is allowed but do not
have ash trays, according to
Lundquist.
"It is our responsibility to
give people enough recepta
cles," said Lundquist.
"If it's raining or snowing on
campus you have to walk all
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