Smokers are at risk—of losing their on-campus privileges.
A proposal to ban smoking within 50 feet of all campus buildings in Morningside is now working its way through the University Senate, and some students say the restriction would go too far, while others support new limitations.
The Senate held a heated debate on Friday about the External Relations Committee’s proposal, which is the product of a two-year evaluation process conducted by a working group of students and staff. The group has been soliciting feedback from students and faculty and has also done research on local laws and policies at peer institutions.
“I’d feel a little bit ostracized. … I’d have to walk further away,” Michael Gibney, a student in the Graduate School of the Arts and a smoker, said outside Dodge Hall Monday morning before rushing to class. “But it’s probably good for the health of my fellow students.”
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