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Smokers, not policy, are key to campus environment

Behind the generally peaceful exterior of SCSU’s campus, a debate has raged during the last few years.

The issue: cigarette smoking, and where people should and should not be able to do it.

Non-smokers have long complained that trying to get into buildings like Stewart Hall required them to walk through thick clouds of smoke that hung in the air over smokers standing outside entrances.

Harassment not form of free speech

Carol Seavey -- Staff Essay
When walking through Atwood Mall there are often distractions to sway susceptible passers-by.

Sometimes there is welcomed entertainment like bands playing or clubs barbequing that allow students to escape from the normal toils of college life. On exceptional days there are games varying from rock climbing to a relay course.



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