Recommendation passed for smoking zones on campus

 

Student Government passed a recommendation for smoking zones on campus at their meeting on March 26.

University College Senator and smoking task force member Ryan Rushing said that the recommendation was just an indicator of where student government stood on the issue, and was a small piece of a much larger puzzle.

“The decision of Student Government is just one component of a broad scale,” Rushing said. “You’ve got to put everything together, and make sure you have one big picture.”

Student Government Senator Samantha Young and Rushing each suggested a proposal for the group to vote on. Young first suggested a complete tobacco ban, which split the voting body at 13 votes for and against the recommendation. Acting President Matt Harmon (the decision maker in the event of a tie) elected to deny the tobacco ban.

Rushing then suggested the recommendation to require smoking zones on campus, which passed.

The smoking task force recently distributed a survey assessing the opinions of Wright State students, staff, faculty and administration. The results of the survey are currently being analyzed and assessed, and will serve as a component to the task force’s final proposal, according to Rushing.