Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tobacco-free campus committee asking public for input; series of public meetings planned at all 8 campuses
The Kent State University committee reviewing the idea of possibly banning smoking on all eight campuses Tuesday held the first of 21 public forums scheduled to gather feedback on the issue. The first meeting Tuesday morning, one of three held yesterday on the Kent campus, drew less than 20 members of the campus community, including members of the committee, press and university administration. Evan Gildenblatt, executive director of Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government, said the committee is merely gathering information at this point in order to make a recommendation to Kent State President Lester Lefton's cabinet after all the public meetings are held. "We are not making binding decisions, but we are gathering input on how this …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
University holding first of many public meetings today on idea of banning smoking on campus
Kent State University administrators will hold the first of several public meetings today to talk about the idea of banning smoking completely on all eight campuses. There are actually three meetings today on the Kent campus in the governance chamber in the Kent State Student Center at 10 a.m., 3 and 5:30 p.m. Kent State formed a steering committee to examine a recommendation from the Ohio Board of Regents, issued last summer, suggesting all public universities and colleges in Ohio ban the use of tobacco products on their campuses. The committee is expected to make recommendations for action based on the results of a campus survey, the public meetings and other input. A majority of Kent Patch readers think the university should ban tobacco…
Monday, November 5, 2012
The university is reviewing a recommendation from the Ohio Board of Regents to ban tobacco products campus-wide
To smoke or not to smoke, that is the question students, faculty and staff at Kent State University are considering. This semester the university put together a tobacco-use policy committee to review a recommendation from the Ohio Board of Regents, issued this summer, suggesting all public universities and colleges in Ohio ban the use of tobacco products on their campuses. You can read about Kent State's ongoing analysis here: At Patch, we'd like to know what you think. Vote in our poll and tell us your opinion in the comments. Should the university completely ban the use of tobacco products on campus?
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Mars
4:41 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Oh man, this is too much. I really must get back to my cigarette free lifestyle. Wow. You are a fun one Magnetic. A little whacked and way too into denial, but fun none the less. more ›