4 Monday, October 26,1998
Smoking policy forces
search for compromise
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ing the policy,” he said. “I received a lot of
suggestions, letters and e-mails concerning
the smoking policy and in support of it both
before it was instated.”
On a rainy Thursday, a plethora of smok
ers in the east parking lot vented their frus
trations of the smoking policy. Pete Karpew
said, “It’s ambiguous that we must smoke a
distance from the door. How far is a ‘distance’
anyway? The ashtrays are never cleaned out.
It makes me feel like I’m living in (“Seinfeld”
character Cosmo) Kramer’s apartment.”
Although most of the smokers acknowl
edged the policy inside the building, a com
mon solution among them was to have a shel
ter.
“Not smoking in the building is one thing,
but there should be a covered place for us to
smoke,” Deanne Beck said. “It’s not against
the law to smoke.”
Scott Nye added, “I understand that they
don’t want us in front of the nonsmokers, just
provide us with a pavilion.”
Nonsmokers, such as Rich Bums, held dif
ferent views. He said, “Maybe they can have
an overhead where they can smoke but school
funding should not go towards smoking. It’s
their choice to smoke. Why should a build-
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ing have special consideration just for a
smoker?”
Smoker Ann-Marie Newman does not
agree: “I can understand that people don’t
want to breathe in secondhand smoke, but I
can also understand that smokers have a right
to smoke; and they should have a canopy that
covers them provided by the school.”
Bruhn said the school has considered build
ing a shelter. "But there lies an important
question,” he explained. “Where would we
locate it? I think it’s offensive to the smokers
because we’d be clustering them in a hut. It’s
a little expensive to build and we’d likely
have to build more than one because of the
size of this campus.
“Besides we don’t know for sure if smok
ers would use it. Remember, Penn State Har
risburg isn’t a smoke free campus. People are
still allowed to smoke at designated areas
outside the school. As far as building a shel
ter, well, we just haven’t bit that bullet yet.”
No one has criticized the smoking policy
to Bruhn in writing. However, he has received
numerous letters in support of the new policy.
Smokers have no overhead shelter to light
up under. And the school is not building one
anytime in the foreseeable future. To top it
off, they still have a Pennsylvania winter to
look forward to.
NEWS
Tami Pardue and Brian Weber whip up some cotton candy and some money for the
Resident Community Council at the Arts and Crafts Festival.
Festival draws about
arts and crafts enthusiasts
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festival’s returning vendors.
“This look gives it a street fair setting, fo
cuses the patrons attention on vendors and
allows the event some room to grow,” said
PSH spokesman Steve Hevner. “It lets people
know that there is something really good hap
pening here.”
Going once...going twice...sold
RCC will host a bachelor/bachelorette auction
to raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund
Looking for love in all the wrong places?
Resident Community Council has the solu
tion to your problem.
They are hosting a Bachelor/Bachelorette
fund-raiser on Tuesday November 17 at 9:00
P.M. in the auditorium. RCC is hosting the
fund-raiser as an entertaining way of raising
money for the Four Diamonds Fund at
Hershey Medical Center, an organization that
provides money and assistance to children
with cancer.
The idea is for participants to go up on stage
one at a time while audience members bid
on them for dates. Several participants will
receive gift certificates to local restaurants
and entertainment facilities. Does all of this
sound crazy to you?
The event was held last year and raised
more money than any other fund-raiser at
Penn State Harrisburg. Held last year by the
Thon Committee, the organization that works
directly with main campus to raise money for
the Four Diamonds Fund, the event raised
over $9OO.
Tami Pardue, a senior who participated in
By Terra Leach
For The CapUmes
The festival also included youth soccer and
karate tournaments in addition to 12 student
booths and a performance by the Middletown
High School marching band.
Planning for next year’s event is already
underway, Hevner said.
Malm said, “As long as the vendors are
satisfied and the word spreads we will con
tinue to witness the growth of this event.”
the event last year stated, “It was one of the
best feelings I’ve ever experienced. When we
discovered how much money we raised I
couldn’t help getting emotional. Knowing
that I took part in such a good cause made
me feel good.”
This year RCC has decided to host the ac
tivity. RCC is an organization that hosts
events and activities for members of the
Meade Heights community.
According to Valerie Noel, Interim Coor
dinator of Residence Life, “Resident Com
munity Council works in connection with the
Community Resource Aids to plan events and
educate students on issues such as alcohol
awareness, smoking, rape and things of that
nature. RCC tries to serve Meade Heights as
well as the surrounding communities by in
corporating events for both.”
Anyone who is interested in participating
in the event should pick up an application in
room 212, the Student Activities office in the
Olmsted building. Even those who are not
interested in participating are still encouraged
to be a member of the audience.
There will be a social held directly after in
room 216 with free snacks and beverages and
perhaps even a date or two.
Photo by Kim Glass
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