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      Vol.
      40
      No.
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      s
      the
      2008-2009
      school
      year
     
    

    
     
      gradually
      moves
      to
      a
      close,
     
    

    
     
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      is
      as-
     
     
      sessing
      the
      smoking
      by-laws
      currently
     
     
      in
      place
      on
      the
      campus
      and
      are
      mak-
     
     
      ing
      some
      hard
      decisions
      about
      them.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Student
      Union
      meeting
      was
     
     
      buzzing
      with
      excitement
      as
      people
     
     
      proposed
      their
      personal
      opinions
      on
     
     
      the
      subject
      of
      on-campus
      smoking,
     
     
      while
      also
      implementing
      their
      opin-
     
     
      ions
      on
      what
      they
      feel
      should
      best
     
     
      reflect
      the
      student
      body.
     
    

    
     
      It’s
      not
      surprising
      to
      see
      the
      current
     
     
      policies
      questioned.
      Walking
      across
     
     
      campus,
      you
      can
      find
      cigarette
      butts
     
     
      littered
      throughout
      the
      grounds,
      giving
     
     
      the
      campus
      an
      ugly
      image.
      Likewise,
     
     
      smokers
      are
      often
      found
      in
      close
     
     
      vicinity
      of
      every
      building,
      despite
     
     
      the
      current
      by-law
      of
      smokers
      being
     
     
      required
      to
      stay
      15
      feet
      away
      from
      any
     
     
      building
      that’s
      public.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      Union
      President
      Justin
     
     
      Douglas
      has
      witnessed
      first-hand
      how
     
     
      little
      the
      current
      policies
      have
      affected
     
     
      smokers
      on
      campus.
     
    

    
     
      “Many
      people,
      including
      myself,
     
     
      have
      witnessed
      our
      current
      policy
      not
     
     
      being
      enforced
      and
      had
      little
      faith
      that
     
     
      this
      new
      policy
      would
      be
      enforced,”
     
     
      Douglas
      said.
     
    

    
     
      See
      ‘Smoking’
      on
      page
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ew
      Riad
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