The battle’s multiple facets<\/a><\/p>\nSage-Bollenbach relied on most of her office\u2019s programs to send the message that smoking is not the way to go on campus. In Bradley H.E.A.T\u2019s (Help, Empower and Teach) freshman presentations on small groups and social norms, they emphasize the importance of recognizing smoking is not a norm and should not be treated as such. In SONOR (SOcial NORming), advertising, marketing and public relations majors use special branding to get the message across and an annual \u201cSmoke-Out\u201d event aimed at getting students to pledge to be smoke-free even if it is for one day.<\/p>\n
Lyndsey Hawkins, Sage-Bollenbach\u2019s immediate successor, said the opposition that delayed the process was not from students, or even parents. It came from staff anf faculty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration, staff and faculty were concerned about how to effectively police things. Would students monitor things? Would we need to hire more staff to do so? All of those concerns weren\u2019t addressed when Melissa was here and it wasn\u2019t when I was in charge. The truth of things is there\u2019s no real solution to the problem. Whose responsibility was it to handle complaints and violations? Wellness wasn\u2019t equipped to do so, in fact, no office on campus was.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a town hall-style open forum held on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, then-Student Senate Vice President of Campus Safety Cody Lonigro told concerned students, staff and faculty that enforcement would be based on the honor system.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m shocked the student senate actually passed this via referendum,\u201d Lonigro, who graduated in May of 2015, said over the phone. \u201cWe were always hopeful, but we knew this was something discussed for years that never truly materialized. I\u2019m proud of the Senate for finally finding a way to push this through. I am still concerned about the enforcement of things, but I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll find a way. It\u2019ll be rocky for sure to start, but they\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Student Senate placed a referendum, based on getting enough signatures on a petition, on the ballot of the 2016-2017 school year student body elections. The question was \u201cdo you support the expanding of Bradley\u2019s non-smoking policy to cover all campus grounds?\u201d<\/p>\n
The resolution\u2019s purpose was \u201cto make campus smoke-free for everyone\u2019s health and create a cleaner environment.\u201d It also said, should it be passed, then cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookah, water pipes, and electronic smoking devices would be banned from campus.<\/p>\n
Currently, according to Bradley\u2019s Department of Human Resources, the department in charge of enforcing the policy, the Smoke Free Illinois Act mandates Illinois facilities are smoke free with very few exceptions. The Act also prohibits outdoor smoking within a minimum distance of 15 feet from building entrances, exits, windows that open and ventilation intakes. Smoking is also prohibited in any University owned vehicle. Outdoor cigarette receptacles have been removed from all areas where smoking is prohibited as stated above. \u201cNo Smoking\u201d signs are posted at all entrances, exits and throughout all University buildings as required by the Act. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is in effect 24\/7 and as a result smoking is not permitted in the above referenced areas at any time. Academic and business administratorsshall be responsible for ensuring that the non-smoking policy is upheld in their individual colleges, departments, and offices.<\/p>\n
E-cigs are currently not allowed in any university-owned building.<\/p>\n
The resolution passed 1,249 in favor, to 346 opposed and the vote had more votes cast than any other student body officer position on the ballot. Overall, of the 1,694 students who participated, 1,595 of them voted on the resolution.<\/p>\n
The resolution said there would be six designated smoking areas on campus, ones student body president Sarah Handler said had the highest traffic of smokers on campus. Those were: in front of the Caterpillar Global Communications Center, the Alumni Quad, in front of Harper\/Wyckoff Hall, Heuser Art Studios, Meinen Field and the northeastern corner of the St. James Apartment Complex.<\/p>\n
However, as soon as it passed, questions were posed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t call this a \u201csmoke-free campus and then have six designated smoking areas. That\u2019s a misnomer,\u201d said Marissa Bacon, a junior biology major and someone who claims to smoke in front of the Student Apartment Complex daily, a place where she says, often times she\u2019s the only one around. \u201cI come out of my apartment and I sit and clear my head over a cigarette. Never have I bothered anyone nor has anyone walked through my smoke. But now, next year, I might not be able to smoke here. That\u2019s crazy to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other logistical issues included during the forum, Jessica Draper, a representative from Peoria\u2019 Hult Center for Healthy Living, someone who worked with Student Senate on implementation, said during the open forum on Apr. 7 that the school would need \u201cbus-like\u201d smoking shelters in the six designated areas, something the senate had no ideas on how to fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cBradley has a long way to come in terms of implementation,\u201d Sage-Bollenbach said. \u201c Because we spent so much time to make this a reality, no one ever took the time to think of what would happen if we got our way. That was true 19 years ago and it\u2019s true today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt needs to logistically make sense and not cost the university anything strenuous,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cAdditionally, the senate and the administration need to keep at heart the issue is doing what the majority of students wished for. Bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n
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