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The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
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Smoking: not just lighting up a cigarette

Craig Tidmore • October 19, 2017

The Clark Student Center was buzzing with homecoming activities. In the atrium, the University Programming Board set up shop with a sundae bar that was attracting every student that walked by. Nestled...

Dewey Cooper

Smoking is a nauseous trap

Dewey Cooper • November 8, 2016

I was 15 the first time I lit a cigarette. I was obviously underage and unaware of what consequences would follow. I was 15, a kid who wanted to fit in.Monday was the last time I will ever light one again. Saturday,...

Embrace progress, dude

Embrace progress, dude

The Wichitan • April 19, 2016

SATIRE, Texas — Marijuana activists worldwide have been eagerly awaiting today's date — 4-20 — a number first established by a group of five high-school stoners but made famous by the popular rock...

Tobacco policy still unenforced

Thomas Goad • March 2, 2016

Last April, Student Government Association members formally requested that administrators develop methods to enforce the tobacco-free policy on campus.“We wanted to create a stricter ban on smoking....

Campus tobacco policy update depends on administration

Kristina Abeyta • April 13, 2015

A thick cloud of confusion still surrounds the campus tobacco policy despite resolutions passed this semester by the Student Government Association and the Faculty Senate aimed to make the policy enforceable. While...

Non-smokers’ health biggest reason for smoking ban

Matt Jobe • January 29, 2015

It’s a touchy subject for both sides: Some people believe a tobacco ban infringes on smokers' rights, and others believe the habits of smokers put the health of non-smokers at risk. Just from looking...

Johnny Blevins

Toothless tobacco policy needs revision

Ethan Metcalf • January 22, 2015

Our view: The toothless tobacco-free campus policy damages the integrity of the university and its administrators. The policy needs to be made enforceable or eliminated altogether. We agree that...

Tobacco policy unfair to smokers

Courtney Gilder • January 22, 2015

The continuous struggle to help campus become “healthier” by eliminating smoking from campus could do more harm than good. The new plan is offering solutions to those that don't want smoking, but...

Smoking ban needs some teeth

The Wichitan • January 20, 2015

By Marco Torres Smoking on our campus is a problem that must be addressed. While students attempted to make the university a tobacco-free campus in 2009, the policy is practically impossible to...

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