To the editor:
I've been following this smoking ban story since late February. Since then, I have become deeply troubled by growing suspicions that the administration isn't approaching this issue with the interest such a controversial, far-reaching change to public policy demands.
The letter sent to President Gogue by a group of concerned students, mentioned in the Plainsman article entitled "University Considers Smoking Ban," hasn't been made publicly available, to my knowledge.
The same article states that Mr. Eric Smith formed a team to gauge support for the ban, and that feedback had been positive. Since the majority of feedback in the Plainsman and on the Wordpress forum has been anti-ban, I would like for the positive feedback to be made available to the student body.
Earlier this week I saw the SGA had posted a survey to assess the student body's opinion regarding the smoking ban. I sent them an email expressing some concerns--like their honoring their commitment to make legislation available to the public before voting on it--and have yet to hear back from them.
All of the secrecy surrounding this proposal makes me wonder, what gives?
--Patrick Carpenter, graduate student,
software engineering
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