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D aily D A I L Y 49er Story below Vol. LIX, Issue 744 www.Daily49er.com Monday, August 18, 2014 MEET JANE CONOLEY PAGE 3 Mens BasketBall Page 6 A ban on smoking at Cal State Long Beach still waits for approval from campus administration after students voted for a smoke-free cam- pus a year ago. At a recent Associated Students Inc. Senate meeting, ASI President Joseph Phillips reminded the sen- ate that in order to place the ban, CSULB President Jane Close Conol- ey must approve the smoking refer- endum. He said that former President F. King Alexander had chosen not to make a decision about this referen- dum because he was already in the process of leaving his position with CSULB. Phillips said that Interim Presi- dent Donald J. Para never looked to determine the fate of this referendum either, as his time in the role of uni- versity president was intended to be temporary. “President Conoley is interested in taking a look at our campus smoking referendum from two years back,” he said. Phillips said he brought the issue up with Conoley over lunch and said she agreed to review the issue. The referendum was voted on in March 2013 where more than 4,100 students voted to pass CSULB’s new smoking ban. 64.22 percent of students who voted in the election approved Refer- endum #2, which recommended that Alexander ban smoking on campus. Currently, smoking is still allowed in designated areas on campus. Two other campuses San Diego State and Cal State Fullerton already banned smoking on their campus. Citywide, in March, the Long Beach City Council voted unani- mously to categorize electronic ciga- rettes with tobacco products, thereby restricting the use of e-cigarettes to designated smoking areas — a deci- sion that brought e-cigarettes in the conversation of a campus smoking ban. E-cigarettes are also currently prohibited in restaurants, workplaces and other public spaces. The student body president said the new university presi- dent agreed to re- view the issue. CSULB ban on smoking awaits approval By Crystal NieBla News Editor
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Monday, August 18, 2014
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A ban on smoking at Cal State Long Beach still waits for approval from campus administration after students voted for a smoke-free cam-pus a year ago.
At a recent Associated Students Inc. Senate meeting, ASI President Joseph Phillips reminded the sen-ate that in order to place the ban, CSULB President Jane Close Conol-ey must approve the smoking refer-endum.
He said that former President F. King Alexander had chosen not to
make a decision about this referen-dum because he was already in the process of leaving his position with CSULB.
Phillips said that Interim Presi-dent Donald J. Para never looked to determine the fate of this referendum either, as his time in the role of uni-versity president was intended to be temporary.
“President Conoley is interested in taking a look at our campus smoking referendum from two years back,” he said.
Phillips said he brought the issue up with Conoley over lunch and said she agreed to review the issue.
The referendum was voted on in March 2013 where more than 4,100 students voted to pass CSULB’s new smoking ban.
64.22 percent of students who voted in the election approved Refer-endum #2, which recommended that Alexander ban smoking on campus.
Currently, smoking is still allowed in designated areas on campus.
Two other campuses San Diego
State and Cal State Fullerton already banned smoking on their campus.
Citywide, in March, the Long Beach City Council voted unani-mously to categorize electronic ciga-rettes with tobacco products, thereby restricting the use of e-cigarettes to designated smoking areas — a deci-sion that brought e-cigarettes in the conversation of a campus smoking ban.
E-cigarettes are also currently prohibited in restaurants, workplaces and other public spaces.
The student body president said the new university presi-dent agreed to re-view the issue.
CSULB ban on smoking awaits approval
By Crystal NieBlaNews Editor
