The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 21, 1974, Page Page 6, Image 6
The S
A bill to limit smoking
has been introduced in
have as its roots the no:
which was passed in the
Student Senate, for rep
After all, everyone knoi
that Rita McKinney sn
Both the bill passed in
the S. C. State Legislatu]
choking to death from t
been said that the non-s]
the person who is acti
measured and just who i
While understanding I
to totally cast aside his
ciple is at stake here. T
and this is far more dan
citizens than any amoun
First they want to tell yi
know they will be tellin
you cannot smoke at all
good.
Suggestions have beei
for itself whether it may
having a definite law i
smoke, it does not solvi
would still leave smoker
non-smokers in classes i
Whose rights are m
smokers? It is getting s
anything for himself an'
democracy? A smoker
but a non-smoker shoul
others.
Perhaps the solution t
smokers and non-smok(
sity? We could have d
offered. This would alli
himself whether or no1
smoking.
If this doesn't work <
school, cut off all the lig
the amount of electrici
suggest that you light u]
smoke in my face.
Mun
A PI
Michael J. Mui
what was probab
life when he wa:
USC Board of
Not .that ever
self-made like
traordinarily et
fluence and prid
on the line in th
battle with Willi
And in all
election was pi
victory for th(
munity as it wa
self.
Mike Mungoi
members of
hierarchy who d
lot of lip service
attempt top show
shoot from the hi
as honest as pc
given circumsta
A conversatio
quite an enlight<
Since he is mo
wealth and hii
mig1it expect him
the ' elitist qua
become, in mar
associated with
income bracket.
But such isr
Mike Mungo.
He has alwe
with people
enough, is more
moking
No
in certain public places and ban it in i
the S. C. State Legislature. This bill
,moking in classrooms and lecture ha:
Student Senate last November. Than
resenting the wishes of your constitu
vs the Gamecock plebiscite was rigge
iokes.
the Student Senate and the bill introdu
re are aimed to protect the non-smokei
he smoke of the culprit next to him.
noker retains more smoke in his lung:
tally smoking the cigarette. How t
s saying it remains conjecture.
he plight of the non-smoker and not w
arguments, a much more important
he rights of the individual are being rc
gerous to the "good health" of studeni
t of smoke intake from another's cigar
)u where you can smoke, the next thir
g you which brand to smoke and ther
. All of this is done, of course, for you
i made to have each class vote to dete
or may not smoke. While this is bette
vhich tells you outright that you ma
the problem. A compromise such a
s in classes where they could not smol
vhere they would inhale the smoke of o
ore important, the smokers or the
o that an individual is not allowed to <
rmore. Is this not the basic premise I
should be allowed to smoke if he so d(
I not be compelled to breathe the sm
o this problem lies in the total separal
krs. The airlines do it, so why not a u
esignated smokers sections for each
)w the student the opportunity to deci
. he wants to be in a class that pc
>ut then we could put all smokers in
hts and have every one light up and sc
ty used. If that doesn't suit you, m
) and think about it, but don't you dar(
go's Re-Elect
.us For Stude
igo last week won than just about any me
ly the battle of his University administ
re-elected to the always returns a phone
rrustees. discuss some problen
ything in Mungo's school or just to idl:
has been ex- breeze.
sy, but his in- This frankness and
e were assuredly make Mungo's prese
e hotly contested Board extremely im
am Bowen. does the fact that I
probability, the Columbia, in the heart
~rhaps as big a and right in the
Carolina com- University affairs. Thi;
s for Mungo him- right into campus a
personal basis. He ce
s one of the few hand knowledge of I
the University rather than reading th
oesn't give you a Carolina's poor at
.He doesn't even professional journi
/ you, nor does he deavors. The fact is,
ip. He tries to be has a deep love for thi
ssible under any enjoys being a part of I
nee. making process at C
n with Mungo is closeness to the st
~ning experience, faculty here create
st identified with liason that no other Bo
h finances, one can match.
to exhibit some of So, like it or not, you
lities that have Mungo representing
y cases, unjustly again on thel Board
those in a higher- His tactics have been
his relationship to stu
hot the case with suspect. But he is as
asset as the Board has
ys been open like air, food and she
and. sul-prisingly necessary part c
easily accessible susntenance at this Uin
Issue.
)thers
could
[is bill
k you,
ents. "il
d and
ced in
' from
It has
s than
his is
ishing
prin
bbed,
s and
rette.
Ig you The recent
L, that epidemic pr<
r own public places
The purpo:
rmine Non-smoker:
r than and it is time
y not public gathe:
s this have been d
e and being unhe4
thers. disturbing to
non- floor, on dinr
lecide the rights of
ehind Smokers a
sires, such bill y
)ke of harassment.
I'm in favc
ion of not the answ,
niver- with burglar
class Before it a]
de for among oursc
rmits social mores
are committ4
night smoke, then
we on known to sm
ay we unnecessary
a blow Otherwise th
smoke it!
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controversy over smoking in clas:
)portions. A bill to prohibit the sn
has been presented to the state legi
;e of the bill is to secure the rights
have been subjected to the annoy
for a breather. Smoke filled room:
ring have plagued the non-smoker
enied their priviledge to breathe
ilthy, smoking, expecially ciga
the non-smoker. Cigarette smokei
er plates and desks. Smokers have
the non-smoker.
re screaming for their rights too.
vould infringe upon their righi
ir of securing the rights of the non-$
er. What will we do to the offender
s, murderers, rapists and politicia
1 gets out of hand why don't we try I
lves. Individuals are responsible
within the community, not policerr
3d to their right to clean air and are
they should have the courage to i
okers. And if smokers are commit
harassment they should have the <
ere's going to be a law. Now stick t
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;rooms has reached
ioking of tobacco in
slature.
of the non-smoker.
ing smoke too long,
> and other places of
for years and they
clean air. Besides
rette smoking, is
s leave butts on the
no consideration for
They feel that any
Ls to unnecessary
moker, but a law is
s? Put them in jail
ins?
:o solve the problem
for communicating
Len. If non-smokers
annoyed by tobacco
nake their feelings
ted to their right to
ourtesy to comply.
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