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Much like the Cabbi
(\ swept the nation this CI
cigarette smoking reach
obsession to many peopl
fr\r rpacAnc that Hr\r?' ct;
only value that accomp
tant cost, yet thousand
them.
Wednesday marked th
tionwide anti-cigarette c
Terry's first Surgeon G
paign, however, hasn't 1
n had hoped ? about one
tion still smokes.
Public Health Service
ing as "the most impor
our time."
According to the mo
report, released in Nov
is a major cause of chro
and a variety of cancer;
disease and it remains tn
death and disability" ir
Yet the American tob
proven cause-and-effect
smoking and a variety
? tobacco industries beli<
sickness; many sick pec
With various officia
severe public criticism
one would think the j
available groundwork ]
tific studv of the subiec
The federal Office
however, doesn't recei
out its mission of
heightening public aws
associated with smokin
One of the biggest
smoking is that it infrir
A person who doesn't (
does and not be direci
non-smoker sits near ;
have to suffer the consc
Research even sugges
been exhaled is more d?
ly inhaled from the cig
Under such circumst
One possibility woul
tional program that be
r discourage children fr<
attitudes toward smok
age.
Peer pressure is the
starting to smoke. Ch
age could perhaps prei
ting as the activity bee
Perhaps the situatioi
everyone in the execul
from the president do\
on the subject.
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led by Dr. Luther
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as successful as many
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identifies cigarette smoktant
public health issue of
st recent surgeon general's
ember, "cigarette smoking
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i the United States.
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relationship exists between
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jve smoking doesn't cause
>ple just happen to smoke.
l1 reports, lab results and
as prevalent as it is today,
government would use the
for a comprehensive scien:t.
of Smoking and Health,
ve enough money to carry
sponsoring research and
ireness about the problems
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problems associated with
lges on the rights of others.
Jrink can sit beside one who
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a smoker, the former may
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mgerous than smoke directarette.
ances, what is the solution?
id be to organize an educa;gins
in the lower grades to
am starting to smoke since
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reason most people give for
anging attitudes at a young
/ent many others from starame
socially unacceptable
i could be better resolved if
tive branch of government,
vn, took a positive position
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The Ohio State University Council
on Admissions and Registration hopes
to replace missing grades with an "E"
on students' grade cards when left uncorrected
for more than six weeks.
Currently, students receive the
"missing grade asterisk" when a grade
is not submitted by their instructors or
when a clerical error occurs. The
asterisk means nothing ? no grade
was submitted and no credit is earned.
The present policy places no limit on
the time students or instructors have to
fVia octoricl/
iwuiavw iiiv ajiwiiaiv.
An instructor sometimes chooses
not to submit a grade when a student
fails to show up for the class, even
though the student's name is on the official
roster.
This way the student who perhaps
meant to drop the class, but didn't, or
just decided not to show up will not
receive an incomplete or "E grade.
Grading rules, given to instructors,
state that an "E" should be given
when students do not satisfy the stated
objectives of the course as judged by
the instructor.
Certainly absenteeism violates these
objectives.
Even if a "no-show" student does
not take up space in a classroom, he
still takes up space on a roster and
prevents others from registering for
that class.
Many students at OSU can identify
with the frustration of being closed out
of a class.
No penalty for no-shows is unfair.
Students who fail to meet requirements
for a course should be penalized with
an "E."
The proposed "missing grade
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students deserving an "E" receive one,
and students who are victims of a
clerical error will have six weeks to correct
the grade through their college
offices. i
The Lantern
Ohio State University
Risking your own life and the lives
of others by driving drunk is insane.
Worse, however, is the fact that
most sane, intelligent people fail to
realize that they jeopardize their own
life and others when they exit a party
nr rfrinkina establishment with too
much alcohol in their bloodstream and
attempt to drive home.
For everyone in Charleston, this
realization hopefully will the the result
of the city's crackdown on drunk
driving.
Eastern, in conjunction with the I
Charleston Police Department, will
handle the year-long program fueled
by a $84,178 Illinois Department of
Transportation grant.
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riving drunk, an
The police department has already
Kit tllA ctrpotc in on intonrifia/1 rmtrnli
nit 11iv oiivvu in uu iiiivii^iiivu dwaitu
for intoxicated drivers. In addition to
its regular shifts, the department has
also assigned two policemen to patrol
during peak DUI periods.
Many students may have witnessed
the crackdown in action since returning
from break. Some students already
have been arrested, and there probably
will be more.
Regardless of the numbers (152 people
were picked up for DUI last year in
CharlestonN students should be aware
of the penalties for being charged with
drivipj under the influence of alcohol.
Most students cannot afford the maximum
fine of $1,000 plus court costs
for a DUI offense.
More importantly, no student can
afford to risk his own life and the lives
of other drivers and pedestrians by
driving after drinking.
Drunk driving is deadly.
Th? flailw Faatarn Haws
Eastern Illinois Univsrshy
The recent battle in the U.S. Army
over whether female officers should be
allowed to go to Grenada illustrates
why the U.S. government would be
better off not allowing women to play
army if they aren't prepared to let
them fight for real.
After receiving their orders last October,
four officers packed their bags
and flew into Grenada with the units.
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No sooner did the jets touch down,
however, than these officers were turned
around and ? aeainst their will ?
sent back home.
Somebody must have finally noticed
the shape of their figures or the pitch
of their voices. After all, the stripes on
their shoulders said they were leaders.
Not only were the women
themselves angered and humiliated by
being sent home like naughty
schoolchildren, their troops were instantly
left leaderless as well.
Today, after a heated fight against
Army brigadier generals, those four
women and a few dozen others are
back in Grenada. They were the lucky
ones. Hundreds of other women were
left behind while their units left for
Grenada.
Those in Army administrative positions
can do noth^ig but advise the
womv/i wno were not allowed to go to
Grenada to appeal to their superior officers
for permission to rejoin their
units.
But in spite of their arguments,
threats and pleas, most will never be
allowed to join their troops.
If the U.S. government continues to
kid women about giving them leadership
positions, many qualified women
will think twice before considering a
military career. And then the joke will
be on the Army.
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