Pine and Oak will be smoke free

Effective the Fall 2007 semester, the first two floors of Pine Hall and all of Oak Hall will be smoke-free.  Preston Swiney, dean of Students, says, “We’re having more and more requests for a smoke-free environment,” and that “most state buildings are smoke-free currently.”            

By 2008, Pine Hall will join Oak in being completely smoke-free. 

Swiney says that the main goal is to have all residence halls become smoke-free in the near future.            

Swiney says that additional areas of Oak, once completed, will be alcohol-free. 

This includes those participating in the Teaching Fellows and Honors College program.             

Residents will be required to sign a pledge to refrain from possession or consumption of alcohol on the alcohol-free floor.

According to Swiney, there has been a substantial positive reaction to these policies.