2008 Woodie Awards
Our Readers' Voice
Issue date: 9/17/08 Section: Voices
If New York city is smoke-free, why aren't we?
I am a senior at CMU and have been experiencing the night life CMU has to offer for the past three years.
Now don't get me wrong, I truly enjoy going out with friends to the local hot spots to grab a bite to eat or a few drinks. But there is a problem I have.
The bars and restaurants are filled with smoke and are endangering all those who attend them.
I, like many other students, would like to be able to go out to eat with my parents when they come and visit without having to inhale smoke the entire time we are eating and catching up.
It would be great for families celebrating during graduation to be able to attend smoke-free restaurants.
I also know I would love to be able to come home from The Bird or Blackstone, not to single them out, and not have to immediately shower so that my sheets don't smell.
Being a health fitness major at CMU, I have been made very aware of the dangers of smoking, and I do feel I have the right to tell people they shouldn't smoke. Whether they listen or not is up to them, but when my own health is compromised while trying to be a social college student, I start to get worried.
Exposure to second-hand smoke can be just as dangerous as smoking itself. Second-hand smoke can lead to respiratory and cardiac problems. With heart disease being the number one cause of death in both men and women, eliminating the smoke-filled atmospheres could be one step in trying to make a change.
If government health departments from all levels, local to national, are trying to make people more aware of the dangers of smoking, then an important step would be to make bars and restaurants smoke-free.
New York City, for example, is smoke-free. Now, if New York City can do it, why can't we?
Jeff Robinson
Fruitport senior
Football student section growing
In order to be a highly-touted national football program, the CMU Athletic Department needs to aspire for superiority in all aspects of its program - everything from the stadium, the tailgate, the athletic facilities, the level of playing ability and, of course, the student section. As portrayed in many of the improvements within Kelly/Shorts Stadium, the Athletic Department has definitely done much more than just aspire for superiority in all of their aspects. It has, in fact, accomplished many of those aspirations.
I am a senior at CMU and have been experiencing the night life CMU has to offer for the past three years.
Now don't get me wrong, I truly enjoy going out with friends to the local hot spots to grab a bite to eat or a few drinks. But there is a problem I have.
The bars and restaurants are filled with smoke and are endangering all those who attend them.
I, like many other students, would like to be able to go out to eat with my parents when they come and visit without having to inhale smoke the entire time we are eating and catching up.
It would be great for families celebrating during graduation to be able to attend smoke-free restaurants.
I also know I would love to be able to come home from The Bird or Blackstone, not to single them out, and not have to immediately shower so that my sheets don't smell.
Being a health fitness major at CMU, I have been made very aware of the dangers of smoking, and I do feel I have the right to tell people they shouldn't smoke. Whether they listen or not is up to them, but when my own health is compromised while trying to be a social college student, I start to get worried.
Exposure to second-hand smoke can be just as dangerous as smoking itself. Second-hand smoke can lead to respiratory and cardiac problems. With heart disease being the number one cause of death in both men and women, eliminating the smoke-filled atmospheres could be one step in trying to make a change.
If government health departments from all levels, local to national, are trying to make people more aware of the dangers of smoking, then an important step would be to make bars and restaurants smoke-free.
New York City, for example, is smoke-free. Now, if New York City can do it, why can't we?
Jeff Robinson
Fruitport senior
Football student section growing
In order to be a highly-touted national football program, the CMU Athletic Department needs to aspire for superiority in all aspects of its program - everything from the stadium, the tailgate, the athletic facilities, the level of playing ability and, of course, the student section. As portrayed in many of the improvements within Kelly/Shorts Stadium, the Athletic Department has definitely done much more than just aspire for superiority in all of their aspects. It has, in fact, accomplished many of those aspirations.
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