UNC: #1 in basketball AND a smoke-free campus
March 18, 2008
Aly and I went to UNC in Chapel Hill today to visit with an “Arts and Entrepreneurship” class that fellow Designbox member, Francesca, teaches. On our walk across campus, we noticed little signs everywhere that said something to the effect of “UNC campus is smoke-free, starting Jan 1, 2008.” As we walked, we wondered what, exactly, that meant… all of campus? everywhere? everyone?
After the class, as we were walking back, we saw a sad little site:
You see those people all standing at the flagpole in the middle of the quad? They’re smokers. And it turns out that this is one of the few areas on campus where smoking is allowed (see map below). I mean, look at them. How much more stigmatized can you be? Are they gonna have to wear a big red “S” on their shirt soon? Apparently though, smoking is still a patriotic, U>S>A activity, as the spot has been designated with the flag.
I guess they better smoke up now, because once the spring and summer “Please do not walk on the grass” signs come out, they’re screwed.
Here’s a map that shows where smoking is not allowed:
I’m wondering if anyone has decided to designate that tiny little smoker triangle with a little flag or spray paint or something. Maybe someone could organize some kind of time table since I’m sure only one person can fit in that spot at a time.
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Tags: , chapel hill, Creativity, information design, nature, outside, smoking, UNC
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March 23rd, 2008 at 5:12 am
I’m hear’nya Roberto. Thats why these kids are smokin the herb these days. Oh yeah,the same kids that voted to ban cigarettes are smokin the cheeba like Duke loses in the tournament. ALL THE TIME. But that aint nothin but a thang baby, cause the cheeba’s already illegal, and mom can’t smell that one as well.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I didn’t realize that they had banned smoking that much on campus.
Here at NCSU they recently instituted a 25-foot rule, where you cannot smoke without 25 feet of an entrance to a building. I think this is great, because as a non-smoker, I didn’t appreciate having to walk through a wall of smoke to get to any of my classes. It is taking time for people to honor the rule, but change takes time.
It’s funny how technical UNC is being with the 100 foot radius around buildings, leaving the spots of green around campus. I’m really impressed that people are honoring the zoning so literally.