I hope your short break brings you back to a new and refreshed you. Here's just a few updates, most important, the PASSHE is backing off. The article is available on Pennlive.com
Tom Wing is President of Harley Hall and heard this while he was at the RHA general meeting, unfortunately President Ruud neglected to email him updates...tisk tisk. But here they are! You may not be happy with some of their "Probable locations," so do something about it. Email President Ruud.
Yesterday evening representatives of ShipSmokeOut spoke with President Ruud about the
rumors concerning the implementation of the smoking ban starting November 1, 2008. He said that this is just a rumor, that in fact the only thing happening on November 1 is the implementation of the current smoking policy here at Shippensburg University. This means that Urns around buildings such as Dauphin Humanities Center will be removed, and university police will be asking students to smoke in the designated smoking areas on campus. For example the bench and urn outside of Harley Hall. ShipSmokeOut urges you to comply with these guidelines without resistance. President Ruud has assured us that we are working towards a compromise with the administration and the PASSHE.
This is pretty much what Tom Wing covered in the video, but here it is in text:
The following is an excerpt from an email with President Ruud that Tom Wing of ShipSmokeOut received today:
"...As for the ban we are still in the education mode trying to identify both health education and places that may be appropriate to smoke More this week" - President Ruud
This gives us hope that our voices are not being ignored, rather being taken into account while the Administration and the PASSHE discuss how the ban will be implemented.
Hope this finds all of you in a relatively decent state of mind. We have now started using YouTube to give you updates, etc. So here are the first three. They are in order from newest to oldest.