I just got this in my alumni email.
IUPUI became one of the first large urban universities to ban the use or sale of all tobacco products when the entire IUPUI campus went “Tobacco Free” this week.
Effective August 14, 2006, the use or sale of any tobacco product – cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff – will be prohibited on IUPUI-owned, -operated or -leased property. The “Tobacco Free” policy will also ban the use and sale of tobacco products in university-owned, -leased or -operated vehicles.
The new policy, which has the support of student leadership, along with that of the staff and faculty councils, is designed to promote good health and is in keeping with the campus’s role as the state’s urban health and life sciences campus, administrators say.
“As a national leader in life sciences, IUPUI has a responsibility to create a healthy environment for visitors, students, staff, and faculty. As a national leader in health sciences education, IUPUI has a responsibility to educate our community on the importance of healthy behavior,” said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.
Well, I got something to tell you, Chancellor. I was a student leader, and I would have been vociferously against any such policy.
You guys in the “academy” are pussies. You let yourself be pushed around by PC talking points instead of taking your own stand against rampant do-goodism.
I’m ashamed to be an IUPUI alumnus tonight.