Now that Columbia's buildings (and the 25 feet surrounding those buildings) are officially smoke-free, the ashtrays in front of Hamilton -- the longtime home of many a clove extinguished in the minutes before a humanities class -- have been turned into flower pots.

The War on Tobacco has taken a most poetic turn.

Photo by Joseph Meyers


Bwog just heard word that this July, Governor Paterson signed legislation making smoking illegal in all New York college dormitories -- this includes EC!

A pair of RAs also noted that at least for Columbia, the mere possession of tobacco products is forbidden.

In other crackdown news, one Bwog staffer was removed by security this morning for eating some delightful breakfast treats in a Lerner computer lounge. The no-eating policy in the computer lounges is nothing new, but now it seems it's actually being enforced, which is just awful.


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