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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015
VOL. 99 ISSUE 61
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Smoking ban effective July 1 Shawn Bowen @ShawnBowen_DE The freedom to smoke on campus soon will be snuffed out. On July 1, Carbondale’s campus will join all Illinois public universities in going smoke-free. The statewide ban is the result of former Gov. Pat Quinn signing the Smoke Free Campus Act into law last year. The current policy allows smoking 15 feet from the door of a building, while the new law will allow smoking only while inside personal vehicles. Interim Dean of Students Katherine Sermersheim said
SIU’s smoke-free policy is under final review but will be similar to the Illinois law. She said the university’s policy will also ban electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. In an interview last year, Ted Grace, director of SIU Student Health Services, said more than 17 percent of students are smokers. Sermersheim said the university will be flexible and will inform students in advance that smoking is no longer allowed. “While there is a natural adjustment period, I think most
Carbondale PD arrests man in Sunday shooting, bond set at $1M
people will get there on their own and we’re not going to be talking about a lot of enforcement or penalty,” she said. Sermersheim said students who repeatedly violate the ban will be subject to penalty under the Student Conduct Code, but no sanctions have been specified. For faculty and staff, supervisors or Human Resources will handle the discipline process. For guests visiting the university, the Department of Public Safety will have the authority to issue smoking citations. Sermersheim said the
specifics for citations are still being defined. She said the new policy will have few exceptions and will allow smoking on campus for research or cultural programs, but approval from the university will be required. John Massie, assistant director of SIU Student Health Services, said his department supports the new law. “A smoke-free campus is a healthier campus,” Massie said. “Even if you’re not a smoker, secondhand smoke has consequences as well, so I think not having smoking on campus
is a positive thing.” Since 1964, about 2.5 million nonsmokers have died nationwide from health problems caused by secondhand smoke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Massie said it is important for smokers to know there are resources if they want to quit, such as the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, a hotline featuring tobacco-treatment counselors. The number for the hotline is 1-866-784-8937. Please see SMOKE | 3
New policy bans smoking unless inside a personal vehicle. Since 1964, about 2.5M nonsmokers have died in the U.S. from illnesses related to secondhand smoke. B randa M itcheLL | @BrandaM_DE
Practice makes perfect
Luke nozicka | @LukeNozicka The Carbondale Police Department arrested a man they say is the suspect of a Sunday shooting that left a victim with life threatening injuries. A $1 million bond has been set for Quentin M. Bailey, 21, of Carbondale, who was identified as the suspect and arrested by police Monday on a warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery with a firearm. Carbondale police responded to a report of a gunshot victim Sunday at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. The victim was shot “during an argument between acquaintances which occurred inside a parked vehicle in the 2400 block of East Main Street,” according to a press release. When the release was updated about 7 p.m. Monday, police urged citizens not to approach Bailey, who they said was considered armed and dangerous. This story will be updated as information becomes available.
n athan h oefert | @NathanHoefertDE Madeleine Jacob, right, a senior at Carbondale Community High School, performs during her clarinet lesson with Eva Hagan, a first year graduate student in music, Monday in Altgeld Hall. I want to do music for the rest of my life,” Jacob said. “And this is my stepping stone.”
New student trustee adapts and advances evan JoneS | @EvanJones_DE The Carbondale campus’ newly elected student representative on the SIU Board of Trustees is making the most of his time at SIU. Allen Shelton, a junior from Chicago Heights studying speech communication, was voted to the position for the 2015 fiscal
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year. In his new role, Shelton hopes to create opportunities for students to voice their opinions, including bimonthly open forum discussions. Shelton, whose parents divorced when he was young, moved from Chicago to Florida at the age of 7 with his mom. He moved back with his father to Chicago Heights when he was 14.
“He was a very observant boy,” said Shelton’s father, Allen Shelton. “He’s always handled responsibilities very well. He would often take the plane from Chicago to Florida by himself even when he was a young boy.” Shelton said he learned to be outspoken while growing up in Florida with his mother. Once he moved back to Chicago for high
school, Shelton learned from his father to lead by example. “The person I am now compared to the person I was back then is better,” Shelton said. “And hopefully the person I am three years from now will be better. That’s all that matters — is that you grow as a person.” Please see TRUSTEE | 3
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