Snack bar remains smokin' for now; Grewcock Student Union haze free
Snack bar will remain open to smokers through spring 2008; future uncertain
Liz Klimas
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: News
Cigar, cigarette and pipe smokers can puff a sigh of relief. The snack bar in the Knorr Student Center will allow indoor smoking through next semester, although the new Grewcock Student Union will not.
Vice President of Administration Rich Pewe said the snack bar will be available to students in spring 2008 but its status may change when the school renovates the Knorr Center. The administration has not decided for what the Knorr Center will officially be used, or if there will be a place for indoor smoking after renovation. He said there is no current timeline for renovation because plans are awaiting funds before they can be finished.
Students who smoke use the snack bar for studying or protection when the weather gets rough.
"I appreciate that Hillsdale provides a place inside for people to smoke," said sophomore Templeton Klos, who frequents the snack bar almost daily. "Of course, I come from a state that has outlawed smoking indoors no matter what, so this is nice."
Klos and other smokers said they are grateful that Hillsdale accepts smokers.
"I have always enjoyed the way Hillsdale treats smokers," junior Damian Cleary said. "They have always been pretty accommodating."
The snack bar is the only space indoors on campus where students and faculty can smoke after the administration decided to ban inroom smoking beginning with the fall 2006 semester.
Carolyn Ford, who works in the current snack bar and will work in the Grewcock Student Union, said she is excited to work in a smokefree environment and thinks students will benefit too.
"It will be nice for me and for the most part I think students will enjoy it," she said. "All the students will be able to enjoy it, not just the ones who smoke. Business will probably be better too."
"I can understand the dorms because other people have to live there, but it is nice to have this one place," sophomore Sara Franz said.
"The smell is not always the best but you don't have to come here, especially with the actual snack part of the snack bar moving."
Student smokers said they feel a little left out of the new student center but are understanding and have a fond attachment for the snack bar.
"Ideally, I'd like to get a new space, but I don't mind staying in the snack bar at all," Cleary said.
"I am okay with this," Klos said, looking at surrounding booths. "A place you allow people to smoke in shouldn't be the nicest place in the world, obviously. And you don't want to offend nonsmokers."
Franz, who smoked for three years but recently quit, said she understands the smoker's plight.
"It does get very cold here and it's nice to have a place indoors," she said. "The snack bar kind of bonds the people who have sort of been excommunicated by the rest of the student body."
While Ford thinks a smoke-free snack area will accommodate more students, she said smokers should still have one place to smoke indoors.
Hillsdale College Collegian 2007
Vice President of Administration Rich Pewe said the snack bar will be available to students in spring 2008 but its status may change when the school renovates the Knorr Center. The administration has not decided for what the Knorr Center will officially be used, or if there will be a place for indoor smoking after renovation. He said there is no current timeline for renovation because plans are awaiting funds before they can be finished.
Students who smoke use the snack bar for studying or protection when the weather gets rough.
"I appreciate that Hillsdale provides a place inside for people to smoke," said sophomore Templeton Klos, who frequents the snack bar almost daily. "Of course, I come from a state that has outlawed smoking indoors no matter what, so this is nice."
Klos and other smokers said they are grateful that Hillsdale accepts smokers.
"I have always enjoyed the way Hillsdale treats smokers," junior Damian Cleary said. "They have always been pretty accommodating."
The snack bar is the only space indoors on campus where students and faculty can smoke after the administration decided to ban inroom smoking beginning with the fall 2006 semester.
Carolyn Ford, who works in the current snack bar and will work in the Grewcock Student Union, said she is excited to work in a smokefree environment and thinks students will benefit too.
"It will be nice for me and for the most part I think students will enjoy it," she said. "All the students will be able to enjoy it, not just the ones who smoke. Business will probably be better too."
"I can understand the dorms because other people have to live there, but it is nice to have this one place," sophomore Sara Franz said.
"The smell is not always the best but you don't have to come here, especially with the actual snack part of the snack bar moving."
Student smokers said they feel a little left out of the new student center but are understanding and have a fond attachment for the snack bar.
"Ideally, I'd like to get a new space, but I don't mind staying in the snack bar at all," Cleary said.
"I am okay with this," Klos said, looking at surrounding booths. "A place you allow people to smoke in shouldn't be the nicest place in the world, obviously. And you don't want to offend nonsmokers."
Franz, who smoked for three years but recently quit, said she understands the smoker's plight.
"It does get very cold here and it's nice to have a place indoors," she said. "The snack bar kind of bonds the people who have sort of been excommunicated by the rest of the student body."
While Ford thinks a smoke-free snack area will accommodate more students, she said smokers should still have one place to smoke indoors.
Hillsdale College Collegian 2007
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