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Show 'i bVn - . 1 !t mir'-V- THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY ( w B lU y AUH, J A l 1 I , . wwWoDfcneSeiuiPTewGoeainni VOLUME XLIII NO. 17 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 Tobacc . to promote health BY SHELBY MISRASI Editor-in-Chi- ef and then (theres going to have to be) a campaign of news also impacts us because articles. Gregory Layton, a senior English major from Cottonwood Heights and Vice President of Academics, said the tobacco ban is a positive change to Dixie State. Its a great thing for the campus because it gives a Beatty said administration is encouraging cessation and health throughout the campus. He said rather than issuing citations or arresting students campus, but that doesnt mean who smoke, administration is enforcement is a top priority. The tobacco-fre- e policy going to direct those students to the Health and Wellness went into effect Jan. 1, but Center where they can take Dean of Students Del Beatty said it will take the entire 2014 advantage of its services to the policy. help kick the habit. year to enforce If someone was getting Signs will begin to appear around campus within the next multiple warnings, then the week, but there will not be police might actually cite harsh consequences for those them, but the plan is, for 2014, who choose to smoke. to be more educational, There are really no Beatty said. Its going to at first be cool. Were going to help this year penalties said. Well give all, Beatty people be healthy. Beatty said this policy was people warnings and just created purely based on health. remind them politely. He said there are people who Don Reid, director of construe this as a religious or security and campus police, conservative issue, but that is said in order to enforce the incorrect. He said he attended policy, many things have to a forum about DSUs smoke-fre- e take place. Well have to put signs campus and was able to hear students input. up for quite some time just One of the students that to be able to guarantee that was really opposed to it . . everybody had a chance to see them because you cant said, So youre trying to mandate health and mandate evenact a new rule like that . . . and expect someone to come erything I do ... So now what are you going to tell me? to school next semester and know the rule, Reid said. Beatty said. That I cant drink Coke or have a cheeseburger Its something that is going and french fries because its to have to be put in the student not healthy for me? And ... code of conduct, its going to for the other student stood up and have to be put in brochures the new freshmen when they said, No because that decision come in, its going to have to only impacts you, so we dont care about that, but smoking be posted on the buildings, Dixie State University has an official tobacco-fre- e 1 . DSU ' t Hj c ; f V ; t; v 1 of secondhand smoke. ,1 it II U great image, Layton said. We are a healthy campus, and we care about the health and safety of our students. This is another step to being a great campus ... Its something that we might be ahead of the trend in Utah, but other schools will 1 1 ", - , t 111 9 $ 5V a follow. Beatty said the federal government gave colleges and universities the right to regulate tire manner in which students smoke. Each school has the ability to choose whether it allows the use of tobacco, whether it has designated smoking areas, or whether it is X V' r- - M V- Some signs are posted around campus to remind students that DSU is now a tobcampus. Staff personnel focus on encouraging students to quit the habit rather than giving citations. acco-free right to smoke. Were not discriminatory against them, and were not taking away their rights a smoke-fre- e campus. to smoke because it is not He said smoking created a a right, Layton said. The concern because of pregnant women attending Dixie, and process to have tire policy is it was also a concern when perfect because the majority in front smoke of students on campus dont would people want smoking. of the playground when children were outside. He Beatty said administration does not have an official also said many students have severe asthma, and smoking policy on how the tobacco ban created a health issue for those will be enforced on campus, who suffered from the disease. but he said the first offense will most likely be a recorded Layton said the student government respects smokers warning, tire second will be documented in the database, because it is their choice, but and the third will result in a some smokers complain that citation. their is the school taking away Ron Isaacson, assistant director of security and campus police, said there may be a future program for enforcing the policy, but anyone can campus as well. push the ban. Anybody can enforce it, Isaacson said. The students can say, Hey this is a smoke-fre- e go smoke off campus people like it. He said he understands DSU students might be upset about the tobacco ban, but he said he is looking out for all students who do not smoke and are in need of a smoke-fre- e Were advertising, Beatty said. Were saying ... were a healthy, smoke-fre- e (and) tobacco-fre- e campus. Beatty said this ban not only affects the Dixie State campus, but it also affects other schools. He said within a week of the tobacco ban, he received phone calls from ad- campus. And campus. We hope that people will understand that it is a health issue and they will embrace it and realize that this was better for everyone and (that) itll make our campus environment better, Beatty said. ministrators of two major universities saying they are going to work toward a tobacco-fre- e carefully evaluated during accreditation process BY PAYTON DAVIS Copy Editor Catchy slogans and grand ceremonies have given Dixie State University students and supporters much to talk about, but what takes place behind the scenes makes all the difference. Accreditation, a seven-yea- r process, requires staff to set goals that range from specific class objectives to larger ones that pertain to the university as a whole in order for DSU News 1 Sports 3 Features 5 Opinion 7 to acquire a reputation as a credible university. Although accreditation impacts students in both educational and professional endeavors, its evaluaan tion that can get lost behind the more glitzy aspects of ever-developi- Read our daily edition DixieSunNews.com Follow us on Twitter DixieSunNews Like us on Facebook Facebook.comDixieSunNews DSUs progression. Debra Bryant, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities liaison officer and business assistant professor, said she obtained her NWCCU position in fall 2012 when DSU went If you say youre doing through its major assessment. The path to meeting standards for accreditation takes every bit of seven years, as those involved must constantly set goals that accreditors will later analyze during evaluations, she said. something, how do you know you are meeting the goals without proper assessment? Bryant said. Its all about assessment. 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