I was reading over your article on IU’s smoking policy in the Monday, Oct. 6 edition of the Indiana Daily Student. While I agree with you that IU needs to be realistic that a campus-wide smoking ban is not going to be effective, one part of the piece failed on the research end. No smoking eight feet in front of a building entrance is not designated by IU. It is a state law within Indiana and as such is required to put up signage stating that it is illegal to smoke within eight feet of a building.
So whether IU wanted to make a policy more restrictive like they have tried, they would still have to post the signs. It’s not as the article states bureaucratic oversight, it is ?simply following the law.
Adam Hanes
arhanes10@gmail.com
