Smoking and Drugs on Campus
SEU Students reflect
on smoking policies
SMOKING
During the early 1980ss there were not any smoking policies on campus, and before then it did not seem to be an issue. An opinion article asked students how they felt about being allowed to smoke in classrooms, to which four out of five students said it should not be allowed. One student argued, “Definitely not. There isn’t enough room in the classes between people who smoke and those who don’t smoke.”[20] To go along with these students' objections about in class smoking was a funny cartoon illustrating the amount of smoke that comes out of the buildings after class has been released.
Student writes about the legality,
uses, and anecdotes of LSD use.
Student conducts interview with faculty, students,
users, and drug dealers about the presence of
drugs on campus.
DRUGS?!
The attitude of students of St. Edward’s University about drug use changed throughout the years. In 1966, a student wrote about LSD and the its effects, mechanics, and use. William Pauldine, the author, discussed the legality of the drug and refered to its use in a trivial, mundane way [21].The attitudes behind trying this drug seemed to be lax and accepting, but evolved by the 1980s. A student writer for The Hilltopper conducted interviews in 1984 about the use of drugs on campus, with the majority of the interviewees saying they did not partake in drugs because of stereotypes and stigmas attached to drug use. A dealer was also interviewed, which made the article seem biased and swayed to show drug use in a bad light, especially among students. The faculty member interviewed claimed he didn't see or hear about drug use on campus, even though the students were demanding drug treatment for using students. [22] This demonstrated the changing values of university students, turning away from experimentation and freedom and towards a cleaner, more conservative culture. Students did engage in activism, but instead of sharing information on drug usage through a more positive light, they now wanted drug treatments because drug use appeared as more of a threat to derail students from the clean cut, studious image. The denial of faculty members shows the reluctance to admit there was drug use or any drug problems to keep that clean, conservative image as well.