The Big Picture

Recently, our student body had decided to make the campus completely Tobacco-Free. Many discussions were held, voting occurred for students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and it turns out that nearly everyone loved the idea. So the motion passed and the campus began campaigns for ways to help people quit smoking and to clean up the campus itself. In the next issue of the quarterly magazine, there was an article talking about the excitement of the community and the progress made while changing the policy. It seemed as though the change has been immensely popular. Then, while at work, I received a voicemail from an alumnae, stating that we were discriminating against his kind because of his favorite hobby. He refused to give his name, explaining that the University would then come back to him with “empty promises and lame excuses.” He stated that he would never attend another University event and that we would never see a penny donated from him. I have since received a voicemail or an email once a week since that initial call. None of us in my office were worried. We noticed he had never participated in University events before anyway. Obviously, some people refuse to see the big picture.

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