Opinion

Techno Optimism

Technology can’t solve all societal problems, but it maybe can fix one we have here: smoking on our supposedly smoke-free campus. A humble proposal from student columnist Niels ter Meer.
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Smoking policy: UT chooses awareness, not enforcement

Even though a large part of the campus has been a smoking-free zone for more than two years, the cigarettes have not yet disappeared from the streets. The UT wants to draw attention to the smoking policy once more, but enforcement is not the intention. ‘We are not a police state.’
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Rookbeleid: UT kiest voor bewustwording, geen handhaving

Ook al is een groot deel van de campus al ruim twee jaar lang een rookvrije zone, de peuken zijn nog niet uit het straatbeeld verdwenen. De UT wil het rookbeleid opnieuw onder de aandacht brengen, maar handhaving is nadrukkelijk niet de bedoeling. ‘We zijn geen politiestaat.’
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The not so smoke-free UT

Hunter Calder, a Master’s student of Communication Science, is fed up with smokers on a smoke-free campus and the university’s lack of measures. He channelled his frustration into this opinion piece. ‘Where I draw the line is when students and staff are threatened, simply for trying to implement the policies of the university.’

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