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Where was Champ?
BY A Confused Fan
I have to say, I am surprised that the UMD mascot, Champ, was nowhere to be seen this past Saturday, March 22, at the National Championship Title game for women’s hockey. UMD hosted the Frozen Four, and the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers for the second straight year in the National Title game, this year winning 4-0.
I know I am not the only one who was surprised by Champ’s absence; you could hear other Bulldog fans murmuring to their neighbors, “Where’s Champ?” as we watched the Badger mascot Bucky skate around on the ice. I know the game took place during spring break and all, but don’t you think the school mascot should have at least been present at the game?
No-smoking policy is a sham
BY BRUCE ALEXANDER
Senior Building and Grounds worker, UMD Facilities Management
The no-smoking policy on this campus is a farce, just some PR stunt dreamt up by the spin-miesters on the fifth floor of the Ivory Tower (Darland) to help sell UMD as the clean and green alternative to other institutions in the same market.
As much as administration wishes to think that staff and student peer pressure will work as a policing tool, the effectiveness of that can be seen at many of the doorways around campus. The people who choose to ignore the known health risks that they inflict upon their bodies by lighting up will not let their free will be impinged upon by some toothless policy.
If anything, it will only force them deeper into the nooks and crannies around campus, which then creates another problem of the eyesore associated with the litter of discarded butt ends, since all the ash cans have been removed. Maybe a reality check and another look at creating designated smoking areas should be in order.
