“WHAT DO YOU THINK about smoking in the classroom?”
This was the question posed to readers of the Laurentian Gazette 50 years ago, in November, 1976. Decades before the advent of public smoking bans, it seems students and faculty were ready to hash the issue out themselves, with concerns raised in the Gazette including the cost of smoke damage to classrooms and the right of non-smokers to a breathable learning environment.
It's almost hard to imagine these concerns as realities today. In another 50 years, what will the LU of the future find unbelievable about us?
Read the full Nov. 1976 issue here.
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