By Renee Donofrio | Observer Contributor
Mount Wachusett Community College is a spectacular college to attend. They have many programs to join and events to attend. The staff and students here are all very pleasant and kind people to work with. They do very well to keep up the look and atmosphere of the college. One thing I noticed that could be improved at the Mount is the number of students who smoke on campus. There are signs posted on all the doors of the school and the lawns stating that this school is a smoke free campus, yet every morning you see people smoking in the common area outside, only a few feet from the doors. There are cigarette butts on the ground outside the school and that does put a damper on the scenery of the school. Also there are people who smoke only a few feet from the children’s center. It’s not fair for the kids who do not smoke, or who have bad lungs and asthma, to have to inhale everyone else’s second hand smoke. I myself suffer from severe asthma and it’s very hard for me to breathe in that smoke every morning when I walk by those people who are smoking. To help with this problem I think campus security should be more alert and should maybe try to enforce this rule among those who are smoking on campus. Also, maybe have someone come and clean up those areas that are covered with cigarette butts so it can look just as nice as the rest of the school campus does. Smoking on campus has an effect on everyone who breathes in the smoke and it should be taken seriously.
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