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MERCER UNIVERSITY. MACON, GEORGIA
X, OCTOBER *. IW
Mercer Main Library opens its doors
New facility offers many advantages
By WILLIAM N. SMITH
On June 19. 1989, the Mercer
University Main Library, the
newest addition to Mercer's cam
pus opened its doors. The change
of location, however, is not the on
ly difference between the new
facility and the Stetson Library. To
further the library's effectiveness
and assistance to the »»
array of new features were added
A 24-hour study room. 21 group
study rooms, an expanded vending
area, an im|roved listening center,
and an On line Catalog of library
holdings are among the more im
pressive additions.
• We really want to share the ex
citement that our staff has for this
place and want to optimize the
academic experience for students at
Mercer.’* comments Mary
Howard, the library director.
After a few glitches, the 24-hour
study room is now open. A $5.00
key card, which can be purchased
in the library, is required for admit
tance. There is a $10.00 fee for lost
cards. These charges are designed
to emphasize security, the primary
concern of the library staff. Mrs.
Howard states. “It is important that
people realize that the security
system is for their own safety .
Students should not allow others to
use their key cards; it is their
- aBCUTOy ihinli iHf"
about.”
The biggest problem that this
fledgling building faces is the con
sumption of food and drink outside
of the vending area. The use of
tobacco products in the library is
another major concern. "We want
the students to enjoy the library and
take care of it. We really have a
very special place here, We want
to provide the long-term service
that students and faculty have in
dicated they desire and to have the
student body as partners in respec
ting and keeping this place in the
condition it is in now.” says Mrs
Howard.
The new Main Library Is a very attractive addition to Mercer’s campus.
Mercer University adopts
No Smoking Policy
Contraction signs and partially finished roads are a common sight
to Stadium Drive residents.
Construction continues
on 1-75 connector
By PATRICK LEE
Mercer University’s campus is
presently undergoing a few minor
changes as a result of the new south
downtown connector for Interstate
75. The connector is being con
structed in faint of Stadium Drive
apartments. This exit is expected to
lessen the flow of traffic through
the university. Plans for the road
way have it routed down
Mercer University Drive to a
downtown street, bypassing
Mercer. The City of Macon will,
however, be paving over some of
Mercer’s property, including land
and parking lots around Stadium
Drive apartments. This property
was traded to the city by Mercer in
return for deeds to the streets
within the Mercer campus. This
deal will enable Mercer to close off
parts of the campus for residential
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By TAMMI ROBINSON
Mercer University, in response
to the Surgeon General’s advice
that smoking is the most preven
table cause of illness and death in
the United States, has implemented
a new no-smoking policy effective
October 3. 1989.
According to Julie Sams.
Chairperson of SGA's Student Life
Committee. We had a lot of com
plaints about smoking and violating
other people’s rights. ” Along with
the numerous complaints received,
the results of past surveys favored
a no-smoking environment. The
University ’s desire to fulfill a com
mitment to health-related research
and teaching was instrumental in
bringing about the policy.
The policy is pattcmcJ after
Emory University and Stanford
University’s no-smoking policies.
Mercer’s no-smoking policy re
quires that the University no longer
sell tobacco products on its cam
puses. The guidelines are design
ed to make the campus as smoke-
free as possible.
Guidelines:
1. Smoking is prohibited in in
door locations where smokers and
non-smokers occupy the same im
mediate area. Such areas include:
- Academic areas: classrooms,
lecture halls, seminar rooms,
laboratories, libraries, computer
facilities.
- Conference rooms, indoor
athletic facilities, theaters and retail
stores.
- Health facilities and other
buildings arc already subject to no-
smoking regulations. ^
- Shared public spaces not fully
enclosed by floor-to-ceiling parti
tions and doors.
-‘Other common or public areas
including lobbies, hallways,
waiting rooms, reception areas,
rest rooms, stairwells and service
areas.
- Any area in which a fire or
safety hazard exists.
2. Deans and Vice Presidents, or
their designees, may establish the
following locations as "Smoking
Permitted.”
- Up to one-third of dining and
lounge spaces, as long as ventila
tion is adequate, may be designated
as "Smoking Permitted.” The up
per level of the Co-op Snack Bar
eating area and the entrance area
which has tile flooring will be a
designated area. However, smok
ing of pipes and cigars in dining
areas is prohibited.
-Rooms, with doors dosed, that
have floor-to-ceiling partitions,
may be designated "Smoking Per
mitted” as long as non-smokers are
not exposed to second-hand or side-
stream smoke.
The no smoking rule will con
tinue in the Cafeteria. Any change
in the policy in the cafeteria will be
left up to the Food Committee. The
library will have an out-of-doors
area for smokers that will open
when the weather clears enough for
the area to be completed.
"The enforcement will be left up
the Mercer community.” said
Lynn Creech. President of the Stu
dent Government Association. "I
hope the students will find it accep
table. Dr. G<xlscy was very im
pressed w ith the organization and
pleased that we proposed it. ”
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