<p>I believe that Macalester just went tobacco-free [Macalester</a> College - Student Handbook - Smoking and Solicitation](<a href=“http://www.macalester.edu/studentaffairs/studenthandbook/campuspoliciesandprotocols/tobaccofree.html]Macalester”>http://www.macalester.edu/studentaffairs/studenthandbook/campuspoliciesandprotocols/tobaccofree.html) last fall. As a first year in 2009 my daughter was surprised by how many students and faculty hung around the building entrances smoking. As for the “other”, yes, there are a fair number!
I was looking up a couple of course descriptions for classes my daughter is planning to take and I came across this [Ahh</a> Spring - News - Macalester College](<a href=“http://www.macalester.edu/news/2011/04/ahh-spring]Ahh”>Ahh Spring - News) and I thought, “Yes, late April in the upper Midwest-pale kids, not-yet-green grass, and nary a leaf on a tree!”</p>