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| January 13, 2003 |
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Implements Tobacco Policy UH has adopted a system-wide tobacco policy, which went into effect on Fri., Jan. 10. The policy seeks to improve the working and learning environment of the university and protect faculty, staff, students and visitors from secondhand smoke exposure while on UH campuses. The policy prohibits smoking in various areas on all campuses including interior spaces, building courtyards and breezeways and outdoor dining areas. The advertising and sales of tobacco products on campuses and the sponsorship of campus events or campus organizations by tobacco industry or tobacco promoting organizations are also prohibited. All university residences, both faculty and student, will be smoke-free by the start of the 2004–2005 academic year. The policy also calls for smoking cessation guidance to be made available to assist and encourage individuals who wish to quit. For more information go to the UH Tobacco Products Policy and Guidelines Web site.  Breaking a cigarette to signify UH’s break with tobacco, President Evan Dobelle was joined by proponents of the university system’s new no-smoking and no-cigarette-sales policy. They include, from left, Mike Taleff, UH Center for Substance Abuse Program; Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng; Manoa students Melissa Stepp and Josiah Alamu; Pedro Haro-Arvizu, REAL: Hawai‘i Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use; Cancer Research Center Director Carl-Wilhelm Vogel; Toni Symons, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i; high school senior Anna Taua; Hye-ryeon Lee, chair of the Community Partnership for Health and Fresh Air; Julian Lipsher, state Department of Health; Clifford Chang, director of the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i, and Assistant Professor Claudio Nigg. Graphic Identity Preview Meetings Begin Open meetings are being held on every campus to present, review and gather input on the proposed choices for a new UH System logo and graphic identity program. A system-wide screening committee worked with graphic design firm Robert Rytter & Associates to develop concepts and select the finalists. This is your chance to express your views, pro and con, on the results. • Thurs., Jan. 16, UH Hilo, 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., Library Rm. 359 • Fri., Jan. 17, Hawai‘i CC, 1 p.m., Manono Campus Bldg. 388 Rm. 101–102 • Tues., Jan. 21, UH Manoa, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Kuykendall Auditorium • Thurs., Jan. 23, UH West O‘ahu, 10:30 a.m., Conference Room B-106 • Thurs., Jan. 23, Leeward CC, 12:30 p.m., GT 105 • Fri., Jan. 24 Honolulu CC, 10 a.m., Bldg. 2 Rm. 201 • Fri., Jan. 24 Windward CC, 12:30 p.m., Hale Kuhina Rm. 115 • Mon., Jan. 27, Kaua‘i CC, noon, Dining Room • Thurs., Jan. 30 Kapi‘olani CC, 1 p.m., Ilima 202 B & C • Fri., Jan. 31, Maui CC, 10:30 a.m., Ka Lama 103 For more information on the branding project go to the Web site. Anti-Spam Service Coming Soon UH’s anti-spam service is being readied for general release by the end of January. The service will offer a limited number of features to help the UH community avoid spam. It was developed with an additional criteria in mind, the suppression of spam considered to be particularly offensive by a vocal segment of the UH community—graphic porn. Information Technology Services estimates that these prevention measures, at least initially, will nearly eliminate graphic porn and cut down approximately 25–50 percent of overall spam received. Read the ITS spam information story for more information. Law School Launches Program for International Students The School of Law is introducing a new LLM (master of laws) program for foreign legal professionals that will begin in August 2003. The program is open to legal professionals trained outside the United States and will offer a wide choice of subjects for study. Students may pursue a general course in American legal studies or specialize in comparative or environmental law, areas for which the school is well known. Enrollment will be limited, allowing for personal attention from the faculty and close interaction with American juris doctor students. "The new LL.M. program is another milestone in the law school’s history of excellence," said Dean Lawrence C. Foster. "This program will strengthen Hawai‘i’s already existing relationship with Asia and the Pacific, and it will build new productive relationships with the rest of the world." Read the press release. |
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