Jump to full article: Daily Lobo (UNM), 2009-09-22
Author: Andrew Beale * DAILY LOBO
Intro: More than 60 smoking areas have already been removed from UNM’s campus — or, at least, 60 stenciled signs for a “UNM Designated Smoking Area.”
Pug Burge, head of UNM’s Smoke-Free Environment Committee, said the red spray-painted signs appeared around campus after the Aug. 1 implementation of the tobacco-free policy.
Burge said the signs are not committee-approved, and UNM Physical Plant employees are removing them.
Burge said she doesn’t know who’s behind the stenciled signs.
“It’s really disappointing, though, that people don’t have a little bit more pride in their campus,” she said.
Win Hansen, co-chair of the UNM chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, said the social satire of the stencils serves a purpose.
“As far as the person spray-painting ‘UNM Designated Areas,’ I approve of that,” he said. “That’s what art should be. Art should be cultural commentary and societal commentary. Yes, I understand it’s graffiti, but a lot of art is considered bad when it’s made. It still has a reason for being made.”
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