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About 70 cigarettes and butts were collected Wednesday on the east side of the Campus Life Building. There used to be ashtrays there and by other buildings around campus. They’re starting to disappear, leading to smoking litter.

Ashtrays need to stay at NIU until start of Smoke-Free Campus Act

By Northern Star Editorial Board | February 25, 2015

The Smoke-Free NIU task force needs to maintain a litter-free campus by keeping ashtrays at NIU until the Smoke-Free Campus act’s July 1 mandate — not before it.In a January meeting, the task force discussed removing all campus ashtrays in or before...