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Friday, September 23,1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Cigarette butts have become a pain for campus custodians
By Cheryl Cadue
Kansan staff writer
Picking up cigarette butts has turned into an never-ending job for custodians at Wescoe Hall.
has spent more time picking up cigarette butts around Wescoe, which is a popular spot for smokers.
Jirem Brennenbaum, Seneca sophmore, said he sympathized with the custodians and said smokers should clean up after themselves.
To curb the number of cigarette butts thrown in gutters and grassy areas, housekeeping put more cigarette urns near building entrances.
ans. But, she said, the cigarette butts were not a big problem for most custodians.
Wayne Reusch, landscaping supervisor for facilities operations, said the largest amount of cigarette butts were found in front of buildings and around bus stops. He said that the time required to clean up the cigarette butts had increased but that he had not received complaints about the cigarettes creating a mess.
she said.
Vannessa Lamoreaux, Waterville sophomore, said smokers were sometimes forced to throw cigarettes butts on the ground when cigarette urns were put in inconvenient places.
fear they will die of secondhand smoke, so we'll go outside," he said. "But little consideration is given to smokers who now have to go outside."