I
usually hear that Sanata Dharma University wants to be a green campus. How can
it be a
green
campus?
We still have some
problems. One of the problems that can make the campus dirty is
smoking in the campus area.
Smoking makes the environment dirty. I found in the article (www.saveourbeach.com) that said
cigarette filter would go in 1-5 years. Smoking also can kill people,
because it can cause lung cancer and TBC. Angger and I made an interview with the cleaning services, Mr. Toto. He said; “Some students do care with the
classroom, whereas others do not care; we have found some cigerette filters in
the classroom” (interview in September, 19th 2013). How
can Sanata Dharma be a green campus when students keep on smoking in the campus
area and throwing the ciggarette
filters in the classroom? I think the best way to stop the
smoking in the campus area is that the
campus
and students should create more signs to remind smokers who smoke in the campus
area. Creating some warning signs stops smoking in the area campus, because the warning signs will create society punishments, campus punishments, and self- punishments.
Warning
signs stop smoking, because they
will create the
society punishments.
When there are many warning signs, especially in the student hall, rumah jamur,
and the classroom, students and teachers will be more aware about the problem. When all of the people in Sanata Dharma are aware with the warnings, there will be some good habits. They will support and care about the
problem. They will make social punishments
for smokers who smoke in the campus
area,
for example: they will
reprimend, gossip and scold the smokers; I think the actions will make the smokers shy. Indonesia
is a communal society; that’s why the
society
has big power
to control an individual. I think that the power of society punishment in the
Sanata Dharma will stop smokers.
Warning
signs stop smoking, because they
will show the campus punishment. If only students care about
the problem, smoking will never stop. I think the campus should care by making some serious punishments for the smokers. If the campus only keeps
calm, the problem will be bigger. Students who still study in the campus must
feel the authority of the campus; it will help to stop smoking. The campus
should learn from Singapore. When the government makes some serious punishments for the people who do littering and do
smoking in public places, the country become a clean
and good country.
Warning
signs stop smoking, because they
will make self-punishments. I just found 5 warning “no smoking”
around the campus. They are on the walls, but I think the position of the signs
is not very central. The
important area, such as student hall, pgsd hall, and classroom, don’t get the
signs. When there are many signs, especially in the central spots, the signs will remind the smokers. The smokers will begin aware. The
signs will help smokers growing the self awareness. They will feel shy, if they
do smoking at the campus. If they cannot start to care to other by no smoking,
the signs will help and remind the smokers to make a good habit.
The opposite opinion say that we cannot condemn smokers,
because smoking is a human right. Let us see this comment.
“Smoking is a human right” (Mahmud MD, translated from:
http: //news.detik.com/read/2012/04/18/124638/1895222/10/ruang-khusus-merokok-ketua-mk-merokok-hak-asasi-setiap-orang).
I think the smoking is not a human right when smokers do
it in the campus area. Our campus wants to be a green campus. There are many
people who want to study well and to live long. The fact that
students smoke,
even in the classroom, have to make
us worried. We have to stop smoking by making more warning signs. To
stop smoking and to make the campus green, the campus and the students have to
make the signs now, because the signs will make a society punishment, a campus
punishment, and a self-punishment.
Do
you get what I mean by “we need more signs”? Smoking will still be our problem
in the campus if we do not make the signs. The campus will never be a green
campus, because the smoker will use the cigarettes to poison the people and to make the environment dirty.
The cigarette filters also are a problem. They are gone after 1 to 5 years. If the
students want to be healthy,
we have to stop smoking. We
need to be healthy to study well,
don’t we? Finally, I say that let’s make more signs and stop smoking,
“Without your love, I will die”.
