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...future. Right now I'm following the quitter's credo, taking one day at a time. Should I lapse, I have my excuse all planned. Lent will not be lost. As one of my TF's suggested last term when I told him of my intention to quit, if I indulge in cigarettes during Lent, I'll simply be giving up the pleasure of self-denial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ashes to Ashes | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

...February 23, two days before Lent, a letter in The Crimson tested my resolve to quit. Brian O'Meara '01 felt compelled to criticize the Undergraduate Council for giving cigars to freshmen who attended the First Year Formal. Citing the possible illegality of the act (not everyone was 18), the universally known fact that cigars are carcinogenic, and the unpleasantness of a smoke-filled ballroom, he urged the Undergraduate Council to refrain from advocating tobacco products. Smoking has become so taboo that even the celebratory cigar meets with indignation. Proud Papas had best content themselves with a stick of Wrigleys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ashes to Ashes | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

This diatribe against smoking made me want to light up, to be an iconoclast. But I followed through on my resolution to quit, feeling pangs of solidarity with the smokers I left behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ashes to Ashes | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

Four members of the USO have quit this semester over disagreements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colleges Explore Options for Student Group Funding | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Four members of the USO have quit this semesterover disagreements...

Author: By Carlos A. Monje jr., CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite More Money, Still a Struggle to Fund Student Groups | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

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