Go outside to vape, you’re an adult.
Or, run a Zyn-athon. When I was in high school, I used to be a model student. (I slept on a couch in the back of science class.) In my defence, I got good enough marks to get into MacEwan. But, behind that couch was an outlet, and the back desks were the territory of the students who vaped in class. I formed a sort of symbiotic relationship with them. They would use the outlet to charge their Juuls (remember Juuls?), and I would sleep on the couch. Since I slept on the couch, no one would come over and bother me, and by proxy, their resources essential to survival: vapes. Truly, a beautiful evolution of bad student participation. Fast forward to the present. I hope those guys are doing well. I — believe it or not —...
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Feb 2025
Clarification: In the print UPASS story in the Feb. issue of the Griff, it was written that the Edmonton Student Alliance was involved in negotiations with ETS. While ESA members were present, the ESA was not involved in negotiations, but are involved in ongoing advocacy.
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