Before empty halls and behind open doors, the Wichita State Student Government Association heard a brief introduction to a resolution that will attempt to push WSU to become a tobacco-free campus within one to three years.

Senior psychology major Emma Crabtree, Sedgwick County public health community educator Tara Nolen and graduate psychology student Jasmine Douglas addressed SGA in a public forum Wednesday.

Crabtree introduced the group and spoke about their purpose.

“Our main goal in this is to have a healthy and sustainable future for Wichita State,” Crabtree said.

The women are part of an organization on campus called Tobacco Free WU & Me.

The organization is in the beginning stages of reaching out to campus organizations and researching students’ opinions toward a tobacco-free campus.

“Part of our purpose of going through this is to have, with whatever we are doing, a mutual respect for everyone on this campus,” Crabtree said.

The group acknowledged that not every student will be in support of a tobacco-free campus, but it is in the beginning stages of research and came to SGA with the resolution.

Crabtree said the group is not asking SGA for the decision to make WSU a tobacco-free campus.

“We are asking for your support in us continuing our research on this campus,” she said.

At the next meeting, SGA plans to vote on the resolution and hear comments from both sides of the argument.

After public forum last week, the officers gave their reports. In his report, legislative director Steele Estes said he will resign from SGA after receiving a job offer off-campus.

SGA will be taking applications to fill the vacant position.

To conclude business, the Association passed an individual and organizational funding bill.

The first funding bill allocated $550 to graduate student Heidi Drechsler to attend a conference to present her work.

The second funding bill allocated $535.96 to the Association of Computing Machinery for a project.