From: "John P. Giunta" <????????????????????>
Subject: Daily Report from ACADEME TODAY

Hello Steve,

This digest continues to be one of my favorite cyberhaunts.  Please 
keep up the great work.

I have a section of an electronic bulletin that will be of interest 
to cigar smokers and by osmosis, to pipe smokers as well.

Best to all,
John Giunta
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Academe Today's DAILY REPORT
for subscribers of The Chronicle of Higher Education
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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS

A glance at the winter issue of "Cigar Aficionado":
Smoking academics

Smoking has been officially banished from most college campuses. 
Nonetheless, many academics consider the ivory tower the perfect 
milieu for a good stogy, writes Gene Crume, director of alumni 
affairs at Western Kentucky University. "To a cigar smoker, 
culture means the environment in which one savors a good smoke," 
he writes. "To those on college campuses, culture means 
intellectual discovery, inspirational research, and enriching 
philosophy. In other words, the ability to reflect, ponder, and 
gain insight. What better environment to smoke a cigar." Mr. 
Crume explores that idea with philosophers, anthropologists, and 
even development officers. He quotes academics who wax poetic 
about the fraternal bonding a good smoke can inspire -- the way 
they feel more in tune with a colleague who can appreciate a 
good Davidoff than they do with a professor who simply shares 
their discipline. But others are skeptical about making that 
much of a good smoke. Cigar smoking "is something I like to do 
if I'm doing paperwork, reading, or writing," the Rev. Theodore 
M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, 
told the writer. "I don't get metaphysical about it." (The 
magazine may be found at your library or newsstand.)

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