Archive for: 4/20

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  Ways to celebrate a typical Saturday, or how to avoid 4/20

  Apr 17, 2013comments

  Step out into Boulder on Saturday, April 20, and be prepared to face ganga enthusiasts, campus security guards checking student IDs and the possibility of counter-protesters. Here are some ways you can spend your 4/20 the way you want it: as... read more »

   
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  4/20: A year later with John Demopoulos

  Apr 16, 2013comments

  Last year on April 20, the officials closed CU-Boulder’s campus to the public, spread fish fertilizer on Norlin Quad, threw a Wyclef Jean concert that saw little student attendance, and arrested three CU students for trespassing onto Norlin... read more »

   
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  Exercise your right to protest

  Apr 16, 2013comments

  It’s a true privilege to attend college at the University of Colorado. As students, we are challenged daily to think critically, to grapple with different ideas and to learn to formulate our own. And what is so wonderful about this environment... read more »

   
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  Updated: Measures for 2013 4/20 announced

  Mar 11, 2013comments

  According to a CU News Release, the campus will be closed to “unauthorized non-affiliates” for the second year in a row for this year’s 4/20 which falls on a Saturday. There will be a police presence on campus that will check faculty and... read more »

   
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  Amendment 64′s effect on CU

  Dec 11, 2012comments

  The recreational use of marijuana has officially been legalized as of Monday in Colorado after Gov. Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into law. CU officials are advising students not to break out the Cheetos and Goldfish — at least on campus. An... read more »

   
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  Amendment 64 will not affect university’s policy on drugs or 4/20

  Nov 13, 2012comments

  Amendment 64 passed last Wednesday after receiving a majority vote in the state, but it will not change the strict policies enacted by the university that shut down last semester’s 4/20 gathering. The bill, which will regulate marijuana like... read more »

   
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  Flagship 2030 on course with educational and community goals

  Oct 17, 2012comments

  CU is moving forward along the Flagship 2030 plan and is discussing changes that will allow the university to reach its outlined goals. On Tuesday morning, Chancellor DiStefano gave the 2012-13 State of the Campus Address in the UMC Aspen Rooms,... read more »

   
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  Wyclef Jean concert sees only 1,500 students on 4/20

  Apr 22, 2012comments

  This year’s 4/20 celebration was marked with an increase in security, a closed campus and a Wyclef Jean concert that showed little attendance from the student population. CUSG and Program Council sponsored a free concert performed by hip-hop... read more »

   
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  4/20: Students make a stand

  Apr 22, 2012comments

  A comprehensive look at the events of 4/20. (Courtesy CU Independent/Yuchen Wu) Contact Multimedia Editor Yuchen Wu at Yuchen.wu@colorado.edu.

   
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  The face of 4/20 takes a different shape this year

  Apr 22, 2012comments

  CU’s tactics to remove the annual 4/20 gathering on Norlin Quad managed to subdue the festivities on campus, though enforcement measures could not silence those in opposition to the changes. Friday, April 20, marked a day of change in CU’s... read more »