Archive for: Norlin Quad

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  Video: 4/20 uncelebrated at CU this year

  Apr 24, 2013comments

  University of Colorado administration hired hundreds of safety officers and event staff to enforce the campus closure on Saturday, but hardly anyone was there to dispute it. Norlin Quad was silent at 4:20 p.m. when thousands were gathered in... read more »

   
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  A closed CU campus led to a quiet 4/20

  Apr 22, 2013comments

  University of Colorado Administration funded safety officers to enforce a closed campus and keep the once-expected pack of marijuana smokers away from Norlin Quad on Saturday, and it worked. For the second consecutive year, CU Police Department... read more »

   
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  4/20 Press Conference: Noon

  Apr 20, 2013comments

  At a press conference around 12:15 p.m. near Norlin Quad, CU Spokesperson Bronson Hilliard and CUPD Spokesperson Ryan Huff explained campus closure and extra security surrounding this year’s 4/20. Hilliard said this is about the protection... read more »

   
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  Dear Students and CU: Why?

  Apr 19, 2013comments

  The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CU Independent nor any of its sponsors. Dear Students and CU, Why? When I Google-searched the University of Colorado my senior year of high school, the... 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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  Obama touches down on CU campus for second 2012 visit

  Sep 3, 2012comments

  President Obama made his second visit to the CU campus in just over four months on Sunday afternoon, greeting an audience of an estimated 13,000 students, faculty, university affiliates and local residents on Norlin Quad. The president’s reelection... 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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  4/20 protesters gather on campus despite heavy police presence

  Apr 21, 2012comments

  The police presence on campus Friday kept the 4/20 gathering off of Norlin Quad but could not prevent protesters from celebrating on the lawn by the Duane Physics building. The CU campus was calm for most of Friday until a group of protesters... read more »

   
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  Student reaction on 4/20

  Apr 20, 2012comments

  NewsTeam Boulder’s Kristin Parker gets student reactions about the University of Colorado’s crackdown on 4/20 events in Norlin Quad. (Courtesy NewsTeam/Kristin Parker)

   
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  4/20 campus security map

  Apr 20, 2012comments

  As the clock ticks down to 4:20 p.m., check our map to see where police security is set up around the campus. [xmlgm {http://umapper.s3.amazonaws.com/maps/kml/127709.kml}]