CU Independent » 4/20 http://www.cuindependent.com University of Colorado Daily Student Newspaper Site in Boulder: Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment, Opinion Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Wyclef Jean concert sees only 1,500 students on 4/20 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/22/wyclef-jean-concert-sees-only-1500-students-on-420/34053/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wyclef-jean-concert-sees-only-1500-students-on-420 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/22/wyclef-jean-concert-sees-only-1500-students-on-420/34053/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:24:14 +0000 Bethany Morris http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=34053 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 artist Wyclef Jean, held in the Coors Event Center, with open doors from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Despite the headliner and variety of popular artists, only 1,500 students came to the concert.

Wyclef Jean preforms his final song "Carnival" at the 4/20 concert with half of the crowd on stage. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek)

Ellie Falletta, a 19-year-old sophomore molecular, cellular and developmental biology and geography major, said that she had a good time at the concert, but that it would have been more fun if there was a larger crowd.

“It was a lot of fun, it’s too bad that more people didn’t come,” Falletta said. “It was a great concert.”

Falletta said that she thought the money spent for the concert was excessive for the amount of people that came.

“I think it was appalling how much money was spent on the concert, they could have done something a lot cheaper,” Falletta said.

The concert cost $150,000 in total and was paid for by CUSG. Wyclef Jean received $80,000 for his performance, in accordance with his contract with CUSG.

“I thought the concert was awesome and a lot of fun, but it could have been somewhere more cost effective like outside, especially for the amount of people that came,” said Colin Stewart, a 22-year-old senior mechanical engineering major.

Carly Robinson, CUSG’s vice president of internal affairs. said that the concert was a triumph and worth the money spent to fund it.

“The concert was a small piece in the very large plan to remove 4/20 from our campus.” Robinson said, “We definitely feel that the money was well spent, because we consider the day a great success.  It is an investment to the overall plan of the day and to the future of CU.”

As a part of Wyclef Jean’s $80,000 artist contract, a clause stipulated that he was not to mention marijuana during the concert.

Robinson said that although Wyclef Jean broke the stipulations in his artist contract, CUSG would not enforce the clause.

“CUSG decided not to enforce that clause in the contract,” Robinson said. “From what we understand, the violation was only for about 30 seconds total out of a two-hour concert. This is not much time. Our students that attended were having a great time and we did not want to disturb that. We also didn’t want to have to spend even more money if we were to get into litigation over the contract.”

Heather Starbuck, director of Program Council, said that there were two factors that led to the poor turnout at the concert: intimidation and inconvenience.

“Campus was dead, even Wyclef came in and said, ‘This is a ghost town’,” Starbuck said, “Nobody wanted to deal with all the cops, nobody wanted to deal with the checkpoints. That’s not exactly an environment that’s conducive to a concert.”

Starbuck said that the concert was different from other events that Program Council has put on because it was full of political tension with the protests and other occurrences of 4/20.

“That was a very unique show and a unique circumstance for us,” Starbuck said. “Most of our shows are not so politically charged. Everything ended up going well, but yes, there were some kicks that day.”

Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Bethany Morris at Bethany.morris@colorado.edu

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The face of 4/20 takes a different shape this year http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/22/the-face-of-420-takes-a-different-shape-this-year/34019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-face-of-420-takes-a-different-shape-this-year http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/22/the-face-of-420-takes-a-different-shape-this-year/34019/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:10:22 +0000 Nora Keating http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=34019 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 recent history as university administration cracked down on the annual gathering by closing down campus to unauthorized visitors, taping off Norlin Quad and spraying fish-based fertilizer on its lawns, and providing a free concert featuring hip-hop artist Wycelf Jean.

With only three arrests made, a total of 11 summonses issued for trespassing and one summons for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, university officials said that the enforcement measures were successful.

“We have not seen the crowd we’ve seen today in previous years,” Ryan Huff, CU Police Department spokesperson, said. “The vast, vast majority of interactions with the public have been very peaceful.”

Senior philosophy major Jonathan Edwards, front, speaks to the media after being arrested for going onto Norlin Quad. Junior astronomy and physics major John Demopoulos, back right, and senior international affairs major Gabriel Kuettel, back left, were also arrested for going on Norlin. (CU Independent/Robert R. Denton)

Three students were arrested on the north side of Norlin Quad at approximately 1:20 p.m., according to a CUPD news release: Jonathan DuComb Edwards, a 21-year-old senior philosophy major; John Mark Demopoulos, a 25-year-old junior astronomy and physics major; and Gabriel M. Kuettel, a 24-year-old senior international affairs major.

Huff said that the officers asked the three students to leave Norlin Quad after they crossed police tape and sat in the grass area. The students refused to show identification, were arrested without incident and taken to Boulder County Jail.

“It’s an investment,” Huff said of the police presence on campus. “You have to bring a lot of police officers, you have to do a lot of messaging ahead of time. The hope is that it’s money well spent. The gathering could end soon.”

CU spokesperson Bronson Hilliard said during an afternoon press conference on Norlin Quad that the university was successful in curtailing the 4/20 gathering. Details on how much money was spent for security and other measures, which comes out of the budget for university operations, will be released early this week. Hilliard said that he suspects it will be at least double of what was spent last year.

“It would be important for us, after this is over, to assess its effectiveness and look at what worked and what didn’t,” he said. “We’ve got a whole lot of analyses to do of that before I make any prediction for next year.”

Hilliard said that through all of the measures taken to remove the gathering, the university’s goal remains to keep the activity away from campus and prevent disruption caused by huge crowds – not to make a statement about marijuana use.

“This is not about marijuana,” Hilliard said. “It’s not about the war on drugs, it’s not about ‘cracking down’ on marijuana. It’s about a crowd that’s gotten too big and too unsafe for the conditions here. It was simply saying that campus can no longer accommodate a crowd of that size.”

“It can’t be denied the 4/20 issue is not good for image of the university and no one is trying to deny that, but that is not the rational for why we are doing this and that has not been our message to the campus.”

The quiet hours of the early afternoon came to an abrupt end as a large group of protestors entered campus after marching through the Hill area, according to a CUPD news release. The crowd of approximately 300 people occupied the lawn area near the Duane Physics and Astrophysics Building with an audience of about 400 people surrounding the spectacle.

A protest proceeded on the lawn area and the smell of marijuana was strong as puffs of smoke emerged above the crowd. Protestors chanted and encouraged spectators to join in, and the gathering ended without incident after about 30 minutes.

"Marijuana Max," 24, yells toward the crowd surrounding the Daune Physics lawn. (CU Independent/James Bradbury)

“Marijuana Max”, a 24-year-old Boulder County resident, made it onto the field by the Duane Physics building without identification and said that he was protesting against the university’s curtailment of what he sees as a forum for free speech.

“I think it’s really unfortunate that CU has shut its borders down to people to participate in a civil disobedient protest, which is really not harmful, non-violent,” Max said. “I think they should support their students in their rights and civil liberties and maybe help them organize the event so its safer for larger crowds instead of shutting it down.”

Max said that he has been advocating for the national legalization of marijuana, since he has a medical marijuana card himself and benefits from its use for medicinal purposes.

“I’ve been using cannabis medicinally for some mental and physical disabilities that I have instead of taking harmful pharmaceuticals that would really hurt me otherwise,” he said.

The brother of artist Wyclef Jean, Samuel Jean, arrived at the Duane Physics field in a golf cart just after 4 p.m. and encouraged students to come to Jean’s performance at Coors Events Center, which was occurring at the same time of the protest. Jean’s brother also smoked with the crowd.

Chris Anderson, a 19-year-old freshman economics major, was well-dressed in a suit and tie, and said he was influenced to do so by the Facebook event page “Stay Classy CU.” The event page, created by sophomore Andrew Trujillo, states that students should dress formally on Friday in an effort to “show that CU can be a classy and not just baked.”

“I know a lot of people who see this as an issue of the right to assembly,” Anderson said. “In my opinion, it’s just breaking the law. It doesn’t matter if you’re smoking weed or drinking.”

Hilliard said that the university has been and will continue to be an institution that upholds free speech, and that prohibiting an obstructive gathering should not infringe upon people voicing their opinion.

“I think that free speech has a long tradition at CU-Boulder, I think it’s alive and well,” Hilliard said. “I think one day limiting a crowd because it obstructs other peoples’ rights to learn and teach and research is not really free speech issue.”

Luke Ewing, a 21-year-old junior philosophy major, said that the the strict measures taken by administration to remove the protest from campus had the effect of empowering protestors and their cause.

“CU actually managed to make the smoke-out into a legitimate protest by actually giving the activists something to risk, where in years past it has been a party.”

Contact CU Independent Breaking News Editor Nora Keating at Nora.keating@colorado.edu

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http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/22/the-face-of-420-takes-a-different-shape-this-year/34019/feed/ 0 420_10_Denton_04202012 Senior philosophy major Jonathan Edwards, front, speaks to the media after being arrested for going onto Norlin Quad. Junior astronomy and physics major John Demopoulos, back right, and senior international affairs major Gabriel Kuettel, back left, were also arrested for going on Norlin. (CU Independent/Robert R. Denton) 420_04_James "Marijuana Max," 24, yells toward the crowd surrounding the Daune Physics lawn. (CU Independent/James Bradbury)
4/20 protesters gather on campus despite heavy police presence http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/21/some-420-protesters-gather-on-campus-despite-heavy-police-presence/34010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-420-protesters-gather-on-campus-despite-heavy-police-presence http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/21/some-420-protesters-gather-on-campus-despite-heavy-police-presence/34010/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:04:00 +0000 Bethany Morris http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=34010 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 who met at Broadway and Canyon started marching south on Broadway at around 3:45 p.m. The group’s numbers grew to 300, who marched around the Hill and eventually entered campus.

Kristen Kernan, a 24-year-old senior environmental studies major, said that she was conflicted about the campus being closed and wanted to see what would happen at the protest.

“I’m torn about it. I think that 10,000 people smoking on Norlin Quad is disruptive to CU, but closing the campus is ridiculous too,” Kernan said. “I’m just going to wait and see what happens at the protest.”

According to a CU Police Department news release, three students were arrested for crossing the police caution tape on the Norlin Quad lawn. Summonses for trespassing were issued to 11 people, and a summons of possession was issued to one Boulder resident.

Senior philosophy major Jonathon Edwards is led to a police van after being arrested for going onto Norlin Quad with fellow CU students John Demopoulos and Gabriel Kuettel. "I have a copy of the First Amendment in my pocket," said Edwards when asked if he had anything in his pockets. (CU Independent/Robert R. Denton)

Minutes before he was arrested, John Demopoulos, a 21-year-old senior physics major, said that he was protesting to protect his freedom. He said that the campus lockdown was excessive and that the university was overstepping their boundaries.

“Freedom, I’m here to protect my freedom; I don’t know how else to say it,” Demopoulos said. “I think the campus lockdown is far overreaching the power that they actually have over the school. I think they are just making these decisions without any checks and balances.”

The protesters that convened at Broadway and Canyon got off to a slow start with an estimated 70 people that showed up at the allotted meeting time and place.

Louise Knapp, a Boulder resident, said that she attended the protest because, as a local citizen, she should have the right to enter campus.

“I think it’s terrible,” Knapp said. “I’m a Boulder citizen and a taxpayer; I should have the right to go on campus. When I heard that they were closing it down, I thought that I should show up at the protest.”

Ken Bonetti said that he was astonished at the university’s security measures and that he was discouraged that more students were not at the protest.

“I’m aghast that the university would take such a heavy-handed approach to this [4/20 celebration],” Bonetti said. “I’m disappointed that the students aren’t more up in arms about this. It’s sad to watch in the United States of America.”

When the crowd got to the entrance of Norlin Quad, police stopped the protesters and asked for their IDs.

Daniel Ellis Schwartz, a sophomore physics major and an organizer of the Facebook event “4/20 Protest at CU Boulder,” said that the crowd gathered at Norlin Quad was harmless and that they believed that marijuana should be legalized.

Sophomore physics major Daniel Ellis Schwartz leads a crowd in protest against the university's handling of 4/20. (CU Independent/James Bradbury)

“There are those that would wish to silence the message that we have,” Schwartz said. “We are using no weapons, we are strong, we are loud and we are here because we believe that cannabis should be legalized. We will not fight you: you have guns, we have none. When the clock strikes 4:20, you know what to do.”

Deciding not to enter Norlin Quad, the group instead started marching to Farrand Field but ended up in the lawn in front of the Duane Physics building to celebrate 4/20. The police followed the group and monitored the situation but allowed the celebration to commence. Wyclef Jean’s brother, Sedeck Jean, made an appearance at the field to encourage people to attend the free concert featuring Wycleaf Jean that was put on by CUSG and Program Council.

Lindsay Carder, a 24-year-old senior graduate student, said that the police could not stop the protesters from celebrating 4/20.

“Regardless of the threat of the police, a public university cannot prohibit our right to protest,” Carder said.

Ryan Huff, a CUPD spokesperson, said the protesters were allowed to march on campus and assemble in the field outside of Duane Physics.

“We allowed the protesters to march on campus, and as far as the group on Duane, we decided not to engage,” Huff said.

After approximately 30 minutes, according to a CUPD news release, the gathering commenced and the group left without incident.

Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Bethany Morris at Bethany.morris@colorado.edu.

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Photos: 4/20 2012 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/21/photos-420-2012/33988/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-420-2012 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/21/photos-420-2012/33988/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:46:42 +0000 Robert R. Denton http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33988 The 2012 4/20 gathering on the CU campus included police checkpoints, trespassing arrests, a concert and a smoke out.

Eight CUI photojournalists were on hand from the early morning hours until the late afternoon covering what transpired.

Contact CUI Visual Content Editor Robert R. Denton at Robert.Denton@colorado.edu.

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Photos: Wyclef Jean concert http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/photos-wyclef-jean/33983/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-wyclef-jean http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/photos-wyclef-jean/33983/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:43:07 +0000 Andrew Kaczmarek http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33983 CUI photojournalist Andrew Kaczmarek attended the Wyclef Jean concert at the Coors Events Center on 4/20 presented by CUSG and Program Council.

The concert was part of an initiative to stop the traditional 4/20 gathering at CU, however few students showed up to the free show that cost approximately $100,000.

Contact CUI Photojournalist Andrew Kaczmarek at Andrew.Kaczmarek@colorado.edu.

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http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/photos-wyclef-jean/33983/feed/ 0 The back of the stage, while the band SunSquabi played before a small crowd at the Program Council Concert on 4/20. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) SunSquabi performing live, just before 4:20, at the Program Council in Coors Event Center Friday April 20th, 2012. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Cris Cab played a solo song at the 4/20 concert hosted in the Coors Event Center. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Cris Cab played on stage at the Coors Event Center on 4/20. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Cris Cab belted on stage during the 4/20 Program Council concert. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Cris Cab performed on stage with Wyclef Jean on 4/20 at the Coors Event Center. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Wyclef raped and partied with a small CU student only crowd during the 4/20 celebrations. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Wyclef raped and played the guitar during an intimate, but raging set for CU student on 4/20. (CU Independent/Andrew Kaczmarek) Wyclef Jean and the Colorado Volleyball danced on stage during Wyclef, with half of the crowd on stage, preformed his final song Wyclef, with half of the crowd on stage, preformed his final song
Student reaction on 4/20 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/student-reaction-on-420/33972/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=student-reaction-on-420 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/student-reaction-on-420/33972/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:07:17 +0000 Newsteam http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33972 NewsTeam Boulder’s Kristin Parker gets student reactions about the University of Colorado’s crackdown on 4/20 events in Norlin Quad.

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4/20 campus security map http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/420-campus-map/33937/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=420-campus-map http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/420-campus-map/33937/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:58:37 +0000 Greg O'Brien http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33937 As the clock ticks down to 4:20 p.m., check our map to see where police security is set up around the campus.

Updated as of 3:30 p.m.

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NewsTeam Live Video CU 4/20 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/live-stream-cu-420/33935/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-stream-cu-420 http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/live-stream-cu-420/33935/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:56:32 +0000 Greg O'Brien http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33935 Our broadcast partners in Journalism & Mass Communication, NewsTeam Boulder, had a crew covering 4/20. Here are the reports from the day:



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4/20 photos: 4:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/photos-420-a-m-to-420-p-m/33903/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-420-a-m-to-420-p-m http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/photos-420-a-m-to-420-p-m/33903/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:21 +0000 Robert R. Denton http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33903 Every year students and visitors gather on Norlin Quad to smoke marijuana and celebrate 4/20. However, this year, in an attempt to end the annual celebration, CU administration has made the public campus private and promises to take various measures to prevent the gathering.

These include checking student identification when entering campus, spreading a fish-based fertilizer on Norlin Quad and threatening a trespassing violation if you step on to the grassy areas of the quad.

The following photos chronicle the CU Boulder campus from 4:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. in an attempt to share visual representations of the events that transpire in near real-time.

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ESPN is too harsh about marijuana in college http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/espn-is-too-harsh-about-marijuana-in-college/33900/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=espn-is-too-harsh-about-marijuana-in-college http://www.cuindependent.com/2012/04/20/espn-is-too-harsh-about-marijuana-in-college/33900/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:47:13 +0000 Edward Quartin http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=33900 The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CUIndependent.com nor any of its sponsors.

ESPN.com decided to add their input in the debate over the hot topic of 4/20. Two articles entitled Higher education and We smoked it all were released. Both articles discuss marijuana as a problem in the world of college football. Higher education in particular voices strong disgust to the consumption of pot.

The issue that both articles revolve around is a study which revealed that about 27% of all college football players smoke pot.

(CU Independent Illustration/Josh Shettler)

Well you know what — get over it.

College students smoke pot. Nothing any journalistic article says will stop that, and everyone is aware that it is used. So why raise it as an issue?

According to a 2005 survey from USA Today, 33.3 percent of all college students smoke weed. So if one were to line up three college students, one of them is a smoker, and that was seven years ago before marijuana dispensaries became popular in the US. That’s quite a high percentage. However, the survey also reports that 83% of all campus arrests involved alcohol, not marijuana.

That means if one lined up ten college students who were arrested on campus, only one of them  may have been arrested for pot. The reason for this is that people who smoke pot limit their usage to a domestic activity.

So why make a big deal out of it?

If a kid can attend college, play college football, and sometimes get high with his or her friends, and not let it affect anyone else, why call it an issue. A strong social life is part of having a successful college life; so, why scrutinize how one chooses to achieve this?

Sure marijuana is illegal, and perhaps a student-athlete caught in possession has a small impact on the school’s reputation. However, college football players should not be expected to act like perfect role models. They’re kids, and a lot of times it’s that kind of pressure — to live up to unattainable expectations — that will make them smoke pot in the first place.

In the article We smoked it all, a University of Oregon football player admitted to ESPN that he and many other college football players smoke marijuana.  The article also mentions that many players use the drug before playing to help focus, and to decrease anxiety, fear, depression, and tension. The University of Oregon football team even has a code where if a player’s smoking habit effects their play, or another player, then the matter will be taken care of as a team.

Not only does this code sound perfectly reasonable, but it comes off as mature. College football players, who would rather get high then party and get drunk, do so in ways that minimize risk of being caught. Obviously, the few who are caught break the code by letting their smoking habits affect others, and thus deserve punishment.

But if one can maintain a high performance level and stay out of trouble, who cares if they choose to toke up every once in awhile?

The Oregon player who unveiled the smoking habits of some of the University of Oregon football players defended their actions by simply saying “Some of us smoke, and then we went out and won the Rose Bowl. Know what I mean.”

Yes, I do know what you mean, and hopefully one day the rest of the sports world will come to accept this too.

Contact CU Independent writer Eddie Quartin at Edward.quartin@colorado.edu.


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