CU-Boulder deploys police, fish fertilizer this morning in bid to quash 4/20

Source: Boulder Daily Camera

University enacts closure after legal challenge fails

By Erica Meltzer, Camera Staff Writerdailycamera.com
Posted: 04/20/2012 06:41:33 AM MDT
April 20, 2012 3:56 PM GMTUpdated: 04/20/2012 09:56:32 AM MDT

There's a visible police presence at the University of Colorado this morning as administrators roll out their well-publicized attempt to snuff out the annual 4/20 smoke-out, shutting down Norlin Quad entirely and checking IDs of students and employees.
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Around 6:30 a.m., campus workers began applying fish-based fertilizer to Norlin Quad as a deterrent to would-be gatherers -- and it's already working. One student who was about to cross the quad stopped in her tracks, saying, "Oh, that smells disgusting. Never mind." She turned and walked in the other direction.
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CU plans to have officers at every major pedestrian and vehicle entrance to the university checking IDs. Students and employees will be granted access, but anyone without Buff OneCards will be "cordially" told the campus is closed, according to CU police spokesman Ryan Huff.
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CU officials have not fenced off Norlin Quad, which has been the site of the smoke-out for the last few years. The large grassy field had a patrol car parked at each corner early this morning, but by a little after 7 a.m., they were gone. There are signs warning that the area is closed and "violators are subject to criminal prosecution."

Read more: http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_20441285/420-cu-boulder-closure-protests-marijuana

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Sounds like overkill, a little?

Don't miss the comments, especially the great one from "colorado 420" that starts out:

"Pooh-Pooh to the Stoners!" DiStefano was grinch-ish-ly humming. "They're finding out now that no 4/20 is coming!" "They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!" "Their mouths will hang open a minute or two. Then the Stoners down in Boulder will all cry Boo-Hoo!"

Edited, in lots of places, to replace " with "