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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,710 posts)
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:05 PM Apr 2012

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



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!"


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CU-Boulder deploys police, fish fertilizer this morning in bid to quash 4/20 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2012 OP
Don't the cops have better things to do? geardaddy Apr 2012 #1
so the giant CO limbaugh station IDs itself as "850 KOA, home of the buffs and Rush Limbaugh!" certainot Apr 2012 #2
I Think KOA Airs Buff Games otohara Apr 2012 #6
i think the RW radio monopoly wouldn't last without all that university support certainot Apr 2012 #19
OMG! The fear of marijuana! What a frightful plant. Even the police and military are so frightened Lint Head Apr 2012 #3
Geez, has anyone ever gotten stoned and gone on a crime spree?! SunSeeker Apr 2012 #4
waste? marshall gaines Apr 2012 #5
The blues will confiscate all they need. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #13
adam yauch said it best.. frylock Apr 2012 #21
What is fish fertilizer? Renew Deal Apr 2012 #7
It is just what the name says ... bayareaboy Apr 2012 #9
This: kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #16
It's like the pink slime of the fish industry. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2012 #22
as if fish emulsion is going to deter a bunch of kids from smoking SKUNK weed. uncle ray Apr 2012 #8
Amazing they claim they have no money, but suddenly find it and Smilo Apr 2012 #10
Firearms are a way to get high? PavePusher Apr 2012 #12
Is the NRA loaded? xtraxritical Apr 2012 #14
Take a look at the NRA convention Smilo Apr 2012 #15
hey bring some of that down here, my garden could use some liquid fish pasto76 Apr 2012 #11
The 'Corporatization' of Campus Life earthside Apr 2012 #17
Road Sign Wishes Passersby a 'Happy 420' mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2012 #18
wonder how much this cost? frylock Apr 2012 #20
Ironically, fish emulsion is the preferred fertilizer mikeSchmuckabee Apr 2012 #23
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
2. so the giant CO limbaugh station IDs itself as "850 KOA, home of the buffs and Rush Limbaugh!"
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:21 PM
Apr 2012

while it dominates local elections to get republican regents and chancellors and eggs on the cops.

it's another GOP power move like what happens all over the country.

students and faculty need to end the unholy alliance of their unis with RW talk radio ....

here are 76 universities for limbaugh , on 170 of his stations....

https://sites.google.com/site/universitiesforrushlimbaugh/

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
6. I Think KOA Airs Buff Games
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:44 PM
Apr 2012

and the Broncos.
While the progressive station airs CSU games, mostly women teams.


 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
19. i think the RW radio monopoly wouldn't last without all that university support
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 03:41 PM
Apr 2012

no uni can justify endorsing RW radio- makes their mission statement a joke all unis need to get off partisan talk radio of any kind, IMO

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
3. OMG! The fear of marijuana! What a frightful plant. Even the police and military are so frightened
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:21 PM
Apr 2012

of it they feel a need to use weapons of fire and poison to destroy it. They cower in it's presence so they feel a need to block the 'gathering of people' that it causes. Destroy all cookies and brownies now!!!!

SunSeeker

(51,299 posts)
4. Geez, has anyone ever gotten stoned and gone on a crime spree?!
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:36 PM
Apr 2012

This is so stupid. I WAY prefer being around a stoner than a drunk--or God forbid--a tweaker. Hell, if I was a cop I'd want all college kids to stay stoned. Then they'd just stay home and eat Doritos. No crime!

 

marshall gaines

(347 posts)
5. waste?
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:44 PM
Apr 2012

Another waste of tax payer dollars, evidently with their acquiescence, in 'The War on Drugs'. And by the way, all informed people know who the real drug dealers are

frylock

(34,825 posts)
21. adam yauch said it best..
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 04:41 PM
Apr 2012

i figured out
who makes the crack
it's the suckers with the badges
and the blue jackets

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
9. It is just what the name says ...
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:17 PM
Apr 2012

Usually at the viscosty of thin oil, brown, and it is 5/1/1 as a fertilizer and works extremely well with hootchie.

besides that it is organic.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
10. Amazing they claim they have no money, but suddenly find it and
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:17 PM
Apr 2012

use that to abrogate a little weed.

But hey it's okay for alcohol, firearms and tobacco - they are all legal and dangerous ways to get high.

So sad.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
15. Take a look at the NRA convention
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:32 PM
Apr 2012

listen to what they are saying and doing with those firearms - yep for some that is a way to get high

pasto76

(1,589 posts)
11. hey bring some of that down here, my garden could use some liquid fish
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:18 PM
Apr 2012

very gentle but great fertilizer for seedlings.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
17. The 'Corporatization' of Campus Life
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 01:51 PM
Apr 2012

CU is concerned about its image ... the traditional 4/20 protest is just too much now for 'business oriented' administration.

But then what do you expect from CU's own 'Il Duce' --- the $400,000 a year chancellor Philip P. DiStefano.

Oh, by the way, CU students ... make sure and thank DiStefano and the Regents for the 5 percent increase in your tuition next year; that will help pay for the extra campus cops, the fish fertilizer and, of course, the multi-hundred thousand dollar salaries of the top administrators.

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