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On
Campus:
University
of
Colorado
Students
Pass
Referendum
Calling
for
Equality
in
Marijuana
and
Alcohol
Penalties
4/22/05
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/383/boulder.shtml
Students at the University
of Colorado in Boulder (CU) have voted overwhelmingly to signal their support
of equalizing campus disciplinary penalties for marijuana and alcohol.
As
DRCNet reported last week, a similar referendum two weeks ago was approved
by students at Colorado State University in Fort Collins with 65% of the
vote. But CU students outdid their brethren, approving the initiative
with a whopping 86% of the vote.
Sponsored by the statewide
group SAFER, or Safer Alternative
For Enjoyable Recreation, the non-binding referenda ask university
officials to consider the wishes of students in setting disciplinary policies.
SAFER argues that using marijuana is safer for students than using alcohol,
a substance which has been linked to five student deaths in the state last
semester.
"We are very happy," SAFER
director Mason Tyvert told the student newspaper the Daily Camera after
the vote count. "This demonstrates what our organization and many
students at CU feel, and that is that marijuana is safer than alcohol.
The current penalties put forward by the university are not sensible."
University administrators,
stung by a series of scandals and concerned about CU's reputation, quickly
repudiated the show of student sentiment. In a statement released
Monday, CU officials both denied there were significant differences in
the school's alcohol and pot policies and vowed to ignore the referendum.
"CU Boulder will not be bound by the outcome of the student referendum,"
the statement said.
Tyvert and SAFER have in
turn vowed to keep the pressure on school officials. Calling the
university's decision to ignore the referendum result's "hypocritical,"
SAFER scheduled a protest Wednesday 4/20 in front of the Coors Events Center
on campus. Carrying signs reading "CU Promote Alcohol Use?
Of Coors!" and "Coors Kills, Pot Does Not," students will demand the university
respond more affirmatively. The Wednesday 4/20 protest came off successfully,
as several hundred CU students and supporters played cat and mouse with
campus police officers attempting to prevent them from lighting up in honor
of 4/20.
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Penalties
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