Pubdate: Sat, 14 Apr 2012
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2012 Boulder Weekly
Contact:  http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57

CU CLOSES CAMPUS ON 4/20

CU closes campus on 4/20 CU officials have answered, at least
partially, the question about 4/20 posed in Boulder Weekly's April 12
cover story: How far will CU go to prevent the smokeout?

University administrators announced today that the entire campus, a
publicly funded facility, will be closed to "unauthorized visitors"
and "non-affiliates" on April 20 in an effort to end the annual 4/20
pot-smoking gathering. Those who violate the closure, which ends at 6
p.m., will be charged with trespassing.

"The size of the crowd has become unmanageable, and limits our
faculty, staff and students from getting to class, entering buildings
and doing their basic work," CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano said
in a press release. "It needs to end."

Students, faculty, staff and university affiliates will need their
campus IDs to get on and around campus that day. Police checkpoints
will be set up at major campus entrances to check for people's Buff
OneCards.

"Those not affiliated with CU-Boulder will not be permitted on campus
and face tickets for trespassing," the release states. "Those cited
for trespassing face punishment of up to six months in jail and a $750
fine."

A special registration program will be extended to visitors who have
genuine need to get on campus to participate in meetings or
conferences, for instance. Those individuals will need to check in at
the Administrative and Research Center on East Campus, at 3100 Marine
St., and must register online at www.colorado.edu/april20 or call
303-492-4636.

Norlin Quad will be closed entirely, regardless of campus affiliation,
officials say, and visitors will not be allowed to park on campus.

"A large presence of police officers from CU-Boulder and regional
agencies will be present," the release says.

CU organizations and academic units have been advised to move
non-essential meetings and gatherings that require visitors to later
in the spring semester.

Regent Drive will be closed to through traffic, with the exception of
buses, from approximately 1:30 to 6 p.m. The routes taken by the Buff
Bus and RTD's Stampede, 209 and J routes will change between the hours
of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. See www.colorado.edu/pts/news/index.html for more
details.

No non-students will be allowed to attend the campus-sanctioned concert 
with Wyclef Jean, and all CU students will have to present their BuffOne 
cards. The show is expected to run from 2 to 7 p.m.
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