Volume 126, No. 120
Thursday, April 20, 2017
NEWS
ALPHA PHI OMEGA HOLDS FUNDRAISER PAGE 6
Best ways to celebrate 4/20 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAVIS BONNER. COLLEGIAN
By Zach Bermejo @zach_bermejo
Editor’s Note: Some students requested to withhold their last names to protect anonymity. The infamous weed-friendly holiday is upon us. One would think that since recreational marijuana use is 100
percent legal in Colorado if you are 21 and over people would be more willing to share their plans. However, this is a college campus. While there are many people that are of legal age, there are plenty who are not. Therefore, some of these responses are answered from a purely hypothetical perspective. One student said to “smoke a
lot of pot.” Another student said “edibles and maybe a dab.”
Watch the video with the story online at: collegian.com
It was unclear whether they were referring to the dance move or otherwise. One student, Alex, said the best way to celebrate is to hang out with some friends and barbecue. Alex’s friend, Ashley, said that in a hypothetical situation, one in which she was 21 years of age, the best way to celebrate see MARIJUANA on page 16 >>
OPINION
THE US SHOULD KILL THE DEATH PENALTY PAGE 8
Students rally on Plaza against planned on-campus meat harvest facility By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
The announcement of the upcoming JBS Global Food Innovation Center sparked concern among animal rights groups on campus because they believe the facility will be a slaughterhouse.
The animal rights group, Rams Organizing for Animal Rights, students and community members concerned with the planned on-campus meat harvesting facility rallied outside of the Administration building on Wednesday to voice their concerns. Abigail Bearce, a sopho-
more studying fish, wildlife and conservation biology who organized the rally, said she wanted to raise awareness about the facility’s construction. “(We wanted to) get our voices out there, give voices to the voiceless and change the rhetoric of (the facility),” Bearce said. “They keep trying
to call it ‘harvest.’ It’s toning down what’s actually happening there. Maybe they aren’t killing 2,000 animals here, but they’re still slaughtering, and a lot of people who walked by didn’t even know that this facility was going to be built.” Maggie Gilman, a sophomore see MEAT on page 6 >>
SPORTS
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