The Weed Issue Students gather to celebrate the liturgical season of Lent and develop their experiences of the Catholic religion. Page 8 Bear Catholic High-scoring series A weekend of lopsided games comes out in UNC’s favor as the Bears take two of three mercy-rule games in Portland State series. Page 20 Irene Salazar The Mirror spends a day with local musician Irene Salazar as she balances her passions, talent and health. Page 12 THE MIRROR THE MIRROR THE MIRROR Serving the University of Northern Colorado Since 1919 UNCmirror.com /UNCMirror @UNCMirror Table of contents: News 2, 5-9, 31 Sports 20-26, 29 Opinions 3 A&E 10-19, 28, 31 Comics 30 Classifieds 31 Vol. 95, Num. 30 April 14, 2014 Greeley’s pot rules Student drug dealers Black market to legal A first-timer’s guide Munchie-curing recipes Review: Vaporizer pens UNC athletes weigh in on weed Pot acceptance in sports Page 5 Page 13 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 21 Page 23 Graphic by Joelle Romero | The Mirror
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The Weed IssueStudents gather to celebrate the liturgical season of Lent and develop their experiences of the Catholic religion. Page 8
Bear Catholic
High-scoring series
A weekend of lopsided games comes out in UNC’s favor as the Bears take two of three mercy-rule games in Portland State series. Page 20
Irene Salazar
The Mirror spends a day with local musician Irene Salazar as she balances her passions, talent and health. Page 12
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Table of contents:News 2, 5-9, 31
Sports 20-26, 29
Opinions 3
A&E 10-19, 28, 31
Comics 30
Classifieds 31
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Greeley’s pot rules
Student drug dealers
Black market to legal
A first-timer’s guide
Munchie-curing recipes
Review: Vaporizer pens
UNC athletes weigh in on weed
Pot acceptance in sports
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@UNCundergrad: Denver Broncos Mile High Salute to Fans Tour @ UNC from 4-5 pm April 14! Open to the public, free @Broncos #UN-CBears
@UNCO_Theatre: Jackie&Me play-wright Steven Dietz is a UNC alumni! Show your #bearpride by seeing the show: April 24-27! For tickets call (970) 351-2200
@itsmeTONYV: My daughter @adri-annvaldez is being recognized tonight. #UNCBears #TopHonors #PROUDPOPS
@KianaKK97: In love with this cam-pus!! #UNCbears
@unc_bears: #UNCO #Football sea-son tickets go on sale to the public April 26, and the renewal deadline is May 16. #UNCBears
@erikkaaxo: everyday is one step closer to being where I want to be, & doing what I want to do. #unc-bears #classof2018
April 14, 2014
This week around UNC: Editor: Katarina Velazquez
@UNCMirrorPage 2—The Mirror NEWSNEWSNEWS
Earth Week celebrations starting this weekend
The UNC community will kick off its Earth Week celebra-tions this weekend with a Thrift Store Prom from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on Friday at the Moxi Theater.
The thrift store prom advo-cates students to “go green” by ZHDULQJ�SURP�RXWÀWV�ZLWK�FORWKHV�purchased from a thrift store.
The event will also be the be-ginning of a week-long scavenger hunt.
An Arbor Day tree planting will also be held 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday to honor Earth Week.
Students interested in planting trees around campus will be able to meet at the University Center’s south patio.
Earth Week will be recognized nationally April 21-25.
“A Walk in Their Shoes” refugee experience
Weld County is recognized for its strong refugee community, and a presentation by the Global Refugee Center entitled “A Walk in Their Shoes” will be held from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Tuesday at the Greeley-Evans School District Six Administrative Building.
This presentation will provide refugees with the opportunity to tell their stories.
United Way of Weld County hosts the Refugee Collaboration forums. These forums focus on what the community can do to help refugees better transition into the community.
Students interested in learning more about refugee populations in Greeley and Weld County are encouraged to attend.
UNC to host National Teaching Conference
UNC will host a national conference that will provide op-portunities to share information, practices, policies and research relating to experiences teacher candidates have had in school settings.
The National Field Experience Conference will be held on Mon-day and Tuesday in the Universi-ty Center and will include 48 ses-sions on a variety of topics from staff representing 28 colleges and universities nationwide.
Three Colorado K-12 school districts will also be represented, as well as a UNC partner univer-sity in Thailand.
For more information, includ-ing a schedule of events, visit www.unco.edu/cebs/nfec.
Student Employee Appreciation Week
During Student Employee Ap-preciation Week, employers are encouraged to recognize their students’ hard work and commit-ment to both their schoolwork and jobs.
Special events, activities and games will be held throughout the week to serve as a “thank you” from employers to their student employees.
UNC has also chosen a Stu-dent Employee of the Year to be awarded at the Recognition Event from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday in the University Center’s grand ball-room.
The four runners-up of the award will also be announced at this event, as well as a recogni-tion of all nominees.
CampusBriefs
Snapshot of the weekPolice blotter The following were taken from last week’s UNC police log.
Friday, April 4
At 11:57 p.m. police responded to the University Center regard-LQJ�D�ÀJKW�LQ�FRQQHFWLRQ�ZLWK�OL-quor. An adult arrest was made.
Monday, April 7
At 7:33 a.m. police responded to Foundation Hall regarding vandalism.
At 3:01 p.m. police responded to Hansen-Willis Hall regarding fraud/forgery.
Wednesday, April 9
At 12:24 p.m. police responded to Cassidy Hall regarding medi-cal aid.
Thursday, April 10
At 1:56 a.m. police responded to Wilson Hall regarding burglary by a forced entrance into the residence.
UNC tweets of the week:#UNCOtweet
The Magic Degree Bus was a tactic used by UNC public relations students to present information about the Higher Learning Commission visit in March 2015.
Photo by Maeve Widmann | The Mirror
Monday, April 14 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
11th Annual Summit on Social Jus-tice and Diversity.University Center- Panorama Room.
1-2 p.m.
Study Abroad in Europe Info Ses-sion.University Center- Council Room.
6:30-9 p.m.
FrackingSENSE: Drilling Practices & an Overview of the Issues.University Center- Longs Peak Ballroom.
Tuesday, April 154-6 p.m.
Student Employee of the Year Rec-ognition Event.University Center- Ballrooms.
Wednesday, April 168 a.m.-3 p.m.
Golden Key BioJewelry for Breast Cancer Fundraiser.University Center- West Lawn.
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
World Language Day.University Center- Upper Levels.
12-1 p.m.
Umoja (Unity) Fish Fry.Marcus Garvey Cultural Center/Davis House.
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Student Success Workshop: Diver-sity and Social Justice.Marcus Garvey Cultural Center /Davis House
Thursday, April 178 a.m.-2 p.m.
17th Annual Latina Youth Leader-ship Conference.University Center.
5-9 p.m.
UPC Presents: Greeley Night Out.Off-Campus.
5:30-7 p.m.
Community Conversation: Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education Programs. Butler-Hancock Hall/Sports Pavilion- Champions Room.
Friday, April 186-8 p.m.
Global Cultural Festival.Kepner Hall- Room 2050 (Milne Auditorium)
6-10 p.m.
Ladies Climb Night at the Climbing Wall.Campus Recreation Center.
�—Cole Briegel is a sophomore communications major and a guest writer for The Mirror.
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Standing in the way of legalization is fiscally irresponsible
Marijuana is helpful for the economy, but not for your body
Thoughts from the editorial staff of The MirrorReflects
The Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board : Biz Gilmore, Steven Josephson, Michael Nowels, Ben Stivers and Alexandria Adair Vasquez. Email letters to the editor to [email protected].
As some Coloradans may know, marijuana has been legalized in the state, but what exactly are the regulations? What are the do’s and don’t’s of the now-legal drug, and what should people know before ap-proaching the substance?
According to Amend-ment 64, the user needs to be 21 years of age to pur-chase, process, use, trans-port or grow marijuana. Adults can grow up to six plants when cultivating marijuana at home.
When purchasing mari-juana, customers who are residents are limited to one ounce and non-residents are limited to a quarter of an ounce.
Driving under the in-ÁXHQFH� RI� PDULMXDQD� DQG�smoking the drug in public are both illegal.
7KHUH�DUH�EHQHÀWV�RI� OH-galizing weed in Colorado.
By the end of 2014, mar-ijuana’s estimated revenue will be $64 million in taxes. 7KH�ÀUVW�GD\�RI�OHJDOL]DWLRQ�alone raised over $2 million
for the state. By the end of the year
$27.5 mil-lion will go toward school con-struction, $6 million will go toward
the state and the remaining $33.5 will go toward Colo-rado’s education system.
Marijuana will also be able to save the state mil-lions of dollars. According to The 2012 Statistical Ab-stract U.S. Census Bureau, there were 750,000 arrests related to drug substance abuse in the U.S.
Due to the legalization of weed in Colorado, these arrests are predicted to de-crease and inevitably save money.
As for the University of Northern Colorado, stu-dents living in resident halls or student housing com-plexes are to abide by con-tracts that state marijuana is prohibited.
Students are not allowed to smoke marijuana on campus. According to the Housing and Residential Handbook, violations of
marijuana use or possession may result in suspension and/or expulsion.
“Being a front desk as-sistant, I have seen many cops walk in and out of the doors because of mari-juana,” said Yessica P., a sophomore psychology ma-jor. “This semester when weed became legal, cops were constantly coming to FRQÀVFDWH�VPDOO�DPRXQWV�RI�marijuana.”
“Students should be more cautious to under-stand the consequences marijuana can lead to when living on campus,” she said.
For many students, the legalization of marijuana appears to be dream come true. But UNC still has its limitations when it comes to the substance.
“I think the school has the right to say what substances it allows, but it should re-evaluate marijuana as a controlled substance,” said Pedro Lumbrano, a soft-ware engineering major. “Anywhere people smoke cigarettes is an appropri-ate place to smoke weed, at least as a logical consider-ation.”
Public health organizations advocate students’ well-beingTessa Byrns [email protected]
Organizations from the University of Northern Colorado and Weld County held their annual event last Monday that informed peo-ple of what public health is and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The gerontology and audiology departments, the Student Dietetics Associa-tion, the Natural and Health Science Student Council, Tobacco-Free Weld County and the Colorado School of Public Health were all in-volved in the organizing of this event.
Tables were set in front of Starbucks in the Univer-sity Center so that students walking by would be able to get a glimpse of what the organizations were doing.
On the tables, games were set out so students could play and win free pens, sanitizers, chapstick and lanyards. There was also free fruit, candy and nuts that students could take with them if they were on their way to class.
“Public health is a part of each of our lives, whether we know it or not. It’s traf-ÀF� VDIHW\�� KHDOWK\� HDWLQJ��access to medical care and so much more,” said Ki-ley Floren, a public health community health educa-tion student and graduate assistant to gerontology de-partment.
“These days, seven in 10 deaths in the US are relat-ed to preventable diseases like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart dis-ease and cancer,” she said.
“The whole idea behind this event is to let students know that their health and the public’s health is impor-tant,” said Devin Laedtke, a public health graduate stu-dent. “Public health is fo-cusing on the community’s
health as a whole. We also wanted to involve other departments that deal with health so students can get a full picture of what public health involves.”
There were only a few students who attended the event, or at least stopped by a table to get some free food and pens. The few stu-dents who did stop by the tables learned about health and why it was an impor-tant thing to be discussed.
“I think this is a really important event because it makes learning about these things more applicable to everyday life,” said Kylie Gray, a sophomore biology major.
“Not everyone has a lot of time to eat healthy, but everyone knows that they should in order to prevent disease,” she said.
Students also learned more about gerontology at the event.
Students who are won-dering how studies in aging PLJKW� EHQHÀW� WKHLU� FDUHHU�can talk to Professor Susan Collins and Professor Joyce Weil in UNC’S Gerontol-ogy department. Students can also visit careersinag-ing.com.
Not many students were entirely convinced by the free pens and sanitizer that the organizations were handing out, but according to the students running the event, the information they were providing was monu-mentally more important than the free offerings.
“Having students learn about public health and safety is the most essential part of this week because if we can let students know how to take better care of themselves, then those stu-dents will have life-long healthy habits,” said Nata-lie Thomas, a public health graduate student.
Antonio Hill | The Mirror
Colorado passed a law that legalized the recreational use of marijuana for users 21 years of age or older at the beginning of this year.
Maeve Widmann | The Mirror
UNC and Weld County organizations that promote public health gathered Monday in the University Center to talk to students about healthy living and careers in aging.
The Mirror—Page 6 April 14, 2014THE MIRROR
The Mirror—Page 7April 14, 2014 NEWS
Students present research for Academic Excellence WeekJennifer Hazeldine [email protected]
Hundreds of students and guests gathered last Thurs-day at the University Center for Research Day to learn in-formation about graduate and undergraduate research and discoveries. Presentations consisted of both oral as well as poster displays discussing information such as humanities, mathematics, health and substance cravings.
Research Day is a free, day-long, annual event that hap-pens every year as a part of Academic Excellence Week which provides students with opportunities to showcase their scholarly research. It is sponsored and facilitated by WKH�2IÀFH�RI�8QGHUJUDGXDWH�5HVHDUFK�&HQWHU�IRU�+RQRUV�and the Scholars & Leadership Graduate Student Associa-tion Graduate School.
The McNair Scholars Program was also a part of Re-search Day, providing undergraduates with research op-portunities in order to help prepare juniors and seniors for graduate school. The program is committed to increasing access to doctoral education for underrepresented groups. Eligible students must be of junior or senior status with a GPA of at least 3.0.
“I hope guests gain inspiration,” event coordinator Lo-ree Crow said. “I would love to see the younger students come, so that they can see the vast variety of research that is happening. Maybe they could visualize themselves do-ing this higher level work and one day pursue it.”
Many students participating in Research Day found the experience to be wonderful and intriguing. Kyra Trimble, a senior psychology student, was a participant of Research Day and found the event to be a great opportunity for con-ducting and presenting research on adolescents and physi-ological disorders.
“So far my experience has been pretty good,” she said. ´,W·V�NLQG�GLIÀFXOW�WR�ÀQG�LQIRUPDWLRQ�DW�WLPHV�EHFDXVH�WKLV�topic has not been studied too much, but other than that, this has been a great experience.”
Brad Holmes, a sophomore physics major, conducted
his research on the Optical Trap System, which is a system that uses a laser to trap and move living and non-living particles which range between 5 to 50 micrometers in size. Any particle within range that refracts light could be stud-ied using the Optical Trap system.
The trap was used on beads suspended in liquid crystals during his experimentation. However, Holmes plans to use the system to study the behavior of ecoli in his future re-search and how drugs may have an effect on its movement.
One of the research studies that seemed to capture a majority of attention was a study regarding reactivity to marijuana cravings.
This research was conducted by Daniel Vigil, a senior psychology major. Virgil examined how marijuana crav-ings may affect cognitive and academic performance amongst college students.
Marijuana cravings have the potential to contribute to the development of substance disorders, which is why un-derstanding these effects is essential, according to Vigil. Even after years of not using a substance, this can still be WULJJHUHG��9LJLO�ZDQWHG�WR�ÀQG�RXW�ZK\��+H�DOVR�ZDQWHG�WR�see if marijuana users can pay attention in class if a craving develops mid-lecture.
To answer these questions, Vigil took a group of psy-chology students that tested positive for marijuana. Of the group, those that wanted to take part in the study under-went a series of video and audio scenarios regarding mari-juana and the results were recorded.
“I was surprised to see marijuana,” said Dreycey Al-bin, a sophomore biology and chemistry major. “I think it’s cool that it’s opening up. The more we learn about marijuana, the more we will know about what has become recreational.”
Upon entry, presenters were given the choice to partici-pate for a chance to win a research excellence award. The Research Excellence Awards Program is designed to en-courage and acknowledge presentations that excel in the quality of research. Only a limited number of presentations are accepted into the awards program each year, and they
are evaluated by a team of faculty on Research Day. The winners received a $100 Visa gift card for the top
scoring posters and individual presentations in graduate and undergraduate categories.
Breelyn Bowe | The MirrorLisha Amin, a junior communications major, presents her poster on “Female Sexual Socialization in Relation to Sexual Decision Making Processes” on Research Day last Thursday.
The Mirror—Page 8 April 14, 2014NEWS
Bear Catholic students assemble to celebrate Lent seasonKimberly [email protected]
Father Matt Hartley led a discussion Wednesday night in Ross Hall about the Liturgical Season of Lent. Students who practice Catholicism gather to honor their religion during this time.
The Mirror—Page 9April 14, 2014 NEWS
The hustle and bustle of the Computer Commons Lab captured in writingDeVaughn MorganSpecial to The Mirror
The UC Computer Commons contains 73 Dell desktops, four iMacs, three HP black and white LaserJet printers, a color LaserJet printer and a Canon scanner. The following is a story of a student who spent her entire day in the computer lab.
Monday, 10:30 a.m.
Double doors to enter and exit the lab take up the south side wall. 3OHQW\� RI� FHLOLQJ� OLJKW� À[WXUHV�make the room bright. The color of the carpet is a mixture of blue, gray and tan. The chairs differ in color from burgundy, bright yel-low and navy blue. All but one
wall is made of red brick. The west wall is plain white paint with win-GRZV�SHHULQJ�RXW�WR�WKH�ÀUVW�ÁRRU�of the University Center.
Four students are sitting in vari-ous spots. The sound of students and faculty walking and chatting RXWVLGH�ÀOO� WKH� URRP�� ORXGHU� WKDQ�the light typing of keyboards. Each student’s face is glued to the screen of their computer.
One student breaks away from their workstation to retrieve a doc-ument from a printer. In a UNC hoodie, she only glances at the pages before she returns back to her seat, eyes roaming the screen once more.
12:05 p.m.
“The couple of hours I spend
here is the only time I really get my homework done. I know that if I go home between classes then I’ll sit on my couch and watch TV,” said Daniel Perez, a junior studying history.
In a black hooded jacket and sneakers, Perez occupies one of the many Dells. On the screen he has a webpage open to Black-board. He’ll often switch between the webpage and a word docu-ment. He says his work isn’t very GLIÀFXOW�EXW�LW·V�WHGLRXV�DQG�WDNHV�D�lot of energy to complete.
´6RPHWLPHV� ,� ZRQ·W� ÀQG� WLPH�to do homework until three in the morning, and it’s nice that the UC gives you those late hours unlike the lab at the library,” Perez said.
3HUH]�ZLOO�VSHQG�WZR�KRXUV�ÀQ-ishing is homework and then go-
ing to lunch with friends. He sub-mits his work to Blackboard, logs off the computer and walks out the double doors to a waiting friend.
1:45 p.m.
7KH�ODE�LV�EXV\��6WXGHQWV�ÀOO�XS�many workstations, and the noise is kept to a minimum of only soft whispers.
A lab consultant is stationed at a designated desk in the front of the large room. Every few hours one will leave and then another will take his or her place. The lab consultants almost seem like they’re hiding most of the time. A four foot wall separates the con-sultants from the rest of the lab.
Behind the wall is a Dell desk-top, a table piled with papers,
VWDSOHUV�� RIÀFH� VXSSOLHV�� IRUJRW-ten items and the consultants own personal items. The space is bigger than the workstations in the lab, but with all the clutter the consul-tant is restrained to a small section of the desk.
“We mostly supervise stu-dents,” Jefferi Smith said. “We’re also responsible for assisting any-one if they’re having technical GLIÀFXOWLHV�µ�
There is no prior technical ex-perience need to be a lab consul-tant. The students who take this position do not take any kind of training. Lab consultants’ knowl-edge of the technology in the lab is the same as their peers.
“There have been times where I was unable to help someoneSee Computers on page 31
Maeve Widmann | The MirrorMeghan Morelli, a freshman special education teaching major , plays in Sunday’s snowfall after a week of sunshine and 70 degree weather.
April snowstorms bring May flowers?
A&EEditor: Antonio Hill
uncmirror.com/entertainment The Mirror—Page 10April 14, 2014 A&EA&EThis week in A&E:
Soft, decorative splash-es of color and elegant brushstrokes caressed the walls of the Mari Michen-er Gallery, bathing it in pastel light.
Mari Michener Gal-lery and the Friends of the UNC Libraries hosted their last art show open-ing of the semester on Friday evening: “Dare to Dream,” a display of wa-ter color and oil paintings by Ryoko Culwell.
Culwell is a resident of Greeley and has been painting for three years. She started painting as a form of leisure after her retirement. Although Cul-well uses both oils and watercolors, her favorite medium is watercolors because the paint tends to glide more freely than oils.
The artist described it as if the watercolors were painting themselves, and it is how she likes to ex-
press herself. The ideas for her work are derived from her imagination; she uses no photographs, still lifes or actual landscapes.
“I am really impressed by what she has done over these years,” Loveland resident Hayner Brooks said. “It makes me think, ‘Hey, maybe I could do something different too.’”
Culwell said she be-lieves that painting should be care and worry free, letting whatever comes to mind spill onto the can-vas.
“If you try really hard to do something it doesn’t turn out because it’s not you,” Culwell said. “I wasted months with sev-eral paintings, and they never worked out because it wasn’t me. I was try-ing to impress somebody else.” Culwell continued to say that her most be-loved paintings were the ones she painted from her heart.
The subject matter of Culwell’s paintings in
the show included nature, ODQGVFDSHV� DQG� ÁRZHUV��Several of the paintings displayed were close-ups of these items, showing the delicate detail of tan-gled branches or tender
ÁRZHU�SHWDOV�Her artistic style ap-
pealed to a great number of guests. Some loved the FRPSRVLWLRQDO�ÁRZ��ZKLOH�others favored the smooth brushstrokes and felt emo-
tionally moved. “I like the ones that
have a lot of stark con-trast,” Fort Collins resi-dent Ian Foreman said. “The texture has emotion evoking potential.”
Advice from gallery artist: don’t try too hard
Staff Report
The International Film Series ZLOO� FRQWLQXH� LWV� ZHHNO\� ÀOP�screenings next week, but with a slight twist.
IFS and A Woman’s Place are SUHVHQWLQJ� D� IUHH�ÀOP� VFUHHQLQJ�of “With Impunity: Men and Gender Violence” Wednesday April 16 at 7 p.m. and Thursday April 17 at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. in Lindou Auditorium.
A Woman’s Place will be hosting round-table discussions after each 7 p.m. show.
Film Screenings and round-table discussions are open to the public. Admissions is free for UNC students and $3 for the general public.
Staff Report
Grab the bike by the pedals this week at The Kress Cinema and Lounge.
The Kress (817 8th Ave) will be hosting two free screenings of “Reveal the Path” on April 16 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to raise aware-ness for the growing biking and walking movement.
A free bike valet service will be provided for those who arrive on two-wheeled transportation.
All guest names and preferred screening time must be included at the time of reservation.
Staff Report
UNC Opera Theatre is reach-ing just off campus with its per-formance of Amadeo Vives’ zarzuela “Bohemios,” a one-act performed in Spanish with Eng-lish subtitles.
Zarzuela is a form of Span-ish musical drama that alternates between music and spoken text while incorporating an operatic sound.
“Bohemios” will be performed on Thursday, April 17th at Gree-ley Central High School (1515 14th Ave) at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and may be purchased at the Per-IRUPLQJ�$UWV�%R[�RIÀFH�E\�FDOO-ing (970) 351-2200 and online at www.unco.edu/ticket.
Mark Harro | The Mirror
Colorful watercolors line the walls of the Mari Michener Gallery.
Staff Report
Tickets are available now for the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival, which will be on April 24-26.
This year’s festival features Grammy Award-winning a cap-pella group the Swingle Singers; the Wayne Shorter Quartet, fea-turing Danilo Pérez, John Pati-tucci and Brian Blade; the Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band; jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride with the Downbeat Award-win-ning UNC Jazz Lab Band I.
There will also be a tribute to Ray Brown featuring Jeff Ham-ilton, Larry Fuller and Christoph Luty.
Ticket sales are available at ucstars.com
UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival tickets on sale
UNC Opera Theatre performance
International Film Series and A Woman’s Place
Bike to local theater for free screening and valet
The Mirror—Page 11April 14, 2014 A&E
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Breelyn Bowe |The MirrorA harpsichord is like a piano mixed with a keyboard that plucks a string when a key is hit. Graduate student Mijung Kim gave a recital on the whimsical instrument on Tuesday.
Play it again, with feeling
The Mirror—Page 12 April 14, 2014A&E
A day in the life of musician: never miss a beatAlexandria Adair [email protected]
Lunch; 12:30 p.m.
“I can’t pinpoint my personality, so it’s kind of frustrating. Because every-one has their own thing. I don’t have a thing. I paint. I used to do ballet, and that was fun. I did a lot of dif-ferent things.”-- Irene Sala-zar.
Irene Salazar and Mel-anie Haskins sit across from each other in a booth, waiting for their waitress to arrive with water. The tabletop between them is decorated with psychedelic posters from the 60s and a mishmash of band photos and stickers. The collage of colors and swirls is pulled WRJHWKHU�ZLWK� D� JORVV\�ÀQ-ish.
This general theme of music worship bleeds through to the walls, which in turn bleeds through to the speakers: Johnny Cash plays on the radio this af-ternoon. Roma Restaurant, with its entire essence a seeming ode to music, is the perfect meeting place for a vocalist and a violin-ist.
Salazar and Haskins, surrounded by business-men on lunch break, have the kind of conversation that seems typical for a weekday afternoon in a college pizza place.
As they gorge them-selves on carolis, they dish on who is going through their so-called “slut phase” and examine their favor-ite Pandora stations as of late (Jack White and Sigur Rós make the mentions). Forks are eventually aban-GRQHG� LQ� IDYRU� RI� ÀQJHUV��and the conversation turns to Haskins’ graduation in May.
Salazar’s voice is tinged with traces of disappoint-ment, or maybe regret, when she tells Haskins how SURXG�RI�KHU�VKH�LV�IRU�ÀQ-
ishing. The implication that lingers in the air between them is that at least one of them is close.
“Ahhh, come on. Don’t be so hard on yourself,” Haskins says.
“I just can’t focus. That’s probably why I’m doing so many things,” Salazar mus-es. “CNA, music...”
“I see you as someone that has a wide range of in-terests,” Haskins reassures her. Salazar’s self-depreca-tion seems odd when tak-ing into consideration her own success: At 22, she has recently debuted as the only female vocalist mak-ing the rounds in Greeley’s live music scene.
Coffee Break; 2:30 p.m.
“Jeremiah was one of my friends that would al-ways text me or call me and be like, ‘Hey, let’s...let’s jam,’ and I didn’t know what jamming was.”
Later that afternoon, an empty expanse of wood grain countertop acts as a moat between Salazar and the rest of the custom-ers at The Blue Mug at Margie’s.
She’s hard to catch no-WLFH� RI� DW� ÀUVW� JODQFH�� DF-tually, despite the ombré-dyed hair (fading from dark brown to a blonde) and the textured lace tights that are clearly the stylistic choices of a person who wants to stand out.
She comes across as un-assuming in a far corner of the café as she sips on her chai and hunches over her tablet, something on the screen keeping her rapt at-
tention. You wouldn’t guess
that Salazar’s tiny frame provides for the kind of vocals that hold down a blues group called Primary People, which is comprised of drummer Joe Darpino, bassist Ryan Black and guitarist Jeremiah Hypes. $V� RI� WKHLU� ÀUVW� VKRZ� LQ�February, they hope to be what Salazar sees as being a much-needed breath of fresh air to Greeley’s live music scene.
Primary is a rhythm & EOXHV�RXWÀW�WKDW�KDV�KRRNHG�itself some fans as of late.
Salazar describes Gree-OH\�DV�D�VPDOO�SRQG�ÀOOHG�WR�WKH�EULP�ZLWK�IRON�ÁDYRUHG�ÀVK��ZKLFK�LV�WKH�JHQUH�VKH�started out with. She says she has an equal – and con-fusing – love for both styles of music, but for now, the blues wins out.
Although the joy of per-
forming with a live band is a new one for Salazar, it isn’t entirely unfamiliar. 6KH� ÀUVW� EHJDQ� VLQJLQJ� WR�houseguests as a creative punishment from her fa-ther when she was a young child.
When she was diag-nosed with bipolar disorder II and needed something to fall back on in December 2012, music is where she sought refuge. She formed a band as a distraction to keep herself busy.
Rehearsal; 3:45 p.m.
“I listened to Billie Hol-iday and B.B. King, but I would never actually think about singing that kind of stuff.”
It might require seven minutes on days with par-WLFXODUO\� KHDY\� WUDIÀF�� EXW�WRGD\� LW� WDNHV� D� EULVN� ÀYH�minutes to walk to Sala-
zar’s house from The Blue Mug at Margie’s. Inside, her small basement apart-ment is messy but not to an alarming degree.
It feels lived in. If it were a person, the place might be described as ‘OK with itself.’ That means KDPSHUV� ÀOOHG� ZLWK� ODXQ-dry, which may or may not be clean, and a full-length mirror stationed directly next to the kitchen table.
Everything about the SODFH� LPSOLHV� WKH� GHÀQLQJ�fact about Salazar: She is an open book.
Hypes, her guitarist who is a student at UNC and has been playing since childhood, joins her for a midday practice. Bare-
foot and amid white fairy OLJKWV�� GULHG� ÁRZHUV� DQG�wine bottles, Salazar and Hypes work on a cover of the soul classic “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers. They have an easy going rhythm, which makes it ap-parent that this is a passion project.
Salazar’s singing style matches her personality and her apartment in that it is powerful and disarm-ingly open – the quality of her voice takes on a lilting sweetness at times. At other moments, it dominates the small kitchen with its raw power. She calls herself a street singer because she has never taken any formal training or vocal lessons, but the untrained ear could never tell.
Bedtime; 6 p.m.
“It’s kind of like a rou-
tine. Like a routine of your life, and you don’t want to change it and make leaps. And I have those weird moments where I want to.”
Salazar decided college wasn’t for her after her di-agnosis of bipolar II, which is a mental illness that causes her to experience periods of feeling overly happy and energized as well as periods of feeling sad, hopeless and sluggish.
Building a consistent daily routine is a large part of treating the illness.
Nowadays she starts DQG� ÀQLVKHV� KHU� EHGWLPH�routine by 7 p.m. on most nights, so she can arrive at her job in Platteville before 5 a.m. This doesn’t bother her in the least bit. She is happy to be in training to EHFRPH� D� &HUWLÀHG� 1XUV-ing Assistant. She putters DURXQG� KHU� DSDUWPHQW�� ÀOO-ing her kettle with water for tea in the morning and preparing her oatmeal for breakfast.
For most people the place might seem cramped, but for this CNA-by-day and singer-by-night, it is the perfect place to call home. She is just tall enough for the apartment to feel normal-sized and for the miniature stove not to stick out.
Salazar’s isn’t a night-time routine fraught with multiple, expensive face products and complicated hair-setting rituals. She packs her lunchbox with fruit, protein bars and chopped vegetables and hops in the shower. When VKH� LV� VXIÀFLHQWO\� FOHDQ��she turns her fan on and goes to sleep.
Something about this no frills regime is charm-ing in that is a reminder of how we are all both incredibly interesting and not.
At the end of the day we all like a cup of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea before bed.
Courtesy of KRS PhotographyIrene Salazar is the lead singer for Primary People, a local blues band. She’s also the only female vocalist playing live in Greeley.
“I don’t have a thing. I paint. I used to do ballet, and that was fun. I did a lot of different things.”
-Irene SalazarLocal musician
“I listened to Billie Holiday and B.B. King, but I would never actu-ally think about singing that kind of stuff.”
-Irene SalazarLocal musician
The Mirror—Page 13April 14, 2014 A&ECampus drug dealers reflect on experiences, develop business autonomyGreg GonzalesU-WIRE
The life of a drug dealer isn’t an everlasting party, but all drug dealers have two desires in common: easy money and personal autonomy.
Like a new business owner on crack, drug dealers face risks people can’t pos-sibly understand without personal experi-ence. If the dealer quits while he’s ahead, he might avoid the law or getting stabbed in the gut. Other dealers stick with it too long and eventually screw up, usually fall-ing into debt or onto the hood of a police car.
Here are the stories of three drug dealers I got to know during the past three months.
Hit it and quit it
Some drug dealers get caught and serve time. Other drug dealers leave the business before they get in trouble. A happy mem-ber of the latter group is Jake, an infantry Marine.
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full name, was a drug dealer in high school from the time he was 15 to 19 years old. He sold cocaine, medical-grade marijuana, prescription painkillers and other pills. Af-ter four years of making as much as $2,500 each month, Jake saved up several thou-sand dollars.
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3DVW�WKH�OHJDO�UDPLÀFDWLRQV��WKH�WUDGH�LV�by nature a lawless one where one dealer might screw over or kill the competition — or even his own customers — so the idea can seem daunting.
On a drive up to Phoenix with a kilo of cocaine, Jake had a close call with the Bor-der Patrol. He was pulled over, but the dogs weren’t called to his truck, so he didn’t get caught. Good luck is a precious commodity
in dealing.Most of Jake’s customers never knew
his name.“You had to watch your back and watch
your buddy’s back,” Jake said. “Someone could be watching you.”
In order to avoid suspicion, Jake never used his drug dealing money to make huge purchases — a small trip, food, a couple of college classes and some small invest-ments.
“Coming from a wealthy family, I was kind of expected to have a decent amount of cash on me at all times,” he said. “I al-ways put it on that. I never said it was from a secondary income.”
His family never found out. And he nev-er let his friends get involved, for his sake and theirs, Jake said.
“I realized that the lifestyle would soon catch up with me. All good things come to an end, right?” he said. “When you’re in that kind of work, it’s always going to come to a bad end, unless you come out while you’re ahead. So I made the choice to get out while I was ahead and not get caught up in it.”
Jake is shipping out to Afghanistan this year. Once he returns, he’ll be greeted by
family, friends and several thousand dol-lars in savings and investments.
Dorm dealing
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Grant Hull, an anthropology senior at U. Arizona, sold small amounts of marijuana from his dorm room during his freshman year.
Unlike Jake, Grant was already smoking marijuana on a daily basis before he began to sell.
“I started with a few of my friends,” Grant said. “One day we decided — we knew this kid who could get us ounces — so we just went over and got one.”
While Grant liked the quick cash, his friends weren’t the dealing type.
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— Suzanne Evans is a jour-nalism major and the copy edi-tor and a writer for The Mirror. She can be reached via email at [email protected].
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The language of music exposes the emotion of the human experience
In recent years April 20 has become a marijuana holiday with festivals and observances on college campuses.
As the legend goes, 4/20 (pro-n o u n c e d four-twenty) o r i g i n a t e d with a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California. Calling them-selves the Waldos, they met at 4:20 at the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School in order to search for an aban-doned cannabis crop. After failing to located the crop, the phrase which they had used to refer to this plan, “4:20 Louis,” evolved into “4:20” and became a catch-all for pot smoking in gen-eral.
Locally, April 20 this \HDU� ZLOO� EH� WKH� ÀUVW� WLPH�that students at UNC over the age of 21 will be able to purchase and consume marijuana legally. Recent-ly, The Mirror spoke to stu-dents who were also regu-lar cannabis smokers about how the recent legalization had affected their use.
Like some students, English major Victoria
smokes cannabis daily but structures her habit around her schoolwork.
“We try not to smoke before classes…we don’t smoke before we have too important things to do, but once everything is done, then we smoke a lot,” Vic-toria said.
Although legalization was intended to prevent il-legal drug sales, students RIWHQ� ÀQG� WKHPVHOYHV�avoiding recreational facili-ties in favor of other routes.
“Usually most people know someone with a medical card and that’s how it comes about, and if not, people still buy from a dealer because recreational
weed is expensive,” said Hailey, a UNC student who works at Highlander Smoke Shop.
The price for an ounce of marijuana at the recre-ational dispensary in Gar-den City, Xg Platinum, costs $600 after tax. UNC students reported that they were often able to get the same amount of marijua-na for as little as $150 to $200.
“I’m less afraid for my life,” said Rylie, an unde-clared student at UNC.
Additionally, smoke shops in Greeley have begun to see a new de-mographic entering their stores.
“It’s interesting at the smoke shop because there’s a lot more people coming who have never smoked weed before and its like older people or middle-aged people who are like ‘I’ve never smoked it but now that it’s legal I want to try it,’” Hailey said.
Apart from the price hike that legalization has caused, DUI enforcement has become a moot point for the cannabis users of Greeley.
Matt, a daily smoker who also works as a trimmer at a dispensary, believes that you should never be under WKH� LQÁXHQFH�ZKLOH�GULYLQJ�although tolerance has to be taken into account when designing a DUI charge for marijuana.
“I could not smoke all day and then get pulled over for, lets say, not stopping at
a stoplight long enough and if the cops smells marijua-na, which he is, I work in a dispensary and smell like it, I could get blood tested and then fail that blood test because my standing level of THC in my body has al-UHDG\�SDVVHG�WKH�ÀYH�QDQR-grams level,” he said.
The stereotype of the lazy, unintelligent stoner is quickly being replaced by a new brand of smokers who favor marijuana over alco-hol and use cannabis to help themselves concentrate.
“There are plenty of very productive people in life that smoke weed on a regular basis,” Hailey said. “There was a professor of the school that came in and looked at vape pens,” she said.
Riley echoed similar sentiments regarding ste-reotypes.
“When I tell people that I’m a stoner they tell me ‘Oh you don’t look like a stoner,’ and I’m like, ‘What does that mean?’” she said.
For students that may be considering in joining the festivities for 4/20 for WKH�ÀUVW� WLPH�� WKH� WRNHUV�RI�UNC had plenty of advice to give. Most smokers rec-ommend either smoking a few puffs of a joint or a small grass pipe and wait-ing for the effects.
Due to the potency, al-most everyone strongly recommended against con-centrates and food cooked with marijuana.
For those who might be VPRNLQJ� IRU� WKH� ÀUVW� WLPH��Hailey had a few words of advice.
“Be in a safe environ-ment, know your limits and go into with open mind.”
Transitioning from the black market to legalization
Antonio Hill | The Mirror
Prior to legalization, medical marijuana was an option.
The Mirror—Page 16
“I was 18 and the ‘inexperi-
enced’ one in my group of friends.
Everyone was chilled out and I
was super nervous and paranoid.
At one point I sat by myself
and thought really hard about call-
ing a friend who lived out of state.
I seriously thought I had made the
call after a couple of minutes and
it sort of devastated me when I re-
alized that I actually hadn’t.
After a while, I threw up—
we’d been drinking, too—and felt
much better.”
—Elizabeth G.
“It was my best friend and me
at his house, upstairs in his bed-
room. We were pretty young,
around 13. He had smoked before.
We were up in his room, joking
around. Being kids, one thing lead
to another and I went to punch
him. He moved out of the way,
but I felt like he moved so in, like,
super slow-mo. So I slowed my
punch down and tried to follow
his movement. He had no idea
what I was doing.
Then I got hungry. So, my
friend offered to go downstairs
and bring up food and I was like,
‘No. They’ll know.’ He ended
up bringing up a nice platter of
snacks arranged meticulously.”
—Patrick W.
´,�GLGQ·W�IHHO�DQ\WKLQJ�P\�ÀUVW�time. Nothing at all. I was at a
Dashboard Confessional concert
with a friend and the group in
front of us was passing around a
joint.
I took it, and I feel like I in-
haled, but now I’m not too sure.
But I didn’t feel anything.
A couple years later I was in
Amsterdam with a friend and we
had Spacecakes.
We were sitting on a bus to go
back to our hotel and I was ask-
ing my friend if I looked high and
complaining about how I couldn’t
tell if I was or not.
She looked at me and said, ‘If
you have to ask, don’t you think
you are?’
It blew my mind.”
—Tracy G.
“I was on my second
See Stories on page 19
You never forget your first time...Students share stories, reminisce about their first ‘green’ experience
FDQFHU�� DQG� WKH� YDSRU� LVQ·W�as harsh on the throat as
burning smoke is.
Without a pungent cloud
of smoke attached to it, a
vaporizer pen offers users
discretion in the traditional
situations where one might
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gae music concerts, grassy
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parties.
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ative and dedicated smok-
ers who are tired of their
usual grind-n-load routine.
The pens can be used with
hash, hash oils, waxes or
any combination of those,
which offers variety to us-
ers. Attachments, such as
the atomizer, can also be
purchased separately and
switched out accordingly.
An atomizer is used for
smoking hash.
The only downside to
a vaporizer pen right now
seems to be the price. The
prices may eventually go
down as vaporizer pens
rise in popularity, but as it
stands, the cost can range
anywhere from $60 to $200.
Vaporizer pens can be
found at most head shops.
—Alexandria Adair Vasquez is a senior Jour-nalism-news editorial major and a news writer for the Mirror. She can be contacted via email at [email protected].
By Alexandria Adair VasquezAccording to Alexandria
TXDUWHUV��LQFOXGLQJ�������LQ�WKH�ÀUVW�DQG�9-6 in both the second and fourth quar-
ters.
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team and can never take them lightly, but
when we come out and play our game,
trust each other and our coaches, and
stick to our fundamentals we know we
can win every time,” Haverty wrote.
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See Lacrosse on page 26
Maeve Widmann | The MirrorNorthern Colorado freshman midfielder Nick Garlieb han-dles the ball in Friday’s 22-6 win at Butler-Hancock Field over Metro State.
Maeve Widmann | The MirrorNorthern Colorado freshman shortstop Erica Dick slides into home plate in the Bears’ 17-5 win Friday over Portland State.
It’s a well-known se-cret that marijuana is prevalent on and around college cam-puses. Ath-letics are also a large non-academic component of the college experience, engag-ing students outside of the classroom.
When the two come to-gether, though, the stakes are raised.
From a university per-spective, athletics are a large contributor to a school’s public image, and drugs can sully that repre-sentation.
Student-athletes can lose their scholarships if they test positive for illegal drugs, including marijuana. Despite weed’s legal stand-ing within the state of Col-orado, the NCAA, like the federal government, out-laws use of marijuana.
Still, some Coloradans smoked pot recreationally before the state permitted it, and some NCAA athletes
go against the organiza-tion’s anti-cannabis policy.
One athlete who com-peted for the University of Northern Colorado dur-ing this school year and smoked marijuana while DIÀOLDWHG�ZLWK�81&�DWKOHW-ics agreed to speak with The Mirror about the ex-perience of smoking recre-ationally during the team’s season, though he did not compete while high.
The athlete, who will be referred to as John, has smoked pot since the age of 17, and will not be compet-ing for UNC after this aca-demic year.
John stopped smoking marijuana for a period of time because of concerns about NCAA drug testing.
“I was willing to (quit); it wasn’t really a big deal to me,” John said, adding that he was never tested despite the concerns. “Personally, no, but I’ve heard of people being tested at UNC since I’ve been there. They do not test very often.”
UNC Athletic Director Darren Dunn said he be-lieves his department can do more to prevent stu-
dent-athletes from smok-ing marijuana. At the time of the interview, Dunn said KH�KDG�QRW�EHHQ�QRWLÀHG�RI�any UNC student-athletes testing positive and did not know that John would speak with The Mirror.
“I don’t think that we’ve done enough to educate our student-athletes,” Dunn said. “I think we’ve done the bare minimum. I think we need to do more to edu-cate our student-athletes and our coaches about all the issues involved.”
Dunn said he and his staff will create a broader plan for broaching the issue over the summer, adding that there have been discus-sions with those directly involved with student-ath-letes, though he said the NCAA has not contacted him on the subject.
“We have communi-cated to our head coaches and during team meet-ings, I’ve asked the head coaches and/or adminis-trators to make sure they clearly understood that the NCAA prohibits the use of
See UNC Sports Pot on page 26
UNC works to clear up pot issue
Avs back in postseason—who takes the Cup?
The National Hockey League is preparing for its most exciting bash of the season. Sixteen teams will be put toe-to-toe in the four round playoffs. Each round consists of a best-of-seven series with the winner of four rounds taking home the Stanley Cup.
The 82-game regular season has led to many league favorites being tak-en off the board, including the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, who led the league in goals with 51.
Sadly, Ovechkin’s tallies weren’t enough to get his Washington Capitals into the postseason. The To-ronto Maple Leafs will also miss the playoffs after com-ing into the year as a team of note.
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The St. Louis Blues looked like the heavy fa-vorite in the West with less than a month to play, but an untimely losing streak put them in a bad spot heading into the playoffs.
Patchy goaltending from star goaltender Ryan Miller put the Blues on thin ice, and their once red-hot scor-ing has cooled off consider-ably.
Injures have plagued the Blues heading into the play-offs but their core is intact and they’ll still be an ag-gressive club if they can get their momentum swinging the right way, which will be tough to do against reigning Stanley Cup champs, the Chicago Blackhawks.
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terms of pure talent, but when superstar Patrick Kane went down with a knee injury late in the sea-son, the Hawks slumped and let Colorado slip past them for home ice advan-tage.
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On the Eastern side of the map, the Boston Bruins and the (healthy) Pittsburgh Penguins are the only real candidates to make a run for the Cup.
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Boston is the stron-ger and more physical team while the Penguins have struggled to main-tain chemistry. A potential Eastern Conference Final between the two heavy-weights would be fun to watch as usual, and putting the leagues two most offen-sively loaded teams togeth-er always ends in dramatic fashion.
The veteran Boston Bru-ins will make the strongest run in the East, while the :HVW� ZLOO� EH� ÀOOHG� ZLWK�questions as to who will have their chance at the Cup.
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Maeve Widmann | The MirrorNorthern Colorado freshman shortstop Erica Dick prepares to field a ball that got past junior third baseman Kaitlin Flynn in the Bears’ 17-5 win Friday over Portland State at Butler-Hancock Field.
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Junior outfielder Jensen Park runs to home plate in the Bears’ April 6 loss to New Mexico State at Jackson Field. Park ac-counted for one on the Bears’ three hits on Sunday.
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Maeve Widmann | The MirrorNorthern Colorado sophomore goalie Zach Goss handles the ball in the Bears’ 22-9 win over Metro State Friday at Butler-Hancock Field. Goss made 12 saves in the win.
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Up next:Michaela Cross | The MirrorNorthern Colorado sophomore Taylor Barnes attempts a pole vault April 4 at the Tom Benich Invite at Nottingham Field. Barnes fin-ished sixth in the event.
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Students work to juggle course loads and illicit drug sales Dealers from page 13
scene was pretty relaxed. For the most part, he said, Grant kept his business be-tween friends and fellow dorm-dwellers. All he had to do to stay safe was keep the door locked.
“That way, if I was in class or some-thing, people would know (to go down the hall) and be like, ‘Hey, can I get a gram?’” Grant said.
Unlike more reckless dealers, Grant never ended up in the Daily Wildcat’s Po-lice Beat section. Instead, he ended up with approximately $100 to $200 a week and a well-funded spring break.
“That’s why I don’t really have (the money) anymore,” Grant said. “Just buy-ing stupid shit like clothes, more weed. I was pretty irresponsible with it.”
Grant wasn’t running a $10,000 opera-tion. He said the only worry he had was being ratted out by someone, which every dealer I talked to admitted was a concern. Still, Grant ran into a problem that ulti-mately ended his business when he ran out of weed and found that the frat guy who normally sold to him had also run out. A friend of his offered to front him some.
“It wasn’t his (the dealer’s), it was his friend’s, who was also a dealer,” Grant said. “So (his friend) got pissed at me and there was this misunderstanding.”
Grant ended up owing money and de-cided to quit. “I was like, ‘F*** it,’” he said. “It would have been a pain in the ass to get another ounce and start the process again.”
At the same time, other dorm dealers picked up the slack. “I’d say for any dorm, there’s probably at least one or two kids (selling weed),” Grant said. “When I did, there were at least three or four other guys I knew in the dorms — at my dorm, at least — who were doing it at any given time.”
No matter what, there will always be a place for students of all backgrounds to get their weed. But where do the non-students get their drugs? According to the 2010 Na-tional Survey on Drug Use and Health, at least 22 million people in the United States use illegal drugs.
Wheeler dealer: Sticking with it.Ordering pizza is pretty awesome: Pizza
magically arrives at the door to cure crav-ings for a small price. Some drug dealers do the same thing, except with drugs. This
deliveryman is Tom Ado. Yes, he requested a name inspired by “Pokémon.”
He’s certainly not your typical shady street dealer who sits on the corner selling bags of oregano. He’s not a kingpin. He’s something in between it all, and he loves his job.
“Even cash-broke, I’ve found that (drug dealing) is what makes me happy,” Tom said. “It’s based on passion. It keeps me moving forward.”
Tom doesn’t even consider dealing to be a job.
“I would call it a means to a means,” Tom said. “I’m fundraising … for legal enterprises I’ll have in the future, such as opening a local head shop or becoming a wholesale distributor of glassware.”
Sharing his love of weed is what got him into the business. Before a Thanksgiving feast last year, Tom smoked in California with his cousin, who is connected to Los Angeles’ medical marijuana scene. Just three months later, Tom started transport-ing high-grade marijuana from California to feed hungry smokers in Tucson.
“I was with my cousin, and we were dis-cussing our passions,” Tom said. “He ex-plained to me that there is a way, if you’re
willing to be self-motivated and work for yourself — which isn’t just all freedom, it’s a lot of responsibility — you’re able to make a lot of money and you’re able to be in control of all the aspects of your occupa-tion.”
The autonomy, Tom said, was one of the reasons the job appealed to him so much.
Despite his passion, Tom isn’t making PXFK�SURÀW��+H�HQGHG�XS�RZLQJ�KLV�FRXVLQ�quite a bit of dough: $3,500. On average, he only makes $70 a week, though business seems to be picking up.
Unlike Jake and Grant, Tom plans to continue dealing for a while. He said that eventually, he’ll open up a smoke shop and have other people deal for him while he just skims off the top.
And as long as Arizona’s medical mari-juana program stays in place, he shouldn’t KDYH�D�SUREOHP�ÀQGLQJ�SHRSOH�WR�EX\�IURP��With a medical card, he will trade differ-ent kinds of marijuana at pot clubs, where patients and caregivers meet to share their various kinds of medicine.
“My hope is that we can all become li-censed to carry all of these heavily regulat-ed narcotics,” Tom said, “so that this isn’t a legal issue anymore.”
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Carroll has had the substance spotlight on his team recently as several Seattle players have tested positive for banned performance enhancers during his four-year tenure in the Emerald City.
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Jokes of the week:
I am good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet...
I don’t know “Y.”
What’s Anakin Skywalker’s favorite animal?
Well, it was cats, originally, but then he was turned to
the dog side.
Why did the mobster buy a planner?
So he could organize his crime.
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