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High kids getting good grades

High kids getting good grades

Nicole Henson // April 16, 2017

Thanks to Jeff Spicoli's burnt out character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High the stereotype that students who use marijuana don’t care about their schooling has been around for decades. In reality,...

Photo credit: Jenny Salazar

Students adjust to dorm life without RAs

Nicole Henson // March 14, 2017

“No RAs, let’s have a kegger!” Reads a resident dorm sign in Whitney hall. The floor is filled with signs like these, celebrating significantly less supervision in the dorms. Last week 20 resident...

Chico City Council meeting. Photo credit: Bianca Quilantan

City council moves to prohibit commercialized pot

Daniel Wright // March 8, 2017

Chico City Council voted to prohibit commercialized pot at their meeting March 7. On Nov. 9, California legalized recreational marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. Under proposition 64, outlined...

Sports writer Gabriella Bermudez. Photo credit: George Johnston

Attention NFL, we all smoke pot

Gabriella Bermudez // April 16, 2016
Many feel the NFL is too harsh with its drug policy, and sports writer Gabriella Bermudez doesn't disagree.
Photo credit: Dongyoung Won

Warning: smoking may cause laziness

Emma Vidak-Benjamin // March 27, 2016
I think it's time to face the facts: Students may not be able to keep up with our college's smoking culture.
Photo credit: Helen Suh

There is only one reason to not try psychedelics

William Rein and Helen Suh // March 21, 2016
Try psychedelics. Actually, don't. Wait, maybe.
Photo credit: Miles Huffman

Sexual abuse suspicions arise for Chico elementary students

Kindra Robinson // November 14, 2015
The blotter is a selection of information directly cited from the Chico Police Department and University Police. Nov. 12.
Illustration by Miles Huffman

Mary Jane guards the gate to more drug experimentation

Miles Inserra // April 20, 2015
Cut the crap — marijuana is a gateway drug.
Lets move on: Legalize marijuana

Let’s move on: Legalize marijuana

Joseph Rogers // April 20, 2015
The federal government should legalize pot and let the debate be over.

Student overdoses on marijuana

Madison Holmes // October 17, 2014
The police blotter is a selection of information cited directly from University Police Department. Oct. 16
University Police traced a silent phone call to the parking structure neighboring the station, where they discovered a shopping cart containing a garbage bag full of marijuana.Photo credit: Nicholas Carr

Pounds of pot found near campus

Nathan Lehmann // March 1, 2014
University Police discovered a garbage bag containing 30 pounds of marijuana in the parking structure connected to the campus police station.
Astrid Vera, a senior communication sciences and disorders major, signs a petition to overturn new marijuana regulations.Photo credit: Annie Paige

Marijuana patients petition new rules

Tj Carter // February 28, 2014
Volunteers gather signatures on campus to overturn stricter county growing rules.
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