percent in 2006 to 35 percent
in 2014.
“The proportion of people
both college age and adolescent,
for that matter, who see mari-
juana use as dangerous has been
declining fairly sharply,” John-
ston said. “I think that almost
always leads to more use. Con-
versely, if we see an increase
in perceived risk, that usually
leads to less use. I think the key
belief about whether it’s dan-
gerous or not has been changing
a lot. I think that has contribut-
ed considerably, if not totally, to
the increase in daily use.”
LSA junior Ian Vamossy,
assistant director of the Uni-
versity’s chapter of Students
for Sensible Drug Policy, said
University students now see
marijuana in a similar light as
alcohol — a perception that has
helped make marijuana use
among students more common.
He said the “War on Drugs”
has failed, and hopes for a more
open approach to drug policy in
the future.
“I just think the stigma is
finally breaking overall,” he
said. “People know that it’s not
necessarily healthy, but it’s less
damaging than tobacco. I think
a lot of the people who grew up
in the Reagan administration
with ‘just say no’ are growing
up and finally realizing that it’s
not the right way to go about it.”
An LSA sophomore inter-
viewed by The Michigan Daily
said she uses marijuana recre-
ationally and enjoys the social
aspect of smoking. The student
was granted anonymity due to
the sensitive nature of the topic.
She also noted Ann Arbor’s
relative openness to marijuana
compared to other communities.
“The local people are already
comfortable with having dispen-
saries on the main streets and
hosting something like Hash
Bash, which has been around
since the ’70s,” she said. “It’s
always been the culture of Ann
Arbor that it’s not a detrimental
part of their society. Weed is so
widespread, and as widespread
as alcohol is in other places. The
liberal vibe of Ann Arbor is what
keeps it going.”
Another finding: daily ciga-
rette
use
has
significantly
decreased, from a 19 percent
usage rate in 1999 to a 5 percent
usage rate in 2014.
Johnston said a number of
young marijuana users are grap-
pling with poor mental health,
and, in turn, look to marijuana
as a coping mechanism.
“Probably a disproportion-
ate number of those users are
dealing with depression or psy-
chological conditions and using
marijuana to escape their feel-
ings,” Johnston said. “That’s not
the only reason, but I think that’s
got to be part of that population.”
The LSA sophomore inter-
viewed by the Daily said an
increasingly prominent con-
versation about marijuana may
pave the way for more wide-
spread use.
“I think people are realizing
that the effects aren’t as bad
as our government has tried to
show us with making it illegal,”
she said. “People are more will-
ing to try smoking, and then
as more people do, it becomes
more accessible.”
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
LSA freshman Megan Graham and Engineering freshman Jen Spiegel set up a hammock outside of the Central
Campus Recreation Building to study outside on Tuesday.
OUTDOOR STUDIES
RITA MORRIS/Daily
Martha E. Pollack, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, addresses concerns of SACUA Committee
members during a SACUA session in the Fleming Building on March 30, 2015.
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am completely open to that idea.”
Currently,
the
University’s
schools and colleges are strongly
encouraged to have 15 percent of
their classes take place on Fri-
day, based on a 2012 plan that
restructured how the University
scheduled rooms to better make
use classroom space. The plan
included adding classes on Fri-
day, as well as more classes dur-
ing non-peak times — 9 a.m., 12
p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Currently, the Fall 2015 under-
graduate LSA course guide lists
809 courses that have at least one
of their class days on Friday.
How a change like this might
actually be implemented varies,
Pollack said.
“When
we
implemented
the (2012 plan), it was a policy
that came from the provost’s
office,” she said. “It wasn’t an
absolute demand — you must
do it — but we said to the deans,
‘These are targets and every
year, when you come in for your
budget meeting, we’re gonna
look to see how you’re doing on
your targets. So that would be
one approach. If it came out of
SACUA, it could be the faculty
themselves saying, we want to
have this. There are just differ-
ent ways it could happen.”
In terms of other ways aca-
demic policy could impact excess
student drinking, Pollack noted
that faculty members have also
proposed the idea of discuss-
ing the issue in the classroom.
The University recently released
several policy efforts to address
alcohol abuse.
At Monday’s SACUA meet-
ing, several professors suggested
ways to approach the issue in an
academic setting, such as tell-
ing students about alcohol-free
events on campus.
“That’s the place where what
goes on in the classroom has to
come from the faculty,” Pollack
said. “They’re the ones who have
the expertise and knowledge and
know what’s appropriate and not
appropriate. I would not require
faculty members to address it
in the classroom, but I would
be supportive of it and provide
information.”
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test
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broadcasters
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wait
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inserts
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56 NATO founding
member
57 Chihuahua
complaint
58 Handle without
care?
59 Reuben bread
60 Slogan ending?
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EPISODE REVIEW
“Masters of Sex” has passed
the midpoint of its season,
but the show still lacks direc-
tion. Thankfully, “Masters”
has retired
some of the
ridiculous
plotlines
that plagued
earlier
episodes of
the season
(hello,
boob-grab-
bing zoo
gorilla) and stopped trying to
make us care about Virginia’s
teen daughter — but the show
has some work to do if it’s ever
going to be good enough to
deserve Josh Charles.
“Masters” is seldom suc-
cessful in handling its endless
roster of side characters and
subplots, but somehow, guest
actors like the aforementioned
Josh Charles keep signing up to
be on this show. Emily Kinney
(“The Walking Dead”) plays
Nora Everett, an old neighbor
of Bill’s who joins Bill’s sex
study as a “surrogate” to help
men with erectile dysfunc-
tion. Knowing that Nora was
an old neighbor of Bill’s and he
hasn’t seen her since she was
a child, their flirty student/
teacher relationship is deeply
creepy — and it doesn’t help
that Kinney’s youthful appear-
ance makes her look very, very
underage.
Legendary comedian Sarah
Silverman doesn’t get much to
do aside from wanting a baby,
and actual full-time cast mem-
ber Caitlin FitzGerald (“Adult
Beginners”) hasn’t been grant-
ed an interesting storyline for
Libby in almost two seasons.
“Higher Anxiety” provides
standard fare for an episode
of “Masters of Sex” — obvious
relationship metaphors, poorly-
drawn female characters,
beautiful production design and
period costumes that almost dis-
tract from the bad writing — but
“Masters” as usual is not good
enough to properly honor the
show’s excellent cast. Get your
act together, “Masters of Sex.”
For the love of Josh Charles.
- CHLOE GILKE
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of Sex
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Sundays at 10 p.m.
TRAILER REVIEW
M. Night, bro, what the hell?
It’s not even that I want your
trailers to be effective anymore.
I just don’t
want to
laugh where
you expect
me to be
disturbed, or
even a little
curious. It
makes me
feel terrible. You deserve so
much respect for your first
two features, but I can’t jus-
tify respecting you. Your films
make money, but I cannot call
you a success. “The Visit,” being
produced by the same guy that
has produced every single other
mainstream American horror
film (“Paranormal Activity,”
“Insidious,” “Sinister”) — looks
like brand recognition rather
than an attempt at a comeback.
After “The Sixth Sense,” we
unfairly expected the next big
thing, and yet you delivered
with “Unbreakable.” One could
argue the merits of “Signs” if
he really put his mind to it. But
those years are long gone. In
the last 10 years, you’ve graced
us with your abominations
“The Happening” and “The
Last Airbender” and “After
Earth” and “Devil.” And the
trailer alone for each of those
films indicated the poor qual-
ity of those movies. Can’t you
at least deliver a trailer with a
ray of sunshine? Can’t you learn
from your mistakes?
Do not see this movie. Do not
make M. Night think he’s still
relevant. Do not give him your
money. Watch the trailer so
you can laugh at Granny asking,
“Can you get in the oven, dear?”
But that’s it. No more.
- JAMIE BIRCOLL
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