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. 

MARIJUANA
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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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4 Gnocchi sauce
9 First occurrence

14 Keats’ “__ to a

Nightingale”

15 Stay away from
16 With 61-Across,

Sri Lankan
product

17 Pool user’s unit
18 Sweet sherry, e.g.
20 “__ Road to

Glory”: Arthur
Ashe history

22 Lip
23 Unbeatable hand
27 Hat worn with a

kilt

30 “Romeo and

Juliet” city

31 Laundry slide
33 __ Spumante
36 Here, to Henri
37 Album array
38 It happens four

times a year ...
and also in this
puzzle’s circles

41 Comes to the

point?

42 Have title to
43 Long basket, in

hoops lingo

44 Clear the board
45 Daze
47 Only article in a

U.S. state capital
name

48 Square-bodied

family autos

52 Burlesque wraps
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indulgence

61 See 16-Across
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remark

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pitchers

67 Critter in

Egyptian art

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eclipses

2 One of three

Hells Canyon
states

3 Square things
4 Kayak mover
5 Night before
6 Distress 

signal

7 “Whether __

nobler ... ”:
Hamlet

8 Ukrainian port
9 Stops wavering

10 Dinnertime TV

fare

11 Snow runner
12 Ages and ages
13 Place to start a

hole

19 Cheer from the

crowd

21 Steep-sided

valleys

24 Wendy’s side
25 Maniacal
26 Military outfit
27 Private 

instructor

28 Square things
29 Like many a

dorm room

31 Half a dance
32 Party organizer
33 Did one’s part?
34 Admonishing

response to
“Mine!”

35 Spanish finger

food

37 Tubular pasta
39 MBA hopeful’s

test

40 Took a dip
45 Struggle
46 Old-time

broadcasters

48 Crone
49 Extreme
50 Some execs
51 Passport image

52 __ one’s time:

wait

53 Soda machine

inserts

55 Nocturnal flier
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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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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