THE COLLEGIAN MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 FRESNO STATE'S STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1922 FRESNOSTATE.EDU/COLLEGIAN VINTAGE DAYS As pot lovers mark their holiday, ‘4/20 is the new everything’ By Rob Hotakainen McClatchy D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON -- In 1990, Steven Hager saw a flier that had circulated at a Grateful Dead concert in Oakland, Calif., urging peo- ple to meet at Mount Tamal- pais at 4:20 p.m. on April 20 for some “420”-ing, the num- ber that had become code for smoking marijuana in Cali- fornia. Hager, then the editor of High Times magazine, had never heard of it, but he was intrigued. Hager did some research, discovering that the 420 code had first been used in 1971, when five friends Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian at San Rafael High School Drew Baker, a graphic design major, participates in the sidewalk art contest near the Conley Art Building on Saturday, during the second day of Vintage Days at Fresno smoked pot each day at 4:20 State. p.m. “I thought, ‘This is im- portant!’ And you know ev- erybody thought I had lost my mind,” said Hager, 63, of New York City. “I start- ed talking to people and I WEEKEND FULL OF COLOR said we will build everything around 420 -- 420 is the new everything.” Mark Burns, co-own- As marijuana lovers mark BY THE By Trentyn Pues er for the Cobble Creek their unofficial national hol- @TheCollegian Soap which had a booth iday Monday on April 20, or NUMBERS at the festival, was im- 4/20, it’s a testament to Hag- Fresno State Vintage pressed by the local tra- er’s marketing powers. Days celebrated its 41st dition. Events are scheduled in anniversary this week- “It’s our favorite 420-friendly locales across end filling the campus’ show to do because of the country, including 420 50,000 Maple Mall with food the setting and every- smoke-ins, 420 concerts, 420 booths, local vendors, thing and the way we’re bake-offs, $4.20 joints sold at People estimated to family-friendly attrac- treated,” Burns said. have attended 420 pot shops, happy hours tions and more for the “We’re treated just so at 4:20 p.m., 420 club crawls. three-day student-orga- well. Last year, when it People will take 420-friend- nized event. was raining really bad, ly shuttles to 420-friendly A wide range of orga- we had people helping hotels. Couples will go on nizations, clubs, student us. They were putting 420-friendly dates. And vot- 41 booths and craftsman sand in all the low spots. ers will talk to 420-friendly Number of years participated in the Fres- We just get great treat- candidates. Vintage Days celebrated no State tradition. ment here. We love do- Pot lobbyists say the tone “Vintage Days is a ing this show.” of the day has changed as great time for the entire Vintage Days has marijuana has moved into Valley to join the Fresno been a staple tradition the mainstream, with polls State campus in cele- at Fresno State since showing a majority of Ameri- bration of this growing 1975 when founder Gary cans backing legalization and 88 tradition,” said Alejan- Bongiovanni saw the voters in Colorado, Washing- Average sunny temp. dro Escalera-Sanchez, need for Fresno State to ton, Alaska, Oregon and the over weekend planning committee gain an identity within Darlene Wendels • The Collegian District of Columbia already member. the community. Miracle Yang, 11, holds a medium-sized Hawaiian shaved ice approving the drug for recre- with bubble gum and tiger’s blood flavors from the “Hawaiian See VINTAGE DAYS, Page 6 Shave Ice” stand at Vintage Days on Sunday. See 4/20, Page 3 Old Town Clovis’ Pollasky Street Buns and newcomer P&R Fusion. A was filled with craft beer lovers sam- black pot cook-off also took place at the pling breweries from across the Cen- event where each participant served a Beer craft festival tral Valley during the 2015 Craft Beer main course, a side dish and dessert. Crawl on Sunday. Fresno State nursing major Khawyn San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Whitney said she enjoyed pilsners such showcases local & Spirits and Chico’s Sierra Nevada as Sierra Nevada’s Nooner because she Brewing Co. were among the 19 differ- wasn’t a fan of “bitter tasting” IPAs. ent craft breweries represented at the Carole Lester, the Executive Di- event. rector of the Business Organization of breweries Attendees carried their sampling Old Town, said that they planned the glasses and a map as they hopped from event to include a wide spread of local brewery to brewery to sample what breweries on top of the bigger regional By Paul Schlesinger each had to offer. breweries “because we want to spot- Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian @PaulSch_Photog Food options were abundant with light local breweries.” Beer crawl participants voted on their favorite food trucks such as local stalwart Dusty breweries, such as Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them. [email protected] OPINION MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 2 CAMPUS COLUMN INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG AN ISSUE One- By Deborah Adishian-Astone Interim Vice President for Finger Administrative Services Jose Nava raised some important is- sues in his opinion column last Friday and in his recent outreach to the administra- Salute tion about areas of deferred maintenance that need to be addressed on our campus. Culled from discussions in It is important to recognize that every The Collegian newsroom. CSU campus has an extensive backlog of unfunded deferred maintenance, and for Fresno State that need is over $200 mil- THUMBS DOWN lion. Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian This is a daunting amount, and we are Left: The men’s restroom on the third floor of the Family Food Sciences Building. Right: The men’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: If you years away from having adequate funding restroom in the South Gym. Photos taken on April 16, 2015. weren’t sure if this movie shouldn’t to address all of the needs. However, sig- exist, the trailer makes it look like a nificant progress is being made thanks to At that time, a contract was already in that the elevator is unsafe or has not being parody. Ben Affleck already tanked support from the CSU Chancellors Office the works and has been awarded for ap- inspected. “Daredevil.” Move along, sir. and President Joseph Castro. proximately $100,000 of parking lot re- The delay in receiving an updated per- The current $30 million electrical infra- pairs. mit is sometimes attributed to an adminis- structure project (funded centrally by the The priority for completion were stu- trative backlog by the state. CSU) is making an important investment dent Lots P2, P13, P20, and P27 and P2 We are committed to identifying ad- THUMBS UP in replacing our antiquated underground was completed during spring break. ditional campus funding each fiscal year infrastructure by replacing transformers In addition, this summer will be mod- for capital renewal and infrastructure im- GEORGE LUCAS: First he pledged and upgrading the overall electrical capac- ernizing and upgrading elevators in the provement projects. his Lucasfilm money to Disney. Now, ity and reliability for our campus to help Conley Art, North Gym, Family Food Sci- There are many improvement projects he’s using his own money to build support current and future facilities. ences, Industrial Technology and Science occurring this summer including new ex- affordable housing in Marin County In mid February when Mr. Nava I buildings. terior LED fixtures, installation of a new – the land of millionaires. reached out about a lack of restroom doors This represents an investment of over master irrigation controller to help mon- on some American with Disabilities Act $650,000 and we plan to modernize ad- itor and adhere to new state mandated (ADA) stalls in the Family Food Science, ditional elevators over the next few years water conservation requirements and up- THUMBS DOWN South Gym and Science I buildings, the based on a recent campuswide condition grading of our wireless infrastructure to campus immediately responded and doors assessment. support our DISCOVERe classrooms. REGISTRATION: The time has come were installed during spring break in the Our elevators are routinely inspected We have a lot of work ahead of us, but once again to figure out your life women’s restrooms and inadvertently the by the State of California and we have an together with everyone’s efforts to #Be- for the next semester. Do you want men’s restrooms were missed and will be ongoing annual elevator maintenance con- Bold we are making positive changes and to come to school Monday through completed shortly. tract to provide routine preventative main- improvements are happening. Friday for an hour or two, or do you Mr. Nava and other students also ad- tenance on all elevators. only want to be here Tuesday and vised us about potholes in parking lots and However, in some instances, if an ele- View the original article from Jose Nava Thursday -- all day? the potential safety issues. vator permit has expired, it does not mean here: http://bit.ly/1F4MPnj Drew Sheneman • Tribune News Service Letters to the Editor ([email protected]) Editor-in-Chief Jesse Franz Design Editor Khlarissa Agee All letters submitted to The Collegian must not exceed Managing Editor Troy Pope Webmaster Troy Pope THE COLLEGIAN 250 words in length, must be type-written, and must be News Editor Ricardo Cano General Sales Manager Joe Manavazian accompanied by a full name and phone number to verify Assistant News Editor Megan Ginise National Sales Manager Devin Harrison content.