<p>Yea, so how does one smoke ganja in peace in the dorms?</p>
<p>What??? You mean you didn’t find the whole thread I started on this last year!!!</p>
<p>Use a vaporizer</p>
<p>What dorm are you in???</p>
<p>might want to read this before you smoke pot in the dorms: </p>
<p>[Consolidated</a> USMH & UMCP Policies and Procedures Manual](<a href=“http://www.president.umd.edu/policies/v100e.html]Consolidated”>http://www.president.umd.edu/policies/v100e.html)</p>
<p>There is way to much of a risk in smoking in your dorm room. Plenty of people do it and some will get away with it. However there are countless incidents every year where students get caught and penalties are extremely severe. If caught you can basically forget about ever living on campus again. </p>
<p>I never understood why people attempted to smoke in rooms. No matter what they did you could easily smell it out in the hallway. Here is my suggestion. Just go outside. I knew kids that used to go right outside there dorms almost every night and smoke and people never got caught. It might seem weird but its the truth.</p>
<p>Not to mention that if you are a Maryland Distinguished Scholar or get other UMD merit money, you had to sign a sub-free agreement and that failure to comply can result in losing your scholarships.</p>
<p>jewels:im in cambridge</p>
<p>Not really a smart thing to post here but hopefully it’s just a joke. Since people do do it though, I think the remainder of this post is warranted whether you are joking or not…</p>
<p>I think a poster above said it all. People do it. Plenty. But plenty of 'em also get caught and kicked out of the dorms (permanently). </p>
<p>Even cigs are not allowed within feet of the OUTSIDE of a dorm building and as far as I know nobody would even try to light up cigarettes in the dorms (maybe like one idiot)…? So why do you think you have a right to smoke pot in them…? </p>
<p>There are lots of risks for others - fire, you tripping the fire alarm with smoke and having the sprinklers rain on everyone’s laptop, people trying to study who find the smell offensive/distracting (all things which might cause someone to “tattle” on you by telling an RA) - and for yourself (mentioned above), so I think in conclusion if you want to smoke up in peace, smoke up somewhere else.</p>
<p>Also: astrophysicsmom is one cool mom :P</p>
<p>haha, umcp11, you make me blush! ;)</p>
<p>jewels08 are you going to call the feds on me?</p>
<p>And you cant really be disturbed by a vaporizer, since it doesnt smell.</p>
<p>Shayman,</p>
<p>No worries. Just checking on the dorm to make sure DS wouldn’t be inhaling any secondhand ganja smoke.</p>
<p>your car</p>
<p>Jewels…Sorry to inform you but your kid will most likely be smelling plenty of
“ganja smoke” either in the dorm room, at parties, or even just walking around campus especially at night.</p>
<p>I know 3 kids that were kicked out of the dorms for smoking. They subsequently did not return to UMD. Why? Because Mom and Dad said BS I am not paying for an apt because you were that stupid. One of the kids lives across the street from us. His folks own an expensive home and could easily afford to get them an apt. Another’s father was a cardiac surgeon, the final one owned his own business that he sold at the age of 50 to retire permanently. They were all OOS kids (NJ, VA and Tenn), so commuting was not an option.</p>
<p>Finally, there are lurkers on this site from resnet. I know that because when I called UMD for a question, they jokingly said, the link is already there on cc on how to get in the back way.</p>
<p>You might think it is anomynous to be on these boards, but by just hitting on the blue link of your name, and reading other posts anyone can start to put 2 and 2 together to start whittling down who you actually are. The more posts you make the more clearer it becomes on who you are. Use me as an example, resnet, could easily figure out who our DS is, because there aren’t too many AFROTC students that are on merit for govt and politics scholars, class of 12, lived in Centreville, going into New Leonardtown and from VA. Heck I have even said he lived on the 7th floor. FYI your umd profile shows your dorm assignments, roommates, credits, basically it looks almost like a transcript, so that is how they can also find you through the computer sytem.</p>
<p>All you need is one person, maybe someone who is an RA, to say rut ro there is a kid intending to break the rules that is living in my dorm so I will give them a heads up. </p>
<p>Now for the truth there will be idiots who do smoke, if you are unfortunate enough to be roomed with an idiot, leave the room, and make sure you tell them that they never light up in front of you. I didn’t inhale will still put you in jeopardy. At the end of the day, if our DS stayed in a room, but didn’t inhale and they got busted, without a doubt that would be the last semester he attended there on my dime!</p>
<p>You need to grow up. This kind of reminds me of Ricky Williams who said he would rather smoke pot than play for the dolphins. You are placing the importance of pot over your college career.</p>
<p>BTW shayman how did you get a full ride with a 27ACT and not even accepted into an honors program? You also gave a big piece of a hint if I wanted to dig you up even more that you are OOS, and requested your roommate, which means in cambridge that the roomie is in a program. How hard do you think now it would be for someone at resnet to go in, look for a freshman full ride OOS, that name requested a roommate with politics as their major, who had a 27 ACT and a 4.56 gps? Alot request roommates, few are given.</p>
<p>Watch out for big brother, they maybe out there. Obviously, since your threads are filled with bringing vaporizers you fully intend to be partying. I guess your next question will be where do you find dealers?</p>
<p>Pima - you are sooo on top of your game! Good reply.</p>
<p>Thanks, but obviously if this was DS going in as a freshman I would be eyes and ears up about DS’s roommate. We have a great relationship with DS, his next door neighbor liked to smoke in the room…the kid was/is a true idiot, his room was across from the bathroom so everyone could smell it. FYI rolling a towel up and placing it in the door frame with windows open and fans going doesn’t stop it from escaping. The only reason the RA didn’t was because his room was by the elevator and never made it down that way. Obviously, Shayman’s roommate has no problem with him partying because they name requested each other. However, I will place a 10 will get you 20 bet, that if the RA is on scholarship, they will not risk their life to look away. All you need is one who can’t afford to risk turning a blinds eye. The three that were kicked out of the dorm that I know of were “ratted on” by other people on the floor to the RA. The RA had no choice, but to report them and do a room check.</p>
<p>This not only goes for smoking, but drinking also. There was a child on DS’s floor that go so drunk, the kids sat with him in the bathroom for 3 hours while he prayed to the porcelain god. It came to a point where they started to debate on getting the RA and calling an ambulance. They didn’t, but had that child not shown improvement, not one of them was willing to sacrifice their life for him. </p>
<p>In the end of the day it is not only stupid to risk your own college career, but selfish and inconsiderate to put others in jeopardy.</p>
<p>Pima, thanks for the great post. You know this partying scares me to death. I am not worried about his roommate in the least or him, but it’s all the OTHERS that scare me. He is on scholarship and I just don’t know how big of a problem this really is… He is a social magnet and loves people, but I don’t want him to jeopardize his future being friends with someone who turns out to be a major party person. Do freshman take the risk or steer clear. I wonder…</p>
<p>Jewels_08, I’m sure that your son will be able to avoid partying if he wants to (if you’re strong willed you can really avoid anything). That being said, the majority of students will drink occasionally. If it’s anything like my high school (which I don’t know if it is), the smartest students with the highest GPAs always managed to have a good time and party as well as any other student. Partying isn’t necessarily bad, it’s when it gets excessive that it’s detrimental to both your health and your grades.</p>