The Fenimore Hotel, aka "The Crack House." Photo by Angelo Carosio.

Special Report: The Crack House

Situated between Campion and Broadway, the 500 block of Broadway has become notorious around Campus for the shady activities that can be seen going on there. Students report seeing drug deals, violence, and more. But how much validity do those stories have?

Coming in Wednesday’s Spectator is a detailed report on the real amount of crime and drugs on the block, a look at the Fenimore Hotel (a.k.a. the “Crack House”), as well as a profile of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, the nonprofit homeless shelter that some argue is causing the problem.

“There are drugs being sold out of the Ohashi’s,” Daniel Rubin, a property owner on the block says. “There are people always coming up to the windows and yelling up for drugs.”

Check it out on page 1 Wednesday!

Always wanting to be a step ahead of other states and currently in the middle of a terrible budget deficit to the tune of $16 billion due to the recession, California may become the first state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational use and therefore make a killing off of taxes on the drug.

The Snitch, the San Francisco Weekly’s blog, broke the news yesterday that Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in all forms, removing “all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for persons over the age of 21,” according to Ammiano’s press secretary Quintin Mecke.

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Michael Phelps gettin' superhigh

After this photograph of 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps appeared online, Phelps was quick to issue an apology for his behavior.

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Don't worry about it, bro

It was late Friday night as I stood hazily looking at my door handle. 1:49. There was a large metallic bulb covering the handle, directly in the way of the keyhole. I was locked out of my room. Taped to the metallic bulb was a note that read:

Dial 5990 to be allowed back in your room.

At a house show at my friend Wolf’s place, I had not only played music to the delight of other SU students and the probable ire of the Seattle Police Department, but I had also made a botched pass at my ex, and needless to say, consumed a fair amount of cheap beer. At this house, it was my friend Eliza who approached me to tell me that my roommate was “belligerent”. I inferred the rest, but had no idea about how Public Safety might have been involved or would become involved.

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