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Dozens of Virginia Tech students are facing potential discipline after police busted at least 10 parties over the weekend, the first of the spring semester. Tech police received one call about a gathering on campus of more than 10 people, the limit imposed by the governor, said Mark Owczarski, a university spokesman. Officials referred 16 students involved in the party to the university’s student conduct process, which determines whether and how a student will be penalized. Blacksburg police responded to another nine calls involving large gatherings of students last weekend, according to...

But even if the state legalizes pot, students may want to think twice before toking up on campus. Schools must still ban any use of cannabis — even medical marijuana — on college grounds, in keeping with federal laws like the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989. That dynamic means students who may not be doing anything the state finds illegal could still be punished by a state agency. “That was the real fear with a lot of these students, what the school was going to do with them, versus whether the legal system would handle it or not,” Brad McConnell, a Blacksbur...