They are young kids still and lacking awareness. There is also a big difference in terms of how powerful the odor of the weed is now as opposed to 20+ years ago. A lot of the stronger weed has overpowering smell that will travel through a bag and down a hall no problem. That's without even smoking it.
It is surprising that word hasn't gone around the team that smoking in the dorms is not a good idea.
I won't give them a pass for being young. I didn't turn 18 until my birthday in mid -October of my freshman year at NU. I lived in California until I was 10 then Oklahoma, Colorado and finally 8-12 grade in a small Nebraska town. I don't think I had too many big city street smarts. I still managed not to get arrested during my years in Lincoln. I will agree with you on today's pot. It is definitely HIGH octane.