heavy student turnout at the University of Michigan helped save Ann Arbor's lenient marijuana law last week, but at a widely publicized university Hash Bash on April 2. only 25 smokers gathered to celebrate the municipality's lax drug laws..

The law is stands levies only a $5 fine on persons found in possession of small quantities of marijuana. The proposal to repeal the law and replace it with a $25 fine, was placed on the ballot by the Republican-dominated city council, but lost 2-1 in voting of roughly 24,000 residents.

At the Hash Bash, founded in 1972 as a radical-inspired stab at traditional moral values, helmeted police and barricaded buildings confronted the small group of students who said they came mostly "out of tradition."

Pot isn't such a defiant symbol anymore I guess the Hash Bash has to wait for the next generation said one senior.

Previous festivals have drawn an estimated 5000 participants and included such memorable events as State Rep Perry Bullard lighting up a joint for the benefit of the press. The Michigan Datly