Students Build Six-Foot Replica Of Smoking Pipe

A politically-motivated, six-foot-tall bong pipe is not something most Western students would normally find in the center of Red Square, or anywhere for that matter.

Members of the WWU Libertarians club will protest by displaying the bong pipe from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in Red Square to show their support for the fight to legalize marijuana.

Graduate student and club member Hannah Pendergrast said the club members hope to inspire students to discuss the war on drugs and aren't condoning marijuana use. The bong is to gain students' attention, she said.

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