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Show Page IS Monday, Sept. /7, 2007 Protest: All the fun on the Internet [Icontinued from page 14 some chanting "Hey Bush, what do you say, how many kids did you kill today?" while a man on the sidewalk snouts back, "Treason! You should be hung. You hate our country?" Do ritualistic antics and arrests for climbing over a barricade change any minds? Hardly anyone on the streets seemed eager to discuss where to go from here. Many of those chanting slogans such as "out now" and "stay the course" find it hard to digest the notion that there are anti-war diehards who believe we must stay in Iraq to prevent wholesale slaughter or that there are true pro-war believers who have concluded that it would be immoral to allow more Americans to die in a war that cannot be won. It would be a shame if our fascination with connecting electronically leads to the end of our history of gathering in throngs in the shadows of democracy's marble temples. But new ways of pressuring the powerful are evolving. It's hard to persuade someone who believes in the efficacy of online organizing that walk- ing on a D.C. street is a better way to put the screws to politicians than, say, a demographically targeted e-mail fundraising campaign. Two hundred million MySpace members can't be wrong, can they? Political organizers sound much like entertainment executives these days, as they wonder how to get people off their couches and into public places. But the real question isn't how to get people to engage in the old way — it's how to use new ways to engage them where they are. The same goes for reporters. Like flies drawn to a porch light bulb, we keep covering people who take to the streets. And we should. But it's at least as important to get into the heads and hearts of those who spent Saturday in their living rooms and back yards or driving around doing errands, wondering, if only for a moment, whether their country is doing the right thing. By Marc Fisher for the Washington Post. FOOD & DRUG STORES POST YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE AT www. utahstatesman.com Seats: Changes [^continued from page 14 constitutional scruples, is said to be worried that House representation for D.C. would violate the part of Article I that says "the House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states." That poses a legitimate question, and the legal debate transcends partisan and ideological lines. For example, Kenneth Starr, the solicitor general for President Bush's father and now the dean of the law school at Pepperdine University, thinks the legislation would be constitutional. But the ultimate decision should be made by the Supreme Court, which the current president was content to have rule on the constitutionality of another law about which his advisers had legal reservations: the McCain-Feingold campaignreform act. He should choose the same course here. Thanks to the 23rd Amendment, ratified in 1961, residents of the District of Columbia may vote in presidential elections. That they continue to lack representation in even one house of the legislative branch is a scandal that Congress should rectify. To do so, proponents will need to muster the votes to overcome a possible filibuster in the Senate. But if senators join their House colleagues in speaking up for D.C. voting rights, Bush might see the wisdom of extending the blessings of democracy not just to Iraqis but to his own neighbors. Student Card Think International... U2Ufitudu^hroadFair ALSO Ufi Postal fiorvieo PASSPORT FAIR Apply for Ufi Bring: Proof of 1 r\-t- t FAIR . Photo ID Payment $97 : • 5%* discount off every order, every day. No limits! • Extra savings on Smith's Fresh Values specials! • Automatic entry into Fresh Values contests and sweepstakes! • Extra savings by enrolling in the Baby Club, Pet Club and Photo Club! • Enrollment is good from August 1,2007 through July 31st, 2008 *Enrollments for the 2006-2007 school season expire September 30,2007 *Excludes alcohol, tobacco, prescriptions, fuel, postage stamps, money orders and other items prohibited by law. state, j passpun Pictures taken onsitefor $15 18, 2007 TSC International/ Sunburst Lounge, USD Study Abroad www.usu.edu/studyabroad 797-0601/1253 Smith* 175 |