> One interesting thing was that they saw the message as something you
> carry _into_ a demo, but as something that evolved out of it, for
> them as individuals, and for them as members of the protest group.
> They saw their message, their demands, sharpen and clarify as it
> emerged from the protest.
>
Here's my 0.02:
The end of summer run up to school can be kind of hectic and disorganized. For students, I'd suggest spring is better for mass centralized rallies. Long cold winters lead to long hot summers, with mass rallies in the middle. Elegant and aesthetic.
The students had the semester to get their "act" together, and can travel.... take their message to the world at a mass demo, evolve, sharpen, clarify, then *relax*.... relaxing after strenuous learning experiences helps one absorb and remember lessons learned.
Go to Cabo, Santa Cruz [Silicon Beach for Silicon Valley].
... ferggedaboutit for a month or so.
Then it's time for Back To (the mil-ind-edu-tech complex) School to shut the M/F down, or at least disturb the war.
Leigh "Have you seen Junior's grades!?!" --Van Halen