Up in the Air When the polling booths open on election day, will young people show up? Like these “I’m a voter” hackey sacks show, the answer is, literally, still up in the air. The colorful hackey sacks, juggled by Cory Atkins, a student from North Carolina interning with the Institute of Politics (IOP) this past summer, were given out by the IOP during a Forum panel discussion called “Students Mobilizing Students: Moving Your Campus to the Polls.” The event included former Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi and coincided with the Democratic National Convention that was being held just across the river.

photo: Martha Stewart