As an engineering student, I decided to let Penn State show its true colors on what it thinks of the war, to test its actual feelings. Tuesday night, I wrote on a shirt "BOMB IRAQ" and listened to what the public said as I walked on my eight-minute, 54-second trip from 113 S. Frasier St. to 312 Osmond.

I walked by the "vigil" at the Allen Street gates, and one woman said, "I'm here to hear your thoughts." I told her I was "all for the war" and pointed at my shirt. When I did this, another man walking towards the protesters agreed, looked at me, and said "all for it." Once I began walking on campus I had 11 people talk to me. All had something positive to say about my shirt; zero had something negative to say.

I am reacting to a letter to the editor about how useless protesters are. I agree that the few people that protest make a difference. I just wanted to show this by testing it across the whole campus. If there were 20,000 people at the gate, it might have shown something, but there were three. Wait, only three? That's only .0075 percent of the population. I had almost four times that many come up to me on my nine-minute walk.

So, do you really think you will make a difference? Even in a realistic circumstance, you need 50 percent. So you see, you should stop protesting and fight for the protection and security of the military protecting our country and the beliefs we have.