Marches, sit-ins and die-ins are not the only ways for protesters opposing the war to express their dissent.

Some protesters are using clothing and creative signs to get their messages out.

"What they serve to do is give recognition that you're anti-war," Rebecca Seidel, (freshman-liberal arts), a member of The Streets Project, a group protesting the war, said.

"It's not a fashion show," said Kathryn Johnston (non-degree), a member of The Streets Project. "I think some people are doing it as a way of dealing with [the war]".

Other trends Johnston has seen include white arm bands and black clothing.

"We've been dressing in black as a mourning for the victims, because people don't need to be dying for this," Johnston said.

Jesse Clark (sophomore-division of undergraduate studies), another member of The Streets Project, said the clothing serves as "kind of an identity for the protesters."

Blue pins with depictions of a dove in the middle have also been popular, Clark said, adding these pins were handed out during the last protest march.

Clark said he noticed another trend. "A lot of people have fake bandages," he said, displaying his own white bandage covered in fake blood.

People who have seen even a glimpse of the recent war protests know another highly popular form of protest is the use of creative signs.

"A lot of people like to make a visual representation of the thing they're protesting," George Levin (sophomore-history), a member of The Streets Project, said.

For the protesters, the design and length of time it takes to make the posters vary. While Levin has devoted as much as three hours to making a poster, Clark said he prefers to keep it simple. "When I make them, I make a simple poster to get my point across. Some people make more elaborate designs," Clark said.

Levin said it is important to make sure people will understand the poster almost immediately. "The art of a poster is to find something short to say that people can understand real quick," Levin said, adding it is a good idea to use some evidence to support a claim.

Making posters is only one part of the job, Johnston said. "You can't spend all of your effort making catchy posters," he said. "The posters are just an introductory sentence."