Where have all the protests gone?

WASHINGTON: When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

"There's a lot of apathy and a growing disconnectedness to what's going on in world affairs," the frustrated Howard University junior said as some 200 people, including a handful of students, gathered for the march.

"Students are more interested in trying to get a job and make money. That's essentially the bottom line."