Added Director of the Shorenstein Center MarvinL. Kalb '53, "What we learn from Web White & Blueabout educating voters online in 1998 will help usmake the Internet more effective for voters in thepresidential election in 2000."

However, some interviewed yesterday questionedthe site's usefulness.

Darryl Li '01, one of four founders of theundergraduate online magazine Icon, said thatwhile the Internet is a new way to conveyinformation, resources on the Web cannot solve theproblem of voter apathy.

"There's a growing faith among some [people]about the democratizing nature of the Internet,"Li said, "but providing information doesn't changethings."

"There's a difference between having resourcesavailable over the Internet and having a localblock captain knocking on your door," Li added.

However, Steve Case, chair and CEO of AmericaOnline, which is donating services to help makethe Web White & Blue project possible, stressedthe value of the Web as a tool for voters.

"[The Internet] can fundamentally change ourpolitical process by empowering people to educatethemselves," Case said.

"[It] can provide a depth and breadth ofinformation in one place that is simply impossibleto duplicate in the traditional media."

The Web White & Blue site will remain activethrough the Nov. 3 election