By Megan Doheny, Stanford Daily
For most, getting tickets to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama can depend on a first-come-first-served basis, but Amani Green, Stanford Univeristy ‘12, is going based on a creative rap video she made in her dorm room.
Inspired by the way in which Obama engaged the public over the Internet, Congressman Mike Honda of California’s 15th District (which encompasses Silicon Valley) decided to allocate tickets to constituents through two online programs. One program focused on educational initiatives and another on Facebook, which Green won by submitting her video.
“Originally, I had planned on granting a pair of tickets to the most deserving entry from each of the two programs,” Honda said in a letter to constituents published on his Web site. “As the creativity and thoughtfulness of these submissions from my Silicon Valley constituents became evident, I realized it would be impossible to choose just one entry from each program. In the end, I provided tickets to 10 constituents who submitted entries.”
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