Students argued with Griffin for several minutes, and were quick to voice their complaints.

"For classes they'll put people in the aisles--they don't care about fire hazards," said Gregory M. Weinhoff '93. "But the one time they have something that would help students...they won't allow it."

Demetri Karausos '95 decried the event as a "poor planning effort of the part of the Peer Contraceptive Counselors. They really didn't expect that this thing would fill up. That's really sad."

Several students said the lecture should have been held in Sanders Theater.

The Science Center staff set up a remote television about 20 minutes after the lecture began. After workers cleared up a few technical glitches, students settled on the floor in front of the Greenhouse Cafe to watch Dr. Ruth secondhand.

Some students theorized about why Dr. Ruth was such a popular attraction.

"Just because they're giving out free condoms," suggested Kusumarn Thammongkol '95. "Just for the heck of it. I wouldn't be using them anyway."

Others tended to agree with Romero's simple explanation.

"I think everyone's sexually crazed here," Benzie said. "Seriously.