"In her prepared speech, she took many stands.But, when it came time for her to expand on them,she seemed uncomfortable expressing her ownconvictions," said Leah T. Okimoto '98. "It mademany of us wonder how valid her claims were."
After the speech, one fan took Streisand's mugof tea as a souvenir, while others waited at theback gates of the Kennedy School, hoping toglimpse Streisand as her entourage headed to thePresident's House at 17 Quincy Street for dinner.
"I saw her hair," one gushed, as the car spedby, with Streisand Carnesale squeezed in the backseat.
Streisand's spokesperson, Ken Sunshine, saidthat Marge Tabankin, head of the StreisandFoundation, encouraged Streisand to visit Harvardafter her own experience as an I.O.P. fellow lastyear.
"She's had a terrific time." Sunshine said."what she liked most was the interaction with thestudents."
Sunshine said that Streisand attended classesyesterday. "She had homework, and did it," hesaid.
Approximately 650 people attended last night'sspeech, which was covered by over 70 members ofthe media.
Students who did not get tickets were able towatch the speech in classrooms on closed-circuitTV or on New England Cable News, which broadcastthe talk live.
Amita K. Shukla and the Associated Presscontributed to the reporting of this story.