“What would it take to fill this auditorium?” Cornell asked as he peered out over the empty rows in the Harvard Hall lecture room.
The subject of political interest was prevalent at the event, with different people offering perspectives on what some called a “dead campus.”
Susan McGregor ’05 attributed the sparse interest in political events to “a fractionalized liberal movement” in which liberal groups overextend themselves by espousing a wide variety of issues.
But discussion is always a good start, audience members said. Joe Flood ’04, the HIPJ member who organized the event, said he was happy with how it went.
“We had a small setting and it’s rare that you have the opportunity to break down these issues with someone so knowledgeable,” said Flood, who is also a Crimson editor.