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[leyton]

The hall was definitely packed (who would pass up a chance to see Kerry?) and it holds maybe four hundred people so it's more intimate than a rally something like that. Mostly students were there of course, it being a university campus. Kerry got a standing ovation and also applause at several points during the speech. One of his best lines was something to the effect of "people complain so much about moral relativists, when we have an Administration made up of factual relativists." There was a question-answer period where he tended to joke around. One questioner introduced herself as being from Ohio, and Kerry quipped, "Well, if everyone here had all just moved to Ohio..." I think the audience was overwhelmingly friendly (no hecklers) but then again the College Democrats controlled a large number of the tickets. Teresa Heinz-Kerry was also present. Afterwards a lot of students went up to try and meet the Kerrys, they were very gracious.