[StonyBurk]

the worrisome part was the comment the event was nearly aborted for lack of support from the local Jewish community.
sometimes you just have to do it -and then come back and do it again when the locals hear what they nearly missed out on.

[OddLane]

Yes, he discussed the tepid reaction of the campus Hillel during his speech, and I explored this issue in greater length in my post about the event.