According to the Washington Times, Jackson's event was poorly attended:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020916-78725174.htm
"EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday told about 600 Michigan State University students that America's democracy was 37 years old, not 225... [snip] The event here was poorly attended after student organizers predicted a crowd of 6,000. The group provided 2,000 free tickets to students and booked the arena area of the center, which has a capacity of 15,000."
Only 600 attendees? Yuk, yuk, that's damn pathetic. Cheers to the other students who exercised their famous MSU brainpower and stayed away.