FYI, Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs has published an e-mail from a Columbia student saying that there was a group of 20-30 students (out of 600) applauding. The remainder, the student says, sat in disgusted silence.
Another student quoted over there had what I think is the most succinct response to the entire thing:
"On the whole, most people realized that him being there was a mistake— because to have rational discourse, parties to the debate have to be, well, rational."
LGF thread link:
Comment Posted By lbphilly On 24.09.2007 @ 21:53
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27197_Video-_Columbia_Students_Applaud_Ahmadinejads_Reply_to_Bollinger&only