I, too, got there just as the presentation started, and was turned away at the auditorium doors. However, I overheard the usher tell some students that there was a TV with a direct feed set up in the 2nd floor hallway, so up I went. They couldn't get the TV to work, and all the students gathered there headed off to the other halls to check the broadcast there. Then one of the ushers opened up the doors to the handful of us still hanging around, so I ended up in the hallway for the balcony, looking right down on top of Ann.
I really enjoyed her presentation, and especially the give-and-take (and BOY, can she GIVE!) of the Q-&-A session. I had what I assume to be a professor/grad student standing behind me whispering to his companion that he really wished he could take her on in a one-on-one debate.
Actually, I was pretty suprised by how relatively civil the audience was. The 'paperwads' you saw showering down from the balcony were origami birds (doves?)...a young man sitting about 5 feet from me had a huge box full of them, and would occasionally fling one or two over the balcony...handfuls, when Ann responded to questions regarding her first post-9/11 column (re: converting the middle east to Christianity). And that WAS a lemon the other young man presented to Ann.
Having heard about the nasty turn things took at Cornell earlier this year, I was pleasantly suprised with how today's program turned out. Ann seemed to be truly enjoying herself. I was especially pleased that I happened to spot her as I was walking back to the parking lot, and got a chance to speak with her a moment & got her to autograph her book for me.
A class act with a razor edge!