Darwin Lecture

On October 1st, I attended the experience event: Darwin and the Split between Natural and Sexual Selection; with the guest speaker, Dr. Elizabeth Grosz. It was held in the Klein Lecture Hall, not only did it reach its maximum capacity but it more then exceeded it. I was forced to stand in the back of the lecture hall without a seat. Not only was I forced to stand uncomfortably against a wall, the mic was not operating properly. I had to stand for an hour and listen to muffled sounds because Dr. Grosz was extremely soft spoken and throughout the entire speech, I could not make out a word. I was not the only irritated person in the room. The group of students surrounding me were frustrated as well, and actually wound up leaving before the lecture was over.

Dr. Grosz seemed to be very educated in the area that she was discussing. Although I could not hear everything that she was saying, I could make out some of it. I was able to acknowledge that she would spend a lot of time elaborating on a specific topic. I am sure that the lecture was very interesting since people asked a lot of questions during the open discussion session. Everybody that asked questions were in the front of the hall and were educators of some sort. Generally, the students seemed uninterested in the topic at hand. I wish that I would have been able to hear because it really was something that I was interested in.