October 12, 2004

Slack offs

Filmmaker Michael Moore's appearance last Wednesday on Gullen Mall at Wayne State University drew a mass of Moore fans, as well as a few dozen Bush supporters and anti-Moore protesters. The appearance was part of Moore's 60-city "Slacker Uprising" tour of college campuses. At each tour date, Moore has arranged for free screenings of his film, Fahrenheit 9/11, including at Wayne State on Oct. 6-8. Marti Murphy, chair of the Wayne State College Democrats who helped organize the event, says Moore waived his speaking fee and the AFL-CIO picked up the roughly $6,000 tab for police security. Moore also tossed free copies of his films and books to anyone who promised to register to vote that day.

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