"A vote for Nader is a vote for progress," said Eastwood. "If Al Gore can't defeat one of the least eloquent, intelligent candidates in American history that just shows that he has lost the support of the people."

Nader concluded his speech with a quote from Gandhi, and exited to another enthusiastic standing ovation from a crowd comprised mostly of young people.

"I think he's actually listening to us," said B.U. first-year Nathan Barber.

Barber, along with many other members of the crowd, believed that Nader will reach the 5 percent mark in tomorrow's election, which would entitle the Green Party to at least $7,000,000 in federal campaign money in 2004.

It was only fitting that Nader should wrap up his campaign with a stop at B.U. Throughout his presidential run, he has spent a great deal of time in Massachusetts--and perhaps even more time working to gain the student vote.

Nader has made a particular point of wooing the Harvard vote.

A 1958 graduate of Harvard Law School (HLS), Nader spoke at the HLS Forum over a year ago--on Oct. 29, 1999--even before the official start of the campaign season.

On Oct. 3, as the Democratic and Republican candidates prepared to debate at UMass-Boston, Nader was speaking at HLS again.