KFMB-TV: FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE SPEAKS TO SELLOUT CROWD

KFMB-TV: "Filmmaker Michael Moore, a thorn in the side of the president, drew a sold-out crowd of 10,000 people to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, after Cal State San Marcos canceled a show to distance itself.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker offered Ramen noodles and clean underwear to college students who pledged to vote for their first time on Nov. 2 and offered a $5,000 'hellraiser' scholarship to whichever CSUSM student defied the Bush administration most successfully.

'I hope this encourages students in the future to do the true American thing and stand up for what they believe in,' the 'Fahrenheit 9/11' director said during last night's stop on his Slacker Uprising Tour.

'America will not thrive if its universities become places of fear instead of places of courage,' Moore said. "