CUERNAVACA PARK — Well, at least it was peaceful. The first day of the much-ballyhooed Tent State University closed with a few dozen protesters listening to the remaining acts and bands.

It wasn't the tens of thousands of protesters organizers had estimated would show up - although certainly lots of people walked, biked and skateboarded into the park in order to stand in line for the chance to win free tickets to the Rage Against The Machine show on Wednesday. But after registration, lots of them walked right out again - right past the speakers who talked about immigration rights, social progressiveness and other areas of interest for the organizers of the free outdoor university.

But maybe not of so much interest to the Rage fans.

JoJo Pease, an organizer with Tent State, preferred to focus on the success of the 'Funk the War' march up the 16th street mall today.

"'Funk the War' turned out really well," she said. "Most of our efforts have been put towards the concert and after the concert on Wednesday. We're looking for a high turnout that day."

Tent State University has had a controversial recent history in Denver. It was originally scheduled to be held in City Park, but after residents and others registered their misgivings, the event was moved to Cuernavaca, which stretches along the banks of the Platte River.

Only a handful of people appeared to be using the fast-moving river to cool off, despite the afternoon's relentless heat. Tent State organizers had cordoned off the river banks with yellow police tape and orange traffic cones posted with signs that warned off the fast current.

One area of Tent State that received high traffic and interest was the Guantanamo Bay cell block recreation, sponsored by Amnesty International. The eight foot by six foot cell has a metal toilet and sink and a narrow bench for sleeping along one wall. It was small and much too hot on the warm afternoon. Visitors walked in and heard about the prisoners kept in the U.S. military base from Amnesty International staffers.

"We hope people will have an opportunity to understand what's happening," Mona Cadena of Amnesty International said.

More than 300 people had already stopped in during the first 45 minutes of the day, she said.

One visitor was Elena Augustine, 22, a graduate student in Denver.

"I definitely thought the cell would be bigger," she said. "But I guess I'm not that surprised that it's not."