LEWISBURG — They didn’t get Barack Obama, but they got Spock.

Hundreds of Bucknell University students, many of them wearing St. Patrick’s Day green, and other members of the community packed the Trout Auditorium Monday night eager to learn more about the presidential candidate who’s drummed up more support from young voters than any other candidate in this election.

Actors Zachary Quinto, who plays the main villain on NBC’s “Heroes” and Captain Spock in the upcoming “Star Trek” film, and Dulé Hill, star of USA’s “Psych,” appeared before a crowd of more than 400 people as representatives of the Obama campaign.

It was their fourth stop of the day in Pennsylvania, according to Quinto, who said they had appeared before mostly younger crowds.

“This is the most historic and arguably most exciting election in history,” he said, calling Obama “the man who I truly believe is ... the last true hope for a very wounded, very divided country.”

Hill was equally exuberant when he told the crowd, “I’m here as an American who has been inspired ... It is (Obama’s) passion for the people, his empathy, that his decisions are driven by his desire to help people and see communities change.”

Quinto and Hill fielded several questions from the crowd — a few of which stumped them — but were there mainly to encourage support for Obama and voting in general.

“I feel like I’m in a really fortunate position because people will listen to me,” Quinto said as a crowd of admirers gathered around him following the event. “I can’t shirk the responsibility that comes with that. It’s not about my celebrity. It’s about meeting people and engaging them.”

Hill also acknowledged his star status wasn’t going to sway people, but jokingly said, “If anyone in this room wants to do anything I say just because I say to do so, I say vote for Barack Obama.”

The actors found a mostly sympathetic crowd at the event, but according to several students, the campus community is still very much split on who it supports in the election.

“In general, it’s a pretty conservative campus,” said sophomore Tim Hoffman, president of the Bucknell Students for Barack Obama group, who helped organize the forum. “But I have had friends who are registered Republicans or Independents who have told me they would vote for Obama if he wins the nomination.”

Republican Allison Zhornist, a sophomore, attended the event because she didn’t know enough about Obama to form a strong opinion one way or the other.

“I’m very interested to see what his views are,” she said. “I’ve heard a lot of pros and cons.”

Her friend, “hardcore Obama” supporter Michelle Daniels, believes the candidate is more capable than his opponents of leading the country in a positive direction.

“I don’t care about his lack of experience,” she said. “I feel like he has everyone’s best interests in mind.”