Claremont McKenna is not a conservative school.

[watsonfellow]

First, the Claremont Institute is not officially affiliated with Claremont McKenna College.

It was founded by former students of Professor Jaffa when he was given the boot by CMC.

CMC's reputation as a "conservative" school is vastly overrated. Only a third of the faculty is conservative and they are constantly under attack by the left-wing majority of faculty.

Indeed, there is no western civ. requirement at CMC, making it therefore slightly less conservative than even Colombia. Food for thought.

[GulliverSwift]

What prompted this?

[Mr. Mojo]

OK by me. .

[Charles Henrickson]

What prompted this?

This thread.

[watsonfellow]

In the previous threads, some posters have conflated "The Claremont Institute" with "Claremont McKenna College". The only relation between the two is a loose, voluntary affinity certain professors in the Gov. department feel towards Prof. Jaffa.

CMC is only a slightly less left wing school than most. Horrible if you want a decent "Greats" education, indeed, the far more liberal schools of Pomona and Scripps have far better offerings in the Great Books tradition. As a CMC student, I had to take my Classics major at Scripps and Pomona.

[Uncle Miltie]

As an Alum, I do not sense that this is true. I know many of the faculty in the Econ Department, and several recent graduates. I pay very close attention to the tenor and content of every CMC publication.

Compared to any other college on the West Coast, I do not know of a more conservative one. Sure, Hillsdale would be an improvement. But find me a more conservative secular college West of the Rockies, and I'll be newly informed.

[watsonfellow]

Politically perhaps it is "Conservative" more than most. In terms of a "conservative" education, you would be hard pressed to find a single "Greats" course.

Have you noticed all the new hires (of which the LIAR was one). They are all bubbly, female, liberal/left-wing, and insipid.

[Uncle Miltie]

"As a CMC student, I had to take my Classics major at Scripps and Pomona."

Anyone who goes to CMC for a degree other than Economics or Political Science has chosen the wrong school. With a student body of around 1,000, it cannot have many great majors.

Classics?

We did have a Western Civ. requirement for Class of '84.

[Uncle Miltie]

Mildly funny story:

Walked the North Quad for the first time in 19 years this Fall. Guy on the balcony was making a coffee table out of tennis balls drilled and strung through strong wire. Girl across the Quad hollered to ask what he was doing.

"I just want to show that I can make a table out of tennis balls."

[watsonfellow]

I was in the PPE program, which is why I came to CMC. Classics though was something I did at Pomona and Scripps. No the Western Civ requirement was essentially shut down and a class in civilizations of the world was instituted. It was quite a loss to the remaining conservative faculty members who championed western civ. You should read up on recent developments that perhaps were overlooked in the Alumni mag.

[watsonfellow]

I was in the PPE program, which is why I came to CMC. Classics though was something I did at Pomona and Scripps. No the Western Civ requirement was essentially shut down and a class in civilizations of the world was instituted. It was quite a loss to the remaining conservative faculty members who championed western civ. You should read up on recent developments that perhaps were overlooked in the Alumni mag.

[Carry_Okie]

Anyone who goes to CMC for a degree other than Economics or Political Science has chosen the wrong school. With a student body of around 1,000, it cannot have many great majors.

The double major program in management and engineering CMC shares with Mudd isn't bad.

IMHO the whole 5 college campus has been resting on its laurels for quite some time.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Anyone who goes to CMC for a degree other than Economics or Political Science has chosen the wrong school

Sheesh, everyone knows you went to CMC to be a Merkle/Hoskins double major :o). This incident is actually making Jack Stark look like a tough guy.

[Uncle Miltie]

If you double up with the Econ department, you'll be okay. Egineering / Econ; Math / Econ; 3/2 with Stanford, etc.

Cheers!

[hillaryisalesbo]

I am an alum and I agree. When I was there the faculty was about 50-50 communist vs. american.

However, the communist new president Gann is attempting to purge the faculty of the conservatives.

I got an emergency e-mail about the alleged hate crime from her and told her it was not appropriate to e-mail about an alleged hate crime when the true crime was property damage. No response. Then only after I goaded her with a copy of the Claremont Police report I sent her personal e-mail the night before did she respond with another missive on how stupid she was for buying that Schlock from the lesbo Stalinist.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Too late to bring back Jack?

[Carry_Okie]

If you double up with the Econ department, you'll be okay.

I think not (I graduated Mudd in '85 ;-).

[Tempest]

perhaps we should ping the starter of the other thread then.

[hillaryisalesbo]

Jack saw this crap coming when Vernon Jordan was my class's commencement speaker. That Clintonista bastard lectured us for 30 minutes on why whitey should accept affirmative action. Jack cut and ran off to the Keck center to start afresh. To mix metaphors...without Donald McKenna standing in the breach, the center cannot hold. I told CMC to kiss my ass on funding this year because of it.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

More of a refernce to the 2 easiest professors in the 80's, but thanks.