Conservatives rare species on campus

Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | 20 October 2002 | Peter Bronson

[Deadeye Division]

Conservatives rare species on campus

It includes every kind of group," said the spokeswoman for the Masturbation Celebration on the University of Cincinnati campus. "Bondage, porn, gay, straight."

Absolutely. Campuses will tolerate anything - except conservatives.

UC professors recently held a seminar on war against Iraq, then surveyed faculty and students.

Their answer. No way.

"College professors oppose war" is about as surprising as "Vampires Do Not Approve of Sunrise" or "Vegetarians Oppose Pot Roast." It's sooo predictable.

But these results are truly bizarre: Nationally, 64 percent support President Bush on Iraq. On the UC campus, 70 percent oppose Mr. Bush.

On nearly every question, the UC opinion is the extreme opposite of national opinion.

One unscientific poll does not speak for everyone. "I wouldn't base anything on that survey," said UC spokesman Greg Hand. But he was surprised opposition to the war was not higher. And he says that UC is more tolerant of conservatives than most campuses. "Based on 24 years here, it's my opinion that this is a more conservative university than most in the U.S."

I guess that makes other campuses a gulag of totalitarian left-wing ideology and indoctrination.

Republicans are not outlawed yet, but they are endangered species.

For liberals only

A poll by the Enterprise Institute showed that professors registered as Democrats outnumbered Republicans at Stanford, 151 to 17. At Berkeley, the lopsided score was 59-7. At Cornell, 166-6. And so on.

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni said: "While America's elected officials from both parties and media commentators from across the spectrum condemned the (9-11) attacks and followed the president by calling evil by its rightful name, many faculty demurred. Some refused to make judgments. Many invoked tolerance and diversity as antidotes to evil. Some even pointed accusatory fingers, not at the terrorists, but at America itself."

In other words, students may be full of moral relativism because that's what they're fed.

In the real world, politics comes in 31 flavors. On campus, everyone gets nutty liberal vanilla - like it or else.

Your taxes at work

The UC News Record, a student paper, recently featured a drag-queen show sponsored by something called the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Questioning Program . Before that, there was the Masturbation Celebration - on National Masturbation Day, of course. I am not making this up. And remember: UC is a conservative campus.

So here's something for college administrators to ponder when they ask for more public spending. My unscientific survey of parents who pay tuition found that 90 percent do not think drag-queen shows and political indoctrination qualify as "higher education."

When I went to Mediocre State University, we studied Western Civ, not bondage. Some professors were even conservatives. And guys did not go on panty raids for something to wear.

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[bulldogs]

Start the Draft NOW!!!!

[Gee Wally]

A poll by the Enterprise Institute showed that professors registered as Democrats outnumbered Republicans at Stanford, 151 to 17. At Berkeley, the lopsided score was 59-7. At Cornell, 166-6. And so on.

This is what is known as diversity in the world of academia.

[WOSG]

This is a huge issue and problem -- the leftists and Democrats are indoctrinating the intellectual classes further ... this makes it impossible for conservatives to hang on even if we are majority, as hollyweird, judges, media, etc. all pushes the left agenda by the robotic left. It can be stopped, with Campus Open-ness.

[umgud]

Academia at all levels (incl K-12) is decidedly liberal. These people collectively, indoctrinate our young. This is insane. Would liberals send their young through conservative schools?

[umgud]

See post 5. Great minds think alike.

[Festa]

In my school, Loyola College in Maryland, there is a good number of conservative professors. They even hired me to be a conservative commentator for the school newspaper (which I am gladly doing). But the left has mobilized and anti-Iraq protests are being organized, liberal Thomas Friedman is coming to speak without a conservative response, and te entire op-ed page is devoted to attacking my positions (mainly on Iraq). Thankfully, next week I am allowed to write a response article on two of the more vile articles.

It is not there aren't conservative students and teachers on many campuses. The problem is that they are being silenced.

[DoctorMichael]

Campuses will tolerate anything - except conservatives.

No kidding.

[FITZ]

Conservatives shouldn't send their children to these awful liberals universities. There are conservatives but they're teaching the math and science courses. An 18 year old is better off going to a local community college, working part-time, seeing how much money the government robs him in taxes and only going to the four year university the last two years.

[WOSG]

The problem is, some of these are 'credential gates' ... conservatives need to create their own alternatives to advance. That is why campus open-ness is required.
And why the left uses PC to silence conservatives.

we can stay around as long as be quiet.

[HHFi]

That's the way I did it, and I seem to have escaped college with a functioning brain, unlike most of the nitwits I've ever met who got an extremely liberal arts degree from Harvard.

BTW, why do they need a "National Masturbation Day" on a college campus? Between what the professors are saying and what the students are doing, every day is Masturbation Day.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Destroy the unionized government worker system and academic tenure. Everyone makes what they are worth. In no time, Ivy League Commies will be vying with the senior janitors for the best toilets to clean. All will be well in education.

[HassanBenSobar]

"... we studied Western Civ, not bondage...guys did not go on panty raids for something to wear."

Shudder...back in the day panty raids were symbolic of red-blooded male excess...

I'm so disgusted...and disappointed in our youth! Sheesh, I'd be pretty understanding of hordes of frustrated 18 yr olds doing the standard raid--as neanderthal as that sort of thing is...

well, anyway, you get my drift. Should I laugh or cry or both? What have we come to!?!?!

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

It is not there aren't conservative students and teachers on many campuses. The problem is that they are being silenced.

All colleges wouldn't dare silence those with an opposite opinion. They believe in and support "freedom of speech" (as long as it contains some hue of the 1960's era ideas).

[Deadeye Division]

Bump

[laurav]

It is not there aren't conservative students and teachers on many campuses. The problem is that they are being silenced.

I disagree. I went to one of those liberal Ivies that are always accused of silencing the right. There, I ran a magazine with my viewpoint for a year... and no one tried to 'silence' me. I wrote a column every two weeks for the daily paper for 4 years ... and no one tried to silence me. I argued points in classes with other students and with professors, and most were very interested in different opinions. As long as you can back your points up, you'll do just fine. My sense with most of the conservative students who claim they're being silenced is that they have little worthwhile to say, and prefer to blame the opposition.

I also disagree with Fitz. Your child will get a better education at Princeton or Harvard than he will at a community college. If he gets in, by all means let him go. I got a solid education in Western Civilization and the classics. Being in the minority in one's belief builds character and forces you to make your arguments as solid as possible.

[Festa]

Good points..I guess I should clarify my position. By no means am I making the case that there is a "silent majority" of conservative thinkers. There absolutely is not. What I am trying to say is that there are some that are afraid to speak up.

While some colleges allow dissent and opinion, many do not. Last year, my school newspaper pulled its edition because someone dared to call into question the prevailing campus assumptions on affirmative action.

There is also a practice of not hiring conservative professors(a reason many conservative intellectuals are in think tanks and not universities.....and also while liberal think tanks are weak with people such as E.J Dionne)

So, I understand your point and agree with you most of the way. I also agree with you on attending Ivy league schools. As long as the son or daughter is going there for a respectable major: math, medicine, economics, accounting, etc. they may well be worth it. You just have to make sure that they aren't majoring in "minority studies and the others

[Hobsonphile]

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[TLBSHOW]

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