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"This is a fringe group even among the conservatives on campus," said Dan Harrison, president of the UNC-CH Young Democrats

So the press goes to a Democrat for an opinion on Conservatives ?

This young comservatives are doing a great job. The issue IS diversity - diversity of THOUGHT.

What a concept for a university.

These kids are doing wonderful work! Imagine, Moeser having to defend himself.....imagine, Moeser having to SIT in the same room with conservatives!!! Wonder how many years it's been?

UNC-CH has always been at the forefront of "radical" conservative activism....and it's GREAT!

For anyone who is not a student, and who wants to help out, you should consider how you could help these great kids!

ALSO, you should send an email to Norman Hurley, their faculty advisor, WHO DOES NOT HAVE TENURE, AND IT PUTTING HIS OWN NECK FOR THEM..........IF HE DOES NOT GET TENURE, HOW CAN UNC REFUTE ITS BIAS AGAINST CONSERVATIVES?

McKnight, a clean-cut, red-haired 21-year-old, is pictured with campaign workers on a newsletter of state Sen. Virginia Foxx, a Banner Elk Republican and frequent critic of UNC-CH.

Oops. I was really pulling for the kid until this point.

I can't figure out why Virginia would have problems with UNC-CH. They all seem to believe the same things she does. Her last name should be a good clue, because someone has certainly let her loose in the hen house.

Actually, I'm still pulling for the kid. I'd love to see the look on some of the diversity-nazis' faces when he comes around. They have no choice but to accept his views and give him a platform. He has taken a cue from Ann Coulter and fights liberals with their own weapons.

Way to go, Mr. McKnight

All right, I think I'm gonna get it for this one, but I have some problems with these guys (and remember, I've spent the last five years on this campus as a grad student). Conservatives spend so much time railing against minority programs on campus and elsewhere, how can we take on the mantle of a minority group and play the same disgusting games they do? I remember that study about how gays felt they were treated on campus, and was disgusted by it. It's not the place of the administrators to make everyone feel good about themselves, and I feel the same way about conservative students. Since I don't approve of hiring professors on the basis of their sexuality (which is sometimes done) or their gender, I'm certainly not going to approve of a university hiring conservatives just to even out the ranks (not that it's even possible - the number of conservatives in academia is miniscule). What I do agree with is evening up funding for conservative student organizations on campus. The student government hasn't exactly looked as kindly on them as they have some prominent liberal groups, and it's hurt the conservatives' effort to get good speakers on campus. They just can't afford to match the multitude of liberals paraded in every year by organizations like Young Democrats, the LGBT groups, the BSM, etc.

This is from the John Locke Foundation (www.johnlocke.org):

Nickel and ... dumb

Posted by Jon Sanders at 10:55 AM

In a News & Observer op-ed, UNC-CH Prof. Andrew J. Perrin suggests the campus "marginalization of conservatives" isn't that big a deal. And (take note, you conservatives!): "As reasonable citizens, we should be prepared to shift our thinking in the face of new evidence and different points of view."

In other words, you conservatives shouldn't kvetch about being subjected to a constant stream of leftist ideology -- it might just change your minds! Besides, y'all are losers anyway: "Conservative students' accusations of discrimination are, quite simply, evidence that they are losing in the marketplace of ideas."

A marketplace? OK, let's run with the analogy. The conservatives' complaint amounts to this: the government has set up a monopoly instead of allowing competition; i.e., this contest of ideas is fixed.

Perrin also wrongly suggests the Committee for a Better Carolina doesn't "engag[e], honestly and openly, in the exchange of ideas." Check out their web site (e.g., click on the "flip side" link). I'd say they do a heckuva lot better job at it than Perrin.