"Clemson is now just another non descript College of Pretensions and Phony Sophiticated Superlatives."
Only among the faculty and some liberal northeasterners who make their way down. If you take a walk around campus, it would not be unusual to see half the student body in camo, lol.
This is true. It's also the reason why we get so much guff from the more, ahem, "sophisticated" universities. I take it as a badge of honor these days.
I *was* one of those west coast lefties when I came to Clemson in 1986. Four years and exposure to genuine political diversity cured me of that.