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<p>Tim Bueler, like many cocksure 17-year-olds, is strident in expressing his political beliefs.</p> <p>And to him, the Republican Party leans too far to the left.</p> <p>That was the spark that launched his Conservative Club at Rancho Cotate High School in the Sonoma County town of Rohnert Park and ignited two months of rhetorical ugliness on campus. It also put him on the conservative talk show circuit, including an appearance Thursday on Fox television's "The O'Reilly Factor."</p>

Tempers flare over Rancho Cotate club Officials hope winter break cools fires after conservative group's leader is threatened December 22, 2003 By ROBERT DIGITALETHE PRESS DEMOCRAT Featured Advertiser Sleep City No Sales Tax Mattress Sale. Treat yourself to a new mattress from Sleep City! View Complete Ad The winter break comes none too soon for Rohnert Park's Rancho Cotate High, where the school's new Conservative Club has gone from debating controversial issues to becoming one. During the last week of school the club president said he twice received threats of physical violence from some students -- prompting the principal to...

OAKLEY, Calif. (AP) - A Freedom High School freshman has run up against opposition in her quest to start a Caucasian Club. A local NAACP leader says Lisa McClelland's proposed club, which would be open to all races and ethnicities, smacks of racial division, a charge the 15-year-old denies. McClelland says she and some of her friends simply feel a bit slighted since other school clubs cater to specific cultures and races, such as the Black Student Union and the Asian Club.