Re: [PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-07 Thread Jim Devine
if there is a rise in conservatism among the college students (and I don't know if there is or not), it would partially be because of the normal teenage reaction to such poorly-thought-out bureaucratic policies such as speech codes. On 4/6/07, Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: [PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-07 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
On 4/7/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if there is a rise in conservatism among the college students (and I don't know if there is or not), it would partially be because of the normal teenage reaction to such poorly-thought-out bureaucratic policies such as speech codes. Or against

[PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-06 Thread Leigh Meyers
The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising Final exams are underway at the University of Colorado at Boulder but between the cram sessions, 40-or-so students find time to attend the semester's last College Republican meeting. Brad Jones, the group's 20-year-old president, confidently

Re: [PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-06 Thread ken hanly
So what is the explanation for the rise of right wing thought on campuses. I wonder if the same thing is happening in Canada. Certainly when I was in the Philippines as far as I could see university students were very left wing. There are many well attended demonstrations, many against the

Re: [PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-06 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
On 4/6/07, ken hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what is the explanation for the rise of right wing thought on campuses. If College Republicans are scoring more recruits even now, that's probably not because young people have gotten more Republican but because they have funders that help them

Re: [PEN-L] The Mood On Campus: Conservative Collegiates Rising

2007-04-06 Thread Leigh Meyers
College recruiting practices have something to do with it... I see more 'career oriented' students showing up @ UCSC and less liberal artist energy. That is an absolutely stated intention of this particular campus. More computer engineering and genetics. Less fine art, music... writing. The