Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> > > Of course, as a conservative, my odds of actually
> > > getting an academic job are essentially zero, but
> > > that's the way these things work nowadays...
> > >
> > > Gautam
> >
> > You're just in the wrong field . . .
> > -- Ronn! :)
>
> True - in economics or the hard sciences I'd be fine.
> Well, probably. It's not impossible that some of the
> real fanatics in both fields would cause problems
> there, but not at most places. In Berkeley you might
> have problems, for example, no matter what field
> you're in, but at Dartmouth or Cornell, for example,
> I'd be okay.
Dunno about Dartmouth for political views, but I don't think I'd want to
be there for other reasons. The high school seemed to have as its cream
some arrogant little snotty brats when I was in high school in another
NH town, and I didn't care much for the vibes when I went to visit the
campus my junior year. But that's just me with 15-years-out-of-date
rememberances.
I haven't heard anything really negative about Cornell or Ithaca from
anyone who's been around Ithaca for any amount of time.
(Plus which, there really seemed to be *nothing* but Dartmouth in
Hanover, whereas there is at least a passable, if not laudable, Cajun
restaurant in Ithaca, frex, and other industries besides education.)
Julia
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