<p>You're telling me that over 3,500 Dartmouth students voted - I'm impressed.(I go to Dartmouth and voted for Bush). Dartmouth's campus is certainly vocal with politics, but most of the protests are conservative focused. Most notably with the beginning of the SLI when the entire greek system protested.</p>
<p>Also, Dartmouth is definetly more conservative than Williams. I have friends there that tell me how jealous they are that we have the review - the conservative newspaper. They say how their conservative views are so unpopular and untolerated by the student body.</p>
<p>Also, if Dartmouth were ranked in the LAC category of the USNews it would be ranked #1. It really isn't a liberal arts college, nor a national research university. It does have grad schools, but only about 1,200 grad students overall in the Engineering School, Bussiness School (it's most famous school and arguably the best in the nation at what it does), Med School, and graduate students in the college. Most of the grad students that you come in contact with however are very in to teaching and many if not most aspire to become professors - teaching seems to be the stress of the grad students and the faculty which is nice.</p>
<p>Also, Williams "would be doing well if they get 50/50" which means that at best that is what it is. I don't know what the actual numbers are.</p>
<p>Also, Dartmouth is way different than Williams or Amherst based on my visits, experiences and friends' experiences. Dartmouth is first of all twice the size of those schools. </p>
<p>Second, Dartmouth has a large greek system while Williams and Amherst do not. </p>
<p>Dartmouth has one of the largest study abroad programs in the country which is nice.</p>
<p>I think while on paper Dartmouth looks alot like say Williams, if you visited they actually feel quite different.</p>
<p>There is a quote from some people at U.S. News saying Dartmouth would probably be #1.</p>
<p>Also if the Greek System turns people off from Dartmouth so be it. You can avoid it, or you could embrace it. The option is there at Dartmouth while is was outlawed by the administration at the other two. Dartmouth students makeup the Greek System so it is obviously there for a reason.</p>
<p>If you decide for, or against Dartmouth because of the Greek system that is fine, but I think people who are turned off by it either don't belong at Dartmouth, or don't understand what it really is. The Greek system is diverse and every house has it's different personality, and strengths.</p>
<p>Dartmouthguy, review people tend to think that the school is much more conservative than it is. The D endorsed Kerry. If anything Dartmouth tolerates a diversity of viewpoints and that is why the school is amazing. Yet it is decidedly liberal (D students also overwhelmingly voted for Gore in 2000).</p>
<p>Also, since when does protesting the SLI mean you are conservative? Dartmouth students like their freedom and ability to throw great parties, neither of which mean they are politically conservative.</p>
<p>I don't know where your stats are coming from. However, I agree with much of what you have to say. The school is definetly liberal (as any school northeast is to my knowledge). However, I would definetly say the school is more conservative, or has a stronger conservative voice/acceptance for conservative views than most schools in the northeast.</p>
<p>Protesting the SLI is certainly a conservative protest by technical terms - it is fighting change. Moreover, Greek Life is a conservative ideal in many ways - liberal protesters would be the ones for the SLI.</p>
<p>In the original speech announcing the SLI, James Wright announced that the greek system would be significantly more co-educational. If you read it, he seems to be doing what was done at so many schools before it. Most directly, I believe he envisioned a system like that at Trinity (CT) where all the frats were forced to become co-ed. The current claim was that this was never his intention in saying that, however I think he changed his tone due to alumni pressure. Agree with me or not, but it is my belief that protesting to keep a single sex system is a conservative protest.</p>
<p>Here's the 2000 poll...Gore 62.5%, Bush 23%, Nadar 9.5%</p>
<p>Dartmouth is basically much more libertarian in social viewpoint than other places, the whole live free or die thing lives on clearly. Students want the right to do what they want, hence the support of the greek system. But politically they are liberal. Also, you are right, Dartmouth students are more tolerant to all viewpoints, which I find refreshing.</p>