<p>YouTube</a> - Pt 1 - Carville & Gingrich Teach at Tulane</p>
<p>It's an hour long, but if you're remotely interested in economics or politics it's definitely worth the watch. This is from James Carville's Elections 2008 class, by the way.</p>
<p>I sat in on that lecture.</p>
<p>Carville’s an interesting guy. But some of his students make him go into “Avada Kedavra!” mode… He looks like Voldemort.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting that. My son is considering Tulane. It’s nice to read about things like that. Gives us a little better feel for what’s happening there.</p>
<p>BTW, kansasdemocrat and TrojanTransfer?, can either of you tell me about the political climate on campus. Especially, is it a place where different political points of view are respected?</p>
<p>Those two will give you the “on-the-ground” view, but I can tell you from watching the Gingrich lecture on You Tube that there is apparently a 23-17 ratio of Democrats to Republicans in that class (kind of shocking for a college campus) and there is a regular column in the student newspaper espousing a conservative point of view. My impression is that intelligent opinions from all angles are respected.</p>
<p>College Democrats have like 500+ “members” but isn’t extremely active outside of their meetings (that’s not to say they’re not involved, but more people just identify with their party). College Republicans seem a little more “secretive” and have less than two hundred.</p>
<p>You should also note that because of the Jewish population, Israel is a great thing.</p>
<p>Asians are by far the most “ethnic” group as far as “multicultural” events.</p>
<p>Lots of community service advocates and activists.</p>
<p>TrojanTransfer? you mention that you sat in on that class. Do you think it would be a good idea for my son to try to do that when we visit?</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>You should note that the class is only on Tuesdays from 6-8:30, but feel free if you can.</p>
<p>Thanks, that would be tight, but we may give it a shot.</p>