<p>I’m a junior, recently I have been looking into applying ED to Brown. I really want to go to a college where the student body keeps up with politics and is very active. I know Brown is know for being uber liberal but compared to other schools(namely Yale), is it as active politically?
I have not been able to visit Brown yet so I do not know that much about it’s campus atmosphere, any input from those who have would be great.</p>
<p>I can't say too much about political activism at Yale, as I've only been there for debate tournaments and didn't pay too much attention to that. But I can say that Brown is very politically active. During ADOCH and TWW--the admitted students programs at Brown--there was a large campaign protesting the administration's plan to cut funding and availablity of American Sign Language courses. Hundreds, if not thousands, of students walked around with bright blue t-shirts and buttons telling the administration to save ASL. This protest probably pales in comparison to other more controversial issues, like presidential elections and social issues.</p>
<p>There was also something going on about a BuDS worker that got fired. Students were protesting the fact that these workers are hired without contracts or something like that.</p>
<p>Check out Wesleyan as well.</p>
<p>Very. Very very very. I was there for a couple days last week and Clinton came to speak on Friday. It was CRAZY--sooo many people were there. The seating was first come first serve, and one of my friends (a student there) woke up at 6 to go wait in line (he didn't speak until 1:30).</p>
<p>lol we've got this whole fiasco about getting American soldiers killed in Iraq for reasons only Bush knows, and they're getting riled up about Sign Language courses. HAHAHAH.</p>
<p>People here are concerned about both international and local issues. I think its actually pretty cool that people aren't just politically active because they think its cool. They actually do stuff on campus because they care about it.</p>