<p>I was wondering if my daughter wore a pro life t shirt around Lawrence - would that raise eyebrows, trigger disdain, trigger a sense of rapprochement, or would it just yield indifference....
from the students,
from faculty?</p>
<p>I believe she would be in the minority with that opinion but I don’t think there would be any direct confrontations about it. Not sure, though. The campus climate does not appear extreme but does lean more progressive than conservative. Faculty seem to be a mixture of views but I have little direct knowledge. </p>
<p>I could ask my D for more insight if that would be helpful.</p>
<p>of the student groups on campus…</p>
<p>Lawrentians for Choice
Lawrentians for Life</p>
<p>thanks for checking w/ your daughter, overseas. I wonder how vital or popular each group is? I have seen in other colleges that the grps listed on the websites to not be necessarily up to date.</p>
<p>idic5 – I will contact my D and ger some feedback. She has an orchestra concert tonight is off on a choral tour this weekend but she’ll get back to me early next week and I’ll provide her thoughts at that time.</p>
<p>idic5 – D got back to me quickly – her response is below:
Nobody would say anything to her, and it's not like there's nobody else here who is pro-life, but it's DEFINITELY not the majority. Wearing a shirt might be cause for a look or two. I think that's the most accurate way to put it...
Hope this is helpful to you.</p>
<p>I agree with the above. I’m a junior at Lawrence.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! I am a conservative pro-life incoming college student. I know that I am in the minority, but will respect the ideas of democrats, and just want my ideas to be respected as well.</p>
<p>anyone with LU street level of knowledge know how vital (how active, what the number of members are, how often they meet, eg) each of the following groups are:</p>
<p>Lawrentians for Choice
Lawrentians for Life</p>
<p>I have no idea how active the specific groups you refer to are, but you would be welcome I’m sure, to take a leadership role as you see fit. The idea at a liberal arts college should be, at least in theory, that you come to a microcosm of american society where a diversity of values and opinions can be safely voiced and respected. I’m sure the admissions office would tell you they look for a diverse student body in their selections each year to add richness and intellectual texture to each class. It is probably true that at Lawrence, like most secular campuses, there is a predominance of more liberal thinking. And it is probably also true that kids do tend to cluster and go to like-minded places. I would think that as long as you are willing to be a little different (not a bad thing) your views would be tolerated if not embraced. At least I would hope so. It could make for some lively debate.</p>
<p>excited419:</p>
<p>Wonder why your post indicates that you are ‘conservative pro-life’ person and then your post states ‘will respect the ideas of democrats’ - Am I reading correctly - that you believe that being ‘pro-life’ is the exclusive province of ‘conservatives’ and that any person who is a ‘democrat’ is automatically not able to be ‘pro-life’ as well?</p>
<p>I think you will find at college that you can be ‘pro-life’ from any political spectrum as well as being ‘pro-choice’ and have whatever political belief. </p>
<p>Political parties are political and other ideas or beliefs of a moral or personal ethics point of view are not particularly political at all.</p>