is wake too conservative?

<p>if ur from cali u belong in the Northeast lol considering cali is one of the most liberal states like mass and NY. But if u dont know where u belong then u have either never left cali and dont no what conservatives are like, or your not politically active which is fine which means it doesn't matter where u are because it doesn't effect u. hate to make generalizations about someone but thats just my opinion.</p>

<p>Go liberals</p>

<p>No dress code, but my D, a freshman, says girls usually don't wear sweats to class unless it is an 8am class. Usually it is jeans and a top/sweater. We are from So Ca, and when she came back for Xmas she commented that boys dress a lot better at Wake than in our beach city, but girls dress about the same. She said boys usually wear a buttondown or polo type shirt, even tucked in some times, and jeans.</p>

<p>As far as the liberal/conservative thing, my D is definately on the liberal side. However, she feels very comfortable at Wake and does not feel it is much of an issue. The people (students, staff, faculty) are just much more open and friendly to newcomers than I have ever experienced.</p>

<p>People still tuck in their shirts!?</p>

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well, conservatives seem to be more accepting of libels than vise versa. just imagine a really conservative kid trying to go to cal berkley or reed if you disagree

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I have to agree with this. My son was at Wake for 2 years and transferred to UNC. At Wake he said the professors generally leaned left, but what he liked was that politics were not preached during class. Unless politics were part of the discussion, generally they weren't mentioned and if they were, the profs he had tried to allow/present both sides.</p>

<p>At UNC he found it to be extremely liberal to the point of conservative views being ridiculed by professors in class. Conservatives in his classes were not allowed to express views and if they persisted were slammed by classmates.</p>

<p>So to get back to the original statement by BCS, yes, in this one experience conservatives were much more tolerant of other views.</p>

<p>As far as dress at Wake, there are many northern prep school students who seem to dress very, well much like you would see at prep schools. Some frats had their own "dress codes". Others wore whatever they wanted. My son often went to class in basketball shorts and Tshirts.</p>

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just imagine a really conservative kid trying to go to cal berkley or reed if you disagree

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<p>Cal has quite a few conservatives, actually. Indeed, the young Republican club is one of the more active clubs on campus. And, there is a huge middle section which is primarily apolitical...think about its demographics!</p>

<p>Being expected to wear a coat and tie to a football game may qualify as a dress code of sorts. :)</p>

<p>:rolleyes: Don't even get me started on how much the football game attire annoys me...and I'm from the south!</p>

<p>Or you can just not attend football games...</p>

<p>If enough students were sufficiently annoyed such that they boycotted the games, the rule would be changed. So the rule remains.</p>

<p>I thought it was only frat guys who do the coat & tie thing. The rest of the students section is full of kids wearing their Screamin' Demons shirt.</p>

<p>To clarify what I meant with my post:</p>

<p>I LOVE football, and there's no way I'm not going to the games. I just get annoyed with the frat/sorority kids that dress up for the games that DON'T wear school colors; I have nothing against them dressing up, it's just the colors they choose to wear. The ladies have to wear the Lilly Pulitzer dress, which looks cute, but it's not black and gold, and the guys have to rock the pastel oxford. If you look at any SEC school where the girls dress up for football games, they are wearing school colors (even like Auburn or UF, where they have to find orange and blue dresses), but our ladies/gentlemen do not. Sometimes the girls will even wear sundresses in the other team's colors...come on, take 5 minutes to check who we're playing and what their colors are and don't wear those colors. And black/yellow/gold sundresses are incredibly easy to find...</p>

<p>Most do just wear their Screamin' Demon shirts, but they'll let you in as long as you have it draped over your shoulders, so some of the people that dress up just take it off and wear their non-Wake colors the whole game.</p>

<p>Sorry, this is a real sore spot with me...I'll get off my soapbox.</p>

<p>Wow. That's actually really stupid.</p>

<p>Going to a football shouldn't be a fashion show.</p>

<p>And this makes me think the frats/sororities are really lame.</p>

<p>this really ****es me off...why would anyone go to a sporting event dressed up???!!!! soooooo stupid...that may have convinced be not to go just with the idea that this is a microcosm to the entire southern lifestyle at wake</p>

<p>I see your point.</p>

<p>But just don't go to the football games.</p>

<p>The people that dress up do NOT make up the majority, though; most kids DO get it and will either wear their SD shirt or a football jersey. It's just a select few that bother me...</p>

<p>Honestly, I really don't dress up for class, but neither do most of the people in my major (health and exercise science).</p>

<p>j2j -- I'm sure you know my D; she's an HES major, too. She's in a sorority, but almost NEVER dresses up for the football games -- unless you call wearing a WF football jersey "dressing up!"</p>

<p>Wake Forest is a moderate school. Most schools are so liberal, so Wake seems conservative in comparison. I wouldn't like to go to a super liberal school, and this is coming from a registered democrat.</p>

<p>I like dressing up for football games and I don't see anything wrong with it. I will never show up to a football game in jeans or a t-shirt, ever, and I know a lot of people who feel the same way.</p>

<p>Wow. I'm the opposite. I wear jeans and a t-shirt everyday. </p>

<p>I just don't think a football game is even close enough in importance for me to not wear jeans and a t-shirt.</p>