Macalester Students the Most Liberal?

[Plainsman]

<p>Any reaction?</p>

<p>The</a> Top 10 Colleges With The Most Liberal Students</p>

[Plainsman]

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Well, does anyone agree?</p>

[CJaneRead]

<p>Apparently people who have attended Macalaster agree:</p>

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I asked the alum about openness to different political points of view on campus. I asked something like: “If a student were to say that George Bush is very intelligent and will go down in history as a great president, what kind of reaction would s/he get?” The alum laughed and said that the reaction would be negative, that opinions like that would not find polite reception and that a conservative student would not be happy at Macalester

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Okay, had to respond to this. My d attends Macalester as did I. It has changed. My d also got the speech from admissions that Mac was open minded but looking to expand the amount of conservatives on campus. She is currently a sophomore and is transferring at the end of this semester. She is a member of the Mac GOP and, literally, the organization has like 8 members and she is the only active one. She has been screamed at (in class where professors did nothing to stop it), looked down upon and basically called stupid by much of the Mac community. I was visiting, my d was on crutches, two students ahead of us let the door close without holding it for her, one said “that was mean” and the other responded “she’s a Republican”.

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/macalester-college/567587-mildly-disturbing-conversation-last-night.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/macalester-college/567587-mildly-disturbing-conversation-last-night.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[oniontears]

<p>Well, that’s really too bad. I consider myself very left, but the second quote posted makes me wonder if I’d like Mac after all. I’m sure there are at least some civil lefties in the student body, but I hate it when a pervasive political ideology translates into the license to be a jerk to everyone who disagrees.</p>

[sunmachine]

<p>The behavior described above isn’t “liberal” or “conservative.” It’s just being a jerk. I’d like to think that most Mac students are way better than that.</p>

[1bie792]

<p>Why is #3c CJaneRead quoting conversations that (supposedly) happened from 2008 thread? Also partial quotes are used. </p>

<p>“Apparently people who have attended Macalaster agree” seems to be just a very unscientific generalization.</p>

<p>Looks like a Mom is trying to stir up trouble.</p>