New college taking apps in Lynchburg, VA

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<p>The new conservative school is moving ahead.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190615289&path=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190615289&path=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ummm...ok...that's just a bit odd...hmmmm</p>

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<p>Objectivist, barrons, Objectivist. Not conservative. I don't take Ayn Randians' (like Hull) obsession with the label of their philosophy very seriously, but they sure do. Hull might live with being called a libertarian, but conservative? No.</p>

<p>Barrons, how many people are in Lynchburg now (we didn't get a feel for it when driving through)? I'm a little surprised at how many schools it's getting. Liberty, Lynchburg, RMWC (or whatever they end up calling themselves) and now Founders.</p>

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<p>how do we know its "conservative"- must be hidden pretty well, it may very well be, but what are the hints I missed?</p>

<p>It looks pretty run of the mill to me...is there some conservative code I am missing? Is it the Board of Directors? Hull I mean the website, so far, doesn't say much about it being "conservative"</p>

<p>Must have missed the class on conservative symbols words, and WAIT...I FOUND!!!!</p>

<p>""Other liberal arts colleges have course content with PROPOGANDA!!!!""</p>

<p>Got it!!!</p>

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<p>Or is it this one</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/founders/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yorku.ca/founders/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>founders college in NY...can you have two colleges with the same name?</p>

<p>this piece is interesinting:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.noumenalself.com/archives/2006/08/founders_colleg_1.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.noumenalself.com/archives/2006/08/founders_colleg_1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Three county metro area is around 150,000. City proper 65,000.</p>

<p>As to getting known through the college guides, I would guess the Right Guide to Colleges would list it quickly with a warm review. I hear the site and buildings are very nice. It is a ways out of the city proper which might get old for the students.</p>

<p>Tour of the site</p>

<p><a href="http://www.midatlanticestates.com/showcase/MerrittHutchinsonWeb/merritthutchinsonweb.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.midatlanticestates.com/showcase/MerrittHutchinsonWeb/merritthutchinsonweb.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Sweet Briar and Hampden-Sydney are not that far away either....</p>

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<p>100-200 students...700 after 4 years is the goal</p>

<p>it was fast tracked</p>

<p>and:</p>

<p>Most colleges today, he says, have become “swamped by political correctness, by diversity, and by other other nouveau political movements over the last 20 years, pushing out all of the core courses. Other liberal arts colleges have become very watered down by layering in a whole bunch of subjects we think are completely irrelevant to a core undergraduate education.” </p>

<p>diversity is so bad, I guess</p>