<p>Why so many poor people would vote for the Republicans beats me. Don't they understand that they're the ones who lose out in the GOP's policies? Tax cuts, for example...</p>
<p>pugachev, all of my sentences are independent statements.</p>
<p>lets just try and straighten this person out who thinks cornell is an "intolerant" place, even if we have a political rant at the same time.</p>
<p>Cornell really isn't intolerant or closed minded at all. I haven't seen one mainstream bias related issue in my entire semester. The times I find myself thinking about race most are the times I find myself surrounded by people of other races/cultures.</p>
<p>Every campus has intolerant people it should be expected. when i visited Cornell the people were very friendly and approachable in general. Cornell's motto is "Elite not Elitist" and a college for "Any Person Any Study". I think that what they try to strive for and thats why i chose to go there. I</p>
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<p>sparticus
you'll never be able to do that..."straighten me out"....:D</p>
<p>btw i already admitted i was wrong in post 17..</p>
<p>"looks like i was wrong about cornell. "</p>
<p>Cornell is pretty damn liberal. I think its in the range of about 75% on the left side of the aisle. Even the "rich snotty brats" are usually politically liberal. An equal proportion of the faculty has the same political persuasion. </p>
<p>When someone mentioned even the possibility of racism on cornell's campus, i pretty much burst out laughing. Cornell is about as politically correct as a university can get. I dont know of any other school that requires all freshmen to attend a 2-hour sensitivity training session during orientation week. Cornell is adamant about prosecuting "bias incidents", i.e. any incident that might at all be motivated by race/gender/sexual orientation, etc. An example of this is that you could be sent to the Judicial Administrator if you were to say "that's gay" in reference to something that you thought was stupid. The impression that there might be any racism or bigotry present on campus stems mainly from one campus publication that is not even supported by the university that just likes to spew hate-filled lies for the purpose of inciting conflict. </p>
<p>And Havaldaar, did you just use the term "colored"? Referring to Asians? Is this the 1950's? No, theres no anger at Asians because of our future jobs being outsourced to you (:p); however, we don't like it when y'all bring up the means on engineering prelims (again, :p).</p>
<p>I think it is liberal. There might be a lot of rich kids there, but there are also a lot of poor people who worked hard and were able to get in. Chances are, the rich will be conservative, and the poor will be liberal. Plus, the majority of college students are liberal.</p>
<p>perro406 </p>
<p>" An example of this is that you could be sent to the Judicial Administrator if you were to say "that's gay" in reference to something that you thought was stupid."</p>
<p>but i say 'thats gay' too and well, i am gay :o</p>
<p>thanks...i dont care if cornell is liberal/conservative. i just wanted to make sure that i dont end up in a college full of homophobes...:D</p>
<p>There are so many gay/straight alliance things on campus, all the time, everywhere you turn is "safe place" this, "it's ok to be gay" fliers, etc.. I imagine it would be a very good place for a gay person to go to college.</p>
<p>Yeah, everyone says "thats gay". The point was that was actually a real example given by the administration of something that could theoretically get you in trouble. It just shows how adamant the school is about sensitivity.</p>
<p>Cornell's probably the least homophobic school on earth.</p>
<p>Actually I think the hard core liberals on campus are the most intolerant and the most practicing group of racists on campus. They dump stacks of the Review and American (the conservative papers at Cornell) over the bridges. The SAFC (they control the money for student run things such as this) which is basically a puppet of the Cornell Democrats has talked about taking away conservative organizations funding, and they regularly protest and interrupt speakers who come and dont share their viewpoints. Wow, and these are the people who claim to protect free speech? Who preach about tolerance and acceptance? Sure, theyre all for free speech, tolerance, etc. As long as its their speech. Their types of tolerance.</p>
<p>I'm 27 and applying as a transfer, and I must say the discussion so far is so predictable. Obviously most of you 17-18 year olds are still living in a political flatland. But that can probably be said about 95% of the populace, so maybe your age is not solely to blame.</p>
<p>I'm not a conservative (I'm a ranting libertarian), but I think mrnova is probably closer to the reality than most... Getting in trouble for saying "that's gay"? And how, exactly, can that be construed as tolerance? I say, let people say whatever the heck they want and just make sure that the property rights of others are respected. That's tolerance. Being afraid of everything that might come out of your mouth is like living in a fascist state, not a "tolerant" one.</p>
<p>cornell's any person any study philosophy invites ALL kinds of people...INCLUDING conservatives and ppl you might not like. This in the truest sense is real tolerance. </p>
<p>there's a diversity of ppl in cornell. janet reno, who's very liberal is an alumni.</p>
<p>and so is ann coulter, who's very conservative</p>
<p>Is Janet Reno very liberal, or is she just very undead?</p>
<p>Ah yes, but look at it this way. How often do you see Ann Coulter mentioned in the Daily Sun, or in some campus publication on famous alumni. I've never seen it. Janet Reno, all the time. The faculty is more liberal then the students. I had a physics professor, who despite being excellent in every other respect, would constantly set aside class time to rant about George Bush and Republicans. Not exactly an appropriate time or place if you ask me. And of course he didn't want to engage in any sort of debate. The Campus run diversity garbage they shove down your throat doesn't talk about any other kind of prejudice or diversity other then that directed towards African Americans or Homosexuals. Other minorities such as asians, hispanics, jews, etc are given cursory gloss over. Hey, they could cover respecting the ideals of Neo Nazis right? I'm sure skinheads get descriminated on lol.</p>
<p>Thanks JohnM, I actually consider my self a libertarian as well (of course no one is 100% anything, I'd say I have some liberal and conservative stances as well). I guess when you pay taxes it makes you pull your head out of your ass.</p>
<p><em>EDIT</em> And yeah, I'd say the Attorney General working for Clinton was pretty liberal. And may I add hella uglier then Ann Coultier.</p>
<p>Whatever anyone may think of Coulter personally, it's obvious she is a razor sharp writer... Far better than most columnists. I think Cornell should get some credit for that (not that they would want to accept the credit though, lol).</p>
<p>Haha yeah, she founded the Review newspaper. Obviously they don't like to credit her for that either.</p>
<p>the american has pushed the limit in some instances, but i'm fine with everything the review puts out, despite disagreeing with much of it.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for their comments.</p>
<p>"And Havaldaar, did you just use the term "colored"? Referring to Asians? Is this the 1950's? No, theres no anger at Asians because of our future jobs being outsourced to you (); however, we don't like it when y'all bring up the means on engineering prelims (again, )"</p>
<p>I've never lived in America, so I don't know what its like there, but recently a Sikh fellow(Indian dude with turban) was killed in Birmingham England by an Albanian for being a traitor to 'coloreds'. Basically that means he was killed for hanging out with his white mates. This is probably more scary than racism.Oh and err....sorry for my two depressing anecdotes.</p>
<p>havaldaar, I have a close friend in the London area, so I have heard what you are talking about as far as racism. I can assure you that in America there is NOTHING like what goes on there that I have ever heard about. In relation to the rest of the world, the United States has fewer blatant racial hate crimes. I would not worry about such a thing ever happening to you here, as, it is truly a diverse country. As far as Cornell is concerned, look up the minority rates and you may feel more comfortable. Everyone is accepted at Cornell and anyone can befriend anyone. I live quite close to the campus and know several people from my school who have gone there and they all say that Cornell is open to anything and everything and it's a truly amazing place to be. You will become very cultured as an international student, as well as help others to increase their "worldliness." I have no doubt in my mind that you will have no regrets if you attend Cornell (Unless, of course, you fail to take advantage of their vast resources and connections, but that's a different thread ;) ).</p>