<p>I am trying to learn what is the political and cultural background of Tulane is. Some of my collegues seem to think - for some reason that - that Tulane had Jesuit origins. Is this true? Is Tualne conservative or liberal; secular or...</p>
<p>I am trying to get the flavor of the emphasis there, if any. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>i hear from many that's it's mostly liberal. Tulane, however, isn't too politically active as a campus, so you might be a bit disappointed if you come there looking for that.</p>
<p>If you came to Tulane for political activism, you came to the wrong place. Most people I know adopt a "morally casual" attitude, but are fiscally moderate to conservative. I'm in the B school. </p>
<p>This is not a politically active campus, and people come from all over. It's more of a place where your political beliefs are yours, and theirs are theirs, and trying to convert people or badger them into joining some cause will just tick them off and make you look like a crazy hippie, a jesus freak, or an intolerant hick who wants to nuke everyone. </p>
<p>If you wanted to go to a school for the politics, skip Tulane and go to GWU. We do occasionally get speakers from both sides, and we do have a college democrat, republican, green, and libertarian club. A quarter of my friends voted for kerry, a quarter for bush, and half didnt vote.</p>
<p>No, Tulane does not have jesuit origins. That is Loyola. Tulane was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834. However, there are many, many, people in new orleans who are catholic.</p>
<p>You can learn some history of Tulane on its website (and you can usually do this for any college on its own website). <a href="http://www2.tulane.edu/about_history.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www2.tulane.edu/about_history.cfm</a>
Tulane does not have Jesuit origins. It is, however, "next door" to Loyola, which is a Jesuit college.</p>
<p>Thanks all. Tulane sounds just right.</p>