<p>I'm a student in CAS possibly looking to transfer to another college after this year. I consider myself very politically aware and active, and when I first matriculated, I thought there would be a good proportion of Cornellians who actually care about what's happening in the world.</p>
<p>Oh, how wrong I was.</p>
<p>People here epitomize rich WASPs who are absolutely complacent with their Starbuck's and J. Crew. Any "activism" is absolutely hobby-related; people generally involve themselves at the minimum just to look pretty. Though the political majority is the silent "liberals," the really vociferous ones are the ardent conservatives. Papers like The Cornell American and The Cornell Review (a paper started by Ann Coulter) spew out tons of racist **** in each issue. Then the administration uses a front of "Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds" to look like they are concerned, when they won't even address the blatant racism of these publications (just look at <a href="http://www.cornellamerican.com%5B/url%5D">www.cornellamerican.com</a>).</p>
<p>These are a few of the more socially conscious colleges:
Wesleyan University
Oberlin
Vassar
Mills
Bennington
Bard
Hampshire
Columbia (if you still want the Ivy League title)</p>
<p>If, after this, you still want to go to Cornell, then please consider joining the International Socialist Organization. This is the only truly dedicated activist organization I have encountered here. Everything else is a ****ing joke.</p>
<p>This is not an attack on Cornell. This is just a heads up because I would have really appreciated knowing all of this before I came here.</p>
<p>Oberlin? Bennington? HAhahahah. From the colleges you listed, it's obvious you are a super liberal leftist junkie. Sorry that Cornell doesn't lean so politically to the left!</p>
<p>Go start your own publication instead of whining on an internet forum. And an FYI, Columbia and the other Ivies aren't any different than Cornell.</p>
<p>Maybe people disagree with you. You have to agree that Socialism is a bit extreme. Remember, are the ears deaf because they don't agree, or because they don't care. A lot of the more extreme political groups fail to realize this. Mostly out of frustration, which is understandable. All in all, I think the lack of active socialism is a poor reason to post "Stay away from this college!" That itself is extreme and will start controversy.</p>
<p>"Oberlin? Bennington? HAhahahah. From the colleges you listed, it's obvious you are a super liberal leftist junkie. Sorry that Cornell doesn't lean so politically to the left!</p>
<p>Go start your own publication instead of whining on an internet forum. And an FYI, Columbia and the other Ivies aren't any different than Cornell."</p>
<p>Hah, spoken like a true Cornellian. Go finish jerking off to your copy of The Cornell American.</p>
<p>Oh, and "FYI," Columbia has a huge International Socialist Organization branch, and the students actually stand up for causes, such as workers's rights and defending Arab professors who are being blacklisted by Zionists.</p>
<p>"Maybe people disagree with you. You have to agree that Socialism is a bit extreme. Remember, are the ears deaf because they don't agree, or because they don't care. A lot of the more extreme political groups fail to realize this. Mostly out of frustration, which is understandable. All in all, I think the lack of active socialism is a poor reason to post 'Stay away from this college!' That itself is extreme and will start controversy."</p>
<p>Your dismissal of "extreme" ideologies doesn't legitimate the disconcerting apathy of Cornell students.</p>
<p>I think he means Brahmins. In America (and nowhere else on the planet) you can be an Irish Catholic and still qualify as a Brahmin--or, psuedo-WASP.</p>
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<p>unless you have gone around and taken polls from everyone on the campus, don't characterize a true Cornellian as one who gets drunk. There are many people who drink socially here, but there are also many that don't and have good times either not drinking at the parties or go to other campus held events, off campus events, or find other things to do on campus. It would seem like someone of your supreme activist standing would hate the use of generalities because they can usually deface a situation you are fighting for, but you seem to relish, or at least in this case, a generality about Cornell, and who knows how many other generalities.</p>
<p>Regarding the American. The American is not a "Racist" newspaper. They try to present messages that the public usually shuns because of the touchyness. The reason you know of the american is because they put their articles out in an almost flamboyant way to catch people's attention. Sure maybe this will make some readers think that the article is racist, but if the reader reads the article, then the American is at least getting their message across, regardless of how well received it is.</p>
<p>Also, there are some other papers on campus that do not always present "facts" in a fair manner. Although I enjoy reading the Sun, some of the articles are horribly left leaned, and I believe do not present arguments in a non-biased way. Also I have read another paper called the BP: Black Perspective, and it seems to be a version of the american strongly left leaned. I have only read one issue though, so maybe that was just a horribly written one, but nonetheless I didn't think it was fair at all.</p>
<p>So with that said, why don't you leave Cornell and go to another university where you all think alike and can complain all day, b/c it seems that your definition of activism only works if it is working from the left.</p>
<p>i do not agree with the Cornell American but i do not believe it was a racist article. Politcally incorrect but not racist. </p>
<p>Stop whining and do something about your little 'problem.' You will not find a much more diverse group of students anywhere. You freshmen can ***** and complain all that you want, but how about try to do something about it. I'm sure that'd make much more of an impact than going to a different school and blending into the groups of people you want.</p>
<p>"It would seem like someone of your supreme activist standing would hate the use of generalities"</p>
<p>Not when I'm describing the general atmosphere of a college.</p>
<p>"Regarding the American. The American is not a 'Racist' newspaper."</p>
<p>Haha, I guess pinpointing crime to one race and calling for whites to arm themselves isn't racist, then.</p>
<p>"Although I enjoy reading the Sun, some of the articles are horribly left leaned, and I believe do not present arguments in a non-biased way. Also I have read another paper called the BP: Black Perspective, and it seems to be a version of the american strongly left leaned."</p>
<p>The Sun is ridiculously conservative. BP really has no slant at all--and by the way, I'll be writing for it.</p>
<p>"So with that said, why don't you leave Cornell and go to another university where you all think alike and can complain all day, b/c it seems that your definition of activism only works if it is working from the left."</p>
<p>"Stop whining and do something about your little 'problem.' You will not find a much more diverse group of students anywhere. You freshmen can ***** and complain all that you want, but how about try to do something about it. I'm sure that'd make much more of an impact than going to a different school and blending into the groups of people you want."</p>
<p>I'm doing as much as I can while I'm here. Hell, I've already participated in more activism than an average Cornellian would in their lifetime.</p>
<p>Hah, "freshman." I'm glad you can judge people by the year they're graduating.</p>
<p>By the way, you all are missing the point of my thread. I'm not here to debate how many protestants Cornell has. I'm simply posting this as a heads up to like-minded prospectives.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but please don't go to the CORNELL forum and talk about all the reasons for why you hate the school. That's not 'activism;' if anything you're protraying activism in a bad light. Haha, have fun at Bard or Oberlin. It's much easier to be an activist in an atmosphere where everyone shares your beliefs...</p>