Rick Santorum spoke in the fall when during election time so the political atmosphere on campus was more heightened. Newt was just there in March and was actually well received and the event well organized and attended. He spoke about the rise of Trump among other things. There were some protesters but they weren’t a factor. The cry-in after the election was very small but was there for those ‘snowflakes’ to cope with their fragile emotions =P~
@CALSmom Oh jeez, I keep telling myself that previous generations were also like this, but I really can’t support that claim 8-| Vanderbilt having a much better atmosphere as well as it being in such an amazing city like Nashville is extremely attractive to me. But Cornell is Cornell, and I really like everything about the school except for the factors you mentioned, but I don’t think that those will be as much of a problem as it was in my current college.
Lol, sorry didn’t mean to scare you! Hey my S is conservative and he likes Cornell. He wouldn’t settle down in a liberal town so he’s considering parts of the country that are conservative to eventually raise a family. For now, he’s has the opportunity to study at Cornell and that’s fantastic. He’s making the most of his education while he’s there and that’s how he’s able to look past some of the liberal pet peeves of his. It helps that he’s a stem major so most classes he takes will not involve “gender studies”
@CALSmom I was a liberal my hs years, but now I’m a conservative with a capital C, and that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to hear what the other side says. In fact I want to hear it. I believe discourse will be the way to really find solutions and be unified again. I want to engage in arguments/conversations with the other side, I just don’t want to have to do it alone like I had to here at my current school.
Please stop. For a lot of people – not for all – but for a lot, it IS very upsetting to live with the anxiety of possibly losing health insurance protection for pre-existing conditions, or the possibility of losing protections of the ADA, and the rolling back of environmental protections. These are real things, stated positions. A lot of people aren’t bothered by this, or agree with it. OK, fine. I am not arguing one way or the other. Just acknowedging that for many, many people, these are policies that will make their lives noticeably worse or will kill them. Even if I agree with the new positions of the executive branch, I still recognize that disabled people will have a tougher life without ADA. That can be heartbreaking to some people. Don’t mock them.
Can we please not turn this into a political commentary thread? I recently had that problem with another thread and I’d rather not do it on a college advice forum. I was just wondering of the atmosphere of the school, not why people agree or not agree with things. Lets just agree to disagree.
If you are bothered by being around people with liberal politics, you should seriously reconsider ILR.
That’s great! I would recommend you join the college republicans if you choose Cornell. The university has a speech and debate club that’s hosting a debating event between the college republicans and democrats on whether Obama was a failed president. See? You can find whatever you want at this campus 
@brantly 100% not bothered being around liberal people considering the fact thats already the case, except at a much worse university. Lol if I was bothered being surrounded by liberal people than I probably wouldn’t be in college since most outnumber in the number of conservatives. I actually think its a positive because I’ve found that my arguing and analyzing skills are much more honed. I will say though that the behavior (not the politics) of left-wing students on campuses is particularly alarming. You can be a full-on communist, and still not have disgusting behavior like current students do. Indeed looking through video of debates in the past decades on college campuses, both sides were very respectful of each other and unified in finding a solution. Whereas now I (a Bangladeshi immigrant from a poor family who came to America) have been called a “racist” and a “bigot” simply for being part of the conservative club on my campus. Never before I thought I’d ever be accused of racism before coming on to a college campus. That kind of behavior is inexcusable, but I guess they have got to let out their emotions one way or another…
http://cornellsun.com/2015/10/15/cornell-faculty-donations-flood-left%E2%80%88filings-show/
You may be interested in this.
@CALSmom I was already planning to join, even us conservatives need safe spaces :))
@brantly That doesn’t change anything for me, I already figured that was the case. I (unlike the left) don’t get “triggered” by other people’s beliefs. If I was to go to Cornell I’d just keep my head down, work hard, and try to make it into IB. I’m not interested in engaging with people who are gonna end up working at Starbucks.
Bahahaha!! Good one! Sorry to hear that you’ve been discriminated and treated poorly because of your beliefs 
It’s sad that a minority is called a racist and bigot because you have different viewpoints…really sad.
I also come from a poor immigrant but conservative America-loving family. My parents sacrificed everything to give their kids the opportunity to grow up in wonderful country and go to college, so I understand where you’re coming from. Wishing you all the best and I’m sure you’ll do well wherever you go.
Two things:
- You think only politically conservative people get professional jobs? Why would you think that? Plenty of rich people are liberal (see: Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Tom Steyer).
- Anyway, why wouldn’t you talk to someone who works at Starbucks? My mom always said I should judge a date by how he treats the server, the doorman, and the janitor.
BTW, Ann Coulter graduated from Cornell.
@morrismm —Shhhh…
CT1417 hahaha