Sewanee or Kenyon
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Anonymous
| My DD really wants to go to Kenyon. Anyone here tell me what it is like? Seems very expensive and isolated. Am I missing something? |
Anonymous
| A "Christian Nationalist" club? There ya go. |
Anonymous
Paleocon here It would just be a club for Christian ( Confessional Protestant or Traditional Catholic) students who are further to the Right than the Republican Party. (like me) Being a Christian Paleoconservative who's ideal regime would be a Protestant monarchy/aristocracy( look at the Dutch Republic for an example) , I'm no Republican. It would just be a club that meets once a week, hangs out, and discusses Classical Conservative thinkers( Russell Kirk, Edmund Burke, Julius Evola, Dr. Paul Gottfried, Rev. R. L Dabney, Carl Ludwig von Haller, Friedrich Stahl, Ernst von Gerlach, Richard Weaver, Joseph de Maistre, etc) It's not like I'd hold protests or anything. It would just be a club for those who are interested in discussing and/or learning about Classical Conservatism. If Sewanee is fine with LGBT clubs and a Democratic Socialists club, they should have no problem with what I propose. |
Anonymous
Yes, you are. |
Anonymous
| Both are excellent liberal arts schools, both have strong writing programs, both are hot schools with DC area applicants, both are in the middle of nowhere, both have purple as a school color. Flip a coin. |
Anonymous
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Kenyon is purple because it used have a formal association with the Episcopal Church.
Sewanee still does have a formal association including a theological school. The reality is that the student body at Sewanee is probably too liberal for paleocon. The young republican club was actually suspended this year. |
Anonymous
Young Republican Club suspended? Because of low interest/membership? Or misconduct? |
Anonymous
| Suspended for misconduct. |
Anonymous
| 2 visits to Kenyon we believed it to be a very liberal environment. Lots of students in somewhat personalized attire, very gay supportive and open, much more than the typical Ohio school. We have not visited Sewanee but I would be surprised from the number of kids going there from Episcopal School, the location in Tennessee and the even more isolation than Kenyon that it would be super liberal. Anyone see a difference? |
Anonymous
Maybe find an alternative to "nationalist" because that has a certain, well, nazi (national socialism) ring to it. I'm assuming you didn't already this. If you mean "Christian conservatives" or "Christian monarchists" or "Christian conservative philosophers" then say one of those. |
Anonymous
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2 visits to Kenyon we believed it to be a very liberal environment. Lots of students in somewhat personalized attire, very gay supportive and open, much more than the typical Ohio school. We have not visited Sewanee but I would be surprised from the number of kids going there from Episcopal School, the location in Tennessee and the even more isolation than Kenyon that it would be super liberal. Anyone see a difference? Kenyon is going to be more liberal than preppy/fratty Sewanee, no question. However, the difference is incremental. Gay kids are entirely within the mainstream at Sewanee. Millennials, in my experience have broadly moved beyond tolerance, solidly into acceptance. If you take issue with a gay kid because of his sexuality at Sewanee, your are going to have problems with his frat brothers. Sewanee is isolated but only slightly more isolated than Kenyon. It's about 1.5 hours from Nashville where Kenyon is about an hour for Columbus. If I had to pick between Nashville and Columbus, I'd pick Nashville every time - even with the extra 30 minute drive. The two schools are similar small liberal arts schools in rural areas. You have to look for yourself. |
Anonymous
| What's the frat scene like at these 2? |
Anonymous
| Don't go to a liberal arts college unless it's a top 10. You'll be severely hurt for job prospects. The state u's are better. |
Anonymous
Which job is that? |
Anonymous
A key part of the Sewanee student life as I observed. |