More Colllege Campus Nonsense - this time Trinity - is really a "lefty" school?
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At one point DC was considering Trinity so we were conducting some due diligence. This week a college professor posted some outrageous commentary about the shooting of Republicans at a ball park in DC forcing the campus and school to actually close to due outrage inflicted upon the school. Long intro to the question....can anyone share their thoughts on this school? Is it really packed full of liberals in the nature of this professor? http://www.wfsb.com/story/35723070/trinity-college-reopens-after-threats-close-school-wednesday#.WUvAMdVZ70w.email |
Anonymous
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My first thought was that Kellyanne Conway went there, so it probably isn't SO left. Then I googled that and found this blog from the president:
http://www.trinitydc.edu/president/2017/02/on-lies-and-the-truths-we-must-tell/ So yeah if welcomesviewpoints from all over the political spectrum was on my list of criteria, I wouldn't put Trinity at the top of the list. |
Anonymous
| I don't think the question was whether it was overrun by liberals...just whether there was lot (?) What college these days isn't overrun by "liberals"? Joking aside talk about a "nutty professor"? Wanting a Congressman shot but a loon to die? Give us all a break. |
Anonymous
Trinity DC (the Kellyanne Conway school) and Trinity in Connecticut are two very different schools |
PaleoConPrep
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| Trinity was pretty high on my list for a while. It has a reputation for being an extremely preppy school, which I like. However, after speaking with some friends in New England and taking a glance at Trinitys student newspaper, I crossed it off my list pretty quickly. It's my understanding that the faculty is extremely liberal. Conservatives are certainly in the minority. What major is your DC interested in? |
Anonymous
Kellyanne Conway went to Trinity University in DC, not Trinity College in Connecticut. OP, I am a Trinity alum and frankly, it leans right politically - not left. Lots of kids of wealthy Republican families. |
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The kids may or may not lean Right, but regardless, they don't teach the classes. The faculty is overwhelmingly Liberal. |
Anonymous
| PaleoConPrep - we haven't heard from you for a while. Just out of curiosity, where are you ending up? |
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Headed to St. John's College in Annapolis. Not all that preppy, but I loved the extremely academic feel of the place when I visited. I'll get an excellent classical liberal arts education. |
Anonymous
My kid, who is a rising senior, liked St. John's very much after a recent visit there. I have a feeling DC will be applying as it seems a very good fit. So I hope to hear during the coming year what you think of it. |
Anonymous
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If you're interested in the controversy at Trinity, I'd encourage you to read the link that the professor posted (he did not write this, he simply posted it)
https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/let-them-fucking-die-c316eee34212 And the Trinity administration chose to close campus after white supremacists threatened to kill the professor (for reposting an article on facebook). I'm white, I think the person who wrote the piece, who goes by Son of Baldwin, is great-a thoughtful and interesting writer on race. |
Anonymous
A "thoughtful and interesting writing on race" say what? |
Anonymous
| Most would agree that the SLACs lean slight to hard left. Its been that way for quite sometime. |
Anonymous
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I always thought Trinity was where you went if you got bad grades at an elite prep school.
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Anonymous
Well done, that's a prestigious college. Do you plan to spend any time in the Santa Fe college? And will you come back and answer questions about St John's generally? I think that could prove to be very helpful to a lot of folks here. |