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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone give a summary of why people are saying it's republican/trumpy?[/quote]

Because it went through a period of time in the 90s and 00s where it became a home for quite a few conservative academics, particularly in the econ department. And then that attracted some conservative students, etc etc.[/quote]

They also have the Antonin Scalia School of Law on campus, so…[/quote]

You think you are SOOO smart dinging ASSLaw -- but it's NOT on the main campus.  It's in Arlington.

(And no, I wouldn't go to Scalia School of Law, but my HS senior IS going to GMU for CS, so I don't appreciate people pooping on GMU when they don't know what they are saying.)[/quote]

Interesting. The question was does it lean Republican/ Trump?   Not is it a good school? Not are the students smart, friendly, successful? And certainly not is it respected in CS?  There are a lot of people who believe that a school being conservative/Trumpy this is a positive attribute. This is only an insult if you think conservatism is evil and that a more right of center student body translates into an inferior CS education. Which no one has suggested it does. Except you.

Trump and Republicans say enough people in this country back them that they have to a once in a generation mandate. They say the majority of the country is with them.  And yet you are super offended on behalf of your prospective student that some people do believe Mason leans conservative /Trump because of a specific action the school took and the lack of sufficient backlash from alums to stop it.  If enough important donors had disagreed with the Scalia naming strongly, it would not have happened.  That’s economic reality.

And to be clear, I’m not a Scalia fan, but he was a classic conservative and a smart guy, with an intellectually honest (but I think incorrect) interpretation of the Constitution influential enough that they did name a law school after him and his constitutional philosophy is covered there— and in every other law school in America.  Influential and respected guy, even among RGB and those of us who thought he was wrong.  (And I am 99% certain Trump would horrify him if he were alive).

And yet here you are, with your back up, arguing that a law school doesn’t “count” because it’s on a different campus of the same school. When the law school may be one of the most influential parts of the school. It counts. Not toward the merits of the undergrad education. Not towards the CS programming outcomes. But towards how the campus and alums have chosen to position the school in this political landscape and how the school is perceived as a result.

You need to chill. And grow thicker skin.  Or get off DCUM. Since people commenting on the name of the law school at your CS kid’s prospective college is enough to produce your rant.  And if you are this defensive on behalf of a kid who isn’t even on campus, you need to retune your outrage meter. Or have your kid choose a college that you won’t feel defensive about for 4 years. Because you have issues.

Are you the same person accusing people who don’t know the full academic employment record of GMU’s Nobel laureate “GMU haters”?  Seems like it. Chill. [/quote]

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