Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 09:48     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:30,500 students attend VA Tech. No. They are not all conservative. AND--the majority of students are from NoVA.

None of my friends were conservatives. And many work in very 'liberal' areas today.

Blacksburg is a college town. The University dominates the town which leads the area to be much more liberal than SW VA as a whole.

It is definitely less conservative than Richmond or even UVA. UVA and U Richmond students are a bunch of little Republicans. A sea of Patagonia vests and bow ties.


Vineyard Vines, Lily, Patagonia, Bow ties and Republicans. Not at VT.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 09:47     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:Driving to VT from NoVA, we saw quite a few Trump and F*ck Biden signs as well as a huge confederate flag intentionally raised on the property for all to see. OP, after watching some of the MAGA rallies, the White Nationalist attack on the crowd in Charlottesville and the attack on the Capital, I understand your concern for your son. Given the increase in random verbal and physical attacks, as well as gun violence, every parent must consider the safety of their child when selecting a school.

OP, there are definitely MAGA supporters in the surrounding area, but VT has a large student body and seems to have students across the political spectrum. I would focus more on the weed out courses, which are real at all engineering schools. Your son should be ready to grind at every school on his list.


That's the one advantage to SLACs with engineering or very small engineering schools like Harvey Mudd
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 09:44     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
30,500 students attend VA Tech. No. They are not all conservative. AND--the majority of students are from NoVA.

None of my friends were conservatives. And many work in very 'liberal' areas today.

Blacksburg is a college town. The University dominates the town which leads the area to be much more liberal than SW VA as a whole.

It is definitely less conservative than Richmond or even UVA. UVA and U Richmond students are a bunch of little Republicans. A sea of Patagonia vests and bow ties.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 09:41     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Driving to VT from NoVA, we saw quite a few Trump and F*ck Biden signs as well as a huge confederate flag intentionally raised on the property for all to see. OP, after watching some of the MAGA rallies, the White Nationalist attack on the crowd in Charlottesville and the attack on the Capital, I understand your concern for your son. Given the increase in random verbal and physical attacks, as well as gun violence, every parent must consider the safety of their child when selecting a school.

OP, there are definitely MAGA supporters in the surrounding area, but VT has a large student body and seems to have students across the political spectrum. I would focus more on the weed out courses, which are real at all engineering schools. Your son should be ready to grind at every school on his list.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 09:40     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
UVA can be more conservative.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:36     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:VT is the most backwoods and country of the top VA publics. Cowboy boots are a fashion staple, and country music is everywhere. It’s in Blacksburg, after all, and their mascot is a Turkey. Conservative, depends on the kid, but the stadium did participate in the F Joe Biden trend, so there’s that.


Blacksburg and the surrounding county tend to vote majority democrat. On a map it may look like it’s in a sea of red, but that sea has very few actual people in it. It’s misleading in the same way the national electoral map shows a sea of red from Louisiana to Idaho. Lots of land but little population.

OP, my best friend from college taught at a Blacksburg HS whole his wife got her PHD at VT (and was associate professor for a while before moving PA). No one would confuse him for a conservative and he really liked it there.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:33     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gov. of VA, Glenn Youngkin, is MAGA. He is VA Tech chosen commencement speaker this year. Enough said


I’m no fan of Youngkin but to be fair, VT has a tradition of inviting the Virginia governor to speak at graduation his first term in office.


Yep. I graduated in 2010 and Bob McDonnell was invited to speak then. Nothing to do with politics.

It’s a huge school and you will find all ranges of student politics. The surrounding area is mostly conservative, but Blacksburg itself is not.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:26     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:Oh God, the horror -a conservative school! Lol. You do realize that more than half of America is “conservative” but you don’t even know what that means do you mom. It doesn’t mean you are a Trumper. It doesn’t even mean you are a Republican. It means you believe in a small, unbloated federal government with more power than we are seeing now relegated to the states. The states are to act as incubators on ideas and policies ranging from education to abortion with the better policies being picked up by other states. They believe I. A federal government taxing only for things that a federal should do that tge states cannot do well such as taxation for military, postal service and army. Conservatives believe in fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget. Small federal taxes. Everything we don’t have now. Is that so scary?

NO it’s not a conservative school. Yes the engineering school is famous for culling they first year clasd


If you believe this and vote Republican you are either not conservative or a hypocrite
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:22     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
SW VA is pretty deeply red. The student body is probably more moderate, but if the PP is right about the idiotic LGB chant, that would definitely give me pause
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:10     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Tech is more conservative that other VA state schools (excepting VMI) because of its full time cadet corps and its history. However, it it large and there are enough students of every political and social value persuasion for him to find his cadre. Yes, Tech has “weed out” classes especially in engineering, but if your DC is coming from NOVA, they should have had adequate preparation.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:03     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:VT is the most backwoods and country of the top VA publics. Cowboy boots are a fashion staple, and country music is everywhere. It’s in Blacksburg, after all, and their mascot is a Turkey. Conservative, depends on the kid, but the stadium did participate in the F Joe Biden trend, so there’s that.


Tell me you've never been to Virginia Tech without telling me you've never been to Virginia Tech.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 08:02     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh God, the horror -a conservative school! Lol. You do realize that more than half of America is “conservative” but you don’t even know what that means do you mom. It doesn’t mean you are a Trumper. It doesn’t even mean you are a Republican. It means you believe in a small, unbloated federal government with more power than we are seeing now relegated to the states. The states are to act as incubators on ideas and policies ranging from education to abortion with the better policies being picked up by other states. They believe I. A federal government taxing only for things that a federal should do that tge states cannot do well such as taxation for military, postal service and army. Conservatives believe in fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget. Small federal taxes. Everything we don’t have now. Is that so scary?

NO it’s not a conservative school. Yes the engineering school is famous for culling they first year clasd

If only conservatism in the US circa today meant that, and not tiki torches, invading and vandalizing the Capitol, and conspiracy theories

Is VA Tech conservative? It's a land grant technical school in a rural region of a Southern state. Yes, it is conservative.


What's it like being so narrow minded?
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 07:59     Subject: Re:Is Virginia Tech conservative?
relative to other t100s yes
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2022 00:34     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
VT is the most backwoods and country of the top VA publics. Cowboy boots are a fashion staple, and country music is everywhere. It’s in Blacksburg, after all, and their mascot is a Turkey. Conservative, depends on the kid, but the stadium did participate in the F Joe Biden trend, so there’s that.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2022 23:21     Subject: Is Virginia Tech conservative?
Anonymous wrote:Oh God, the horror -a conservative school! Lol. You do realize that more than half of America is “conservative” but you don’t even know what that means do you mom. It doesn’t mean you are a Trumper. It doesn’t even mean you are a Republican. It means you believe in a small, unbloated federal government with more power than we are seeing now relegated to the states. The states are to act as incubators on ideas and policies ranging from education to abortion with the better policies being picked up by other states. They believe I. A federal government taxing only for things that a federal should do that tge states cannot do well such as taxation for military, postal service and army. Conservatives believe in fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget. Small federal taxes. Everything we don’t have now. Is that so scary?

NO it’s not a conservative school. Yes the engineering school is famous for culling they first year clasd

If only conservatism in the US circa today meant that, and not tiki torches, invading and vandalizing the Capitol, and conspiracy theories

Is VA Tech conservative? It's a land grant technical school in a rural region of a Southern state. Yes, it is conservative.