Recently I was encouraged that a lot of the people cooming out of college are more conservative than they ever have been. I think the more information out there the better. That way they can see for themselves instead of just being spoonfeed and taking it in from professors.
Well atleast that is a ray of hope.
I hate to threadjack, but I had to respond to this. As an 2002 graduate of a public university in Pennsylvania, I would say most students are apolitical. I agree that the students who care about politics are much better informed and less prone to persuasion, so there is a greater balance of conservatives and liberals in universities. I would consider the student government during my time in college to be more conservative than moderate or liberal.
My least favorite professor was a liberal wacko. I hated being treated like I had no idea what was going on, and the professor seemed more like an ancient relic of the past than an inspiration. Nothing irritates me more than liberals deevolving everything into buzzwords and tired old phrases about the right - and I think that professor did nothing but that. Fortunately, that professor was fired the next year.
I think the bigger issue are the large mass of apolitical students who just don't care about politics. I think if Britney Spears and U2 held a "Continue Imprisoning Tibet" concert, most students would support additional crackdowns in Lhasa.
