Campus Politics

Reddune
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:02:08 +0000

It’s balanced. I think the student body leans more to the left, but we definitely have passionate conservatives who are not afraid to speak up. The professors are to the left overall, but plenty of conservatives. The administration is pretty much Catholic to the core. I think BC is one of the most politically diverse institutions in higher education. You won’t feel alienated if you lean one way or the other because you’ll have plenty of backers on your side of the political spectrum. I tell you what though, we are not conservative like Notre Dame. We had Obama as the freshman convocation speaker for my class (2009) and John McCain the year after (2010). No protest for either one.