<p>Apparently at baseball (?) games they chant “Someday We Will Be Your Bosses” over and over again when they’re losing. If that’s not reason enough to love that school I don’t know what is.</p>
<p>Have you looked at who plays in C-USA? It’s not exactly the reincarnation of the Southwest Conference, so I think the motto may still apply. They just found a bunch of teams that suck more than they do.</p>
<p>University of Maine has a very active group of College Republicans. They tend to be fiscal conservatives, not social conservatives. One young CR was elected the local school board, another is an officer in the state’s Republican party. </p>
<p>However, it’s not a “college for conservative students,” if you mean that there aren’t plenty of liberal and moderate students. But there’s not political tension between them. A student I know there said that the active Republican and Democratic students are friends. </p>
<p>Maine is a moderate state, by and large, and that’s what you find in the state flagship.</p>
<p>It is important to distinguish between student leanings, and faculty leanings. For example, at most Catholic colleges the students tend to be sort of conservative. However, the faculty/administration tends to be anywhere from slightly liberal (Notre Dame) to very liberal (Georgetown) at most Catholic colleges that people are familiar with. To find a seriously conservative Catholic school you need to look at relatively small colleges: CUA, Thomas Aquinas College, University of Dallas, Providence College, etc…</p>
<p>Here in the industrial Mid West, Purdue is considered rather conservative (former Bush budget director Mitch Daniels is the president). Indeed, there seems a consensus that Indiana University is the liberal school and Purdue is conservative. IU liberals seem quite clear on this. Miami University of Ohio is also rather conservative – at least the students are quite conservative, although faculty might tilt slightly left. Auburn University, in Alabama, has made at least one list of the most conservative colleges in America.</p>
<p>Have you gone to colleges.niche.com? They have lists for things like this. Liberty U and BYU are usually the most conservative. If you are looking for a conservative school, you should probably avoid ivy leagues and schools that are is diverse areas-- cities. It sounds bad, but that it typically the case.</p>
<p>There are massive numbers of conservative students at UWisconsin, Michigan, Berkeley, and possibly Columbia. It’s not the late 1960s anymore. Besides you never clarified what you mean by far right views. </p>
<p>I agree that it is difficult to give worthwhile advice in the absence of a definition of “far right views.” We can certain make up our own, but it won’t be terribly helpful.</p>
<p>I would assume that Liberty University and Brigham Young University would be comfy for those on the far right these days, and quite possibly Texas A&M also. Places like Washington & Lee are probably more comfortable for the country club types. But really, it depends. Are we talking people who deny climate change and evolution, and distrust science? Are we talking about people who think that a woman’s body has a way of shutting down when she is experiencing “real” rape so that she can’t get pregnant as a result? Are we talking about people who believe that President Obama is a socialist Muslim who was born in Kenya? Are we talking about gun-toting, homeschooling, fundamentalists who believe that women should be subservient and gays are evil and sick? Or are we talking about libertarians? The field is potentially very broad.</p>
<p>“I am not sure what you mean by far right views. Can you give some examples of the types of views that you mean?”
^This. Still waiting to hear <em>explicitly</em> what, or more probably whom, the OP is hoping to avoid at Vanderbilt. </p>
<p>@Consolation Thank you for that post. It made my day. I think you nailed it. </p>
<p>If you want a fiscally conservative, free market type of college, then my answer would be a lot different than if you are looking for an environment that opposes different religions, birth control, or gays.</p>
<p>For fiscal conservatives, I would say the University of Chicago might be the best. The have some strong free market economists views there.</p>
<p>For christian religious / social conservatives, I would say Liberty, or Bob Jones University, or Oral Roberts would be better fits. However, you can probably find a group of students with these types of views on almost any large campus.</p>
<p>This post is not about my views, but rather a guide for future students. I am socially conservative (in addition to my fiscal conservatism). But, I do not hate anyone and am not religious. On the other hand, I am vehemently pro-life and, yes, I do not believe that global warming is man made. Also, I am fiscally as far right as exists. I hope that helps answer the question. </p>
<p>As for other issues, I am against stuff like affirmative action and think hipsters and vegetarians are strange. I am against gay marriage, but it is not an important issue to me, one way or the other. I am strongly against drug legalization. I support military intervention, when justified. I support birth control, but not the morning after pill. It goes without saying that I oppose all welfare and similar programs. I support a flat tax rate if not even a flat dollar amount), and I think our current debt is unacceptable. </p>
<p>Now, you all should have a better idea of what I mean by Conservative. </p>
<p>LOL…
Sorry… this list will continue changing as demographics change. So far, there is a huge push for even christian colleges to adopt more liberal agendas if they want to continue receiving government funding.
So if you are looking for Conservative sustainability, first look for colleges that DO NOT RECEIVE GOVERNMENT funding. </p>
<p>In addition, PLEASE keep POLITICS/POLITICAL AGENDAS away from this forum.
Everyone is entitle to their opinion and believes, but it does no one good when its being used in generalized form.</p>