@worldspirit and @megan12: Thank you for your helpful feedback. I like worldspirit’s notion of “overt political righteousness.” On some campuses today, progressive ultra-orthodoxy has become in essence a new mode of religious fundamentalism, one impervious to rational critique and willing to “tolerate” only the like-minded. This is the atmosphere I hope to avoid, and I’m glad to hear that you do not think it characterizes Haverford.