<p>I’m a junior, recently I have been looking into applying ED to Brown. I really want to go to a college where the student body keeps up with politics and is very active. I know Brown is know for being uber liberal but compared to other schools(namely Yale), is it as active politically?
I have not been able to visit Brown yet so I do not know that much about it’s campus atmosphere, any input from those who have would be great.</p>
<p>I can’t say too much about political activism at Yale, as I’ve only been there for debate tournaments and didn’t pay too much attention to that. But I can say that Brown is very politically active. During ADOCH and TWW–the admitted students programs at Brown–there was a large campaign protesting the administration’s plan to cut funding and availablity of American Sign Language courses. Hundreds, if not thousands, of students walked around with bright blue t-shirts and buttons telling the administration to save ASL. This protest probably pales in comparison to other more controversial issues, like presidential elections and social issues.</p>
<p>There was also something going on about a BuDS worker that got fired. Students were protesting the fact that these workers are hired without contracts or something like that.</p>
<p>Check out Wesleyan as well.</p>
<p>Very. Very very very. I was there for a couple days last week and Clinton came to speak on Friday. It was CRAZY–sooo many people were there. The seating was first come first serve, and one of my friends (a student there) woke up at 6 to go wait in line (he didn’t speak until 1:30).</p>
<p>lol we’ve got this whole fiasco about getting American soldiers killed in Iraq for reasons only Bush knows, and they’re getting riled up about Sign Language courses. HAHAHAH.</p>
<p>People here are concerned about both international and local issues. I think its actually pretty cool that people aren’t just politically active because they think its cool. They actually do stuff on campus because they care about it.</p>