Is Williams accepting of conservatives?

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<p>The conservative Collegeguide.org thinks so. They use a “traffic light” [system[/url</a>] for rating schools:

The traffic light system is a quick way of alerting readers about a school’s political and social environment. We have heard too many horror stories of students with conservative, libertarian, or religious principles who have attended allegedly “liberal” (e.g. free) institutions, only to find themselves isolated, ostracized, or even officially sanctioned for dissenting from campus orthodoxies.

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<p>Most NESCACs currently get “yellow lights” from collegeguide. Several NESCACs (Amherst, Hamilton, Middlebury, and Wesleyan) get “red lights”. </p>

<p>Williams is currently the only NESCAC that gets a “green light” (although Union College, a former NESCAC member, gets one too).</p>

<p>By the way, collegeguide has no problem with schools that are intolerant towards students with left-wing leanings. For example, Liberty University quite explicitly allows students to form a College Republican club, but not a [url=<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052200793.html]College”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052200793.html]College</a> Democrats club](<a href=“http://www.collegeguide.org/about_faq.aspx#faq3]system[/url”>http://www.collegeguide.org/about_faq.aspx#faq3), yet Liberty gets the “green light” from collegeguide. I question whether any of collegeguide’s “red light” schools (such as the “red light” NESCACs) would bar students from forming a Republican or Libertarian club.</p>