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3 minutes ago, BARRYOSAMA said:

Was not your point that Harvard being a relatively liberal school was the reason he was accepted?  

The problem is that many conservatives buy into the idea that somehow Harvard and the Ivy Leagues are harboring a bunch of communists and ignore the fact that there are PLENTY of conservatives that have attended and thrived at these schools. 

Let's kind of put this idea to rest fairly quickly ... famous Harvard alums include Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs.  GS isn't exactly the poster company for liberal thought.  Michael Corbatt at Citibank.  Another company that's not necessarily known for being a bastion of liberal thought.  Kendell Powell at General Mills is on record with donations to the likes of Pompeo, Republican, as well as McCollum, Democrat.  Toss in that they have some 60 billionaire alums too ... and you know that socialists dominate the ranks of billionaires all over the works.  If folks seriously believe that a conservative outlook keeps you from getting into Harvard, then they are overlooking the obvious that there are plenty of folks with conservative leanings that get in and successfully get through Harvard.

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6 minutes ago, BARRYOSAMA said:

Maybe conservatives just have crappy SAT scores?

Or maybe liberals' parents are donating more money.

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1 hour ago, TrojanDad said:

The lack of political and ideological diversity on campus is troubling–this year’s poll of the Class of 2020 by The Harvard Crimson revealed that only thirteen percent of incoming freshmen identify as conservative, while an overwhelming two-thirds of the class reported being left of center. It is not as if Harvard intentionally admits mainly liberal students, but these statistics indicate that Harvard is not really as diverse as many people—or the institution itself—may think it is.

Yeah, this story of SJW's run amok at Harvand illustrates that:  http://reason.com/blog/2019/02/26/ronald-sullivan-harvey-weinstein-harvard

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Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. is a law professor at Harvard University and faculty dean of Winthrop House, one of the college's 12 residential houses. He was the first black man to serve in such a position, and also directs Harvard's Criminal Justice Institute and Trial Advocacy Workshop. In 2008, he advised the campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama on criminal justice issues. He represented Michael Brown's family in their suit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, and his work has led to the release of over 6,000 wrongfully incarcerated people.

You might expect Sullivan to be in good standing with the progressive activist community at Harvard. You would be wrong.

Earlier this month, more than 50 students attended a protest demanding that Sullivan resign his position as dean over alleged #MeToo failings. The Association of Black Harvard Women also wants him gone. "What has been made especially clear is that you have failed us," they wrote in a letter. "You have failed the Black women in this community, not only as one of the few Black Faculty Deans on campus but also as a community leader—someone who we respected and looked to for guidance."

Notably, Sullivan himself has not been accused of sexual misconduct or any #MeToo-related wrongdoing. But he has agreed to represent disgraced movie executive Harvey Weinstein, who was accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple women—and that in and of itself is apparently an unforgivable offense, in the eyes of victims' rights advocates.

Harvard's administration is taking students' concerns seriously, and has agreed to conduct a review of Sullivan.

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Harvard administrators must be concerned about possibly losing some of that sweet liberal parent cash.

 

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47 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

C'mon Fox....no one said anything about Harvard and the Ivy's harboring nothing other than communists.  Those are your words and you jumping to a conclusion.  Nothing more.

I challenged how one outspoken high schooler was accepted to a school with a <5% acceptance rate with a SAT far below the average acceptance and far below the <2% acceptance range was admitted to Harvard..(after being denied at a number of state schools)....and challenged that is his views were conservative, would the outcome been the same.

I didn't state conservatives were never admitted...but too much data out there that is readily available indicate its not close to even when it comes to admissions.

Now, since you wish to go down this rabbit hole, let's see what is out there to read about conservatives at Harvard.....or as some call it, "The Kremlin on the Charles""....

More Harvard and Yale Freshmen Identify as LGBTQ Than As Conservative Survey Finds (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/more-harvard-yale-freshmen-identify-lgbtq-conservative-surveys-find-n909781

Conservatives Can't Stand the Ivy Leagues and With Good Reason  (Miami Herald)

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article187653743.html

The Elephant in the Room: Conservatives at Harvard (The Harvard Crimson)

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/1/conservatives-scrutiny-oct-2015/

This is What a Conservative Looks Like at Harvard  (New Boston Post)

https://newbostonpost.com/2016/09/29/this-is-what-a-conservative-looks-like-at-harvard/

The lack of political and ideological diversity on campus is troubling–this year’s poll of the Class of 2020 by The Harvard Crimson revealed that only thirteen percent of incoming freshmen identify as conservative, while an overwhelming two-thirds of the class reported being left of center. It is not as if Harvard intentionally admits mainly liberal students, but these statistics indicate that Harvard is not really as diverse as many people—or the institution itself—may think it is.

No, not jumping to conclusions ... just using the old hyperbole that this seems to warrant.  Yeah, Harvard's more liberal than the nation as a whole.  It's less than the CA schools that you mentioned.  I guess I'm not really seeing where you are going with this as I haven't seen much more than conjecture that he shouldn't have gotten into Harvard.  The fact that Harvard admits 2% with lower scores means that this kid ends up in that under 2% ... not in spite of it.  Given how I've seen admissions work and scholarships granted and chances taken, I'm pretty sure how it happened and it again has very little to do with his political beliefs.  I could be completely off the mark, but a couple of decades plus in university settings including selection committees for high profile programs, high dollar scholarships, and graduate program admissions as well as undergraduate admissions processes, says that I'd have to be completely off the mark based on how I've seen it play out.  

 

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29 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

145 IQ?

I think the letter that Cohen sent to Fordham leads me to believe that 145 might be just a tad high.  BTW, just love the PS on this letter.  Cohen could have been in Jimmy The Gent's crew.

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2 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

I don't believe had his very vocal and known positions had been pro gun and pro NRA, that Harvard would have admitted him.

And this matters to whom besides you? I imagine the Army would tell him he qualifies for every program they offer. Maybe he missed his calling by attending Harvard.

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19 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

find a better way to spend your time

Oh, I've got a way today. Just jumping in here during the breaks in Cohen's testimony. The delay is too long to watch on FoxNews though, a full 10 seconds. 

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26 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

Oh, I've got a way today. Just jumping in here during the breaks in Cohen's testimony. The delay is too long to watch on FoxNews though, a full 10 seconds. 

Guess they are worrying about him cursing a bunch?  Or need to have "technical difficulties" just in case he says something that might make Hannity's head explore?

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7 hours ago, gonzoron said:

Wonder what SAT score it takes to get into Thomas M. Cooley Law School?

Cooley, affiliated with Western Michigan, is basically a part-time law school. It’s current 1st year class numbers 541, but only 37 of them are full time. The LSAT scores for its students basically show 1/3 of the class in the top 25% of national LSAT scores, 1/3 at the 50th percentile, and  1/3 in the 75th percentile.

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Just now, Bobref said:

Cooley, affiliated with Western Michigan, is basically a part-time law school. It’s current 1st year class numbers 541, but only 37 of them are full time. The LSAT scores for its students basically show 1/3 of the class in the top 25% of national LSAT scores, 1/3 at the 50th percentile, and  1/3 in the 75th percentile.

I think it was a reference to one of their more [recently] famous alumni.

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