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It's funny how this doesn't happen at state schools (Evergreen State excepted) but apparently Yale students are supposed to be a more important class of human t

It's funny how this doesn't happen at state schools (Evergreen State excepted) but apparently Yale students are supposed to be a more important class of human than the rest of us.

finolex1 3y ago
It happens at plenty of state schools (see UC Berkeley for the most prominent example). It just doesn't make it to national news.
- drawkward 3y ago
  This isn't national news. It's the Yale school newspaper.
- gamblor956 3y ago
  Berkeley employs one of the more conservative faculties in the U.S. The activism is almost entirely student-driven, on both sides.
  - gnicholas 3y ago
    Your comment gives the impression that the faculty at Cal is particularly conservative. Apparently it’s about 10:1, in favor of democrats (Stanford is 7.6). [1] Cal (and Stanford) may have more conservative faculties than other elite institutions, but I’m sure there are many schools in other states that are not this democrat-heavy. A quick google shows that Princeton and Columbia are roughly also 10:1, so I’m not sure I’d say Berkeley's faculty is especially conservative for an elite institution. 1: https://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0054.htm#:~:text=For%20UC%2DBerkeley%2C%20we%20found,species%E2%80%9D%20on%20the%20two%20campuses https://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0054.htm#:~:text=For%....
    - gamblor956 3y ago
      I'm not sure what a study from 2 decades ago based on even older data is supposed to prove about the current makeup of the Cal faculty?
  - pessimizer 3y ago
    evidence: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/john-yoo/#tab_profile https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jo... That being said, these students are the most listened-to class on the planet. Their awful mass media-drenched suburban backgrounds along with the race for interesting opinions that they engage in to try to distinguish themselves from those backgrounds is lowering the quality of education in general.

It's funny how this doesn't happen at state schools (Evergreen State excepted) but apparently Yale students are supposed to be a more important class of human than the rest of us.

finolex1 3y ago

It happens at plenty of state schools (see UC Berkeley for the most prominent example). It just doesn't make it to national news.

drawkward 3y ago
This isn't national news. It's the Yale school newspaper.
gamblor956 3y ago
Berkeley employs one of the more conservative faculties in the U.S. The activism is almost entirely student-driven, on both sides.
- gnicholas 3y ago
  Your comment gives the impression that the faculty at Cal is particularly conservative. Apparently it’s about 10:1, in favor of democrats (Stanford is 7.6). [1] Cal (and Stanford) may have more conservative faculties than other elite institutions, but I’m sure there are many schools in other states that are not this democrat-heavy. A quick google shows that Princeton and Columbia are roughly also 10:1, so I’m not sure I’d say Berkeley's faculty is especially conservative for an elite institution. 1: https://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0054.htm#:~:text=For%20UC%2DBerkeley%2C%20we%20found,species%E2%80%9D%20on%20the%20two%20campuses https://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0054.htm#:~:text=For%....
  - gamblor956 3y ago
    I'm not sure what a study from 2 decades ago based on even older data is supposed to prove about the current makeup of the Cal faculty?
- pessimizer 3y ago
  evidence: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/john-yoo/#tab_profile https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jo... That being said, these students are the most listened-to class on the planet. Their awful mass media-drenched suburban backgrounds along with the race for interesting opinions that they engage in to try to distinguish themselves from those backgrounds is lowering the quality of education in general.