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re: Rank SEC schools from Most Liberal to Most Conservative
Posted on 11/24/09 at 8:53 am to attheua
Posted on 11/24/09 at 8:53 am to attheua
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uf should be at the top considering they have gay,bi and transgender pride week
This just jumped Florida up to number 1. I wonder what Tebows thoughts were about this?
Posted on 11/24/09 at 9:04 am to attheua
quote:Does Bama still recruit (academically, not athletically) heavily in the northeast? I know back in the 1920s or so Bama made it a point to go after students from that area.
I'm on my 4th year at Bama and believe it or not we aren't that conservative.
If so, then I could see Bama's student body leaning/trending more liberal as opposed to the other schools in the SEC.
I know that I had a marketing professor at Auburn who termed himself "the token liberal in the college of business."
Posted on 11/24/09 at 9:55 am to el tigre
Is South Carolina really that liberal compared to the rest of th SEC? I am honestly just asking because any experiences I've had with SC made Mississippi seem urban.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 10:00 am to jso0003
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When Princeton review comes out with their Top 10 schools for marijuana
I'm sure Princeton review really has a good idea about where all the weed is. How could they even try to pretend that that's reliable information.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 10:14 am to Tds & Beer
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Is South Carolina really that liberal compared to the rest of th SEC? I am honestly just asking because any experiences I've had with SC made Mississippi seem urban.
The state as a whole is very conservative. There are a few liberal counties (Beaufort, Horry, etc) due to the vast amount of Yankee's who retire there.
The University of SC is probably middle of the pack. Lots of conservatives, but a fair share of liberals, too. Dr. Don Fowler was chairman of the DNC in 1992 when Clinton was elected. Although liberal, he was one of my favorite professors at USC.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 10:18 am to Tds & Beer
I say someone should come up with a grading scale based on certain criteria. What are some criteria and point values we could assign? And who would want to do the research?
Communist Student Organization - 10 pts
Gay/Straight/Transgender Org - 8 pts
NORML Student Org - 7 pts
Racial/Ethnic breakdown - ???
% International students - ???
PETA student group - 6 pts
SEX week or open sexually-oriented events - 6 pts
Repub/Democrat organization ratio
others?
Communist Student Organization - 10 pts
Gay/Straight/Transgender Org - 8 pts
NORML Student Org - 7 pts
Racial/Ethnic breakdown - ???
% International students - ???
PETA student group - 6 pts
SEX week or open sexually-oriented events - 6 pts
Repub/Democrat organization ratio
others?
Posted on 11/24/09 at 10:18 am to msukb79
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3. Kentucky
Dude, there is a church on every corner in Kentucky.
Always has been a red state...hell, Obama never cmpaign the state during the election.
I think the whoe damn SEC is conservative besides UGA and Vandy (see REM and lawyers)

Posted on 11/24/09 at 11:11 am to WildcatMike
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Dude, there is a church on every corner in Kentucky.
We are talking about UK not the state/commonwealth of Kentucky.
UK had a "SEX WEEK" for goodness sake that included seminars on pole dancing and Sex toys 101. That would never happen in Mississippi or Alabama
Posted on 11/24/09 at 11:13 am to dockstar99
I think I was the only hardcore Democrat at Alabama during my tenure. Or at least it seemed that way at times.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 11:19 am to msukb79
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I honestly dont think that Mississippi State or Ole Miss would ever hire a Transvestite professor. WOW thats crazy.
Hire may be the key word there
If someone does something goofy like this and they are already hired you can't fire them without facing an obvious discrimination lawsuit
The oddest example of this was something I heard about from a friend who was at Colorado. Young man shows up for his interview and is accepted as a faculty member.
Between the time of being hired and his start date he apparently has a sex change operation and shows up to work as a woman
Posted on 11/24/09 at 11:58 am to WildcatMike
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Always has been a red state...hell
Actually, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans in Kentucky. They just don't show up to vote.
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Dude, there is a church on every corner in Kentucky.
Which is very unfortunate, and one of the things I hate about Kentucky.
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I think the whoe damn SEC is conservative
That's not something to be proud of.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 12:02 pm to attheua
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I'm on my 4th year at Bama and believe it or not we aren't that conservative.
Compared to the rest of the SEC, you are. 76% of your students are in state. Alabama is notoriously considered as a conservative state.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 12:05 pm to CatFan81
quote:They may show up to vote, but just now vote Republican.
Actually, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans in Kentucky. They just don't show up to vote.
For the longest time, southern Democrats were conservative. Look at Zell Miller of Georgia. He ran for, and was elected, governor as a Democrat. It was only later he switched parties (when he was in Washington) because of the way the national Democratic party had swung.
In a lot of places in the south, (well maybe up until the last two-four years) you could have Democrats run and be elected by hefty margins in local (city, county and even state) races. It is when a candidate reaches the national level where and need support frm the DNC that they have to start walkng the party line about issues, and that is where they get hurt in the south.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:11 pm to msukb79
I dropped two seperate classes with two seperate profs at UA because the they wanted to argue against Christianity over and over.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:15 pm to msukb79
Vandy, and it ain't even close.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 2:01 pm to deaux68
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I dropped two seperate classes with two seperate profs at UA because the they wanted to argue against Christianity over and over.
Were they science or religion based classes?
Posted on 11/24/09 at 2:05 pm to inelishaitrust
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Were they science or religion based classes?
I agree with this question.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 2:08 pm to CatFan81
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I agree with this question.
Because if they were there's nothing to complain about.
A sociology class? nothing to complain about.
A math class, a writing class, or maybe a history class and I might raise an eyebrow.
This post was edited on 11/24/09 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 11/24/09 at 2:13 pm to Alahunter
We have a former dept head that had the surgery at UT. He went to a she. If I can find a pic I'll post it. she was one ugly woman
Posted on 11/24/09 at 2:16 pm to NashvilleVol
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We have a former dept head that had the surgery at UT. He went to a she. If I can find a pic I'll post it. she was one ugly woman
Please don't.
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