AT LIBERAL HARVARD, OUR SIDE STRIKES BACK – AT 11:52 A.M. ET: There is conservative pushback in the world of "higher" education, and Trump's election may well embolden non-liberals to take up the fight. One woman at Harvard is already in action. From College Fix:
What is it like being a conservative at Harvard?
“Difficult,” said government major Emily Hall.
Many of her professors have displayed overt liberal biases in the classroom, and often her fellow students are not willing to engage in meaningful debate, Hall said.
“A recent survey revealed that more undergraduates identify as socialist than as conservative,” she told The Fix, adding one of the institution’s nicknames is even “Kremlin on the Charles.”
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But Hall – who was valedictorian of her high school class – is not one to shy away from challenges.
Frustrated with a lack of intellectual diversity, Hall took action. She recently founded a Network of Enlightened Women chapter at Harvard, and has become more outspoken about her conservative beliefs on campus, she said.
NeW is a national organization that helps empower women to defend and promote conservative and free market principles on their liberal campuses.
“Founding a chapter here has helped us to create a space for conservatives, particularly conservative women, to come together and discuss the often overwhelming liberalism that we face each day,” she said.
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“I hope that as our chapter grows, we can also bring speakers to campus that will expose much of the student body to ideas that may be antithetical to their own, but can also open their minds to diverse viewpoints and lead them to give conservative political thought a chance,” Hall said.
COMMENT: Good for Emily Hall. I hope the hard left at Harvard doesn't try to short-circuit her, which happens often to conservatives. The usual method is to shout down speakers or attempt to have funding for conservative groups eliminated. We'll try to follow Emily's adventure.
November 26, 2016