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How to survive as a non-liberal on a liberal campus

In 1951 a young Yale undergraduate wrote the book God and Man at Yale, which was a scathing criticism of the liberal ideological bent held by the instructional staff at Yale. The author, a young William Buckley, would go on to become the leading voice of the conservative movement during the second half of the 20th century. Unfortunately for those who share Buckley?s sensibilities, today the majority of collegiate institutions retain their liberal partisanship. As a young and eager student stepping out of my sheltered Waukesha County home onto this campus, I was in for a cultural shock. The two locales couldn?t be more politically polarized. The difference was night and day.