A few days ago
Anonymous

Does anyone know about UC berkeley?

is the college really liberal??? like are all the kids hippies?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Berkeley went moderate conservative in the mid 90’s and has pretty much stayed moderate since then. Because of it’s reputation and tolerant culture, the extreme liberals are visible on campus, but that desn’t mean all the students are liberal.
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A few days ago
Miss.Understanding
I don’t go there, but I checked it out while I was living in CA. It’s a huge campus and might be kinda intimidating at first.

The city seemed kinda cool. Since it’s such a big college, I imagine you find all kinds of diverse people with diverse thoughts and opinions.

Remember, it’s one of the best colleges in the U.S. Students work hard to get in, so I doubt they’re just a bunch of hippies : ) More like hard-working people trying to keep focused.

If you’re a Republican or a conservative thinker, you can expect to find plenty of people who won’t think like you. However, you will also find those who do since there are a lot of students there, you know? If you’re really turned off by liberals, a private college or a university in a surburban area as opposed to a city-suburb or large town environment might be a better choice.

Liberal doesn’t mean hippie. I’m a liberal myself which just means I’m prone to see things from the underdogs point of view and maybe a bit more accepting and understanding of individual and community hardships. However, I don’t drink, do drugs, sleep around, go to clubs or casinos, dress skimpy, etc. and might be a lot more conservative than most people in other ways.

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A few days ago
Fly On The Wall
One of the biggest disappointments of middle-agers like me is that they’re not hippies at Berkeley. Self-respecting liberal college students ought to be demonstrating in the streets against the Iraq war but they’re not. Even the conservative social theorists like David Brooks are surprised.
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A few days ago
nate w
pretty liberal, but a lot of different political beliefs are there. Not as many kids are hippies anymore..
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