TeenageRepublican
06-06-2008, 10:57 AM
ROSEN: A conservative oasis at CU (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/06/rosen-a-conservative-oasis-at-cu/)
'Help Wanted: Lefty College Seeks Right-Wing Prof," read the headline over a Wall Street Journal story about a proposed, donor-endowed visiting chair in conservative thought and policy at the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The term "lefty," while pejorative, is an accurate description of the dominant political culture in the liberal arts and humanities at CU.
Disclosure: For the last year, I've been cooperating with CU administrators and other interested parties in discussions about this project, which, while not "secret," has kept a low public profile - until the Journal story. As a historical note, about 10 years ago, then-CU President Betsy Hoffman invited me and some other local conservatives to a luncheon meeting at the University Club in Denver to discuss a similar proposal. At that meeting, I asked Hoffman who would have the final say over the appointment of the conservative chair. When she answered: the political science faculty, those in attendance grimaced and the project never got off the ground.
'Help Wanted: Lefty College Seeks Right-Wing Prof," read the headline over a Wall Street Journal story about a proposed, donor-endowed visiting chair in conservative thought and policy at the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The term "lefty," while pejorative, is an accurate description of the dominant political culture in the liberal arts and humanities at CU.
Disclosure: For the last year, I've been cooperating with CU administrators and other interested parties in discussions about this project, which, while not "secret," has kept a low public profile - until the Journal story. As a historical note, about 10 years ago, then-CU President Betsy Hoffman invited me and some other local conservatives to a luncheon meeting at the University Club in Denver to discuss a similar proposal. At that meeting, I asked Hoffman who would have the final say over the appointment of the conservative chair. When she answered: the political science faculty, those in attendance grimaced and the project never got off the ground.