Is WPI politically apathetic?

Submitted by Mike Benedetti on April 15, 2007 - 7:53pm. ::

This year's Princeton Review entry on WPI claims that WPI is politically apathetic, that they scored lowest on the question "How popular are political/activist groups?"

(The link requires registration, but they don't confirm your e-mail, so you can fake it.)

The five most apathetic colleges, according to this question, are:

  1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  2. Quinnipiac University

  3. Bradley University
  4. University of Delaware
  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus

They are pleasantly candid about their methodology:

One last note: Our survey is qualitative and anecdotal rather than quantitative.

(NB: I am not a WPI alum or otherwise affiliated, though I do live in the neighborhood. When I was in college, I remember reading the Princeton Review essay on our school—and snickering.)

For more on collegiate activism in Worcester, see Cous-cous.

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There's a CousCous meeting
Submitted by drew on April 25, 2007 - 11:05am.

There's a CousCous meeting tomorrow (Thursday, April 26) at Worcester State. It’s in the Student Center, Room 204 at 6pm. We'll be talking about our plans for next year, the different campaigns we’ve been working on at our individual schools, and hear any updates from Sweatshop Awareness Month. Word on the street is that Grace Ross might show up.

Also, CousCous has a website too: WorcesterUnited.com

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Sorry for leaving out the
Submitted by Mike Benedetti on April 25, 2007 - 1:46pm.

Sorry for leaving out the CousCous website--cut and paste trouble :)

I just love that URL, "Worcester United." You guys need team jerseys.

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The impulse to social
Submitted by Bobwilliams on November 11, 2008 - 9:20pm.

The impulse to social engineering is unmistakable. Government officials will allocate resources, redistribute income, and ration good and services. However, like I said below the side effect of Reaganomics has also been jobs migrating overseas and that has continued ever since the 80’s, which is something that IMO we are just now going to begin to feel the full effects, unless we can change that and create more jobs here. Yes, I understand that there are a lot of economics wizards out there. And a lot of them agree and disagree on a lot of different policies.

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