This article disproves the notion that colleges are hotbeds for radicalism and revolutionary doctrine, with its assurance that conservatism remains the dominant political thought on campus.
Current Affairs examination reveals that Ursinus students aren't well informed about modern news events; it seems as though differing political opinions, and not ignorance, led to this result.
85% of the student body participated in a presidential straw vote, in anticipation of the presidential election, in which incumbent President Herbert Hoover ran against Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
A student complains about the $1.50 required to watch Ursinus' football games, claiming that such an amount is "a fortune" during a time of economic depression.
Ursinus' students hilariously miscall the outcome of presidential election, choosing Hoover and not FDR to be the victor. This does, however, indicate that conservatism was the popular political ideology on campus. Though there were students who…
A "U" discussion group discusses Democratic, Republican, and Socialistic governments, while also including in their talks the issues of: the Great Depression, tariffs, and the Prohibition.