As it is a slow news day here at Cornell (at least so far…), allow me to direct our readers to another conservative gem in liberal academia! This one is way over on the sunny, warm, fun, bikini-clad, happy, non-Ithacan west coast, at Stanford, California – the Stanford Review, and it’s new blog (since February) Fiat Lux. Straight from the site:
Fiat Lux aims to provide thoughtful commentary on Stanford, politics, and the intersection there of.
It has two main goals:
First, Fiat Lux will publish analysis of Stanford University and higher education. The Stanford community is poised at the forefront of American academics, politics, science, and more; Fiat Lux! will put Stanford in its national and international context.
Second, Fiat Lux will put college conservatives in dialogue. Conservative college newspapers have been going strong for going on three decades; they tend, however, to be insular and localized.
With the rise of the internet, however, this doesn’t have to be the case. Fiat Lux! will compare and contrast the Stanford experience with other collegiate experiences, and invite other conservative college weblogs into the conversation.
Amen to fostering conservative college dialogue! It seems the right-wingers at Stanford are seeing a silver lining in the clouds, judging by their most recent post about substantial conservative-minded coursework and a possible medium for a libertarian / conservative education. Also, be sure to check out their exclusive interview with former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. Nice work, beach boys! (this Ithaca weather is getting to me…)
Stay updated in the future on the Stanford Review by clicking the link on our blogroll to the right
You know the Knightly Order of the Fiat Lux is an ecclesiastical order of knights down south.
You guys should post on their Blog.