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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Marlboro College says their mission "is best served when students experience a wide variety of ideas, opinions and cultural backgrounds." Do you expect that Marlboro College has a very wide variety of ideas, opinions, and cultural backgrounds?
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I think maybe that's code for being gay friendly. Of course you are right, it is probably a very insular place. But I think that can be a good thing, depending on what you want from a school.
Ibram is artsy fartsy, liberal, and bi. He seems to be saying in this thread that he wants an artsy fartsy liberal school in Vermont. A place where he fits in. Insular can be good when you feel like you don't fit in with the real world. It's the same theory behind all black schools like Morehouse and all female schools like Smith. You have an easier time learning when you are in your comfort zone.
Marlboro seems to fit that well.
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The author Shane L. Windmeyer writes that Marlboro “is dedicated to including all individuals who crave academic rigor and who have felt disillusioned with mainstream society – drama kids, band kids, science geeks, literature nerds, creative writers and, of course, queers.”
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Isn't that Ibram?