First off, let me say I apologize for the tardiness of this post, but after spending three days straight at the CPAC the first thing on my mind was to meet up with my friends at Brickskellers and get toasted on expensive imported beer--most namely, a Scottish brew dubbed "Wee Beast." It was a pretty rockin' way to take my mind off free-market capitalism and the broken record comments about the media and college professors.

I wanted to devote an entire post to the panels focused on college students, but the problem is that the two panels were mostly devoid of anything worth reporting. The first most of all--it was essentially four conservative students coming up to the mic stating their respective accomplishments and the outrages committed against them by liberal accomplishments, to much accolade by the crowd. Of course, it was rife with odd statements and conservative contradictions. Take these tasty nuggets, for instance:

Rebecca Beach on her professor's comments about conservatives: "The First Amendment only goes so far…"

Ruth Malhotra on class assignments: "Required reading is so bias toward the leftist point of view…" Yea, I totally felt more progressive when I was reading Shakespeare's Hamlet or my astronomy textbook.

Ruth Malhotra, on the Animatrix: "that's some crazy hippie nonsense right there."

Luke Sheahan, on the merits of Oregon State: "If your campus is anything like mine, and it probably is, you probably don't learn a whole lot in class." Take note conservatives, these are your future leaders.

The last speaker didn't have much to say besides "yay me!" and "be a leader!" But nothing really that compelling or interesting. All in all, the first panel was pretty weak--but it did inspire in me two thoughts: One, I can tell you right now that of course there are barely any conservatives in college faculties--there's no money in it. Secondly, I am still not understanding why conservatives call for government intervention *cough Academic Bill of Rights *cough* when they are threatened by something, but when they have a leg up on others, they want the government to butt out. Understanding conservatism is like trying to explain theoretical physics to a toddler.

The second panel was a bit better in terms of content, but still offered little in the way of actual intelligent discussion--it was more of an hour long advertisement for the respective organizations--so there's really little to talk about. Despite that, I bring you some more crazy quotes:

Brad Shipp, on the state of liberal education systems: "Students aren't being educated, they're being indoctrinated." And I suppose that the goal of CPAC is to push students away from conservatism, right?

John Zmirak on the true problems of campuses: "The biggest problems on college campuses may not be leftist professors but chaotic dorms that oftentimes turn into orgies." Whoop-de-doo.

That's really all for now--nothing of any true substance in these discussions. Check back later today for my writeup on Gingrich and Day three wrapup, and tomorrow for my CPAC wrapup and final thoughts--and perhaps the Coulter interview, but no promises on that one yet.

More to come...