By Paul A. Djupe, Director of the Data for Political Research Minor Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to attend Denison University! Here are some stickers. What do you do with them? Are you a sticker person whose laptop case color cannot be discerned? Are you proud to be accepted into this liberal arts college? Are others…
Author: Paul A. Djupe
Are Republicans Resurging?
By Paul A. Djupe, Director of Data for Political Research The Trump years were not particularly effective for recruiting young Republicans, especially on college campuses. While there are colleges and universities that explicitly bill themselves as conservative havens, most others are just following the winds and accepting whatever the market provides. And that’s liberal Democrats….
Commitment to Wokeness on Campus
By Paul A. Djupe, Director of Data for Political Research It has been hard to avoid hearing the term “woke” if you’ve been paying any attention to presidential politics of the last year. And it’s not being used in a flattering light. In an attempt to build the same enthusiasm from Trump voters, Republican hopefuls…
This is One of the Few Things That Overcomes Partisan Polarization
By Paul A. Djupe, Director of Data for Political Research Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on much these days. In many ways that’s fine, parties are supposed to be different in order to offer a real, distinct choice to voters. So, it’s always surprising to find common ground. Ohio has an election coming up and…
Do Denisonians Have Wild Perceptions of Who Faces Discrimination, too?
By Paul A. Djupe, Director of Data for Political Research “White Evangelicals [in the US] Believe They Face More Discrimination Than Muslims” read a headline in The Atlantic in 2017. This was in the back of my mind when I decided to ask Denison students about this in February 2023. There are so many perceptions…
Mostly United by Discrimination?
By Paul A. Djupe, Director of DPR There’s a pervasive stereotype that college students don’t know what it’s like in the real world, that they exist in sheltered, posh campuses like Denison’s. From my pov, it’s always worth checking out whether that’s in fact true and there are lots of ways to do it. One…
Do Denison Students Have Friends Who Will Help Them Out?
By Will Duquette I distinctly remember on my first visit to Denison, my tour guide told the group that Denison is where lifelong friendships are made. Although we do not have lifelong friendship data, we do have some data that could be used to analyze current friendships on the hill. Using the information, we want…
Love Letter to Denison
By Alex Lazo Before I ever even got to Denison, I was adamant about transferring after the first semester – the first year if I really had to stay that long. My sister was a Junior and as much as I love her, I did not want to have to go through another cycle of…
Denison’s Relationship with Religion
By Alex Lazo [Photo courtesy of Taby Arthur Fogg] Although it has been a few weeks since Easter has passed, I have found that with the school year winding down, and the Instagram semester-dump posts surging up, the pictures from Easter are still flooding my feed – because nothing says Denison quite like a darty…
How do Denison Students View Working in the Public Sector?
By Will Duquette It is no secret that many Denison alumni have high-paying jobs in the private sector. Of course, some students choose a public sector job, which typically commands a smaller salary. Given the frequent and massive pay disparity between the two and the polarization that plagues American democracy, I was curious if Denison…
Hoaglin’s Impact on the Trajectory of Student Health
By Alex Lazo Throughout my college career, I have always known Denison to be doing construction. And although it is definitely an eye sore, an inconvenience to motorists, and sometimes an abysmal failure (e.g., the Moonies), I do appreciate Denison’s proclivity to constantly self-improve. One of Denison’s newest editions and success stories is the Ann…
How Many Students are in Long-Distance Relationships?
By Paul A. Djupe Lots of things change once you arrive on campus. One of them, as the conventional wisdom goes, is that relationship from the last bits of high school. That’s especially true when the college you attend is out of state – time and space put strains on relationships, especially when there’s a…
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