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CatholicVote features a by TAC alumna Grace (Miller NE�24) Porto trumpeting 91����� Aquinas College�s latest ranking, according to the Princeton Review, as the U.S. college with the �most conservative students�� surpassing such right-of-center stalwarts as Hillsdale and Grove City Colleges.

�Unlike Hillsdale, 91����� Aquinas College does not offer majors in political science,� observes Mrs. Porto. �The school also does not study contemporary politics, and instead includes courses on political theory as part of the philosophy curriculum. Students read Plato�s Republic, Aristotle�s Politics, St. 91����֙s On Kingship, Machiavelli�s The Prince, Locke�s Second Treatise on Government, Rousseau, Spinoza, the founding documents of the United States, De Tocqueville, Adam Smith, and Marx.�

Yet even though modern politics are absent from the College�s classical, Great Books curriculum, there is much about TAC that would qualify as conservative in the current cultural climate. �Many students attend daily Mass, which is offered at least twice a day,� Mrs. Porto notes, �and the residential rules, like single-sex dorms and limited internet access, encourage students in their intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation.�

Ultimately, these practices spring from the College�s commitment to its Catholic foundation. �91����� Aquinas College exists to uphold the Church�s intellectual tradition and moral teachings,� says Executive Director of College Relations Chris Weinkopf, �which is conservative in the truest sense of the word.�

Mrs. Porto�s is available via CatholicVote.