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=== '''Berserkeley ==='''

"Berserkeley" is filled with [[Granola Girl|Granola Girls]]s, rude skaterpunks, [[Dirty Communists|angry socialists/anarchists/whateverists screaming about how Amerikkka is pure evil and that we deserve to die in a ditch]], [[Malcolm Xerox|pissed-off black nationalists]], irritating [[Hipster|hipstershipster]]s wearing idiotic fashions, [[Hollywood Atheist|Hollywood Atheists]]s, and [[New Age Retro Hippie|aging hippies]].

* Wellesley College -- ThisCollege—This one is handy if [[Straw Feminist|a feminist overtone]] is needed.

* [[University of Michigan|University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] -- Great—Great for pegging the character as an activist. Actually active, that is, rather than just slinging the activist lingo. Good one for anti-animal testing shenanigans.

* Reed College in Portland, Oregon -- theyOregon—they only tell students their grades if specifically asked to, the administration has an extremely lax drug-use policy even for hyper-liberal Portland, and about half of their traditions are weird hippie injokes <ref>Which strangely has a nuclear research reactor on campus.</ref>

* The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington - does not assign grades to students at ''all'' in favor of "narrative evaluations" ,<ref> Despite the flack about "no grades," they're actually like the performance evaluations one would get at an office job</ref>, many of the courses offered are political in nature, and there are no "departments" like you'd see at other schools - all classes are a form of "integrated studies" which approach a single issue from several different academic angles, with freshmen and seniors often in the same class. Professors are addressed by first name most of the time. The school operates an organic farm and a non-profit vegetarian restaurant staffed and operated by unpaid volunteers who manage cooperatively. <ref>Out of the 100+ clubs on campus, only about 5 are not related to any left-leaning agenda. These are the clubs dealing with anime, tabletop gaming, and live-action roleplaying. Geeks do well there.</ref>

* The University of Colorado at Boulder -- MuchBoulder—Much like UC Berkeley. A liberal college in a liberal enclave in a conservative(-ish, see [[The Several States]]) state, referred to as "9 square miles surrounded by reality".

* Virginia Commonwealth University, Particularly the school of Arts, is known for its highly liberal use of drugs and high amount of [[Hipster|Hipsters]]s.

* Kent State University, Kent, Ohio -- PopularOhio—Popular for anti-war-style liberals, thanks to the 1970 National Guard shooting that left 4 students dead.

* University of Wisconsin-Madison -- likewiseMadison—likewise a history of 1960's [[Vietnam War|Vietnam-era]] activism, long called "Berkeley of the Midwest."

** Earlham College (Quaker Church) in Richmond, Indiana, is so left-wing that everybody is addressed by their first name -- callingname—calling an instructor "Mister", "Ms.", "Professor" or "Doctor" So-And-So is definitely frowned upon. Students are often at odds with the local and regional Yearly Meetings (the Quaker equivalent of a synod) over sexuality and drinking. (In case you're wondering, the Yearly Meetings are against both.)

=== '''Jim Jonestown University ==='''

* Religious schools that primarily turn out pastors and missionaries (Bob Jones, Regent, Liberty, [[Useful Notes/Mormonism|Brigham Young]], etc.).

* In John Singleton's college drama ''[[Higher Learning]]''. Columbus University is obviously supposed to be a stand-in for one of the University of California campuses -- butcampuses—but the faculty, as represented by Professor Phipps, are actually quite reasonable folks who aren't angry at the world. A disproportionate number of the students, however, appear to be unhinged militants in full-blown Berserkeley mode, screaming everything from "White power!" (yes, even the neo-Nazis come off as lefties in this movie) to "Dead men don't rape!" and calling the school's namesake "nothing but a thief and a murderer." Even the "good guys" are misguided: one student, dismayed at the gang violence, organizes a schoolwide "Peace Fest." It doesn't end well.

* Mentioned in an episode of ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' to show the grandparents' personalities. The biological mother of the title couple's adopted son wants him back, and the grandparents (a pair of [[WAS Ps]]WASPs and a pair of hippies) have this discussion:

{{quote| '''Kitty:''' We'll tie her up in court. By the time she gets Daniel back he'll be graduating from Stanford.<br />

'''Edward:''' Notre Dame.<br />

'''Larry:''' Berkeley.<br />