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Two weeks into the surge of pro-Palestine protests that swept college campuses across the United States, a new, heroic archetype captured the imagination of right-wing media influencers: throngs of casually attired “frat bros” who jeered and laughed at activists, and in one case, a solitary Black woman.

Fraternities — whose reputations have taken repeated hits for sexual assault, hazing deaths, drug dealing and alcohol abuse — are being lionized by prominent conservatives who celebrate them as a cultural counter-force to liberals whose anti-Israel protests and encampments have roiled dozens of American college campuses this spring.

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Pat Sajak guides the realm of letter-turning and phrase-guessing as host of the enduring game show Wheel of Fortune, maintaining an amiable, everyman persona for more than four decades.

But when the subject turns to politics, Sajak becomes something quite different — a sharp-elbowed culture warrior who serves as chairman of the Board for Hillsdale College, a small private institution in Michigan beloved by Christian conservatives.

“If you care about liberty and if you believe America’s brightest young people deserve an alternative to the PC-policed schools that dominate the American university landscape, I encourage you to support Hillsdale College,” Sajak said in a January fundraising letter obtained by Raw Story....