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By Joseph Brown at 10:57AM

Jan 25, 2012

National End Crony Capitalism Day Feb. 14th

natlcronycap Kelly Jemison has a post over at Students for Liberty promoting national crony capitalism day, a great event to do on campus before wrapping up our Spring recruitment drive contest, which ends Feb. 17th--your chapter can win cash prizes and we will provide you with free resources and activism kits! Crony capitalism day, is set for February 14th (Valentine's Day), and will expose the love between big business and big government. Tabling kits are provided free of charge, just apply through this survey. Each tabling kit includes:

1 tabling banner (2′ by 6′) – to draw attention to the event
1 event execution information sheet
1 sample press release
100 stickers with the attached image
100 Valentines – with a cronyism definition on one side and illustration on the opposite side
120 Dum Dum lollipops – to be attached to the Valentines (for a candy gram effect)

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By KJ Herr at 11:51AM

Oct 7, 2011

Liberty Weekend Spectacular in Austin, Texas

FFZC October 21st-23rd is destined to be an amazing weekend in Austin, Texas for all those who get excited about liberty. Seriously, it has me on the edge of my seat knowing that it’s less than three weeks away. If you are in the state of Texas and enjoy liberty then you need to be getting ready for one of the most well rounded weekends in liberty history.

The weekend will be kicked off on Friday night at 7 pm when the founding fathers will awake from their graves and convene at the University of Texas Tower and march to the Capitol building. This Founding Fathers Zombie Crawl will be featuring the founders of this country, as well as founders of liberty. You may even see Mises and Hayek show up!

Austin It all continues on Saturday at 9 am as we begin the 2011 Students For Liberty Austin Regional Conference. We will be hearing from great speakers like John Papola (producer of Econstories and the famous Keynes v. Hayek Rap) and Fred Smith (President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute). We will also be hearing from Adam Kissel of Fire, Dr. Nigel Ashford, and many more! A student panel will also be featured with some of the top liberty activists in the area to discuss best practices for spreading the message of liberty! Register here!

YAL The weekend will end on Sunday with the Young Americans for Liberty Campaign Bootcamp at 10 am. If you are interested in working on a campaign in the upcoming election season then you need to get to this bootcamp. Come hear from some of the best in the industry on best practices to get the voters to the polls. Register here!

If you are going to be in Texas or nearby then you need to get to Austin for this weekend. You will not be disappointed.

If you need a place to stay or looking for a ride please contact me (KJ Herr) at kherr@studentsforliberty.org or at (910)813-8466.

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By KJ Herr at 8:52AM

Aug 5, 2011

Students for Liberty Regional Conferences

Students for Liberty has just announced their regional conferences for the upcoming school year, a record-setting 12 conferences in all major parts of the country. These conferences are planned by students and for students to help you get the most out of the FREE one day event.

SFL Regional Conference At each conference there will be speakers, workshops, and student activist panels. You'll also be able to meet hundreds of other student activist in your area and collaberate on the best ideas to reach more students for liberty.

The speakers list has already been building for each conference and is going to be nothing short of amazing. To just name a few: David Boaz of Cato, John Papola of Econstories, David Nott of Reason -- and so many more. Make sure to find the conference nearest you and register soon. Spaces are already filling up.

On top of all that, there will be three free meals and a social afterward with FREE drinks! Why would you want to miss these?

October 1 – Chicago Conference – University of Chicago

October 8 – Philadelphia Conference – Drexel University

October 15 – North Carolina Conference – Salem College

October 22 – New York City Conference – Columbia University

October 22 – Arizona Conference – Arizona State University

October 22 – Austin Conference – University of Texas, Austin

November 5 – Boston Conference – Harvard University

November 5 – Northern California Conference – UC Berkeley

November 12 – Pittsburgh Conference – University of Pittsburgh

November 12 – Dallas Conference – University of North Texas

November 12 – Florida Conference – University of Florida

November 12 – Southern California Conference – Pepperdine University

Visit www.politicalconferences.org to learn more and to register!

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By Zak Slayback at 9:31AM

Jan 2, 2011

Free Market Economics and the Future Business Leaders

I have been an active member in the Future Business Leaders of America - Phi Beta Lambda in the past few years, and I've noticed two things from the FBLA perspective:

1. Capitalism (in the sense that true free-market capitalist know it) is bad because it's "unethical"

2. The only school of economics that is "correct" is the Keynesian school.

I'm familiar with these ideas because of the "objective tests" given in categories like "Business Ethics" (which implies that a company that puts profits first is unethical, even though said company would want to put people first in order to put profits first. The test writers are unfamiliar with Adam Smith) and Mr. Future Business Leader (which has implied that globalization is evil and will lead to the downfall of Americanism).

Great News: The Grassroots Did It!

I have just heard from an inside source that Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano will air on FOX starting mid April! This is a huge success for the grassroots movement.

Freedom Watch has traveled to Drexel University and Ohio State University to do live tapings on campus. It is because of the student groups who worked together to bring the Judge to their campus that Freedom Watch will finally be on Fox for the entire American public to watch.

The show will air 1 day a week on FOX Business and if the ratings are good, they will move up to 5 days a week.

Great job everyone! Now they can hear our voices even louder!

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By Dustin Reid at 3:41PM

Mar 1, 2010

Liberty Organizations Overtake CPAC 2010

I had intended on writing a recap of my experience at this years Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), however, I believe this video sums up my thoughts and emotions quite well.

Students for Liberty Announces Event of the Year Nominee

Students for Liberty has announced an Event of the Year Nominee: Wake Forest Young Americans for Liberty's Ron Paul at Wake Forest event!

Especially for the first ever YAL campus event, this was a very successful event. Over 1,300 people attended at a school of 4,400 students. Take notes of the impressive work done by Wake Forest YAL chapter. Congratulations, Wake Forest YAL!

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By Bonnie Kristian at 12:29PM

Oct 26, 2009

Liberty Conference in Boston

Students for Liberty and the Harvard Libertarian Forum are cohosting a liberty conference for student activists in the Northeast. I recieved this description of the event:

Attendance at the Northeast Conference is free and includes:
A lineup of great speakers, such as Jeffrey Miron of Cato and Dr. Aeon Skoble
3 free meals
Free books and resources from The Cato Institute, The Foundation for Economic Education, Reason Magazine, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Networking with leaders of the liberty movement
A free evening social event
Our Keynote Speaker will be Peter Schiff. Mr. Schiff is one of the few investment advisors to have correctly called the current bear market before it began. His accurate forecasts on the U.S. stock market, economy, real estate, the mortgage meltdown, credit crunch, subprime debacle, commodities, gold and the dollar, have brought him great renown. An economic adviser for Ron Paul’s campaign in 2008, he is currently seeking the Republican nomination in his home state of Connecticut for the 2010 US Senate election.

Learn more at the SFL website or on Facebook about this chance to see Peter Schiff in person! (Maybe you'll get a chance to start at YAL chapter there if there isn't one already!)

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By Jared Fuller at 8:24AM

Oct 25, 2009

2009 Southern Students For Liberty Conference

In case you hadn't heard, the WFU chapter of YAL (the first YAL group responsible for hosting Ron Paul) just carried out, on October 24th, the 2009 Southern Students For Liberty Conference. Undoubtedly, the conference was a resounding success.

Souhtern SFL Conf.

Just ask the students at the conference--accolades like "life changing," "beyond inspirational," and "the eye-opener I needed" were not uncommon throughout the day.

Check out other Students For Liberty Regional Conferences here.

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