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Campus Discussion – Intellectual Property Rights

Travis Hagen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:29 +0000

Meeting: Intellectual Property Rights – Here we go again. We are revisiting one of our most divisive meetings to date and determining, once and for all, whether copyrights and patents are justifiable/necessary within a libertarian society. How is a modern society to deal with the exclusivity of information? We hope to find out.
Where: JCSU 317
When: 7PM – 8:30PM on Thursday, February 25, 2010

Campus Discussions – “Victimless” Crimes

John Russell — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:46:58 +0000

Campus Discussion – Capital Punishment

Travis Hagen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:56:26 +0000

For our second Campus Discussion we will be discussing capital punishment. Is it ever okay to kill a human being? Should taxes be used to put people to death, even though many of those taxed are morally opposed to such actions? We’re going to make an effort to keep this one on topic, focused, and organized for the open discussion of this touchy topic.

Thursday, October 1
7:00PM – 8:30PM
JCSU Room 423

Campus Discussion – Jack Bauer

Travis Hagen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:40:07 +0000

During our first ever Campus Discussion we will be discussing Jack Bauer. Is he a patriot… or terrorist? Are the actions Jack Bauer takes in Fox’s 24 justified? To what extent should law and order be disregarded if the ends justify the means?

Thursday, September 17, 2009
7:00PM – 8:30PM
JCSU Room 423

“The Left” & “The Right”

John Russell — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:09:00 +0000

Many times throughout the course of political discussion, arguments and debates quickly digress into intense and emotionally filled combative yelling contests generally between two or three different viewpoints upon any given subject. We feel that this is due to a lack of deeper understanding of opposing viewpoints. Instead of rationally attempting to understand where the other is coming from, it is often times seen as a personal attack on family/friend/hero derived values. We hope to dive beneath the current political issues and instead arrive at a deeper, more philosophical understanding as to why people differ in their political values.

This is why, for the next two meetings, the UNR Students for Liberty will be hosting a two part series where we will be having open meetings to discuss different political philosophies. This Thursday, we will begin by cordially inviting organizations typically seen as “Left Wing” or “Liberal” in nature to understand their philosophy and try to mutually determine each other’s stance. Following this, we will invite “Right Wing” or “Conservative” organizations to the discussion. Through this, we hope it will not only increase understanding between “us” and “them”, but also create open lines of communication with on-campus political groups (since it is nearly non-existent as of now). This will be a discussion mostly of personal political beliefs and to compare and contrast the views of other political viewpoints. This will not be a debate, but merely a time to find mutual understanding.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come learn more about these two camps. So if you consider yourself a “conservative”, we welcome you to come to the “Left Wing” meeting and vice versa. We hope to unite understanding between all campus organizations.
Knowing is half the battle. See you there!

The Left – Thursday, April 9 at 7:00PM in JCSU 317 RSVP
The Right – Thursday, April 23 at 7:00PM in JCSU 423 RSVP

Contact: johnrussell@unrforliberty.com

Nick Dranias – Goldwater Institute: Lecture

John Russell — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:03:00 +0000

Nick Dranias of the Goldwater Institute describes how to increase liberty at the local level. Using examples of people who have suffered under the iron fist of local bureaucracy due lack of accountability and incentive, he makes a powerful claim for government to implement better jurisprudence and uphold the rights of the individual.

Be sure to click on the HD button in the bottom right corner of the player so you can read the slides. This button will appear after you press play (or just go to youtube here)

“Increasing Liberty at the Local Government Level” – Nick Dranias

John Russell — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:24:00 +0000

We are happy to welcome the director for the Center for Consitutional Government at the Goldwater Insitute – Nick Dranias – to come speak about the top 10 ways of increasing liberty at the local government level. Prior to joining the Goldwater Institute, Dranias was an attorney with the Institute for Justice. In law school, Dranias served on the Loyola University Chicago Law Review, competed on Loyola’s National Labor Law Moot Court Team, and received various academic awards. He graduated cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy.

Dranias has authored numerous articles, including Past the Pall of Orthodoxy, which challenges bar admission restrictions limiting the practice of law to graduates of ABA-accredited law schools. He is also the author of The Land Of 10,000 Lakes Drowns Entrepreneurs In Regulations, a study that shows how regulations block the path to the American Dream, and how those barriers can be removed. His next work, Consideration as Contract, was published in the Spring 2008 edition of the Texas Review of Law and Politics.

This will be very interested for anyone who may be interested in liberty! He is flying down from Phoenix to speak to us. Don’t miss it!
Thursday, April 2nd in the William Raggio Building Room 2009 at 5PMRSVP

A Gun Social: Success!

John Russell — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:12:00 +0000

Although delayed due to complications from procuring funds, the UNR Students for Liberty successfully navigated the funding policies from ASUN and had a great day flexing our gun rights. We would like to thank Eric who was able to grace us with his arsenal of handguns, Matt who brought his AR-15, Mike who brought his SR-25, and Travis who brought some .22′s. We would also like to thank the Washoe County Regional Shooting Facility for providing a great service, and the wonderful people at ASUN.

Also, motivated with the first full season of Jack Bauer (also known as 24), some members competed for the prize in a two bullet shoot-off at 50 yards with the scoped SR-25 to determine the best marksman (Mike excluded, since he’s a pro at his own gun). The winner has yet to be determined.

Nate

Shame!!!

Mary

John

Barry

Anarcho-Capitalism II: Justice & Defense

John Russell — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Six months after his initial presentation, our very own Barry Belmont will once again make another case for an anarcho-capitalist society. Many people are willing to agree with 90% of his theory, right up until the idea of defense, justice, and laws are brought into the picture. He will attempt to solve these issues by addressing the free-rider problem, public choice theory, and a brief history of States with diverse examples from evolutionary biology, philosophy, economics, and what you already think!

Put simply, he will attempt to convince you that anarcho-capitalism is a viable theory that should be put into practice. Do not miss this!

Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: JCSU 423

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Don’t forget to review Barry’s first lecture here!

The ASUN Elections: A (Level-Headed) Discussion

Barry Belmont — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:47:00 +0000

The Students for Liberty have heard some mighty big (and some mighty small) talk during this election cycle for the ASUN. Slurs, criticisms, lies, mottoes…every election is the same players in the same play telling the same story. The Students for Liberty have even suggested not voting in this (or really any) election. The principle is simple: most people will not vote (a staggering majority in this case), yet a minority will claim that it has the right to take from others because this minority claims to “know better”.

Must a democracy be tyrannical by its nature? Does a student senate have any standing to exist? Should a handful of students be allowed to decide they will not abide by senate and start their own form of “student government”? What is the best way to show the errors of senate, level-headed debate, out-and-out exploitation, joining up and changing it from the inside? Who are these START people and why did they start all this trouble? Who even gives a damn about student government?

Well to the losers, the winners, the liars, the deceived, the cynicists, the pessimists, to those who don’t believe in nothing:

We invite you to find out at our meeting on Thursday, March 12 inJCSU 423 at 7 PM and discuss what this election cycle has meant toward the students and how we might progress from here.