UNR Students for Liberty

I am happy to announce that the College Libertarians will begin printing an on-campus publication as decided at the last club meeting. Alyssa and I are currently working on the layout, what I ask of everyone in the club is to write an article for our first issue next semester. Write an article about anything political, from nation-wide discussions to on-campus policies to what the club is doing! Be creative, and start getting those articles in.

You can submit it by either emailing it, or just post it right here!
If anyone has any experience in creating a newsletter, or has any ideas such as a title, slogan, and layout, we want to hear from you!
If you have any question, feel free to contact me!

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

UPDATE: FIRST ISSUE OF THE LIBERTY REPORT CAN BE FOUND HERE -> http://www.unrlibertarians.com/2008/02/club-newsletter-liberty-report.html

Any members who are interested in attending the “Students for Liberty Conference” need to contact me ASAP, for applications to go are filling up rapidly at the national level and ability for the club to send you is filling up as well.
Many other things are in the works too, and I will push out an update really soon!

” The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates. – Tacitus”

While I trust the libertarian philosophy of privatize most everything, sometimes I worry about certian externalities which the market fails to account for. Nature reserves are a perfect example. We discussed the role of the Federal Government as a protector of the National Parks (like Yosemite and Tahoe and Toyabe).

This article would lead us to believe that private investors can protect land:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ted-turners-land-purchases-questioned/20071129084809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

The Food and Agriculture Organization has an interesting breakdown of arguments for and against federal funding for National Forests:

http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6821E/X6821E05.htm

This doesn’t settle it for me though. I think as a rule we should leave the National Forest Department in tact. There are much more important things that need to have their funding cut. National Forests should have their funding cut after we have developed a more complex understanding of market externalities in regards to the environment.

However, I am still pondering the subject. If you have a more informed opinion feel free to be irate and verbally abuse me.

Peace,
-Ian

Here’s a video of the same guy who asked Mitt Romney about medical marijuana (as mentioned in a previous post). In this clip, he’s asking the same question to Ron Paul. Woot.

College Libertarians!
I am happy to announce that for those who are interested in attending the Students for Liberty Conference at Cambridge University in New York City, have the opportunity to do so! The conference is going to be held on February 22-24. If this is something you are interested in, please attend the next meeting on Monday, November 26. If you can’t make it, please email me! They are only allowing 100 students to attend, so talk to me first then we can set you up to register! This is some info they put on their page:

It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to participate in the first ever Students for Liberty Conference (SFLC).Organized by students and for students, the SFLC’s mission is to bring undergraduate and graduate students together to learn more about the cause of liberty an how to best promote liberty on college campuses.

The cause of liberty is often underappreciated on college campuses today. Those students who enter college with a belief in liberty often lose sight of that belief because of the overwhelming presence of alternative ideologies. Many students give up because they believe they are alone. When students with a common belief in liberty do manage to come
together, they are left with few resources or networks of support to develop their organization. The problem is significant, but the solution is simple. There is a need for students from around the country to come
together to meet others interested in liberty and learn how to promote
liberty, taking that experience and knowledge back to each one’s college to
challenge the mainstream today…

It is endorsed by the Cato Institute, and I think it would be a lot of fun and something the club should definitely try to attend if you are interested! Check out their website at http://www.studentsforliberty.org/index.htm

• Don’t forget that we have a meeting this Monday! The senate chambers room in the JCSU is the permanent meeting place for the club now on. This meeting will primarily be focussed on studying libertarian philosophy and fully understanding our party platform. BRING ANY INFORMATION ON CURRENT DEBATE TOPICS YOU THINK IS INTERESTING AND SHARE IT WITH THE CLUB!
• Some topics may include: the war in Iraq, healthcare, immigration, environment, gay marriage, and the national debt. These are tentative and are probably going to change! From what I have heard, we will probably be discussing up to 3. Don’t forget to bring something that you think is interesting!
• We will also be finalizing our budget to submit to ASUN, which will include a banner, sweatshirt/tshirt, and maybe a budget for food for meetings. Other suggestions welcome. We will be doing this since the deadline is Tuesday.
• We will finish by discussing some fund-raising ideas, so that we can do some cool stuff soon!

I hope you all can make it!

The Tri-Partisan debate that was originally scheduled for November 27 has been rescheduled. Due to Thanksgiving and working with Flipside to help us host this event, the debate will happen in early December. I’m going to be meeting with the SEAB (Student Events Advisory Board) this Wednesday to figure everything out.

Here’s a video of Mitt Romney talking to a guy who smokes medical marijuana, and he pretty much doesn’t answer this guy’s question. I found this pretty appalling.

On Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 3:00PM, Ron Paul will be visiting Reno, NV right here on campus at Lawlor! Afterwards, he is going to be swinging by Carson City to be speaking at 7PM! I hope everyone can go and check him out! More information can be found at The FaceBook Page

Members of the Ron Paul Pack and the College Libertarians chalked the entire constitution in front of Lawlor in preparation for Ron Paul!
I admit, I had my doubts, but it turned out great, and we got many thousands of words out on the concrete! Check out the photos!
Pictures taken by: Kelly