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CLT News
On Monday, April 16th, we will participate in the
Tax Day protests.
3/ /07
Some time in March, we will be showing the documentary
Voices from the New American Schoolhouse
by
Danny Mydlack, an assistant professor of
media production and history here at
Towson University. The film is about the
Fairhaven
 School
in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.The Fairhaven School is a Sudbury school, thus the documentary explores how the Sudbudy model of schooling works. This screening will be co-hosted by the Towson Campus Greens, and we’re looking into the possibility of also co-hosting it with the College of Education. Following the film, Professor Mydlack will be speaking about his work and what he learned throughout the production thereof. To see a ten-minute trailer for the documentary, click here.
On March 13th,
Dr. Howard Baetjer, a professor of economics here at
Towson, will be giving a speech on economics at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 13th.
This will take place in Stephens Hall 111, and will be hosted by the
Towson University Economics Society. On the same day, the
Towson Campus Greens are showing the film
Iraq in Fragments.
3/3/07
The LP of Maryland is holding its
annual state convention on March 3rd, and
will take place at
Squire’s Italian Restaurant, at
6723 Holabird Avenue, Dundalk, MD 21222. (The food there is excellent,
and alcohol will also be served for those so inclined.)
The good news for you: by being in our student group, you can get a
discount on tickets!
Attendance of the Central Committee Meeting is free.
The entire convention package is only $45.
To only attend the afternoon, it will cost $25.
And to only attend the banquet will cost $25.
(The Afternoon Only plan includes daytime speakers and continental
breakfast. The Banquet Only plan includes Wes Benedict and
dinner.) The discount deadline is February 24.
Speakers will include the LNC Chair Bill Redpath, LP Presidential candidate
George Phillies, Professor Bill Anderson, and LP of Texas Executive Director
Wes Benedict. (This last speaker may be the most interesting, when you
consider how well the LP of Texas did in 2006.)
For more information on this event, click
here.
2/22/07 On Thursday, February 22nd, in place of
holding an actual meeting, we will be holding our Gun Rights Extravaganza in
Linthicum Hall 100. This will be co-hosted with the We will begin by screening the documentary Michael & Me by Larry Elder. Following the film, we will be having Kenneth V. F. Blanchard speak to students about the importance of gun rights. Mr. Blanchard is the author of Black Man With a Gun. Free food and beverage will be served to attendees. To see our flyer for this event, click here. For our Facebook event-page, see here. Thursday, February 15 th is Free Kareem Day, and it is on this day that a series of peaceful rallies will be held in front of Egyptian Embassies and Consulates worldwide to protest Kareem Amer’s imprisonment. Protests will be held in Ottawa, London, Berlin, Rome, Bucharest, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
Kareem Amer is an Egyptian blogger and former law student who was arrested by Egyptian authorities, and faces up to eleven years in prison, for expressing views which promoted secularism and equal rights for women. Libertarians are dedicated proponents of free speech. This Thursday, on Free Kareem Day, the CLT will be meeting in room 306 of the University Union, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. We will be discussing free speech, and how it relates to both our lives and Mr. Amer’s predicament. All are invited to join us. This meeting will be cancelled if school is closed.ed. To sign a petition for Kareem Amer’s release, click here.
2/1/07 The first CLT meeting of the Spring 2007 will be held in room 306 of the University Union from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, on Thursday, February 1st. Subsequent meetings will be held in the same location at the same time unless otherwise noted. Once again, the College Libertarians of Towson will be throwing a
Political Pizza Party in place of their last meeting of the semester. The pizza will be free. So take a break from studying and come on down to room 307 of the University Union, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM on Thursday, December 7th. If you wish to print off a flyer to promote the party, click here. Click here to see our Facebook event-page.
11/30/06
From 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, November 30th, we will be discussing the
life
Dr. Friedman received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1951, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1976, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. He died on November 16th, 2006. To see our Facebook event-page, click here. On Monday, November 20th, we will be showing the film V for Vendetta. This will be shown in Linthicum Hall 200 from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM. Everyone on campus is invited to come, so invite your friends! The movie will be free, as will the drink and snacks, and we will have an open discussion afterwards. V for Vendetta was directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. The film takes place in a dystopian future Britain. We have two flyers for this event, this one and this one. To see our Facebook event-page, click here. 11/15/06 The first formal political debate between the Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Greens will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 15th, in the Susquehanna Terrace in the University Union. The debate topics will be as follows:
Each group will have four minutes for opening statements for each topic, and a one-minute rebuttal. After this, the audience will have ten minutes for questions. Click here to see our Facebook event-page. Tuesday, November 7th is election day. The College Libertarians of Towson, wishing to maintain a split government in Maryland, has officially endorsed Ehrlich for Governor. Click here to see our flyer ad.
11/6/06 Libertarian philosopher
Tibor Machan, Ph.D. will be coming to give a lecture
at Towson University on Monday, November 6th. The lecture shall be held in
room 306 of the University Union and will supposedly concentrate on the history
of philosophical thought from classical liberalism to Dr. Tibor Machan is Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama, and holds the R. C. Hoiles Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University. He is research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, CA, and Advisor on Libertarian Issues for Freedom Communications, Inc., the family owned media company in Irvine, CA. To read Dr. Machan's biography, click here. This event is being sponsored by the College Libertarians of Towson, the Towson University Philosophy Forum, and the Office of Student Activities. Free food and beverage will be served. You can view our flyer for this event here. Click here to see our press release. Also, you can find our Facebook event-page here. 11/06/06 On Monday, November 6th, we will be tabling either outside of Linthicum Hall or inside of the University Union. This will last from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and will be in promotion of the free philosophy lecture we're hosting later in that evening (see above). If you are available at any point during that time to come and help out, please do. Nobody is required to participate during the whole duration, of course. We will have libertarian brochures, CLT advertisements, and food available for students, as well as the wonderful World’s Smallest Political Quiz. Most importantly, we will have flyers for Dr. Tibor Machan’s lecture. If you would like to bake something for us to sell, that will of course be much appreciated. 11/5/06 On Sunday, November 5th, we will be going to a gun range. This will be free to anyone wishing to attend, as it will be funded by the Leadership Institute. If you wish to attend, please meet us no later than 12:00 PM in the lobby of the second floor of the University Union. If you have a vehicle and are willing to help drive attendees, please contact us and indicate how many persons, besides yourself, you can fit in your vehicle. You can view our Facebook event-page here. 9/27/06 On Wednesday, the 27th of September, we will be tabling under the Lecture Hall. This will last from 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM. If you are available at any point during that time to come and help out, please do. Nobody is required to participate during the whole duration, of course. We will have libertarian brochures, CLT advertisements, and food available for students, as well as the wonderful World’s Smallest Political Quiz. If you would like to bake something for us to sell, that will of course be much appreciated. On Wednesday, September 20th, we will be tabling in the University Union from We will have brochures and other such items (perhaps even bumper stickers) available for students, as well as the wonderful World's Smallest Political Quiz.
9/14/06 Due to a scheduling issue, we are now moving our meetings from Wednesday evenings to Thursday evenings, at 6:30 PM. Meetings will still be in the University Union, but rather than meeting in room 316, we will be meeting in room 306. We apologize for any inconvenience. Former News |
College Democrats, College Republicans, Campus
Greens, and other political parties are all welcome to attend.
and ideas of the acclaimed economist Dr. Friedman, and his contributions
both to economics and to political thought. We will be meeting in room 307
of the University Union.
libertarianism. It
will begin at 5:30 PM, and he will be taking questions from the audience.
