Students For Liberty

Fall 2009

“How to Get an Internship for Liberty” *FINAL WEBINAR OF 2009

Date: Wednesday, December 2nd from 7:00-8:00pm EST

Description: Want to work for an organization dedicated to liberty?  Want to do research and write papers on public policy?  Want to learn how to run a think tank?  You can gain experience in all these areas by interning for liberty this summer!  Many students have heard of the Cato Institute’s internship program or Reason Magazine’s internship, but there are literally hundreds of pro-liberty organizations around the U.S. where you can intern for the summer.  This webinar will provide an overview of what to expect during an internship for liberty, and how to make your application for internships as strong as possible. Note: Check out SFL’s listing of pro-liberty internships around the US here http://studentsforliberty.org/college/internships/.

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November 7th- “An Economic Analysis of Drug Legalization”
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Miron, Harvard University Economics Department
Description: Drug prohibition is practiced by virtually all societies, and mainstream political discussion rarely broaches the subject of drug legalization. According to standard economic reasoning, however, drug prohibition is likely to cause numerous undesirable consequences and is almost certainly inferior to alternative policies for addressing the social costs created by drug use. This talk will present the economic arguments for drug legalization and discuss the evidence pertaining to this analysis. An important theme will be that that even if drug consumption is undesirable – in the sense that drug consumption causes harm to innocent third parties – prohibition is probably the worst possible approach for addressing these harms. At the same time, alternative approaches – including sin taxation, education campaigns, or subsidized treatment – have their own undesirable side effects. Thus, it is possible if not likely that a laissez-faire approach to drug consumption is the best that society can achieve.

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October 19th- “Marketing on Campus”
Description: Advertising your student group and group events is perhaps the most important thing about running a student group, but also the one most often overlooked.  Often, students think that just by holding an event on campus that other students will hear about it.  Many times, though, a pro-liberty group will exist on campus and other pro-liberty students don’t ever learn about it.  This webinar will bring student leaders who have done successful campus marketing campaigns to give insights for how to utilize both contemporary online marketing tactics as well as traditional on the ground strategies to maximize your group’s exposure and get more recognition from the university community.
Panelists:

• Irena Schneider, Co-Founder & Co-President of the American University Students For Liberty
• Liya P., President of the George Mason University Economics Society
• Pericles Niarchos, President of the Drexel Student Liberty Front
• Masood Manoochehri, Northeast Director of Students For Liberty

Video: Coming Soon!

October 5, 2009- “An Economic History of the Prison”
Speaker: Professor Dan D’Amico, Assistant Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans
Description: Prisons are undoubtedly a potential tool for the protection of liberty, but much like any technology they can be used in a variety of different methods to a variety of different consequences and motivated by a variety of different intentions.  It is Dr. D’Amico’s argument that the long and sometimes tragic history of prisons parallels the long and sometimes dismal history of liberty. If this is correct, the future potential and protection of individual liberty in society is in part dependent upon society’s ability to constrain the use of prison systems by governments.
Video: Coming Soon!

September 23, 2009- “Successful Campus Speaker Events”
Panelists: Jared Fuller (Wake Forest University), Aaron Moyer (Drexel University), Professor James W. Lark, III (University of Virginia)
Description: Bringing in speakers is the primary activity of many pro-liberty groups.  But there are both good and bad ways to hold a speaker event.  This webinar will feature several student leaders who have held major speaker events with national celebrities like Ron Paul and John Stossel as well as students who hold successful speaker events on their campus with local activists to share their insights for how to make sure that when you have a speaker come to campus, you have high attendance, an interesting presentation, and an overall professional experience.
Video: Coming soon!

September 8, 2009 – “Adam Smith, Free Trade and the Birth of Economics”
Lawrence W. Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education
Description: As the school year begins, hear a lecture you may not hear on campus and celebrate classical liberalism! Invite all your friends, regardless of political ideology, and learn about free market economics. Lawrence W. Reed is the current president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and former president of the Mackinac Center, which he pushed to become one of the most prolific free market think tanks in the U.S. He has taught economics at Northwood University and has received innumerable acclaim for his work in the liberty movement.
Video: Coming soon!

Spring 2009

April 20, 2009- “Market Based Management(R) for Student Groups” by Dr. Tony Woodlief (Market Based Management Institute)
PowerPoint Presentation

April 7, 2009- Student Panel on “Alumni Involvement”

March 24, 2009- Student Panel on “Transitioning Leadership”

Also available here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5236572884687931880

March 11, 2009- Student Panel on “Threats to Liberty Around the World”

February 11, 2009- “How to Get an Internship for Liberty” by Scott Barton (Institute for Humane Studies)

Also available here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6999911097605720360

February 3, 2009- “Student Leadership” by Alexander McCobin

E-Leadership webinars will be posted online as they become available. Not all webinars may be posted due to audio/visual quality and other problems.