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Meeting Tomorrow!

When: 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: 87 Evans

Hopefully all of you had an awesome time at the Ron Paul event last Thursday, and are inspired to become even more active in the fight for liberty! If so, you can all start by attending this week’s Students for Liberty meeting.

This weeks meeting will be led by Subha Rengarajan, who will be giving a brief presentation and “crash course on libertarianism.” This will be particularly timely since we will hopefully be welcoming many newcomers from the Ron Paul event. We will then open up to a discussion on different aspects of the presentation including things such as the history of libertarianism and its role, as well as hold “speed debates” on some potentially divisive topics within libertarianism.This is sure to be an exciting meeting, so don’t miss it!

Once again the meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday April 10th at 7 pm in 87 Evans.

See you there!

UC Berkeley Campus Town Hall with Congressman Ron Paul Update!

Dear prospective attendant,

I hope you’re excited to see perhaps the strongest champion of freedom alive speak at the home of the Free Speech Movement! As a reminder, Congressman Ron Paul’s talk is scheduled for Thursday, April 5th at 7 PM in Zellerbach Auditorium at the University of California, Berkeley. Here are a few important details about the event to ensure that we accommodate as many people as possible in an orderly manner:

ADMISSION:
This is a high-demand event, so we encourage you to arrive early to secure your desired seat— especially if you are on the waitlist. Two lines will be begin to form at 4, one for attendants with early seating vouchers and one for those who are waitlisted. There will be Students for Liberty members with signs indicating each line available to answer questions. We will also have members passing out fliers, handing out literature, and answering questions to keep you entertained while waiting.

The doors will open at 6, at which time attendants with early seating vouchers will be admitted. We will be checking the IDs of attendants with vouchers to ensure that there are no duplicate tickets. At 6:30, if there is any space left, people on the waitlist line will be admitted. We’ve given away early seating vouchers for every seat in the auditorium, so it is unfortuantely very unlikely that many people on the waitlist will be admitted. To improve your chances, we encourage all waitlisted prospective attendants to arrive as close to 4 PM as possible.

SEATING:
Inside the auditorium, we ask attendants to move as close to the center of their aisle as possible and refrain from leaving any empty seats between yourself and strangers. To ensure that everyone will have a clear view of Congressman Paul, we will not be allowing signs.

DIRECTIONS, TRAVELING, AND PARKING:
Zellerbach Auditorium is located in Lower Sproul Plaza near the intersection of Bancroft & Telegraph. Because there will be several other events occurring simultaneously on campus with expected high attendances, we encourage everyone to either walk or take public transportation. However, if you must drive, you can visit this webpage for information about the nearest parking lots to the auditorium:http://calperformances.org/visit/parking/

If you have any questions before the event, please feel free to email them to [email protected] or post them on the wall of the official Facebook event athttp://www.facebook.com/events/144067582386804/. Students for Liberty will periodically answer questions until 4 PM on Thursday. If you have any questions immediately before or during the event, please feel free to approach any Students for Liberty member wearing the club’s black t-shirt. We want to ensure that everyone is comfortable, engaged, and excited to see Dr. Paul!

See you tomorrow,
Students for Liberty

Free Speech is Alive and Well

Ron Paul is coming to UC Berkeley.  Yes, you heard it, free speech is still alive and well at Berkeley, and just to prove it Students for Liberty and Youth For Ron Paul are hosting the best potential presidential candidate at an event which is free and open to the public in the prime campus venue Zellerbach Auditorium.

But, some of you may be asking yourselves or others, why should you spend your time listening to what he has to say on Thursday? Well, I’ll tell you why in three simple explanations that relate to issues that every American has been concerned with in recent history:

Ron Paul supports Internet Freedom, and a majority of Americans would agree with him.  Good luck convincing Obama or Romney of why Internet freedom is important to you, much less obtaining a promise that they will protect your right to it.  You almost certainly would not be reading this blog right now if it were not for that freedom.

Ron Paul is in favor of the right to choose what healthcare you purchase.  The healthcare legislation and its mandate dubbed “Obamacare” by both Republicans and now many Democrats is being challenged in the Supreme Court.  You will get to hear Paul’s perspective on why all Americans deserve the right to choose to purchase what healthcare they want or none at all.

Ron Paul is against the wars that both Democratic and Republican presidents have continued to support for the past 12 years.  Needless to say he takes a much stronger opinion on this, and draws more veteran supporters than any other presidential candidate.  All I am saying is Give Peace a Chance.

I have said my two cents for why it is important to attend Paul’s speech Thursday and listen to a man who supports the freedoms that have been achieved by countless generations of Americans.  Come and join the discussion, and see why Ron Paul really can follow through with his campaign promise to Restore America Now.

Ron Paul at UC Berkeley

Dear Friends of Freedom,

Students for Liberty and Youth for Ron Paul are excited to announce that congressman and presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul will be speaking at UC Berkeley next week! The event will be held next THURSDAY, APRIL 5TH at 7 PM in ZELLERBACH AUDITORIUM at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.

The event is free and open to the general public. However, due to capacity restraints, we encourage attendants to get an early seating voucher at the following link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3267951531/efblike. The voucher is only good until 6:30 PM. After that, seating for the general public will be opened.

Please feel free to spread the news of this event. You can do so by visiting and inviting your friends on the Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/144067582386804/.

If you have any questions, you can check our club’s website for updates at calsfl.com or email me at [email protected] I look forward to hopefully having you join us for an exciting evening with Dr. Paul next week.

Sincerely,

Club Founder Casey Given

“Constitutional Convention” Meeting Tomorrow!

Tuesday March 20   7-8 pm   87 Evans Hall

This Tuesday, Students for Liberty, UC Berkeley will be holding perhaps one of the most exciting general meetings of its existence. After a long hiatus, co-founder Casey Given will be leading an interactive discussion for the first time in almost a year reflecting upon the club’s fond memories and planning for the future, with Chris Fox at his side.

So, get ready for an inspiring evening of brainstorming ideas examining the cornerstone of our club’s existence like the Founding Fathers did three centuries ago. I give you, Students for Liberty’s “Constitutional Convention!”

 

Our Site’s Hits Are Over 9,000! (…Well, Actually 10,000)

That’s right, folks, a couple of days ago CalSFL.com reached another milestone by breaking the 10,000 hit mark! I’ve been desperately searching for something clever to include in this landmark post regarding the number 10,000, but all I can think of is this clip from Dragon Ball Z. I know there’s a bit of a gap from the correct number of views, but hey, 10,000 is technically still “over 9,000!”

CalSFL.com 2010 in Review

Today, I received this nifty email from the good folks at WordPress summarizing our website’s activity for 2010. The review has quite a few interesting statistics. I particularly like the Blog-Health-o-Meter; apparently we are doing quite well for a site that has existed for less than a year. Hopefully 2011 will be equally filled with “healthy” blogging. Happy New Year, everyone!

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,600 times in 2010. That’s about 18 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 231 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 331 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 448mb. That’s about 6 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was November 2nd with 212 views. The most popular post that day was Don’t Listen to Stoners Against Prop. 19.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, studentsforliberty.org, lp.org, stumbleupon.com, and radicalignorance.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for prop 19, starchild board of education, students for liberty, starchild, and lao tzu.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Don’t Listen to Stoners Against Prop. 19 September 2010
8 comments

2

Starchild Wins San Francisco’s YouthVote! October 2010
1 comment

3

Events March 2010

4

About March 2010

5

Legal Status of Marijuana Speech at 4/20 Rally April 2010
2 comments

New Site Feature: Library

Today, I added a new page to our website– the library! This year, our club has been focusing more on documenting our activism through recording speaker events and taking lots of photos. Thus, our library page will function as the archive of our activism, featuring all the videos, photos, and articles we have accumulated throughout the club’s existence. Check it out!

1,000 Freakin’ Views!

Early this morning, our website broke 1,000 hits for the month of October alone– a major milestone for the blog! Thanks to everyone who has browsed our site. We here at Students for Liberty will continue our dedication to providing a rational perspective of the often irrational place that is UC Berkeley.

Cheers to a New Website!

This is the first post on Students for Liberty’s brand-spanking-new website! This site will be a mixture of both a blog where members can post items and a website where outsiders can get informed about our club. I’m sure the site will be building up in the next few weeks as members start to join the site and start posting.

As for now, cheers to liberty!