Campus Reform: Indiana University - Bloomington

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sam Spaiser and I'm the President of Young Americans For Liberty at Indiana University Bloomington.

For the latest print edition of the Indiana Standard, a new conservative/libertarian newspaper started by Danny Orthwein and Spenser Burns, Trent Morton wrote an article titled "Economics Department Snuffs Tom Woods."

It's about how the IU Bloomington chapter of Young Americans For Liberty tried to bring Dr. Thomas Woods to campus through the Union Lecture Board Committee, which brings speakers like Richard Dawkins and John Edwards, speakers who cost anywhere from five to ten times as much as Woods does.

The Lecture Board was looking for a speaker to come speak about the economic crisis and thought that Woods sounded like a good idea. Before confirming Woods' acceptance, however, they sought approval from the Economics Department. Once our YAL chapter got word of the pending Econ Department approval, we smelled trouble. The Economics Department shot down Woods, claiming that he "lacked credentials."

With or without the help of the university, YAL @ IUB is committed to bring Woods to IU to shed some light on a gloomy liberal/statist campus.

In order to do so, we need to raise $4000.

Please help us to further the cause of liberty on campus and spread the Austrian School perspective by making a donation towards funding this event.

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