Spring Semester!

Welcome back!
CFACT is working on getting going for the Spring Semester! We have a new meeting location, but still have meetings at 6pm on Tuesdays. Our new meeting location is still in Coffman Memorial Union, but is now in room 301. The next meeting will be Feb. 9th, so be sure to come and help make this semester great! We will be voting on a few new officer positions, hearing from Zipcar, and coming up with action plans for the semester. See you there!

Conservative Awareness Week Wrap-Up!

The fourth annual Conservative Awareness Week at the University of Minnesota was a tremendous success! A full week of events dedicated to showcasing conservative causes, Conservative Awareness Week 2009 included a variety of highly successful events to inform the campus of conservative ideals. Check out some of the pictures posted here, and be sure to visit our Facebook page to see even more photos from the week! Thank you to all who attended this year’s Conservative Awareness Week, and special thanks to the College Republicans, the Ayn Rand Study Group, and the Minnesota Republic newspaper for helping to put together the great events for the week. CFACT does not have any events scheduled for the remainder of the semester, but stay tuned for more great events to come in the spring!

Conservative Awareness Week

Join CFACT and our friends from the College Republicans, Association of Conservative Fraternity Men, Students for a Conservative Voice, Students for Human Life, and other conservative groups as we host Conservative Awareness Week November 16th-20th! Here is the full schedule:

Monday November 16th:
10am-2pm: Conservative Awareness Week kick-off! Join all the groups on the Front Plaza of Coffman Memorial Union as we promote the week's event, do demonstrations, and give away some candy! There will be another attempt at CFACT's solar oven cake baking--so don't miss it!
6:30pm: CMU President’s Room: Conservative Poker Night! Come play poker, with absolutely no risk involved, eat some pizza, and enter for a chance to win some door prizes! Prizes from the poker tournament will include books, Gopher hockey tickets, Visa gift cards, and much more!

Tuesday November 17th
12:30pm: Mary Amlaw Luncheon: Join local author Mary Amlaw, author of "We Love Our Country". Food will be served. Room 326 of Coffman Memorial Union.
6:30pm: Women in Nuclear presentation, Law School room 30. WIN will talk about the advantages of nuclear power. Raising Canes will be served.
7:30pm: CFACT Presents: William Glahn vs. Dr. Julian Marshall debate on the New Urbanism, room 30 Law School. Dr. Kent Kaiser will moderate. Questions regarding Minnesota's energy future and the ideals of "new urbanism" will be debated. Audience members will be invited to submit their questions as well.

Wednesday November 18th:
11am-1pm Food and Clothing Drive, Front Plaza CMU: Join College Republicans and the David Carlson for Senate campaign in a food and clothing drive!
7pm College Republicans present: Kurt Zellers, Minnesota House Minority Leader in the President’s Room, CMU. Pizza will be served.


Thursday November 19th:
7:30pm: Ayn Rand Study Group presents: “In Defense of Oil: celebrating oil’s 150th birthday with Alex Epstein”. Smith Hall room 100. Join Alex Epstein, a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, on a discussion on the benefits from oil. Free with student ID, $5 without.

Friday November 20th:
Discussion on gun rights and gun range visit. More details to come!

It's a packed week, but it should be a blast! For more information, please contact oreil034@umn.edu.

Busy Busy!

CFACT has been super busy this semester! Friday night was the Homecoming parade, and CFACT was in it showcasing a Cadillac Escalade Hybrid from Wally McCarthy's Cadillac and Hummer! We had a lot of fun, and hope everyone watching did too!

Join us on Tuesday October 13th at 6pm in the Mississippi Room of Coffman Memorial Union as we host leading global warming critic Lord Monckton! Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley is a British politician, business consultant, policy adviser, writer, columnist, and inventor. He served as an advisor to Margaret Thatcher's policy unit in the 1980s. Today, he is a foremost critic of global warming and has a longstanding offer to Al Gore for a debate, which Al Gore has yet to accept. A reception will begin at 6pm, with Lord Monckton’s keynote address beginning at 7pm. A question and answer session will follow. See the Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163429775038&index=1

On Sunday October 18th, we will be hosting the world premiere of the documentary, “Not Evil, Just Wrong”, which exposes the true cost of global warming hysteria. The premiere will be in the Coffman Theater of Coffman Memorial Union at 8:30pm. To view the trailer of the film and further details, please see the Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162692130347

We look forward to seeing you at our events!

Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann Friday!

CFACT is pleased to announce that we are co-sponsoring a visit to the University of Minnesota campus from Congressman Ron Paul and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann!
When: Friday, September 25th, 7pm
Where: Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota
Cost: Free and open to the public!

Join us to hear both Member's of Congress talk about limited government, free markets, and monetary reform. Attendees are asked to submit questions as they arrive, as there will be a question and answer session following both Members' speeches.

Want more information? Email cfact@umn.edu.

First Meeting of the Semester!

Welcome to the start of another semester! CFACT is hitting the ground running, with our first meeting of the year on Tuesday September 8th at 6pm in room 319 of Coffman Memorial Union. We have a bunch of great events planned and look forward to working to make this year the best yet! Free food will be served. If anyone wants more information on CFACT, please email oreil034@umn.edu. See you September 8th!