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Recently Formed CFACT St. Olaf Chapter Draws Crowd

Recently Formed CFACT St. Olaf Chapter Draws Crowd

[ 0 ] April 25, 2012

On Monday, the newly started CFACT chapter at St. Olaf College hosted a debate on campus.  The topic of the debate was Fracking.  The pro-fracking position was made by CFACT chapter president Pawel Benedykcinski while the anti-fracking position was taken by a liberal “green” group.  Over 3 dozen college students attended with both sides garnering [...]

Live Stream of Lord Monckton

Live Stream of Lord Monckton

[ 0 ] March 5, 2012

Join Lord Christopher Monckton, the 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, for a live webinar of a talk presented by CFACT’s student chapter at Union College in Schenectrady, New York at 5:30 PM EST today, Monday, March 5th. The subject?  Climate of course.  For years now, Lord Monckton has been criss-crossing the globe skewering global warming [...]

CFACT at CPAC 2012

CFACT at CPAC 2012

[ 0 ] March 2, 2012

CFACT participated as a sponsor at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.  The goal was to spread awareness of the group and to sign-up prospective students for the Collegians program.  We successfully completed both tasks.  Our group of student leaders from campuses at Georgia Tech, University of Minnesota, Abilene Christian, and University of Arkansas, signed up [...]

Alex Epstein tours MN

Alex Epstein tours MN

[ 0 ] February 20, 2012

This week Alex Epstein will be speaking at St. Olaf College on Feb. 21st at 7pm in Regents Hall of Natural Sciences, room 290, , at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities on Feb. 22nd at 7pm in Wiley Hall, room 125, and the University of Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 23rd at 7pm.  Alex [...]

Conservative Awareness Week Ends With A Bang

Conservative Awareness Week Ends With A Bang

[ 0 ] November 17, 2011

On Friday, Nov. 11th CFACT – UMN Chapter ended its successful week long, Conservative Awareness Week, by helping organize a “right to bear arms” trip to a local gun range.  The CFACT chapter teamed up with MN-GOCRA firearms instructors who observed and instructed some students who had never been on a gun range before.  Students [...]

Mission Accomplished! Conservative Awareness Week A Success

Mission Accomplished! Conservative Awareness Week A Success

[ 0 ] November 14, 2011

Last week, the CFACT – UMN chapter successfully held its 5th annual “Conservative Awareness Week”.  During the week, CFACT hosted multiple events including a bbq and conservation river clean-up, capitalism poker tournament, and a civic minded presidential debate watching party.  Each event CFACT joined with other groups on campus to bring conservatives and other right-minded [...]

Conservative Awareness Week

Conservative Awareness Week

[ 0 ] November 7, 2011

At the CFACT University of Minnesota chapter, today is the kick-off to their 5th annual “Conservative Awareness Week”.   The week signifies a public declaration that contrary to conventional wisdom, conservatism is alive and well on college campuses.   They have collaborated with other right of center groups on campus and have a slate of [...]

CFACT – U of MN, Lakes Program Event Kick-Off

CFACT – U of MN, Lakes Program Event Kick-Off

[ 0 ] November 1, 2011

On Sunday October 30th, the CFACT chapter at the University of Minnesota kicked off its first event of the “Lakes Program”.  This year the chapter at the U of MN has adopted three lakes to monitor pollution levels, organize lake shore cleanups and actively encourage other students to utilize the lakes for recreation, sport, and [...]

CFACT UMN Chapter Students Tour Nuclear Facility

CFACT UMN Chapter Students Tour Nuclear Facility

[ 0 ] September 29, 2011

On Wednesday, September 14th, a group of CFACT members from the University of Minnesota chapter attended a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant in central Minnesota.  The CFACT members learned just how vital nuclear power is to our ever increasing clean energy demands.  Nuclear power produces absolutely no greenhouse emissions to produce power, [...]