After a very successful meeting on the 8th of February with a few new faces, lots of ideas, and finalized details for events, our members…

*held a very successful Voter Registration table on campus and helped a lot of students get one step closer to casting their ballots

 *blockwalked for Quico Canseco, candidate for the 23rd Congressional District, who is officially endorsed by Young Conservatives of Texas

*held another successful meeting on Wednesday, February 20 in the Mesquite Room of the UC and organized more events!

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

*presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee @ St. Mary’s University in San Antonio on Thursday, February 21, 2008 in the Gruery Arena…….our YCTers will be serving as ushers

*Blockwalking for the Quico Canseco campaign again on Sunday, February 24, 2008

*Recruitment table on campus in the Sombrilla on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

*Celebrate Texas Independence Day on March 3, 2008 with free cake and reminders to vote in the primaries on the 4th of March! Come and Take It!

BE THERE for these exciting times for YCT @ UTSA!!!!

Wednesday February 6, 2008 8:00 p.m.
University Center – Mesquite Room

We will be recruiting new members and introducing them to our organization, finalizing details and taking orders and payments for our t-shirts, displaying our new fabulous t-shirt design, discussing our hopeful event plans which include hosting an economic analyst and a panel of UTSA economics professors, voter registration drive, and of course State Convention in April!

 JOIN US! See you there!

Merry Christmas from YCT at UTSA!

We’ll start up meetings again in January.

The Young Conservatives of Texas at UTSA are teaming up with the College Republicans at Trinity University to host a special lecture by Dr. Miriam Grossman.

Miriam Grossman, M.D., is the author of Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness Endangers Every Student, published in November 2006 by Sentinel (Penguin).

She is a Senior Fellow at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, a non-profit organization that strives to advance America’s women.

Unprotected draws on Dr. Grossman’s 10 years’ experience as a staff psychiatrist at UCLA Student Psychological Services. She has been interviewed on over 100 radio shows, Fox News, and 700 Club, and her book received positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Weekly Standard, The American Spectator, Townhall.com, NewsMax.com, and elsewhere. Dr. Grossman currently contributes commentary for Cybercast News Service.

Grossman’s lecture will cover how political correctness at campus health centers promotes false information about safe sex practices.  She will be available for questions and photos.

Grossman has heard about the UTSA porn club controversy, and it’s likely the topic will be addressed.

Join us:

Woodlawn Room, Upstairs Coates University Center
1 Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212

December 4th 7:00pm

For more info email us at yct_utsa@yahoo.com

I implore you to check out Dr. Grossman’s speech from the National Press Club.

Join YCT and Congressman Lamar Smith this Wednesday at 8pm at Joe Momma’s Coffee House for a special event!

Congressman Smith will be speaking about the DREAM Act.  He will also be available for photos and questions.

This is YOUR chance to sip some coffee with your Congressman!

Please join us and bring your friends and family.

Special thanks to the folks at Joe Momma’s Coffee House for assisting us in setting this event up.

What: Coffee with Congressman Lamar Smith
When: Wednesday November 28^th at 8pm
Where: Joe Momma’s Coffee House across UTSA

15503 Babcock Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78256

Congressman Lamar Smith will be joining YCT at our next meeting.

November 28th

8pm

UTSA 1604 Campus, room TBA

His topic will be the DREAM Act and other government incentives that encourage illegal immigration.

He will be available for a question and answer session and photos!

A minor eruption of “tolerant” Leftists were swiftly escorted out of our event.  A member followed them out and got this great video.

Tolerance?

From the Paisano…

As federal support for medical advances and breakthroughs dwindles, the Texas legislature looks at making its own contribution through the passing of Proposition 15. The proposition, heavily supported by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, calls for $3 billion in bonds for cancer research.

Educating students about the debt Proposition 15 would incur for Texans was not the only reason the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) spent two hours in the UC answering questions on Oct. 17. The legislation of Proposition 15 states that 15 percent of the money would go to projects other than those dedicated to cancer research such as cancer prevention campaigns and the construction of facilities, both of which indirectly help fund a cure.

Despite legislations’ benevolent intentions, some question whether the state can afford $3 billion of debt, and whether the Texas legislature should get involved in medical research.

“When the government gets involved, it creates a bureaucracy, which usually ends up either wasting tax dollars or creating a big mess, rather than actually having a cure for cancer,” said Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) president Laura Elizabeth Morales.

“What Proposition 15 does is it incurs a $3 billion debt in the state of Texas. Rather than actually finding a cure for cancer, the finance and oversight cost so much that it’s only a drop in the bucket when we actually get down to it,” Morales said.

“So what we’re talking about here is that we think the private sector can better handle this and that this proposition is poorly written and doesn’t responsibly allocate money.”

The $3 billion in bonds would have to be paid off and the House Research Organization predicts the cost of financing the research funds would amount to $1.6 billion, roughly more than half of the amount dedicated to research.

Early voting for the proposition began on Oct. 22 and will continue through Nov. 2. Election Day for Proposition 15 is on Nov. 6.