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Clarion Call CLARION UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1913
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
VOL. 100 ED. 11
Clarion college conservatives host political speaker Kyra Ammon FEATURES EDITOR
CLARION, Pa. - Students, faculty and community members gathered in Level A of Carlson Library Nov. 18 to attend a presentation hosted by the Clarion College Conservatives. The event was made possible through a grant from The Leadership Institute. Clarion College Conservatives president Thomas McConnell introduced Thomas Woods, who took to the podium to deliver his presentation, “Government: How Your Sweet Little Seventh-Grade Textbook Got It All Wrong.” Woods has appeared in many television and radio programs across the U.S., has been published in various magazines and has authored 11 books, several of which are New York Times best-sellers. The topic in general was, as Woods put it, “the view about government and the market that we all got; by the time we were in sixth grade, we had all memorized it.” During his lecture, Woods challenged several ideas concerning government and the free market that are typically taught to American students as they grow up.“What I want to do tonight is,
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Thomas Woods presents the lecture “Government: How Your Sweet Little Seventh-Grade Textbook Got it All Wrong.” more or less, say…the opposite of everything anyone’s ever told you about everything,” Woods said. He went on to say that in order to learn about a different way of thinking than what is taught in classrooms, one must do research independently to find out, which he did. Woods questioned the idea that having a
free market following the industrial revolution yields monopolies and all of the poor working conditions in America. He said that this belief can be found in every textbook on the market, and relayed to the audience those views. “This is what I sort of refer to as the comic book version of U.S. and
world history,” he said. “A version of this was taught to every single one of us, and I understand completely if people believe it. It makes sense. It seems to make sense. But what I want to suggest today first is the comic book version is not true at all. Not in any sense, whatsoever, is anything that I just told
you true. Second, that the standard objections to laissez-faire or a free society are misplaced and thirdly that there’s a little bit more to government than an institution that’s innocently pursuing the public good.” He followed this by citing both old and modern examples of markets where no central author-
ity is in charge. He gave the English language, the study of physics and the manufacturing of pencils as his three examples supporting the idea that a free market can be beneficial. Other points Woods brought up included the definitions of monopolies as well as poverty and how it compares to the standard of living of people between the 12th and 18th centuries. He also explained the concept of economic harmonies and disharmonies, referencing economist Frederick Bastiat’s book “Economic Harmonies.” Following the presentation, the session was opened up for questions from the audience for approximately 45 minutes. McConnell said he wants the people who came to the presentation to consider a different point of view. “I hope that people kind of get out of the mindset [that] the way we have it now, governmentwise, is the way it always has been and the way it should always be.” Clarion College Conservatives will soon change its name to the Young Conservatives of America, as a branch from the new national organization. Meetings are held on Mondays at 6 p.m. in 116 Founders Hall.
Psychology professor presents at workshop Amerigo Allegretto ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University psychology professor Jeanne Slattery presented a workshop early last month in Harrisburg. Slattery and two other professionals, Jay Mills of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Molly Haas Cowen of Harrisburg, presented “Positive Multiculturalism as Aspirational Ethical Practice: Concepts and Applications” at the Ethics Educators workshop of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. Slattery is a member of the board of directors for the PPA and is
serving as it’s public interest chair. “What we’re looking at is not just what we shouldn’t do when working with people of different cultures from us, but how to perceive our strengths, how to work with them effectively,” said Slattery. “So it’s just a different emphasis.” Slattery said although the presentation was “a little bit scary” for her, it was fun.”One of the people I was presenting with I didn’t meet until a month before we presented,” she said. “I’m not always sure what it’s going to be like to present and what their presentation style is going to be like.” Slattery said the idea
for the workshop generated from PPA president Vincent Bellwoar. “He asked that we try and find ways of bringing the ideas of positive multiculturalism into the committees that are part of PPA,” said Slattery. She also serves as board chair for the ethics committee and the multicultural committee and said it was a “natural association to bring those two together.” ”If you’re multiculturally competent, you’re also more ethical and vice versa,” she said. Slattery said it’s important to embrace multiculturalism in today’s world. “One way that I look
at multiculturalism is that we have multiple identities: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion...and if we don’t pay attention to those, we’re going to be missing the other person. We’re not going to be seeing them,” said Slattery. “I think it’s a mistake to think about people of color for whom we need to be thinking about multicultural issues.” PPA “is the third largest state association affiliated with the American Psychological Association,” according to the website. The website also states that the purpose of PPA is to “advance psychology in Pennsyl-
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Jeanne Slattery of Clarion’s psychology department. vania as a means of promoting human welfare.” More information on
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Department holds faculty seminar presentations. FEATURES PAGE 5
UAB to attempt breaking a world record in spring. ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9
Gannon stuns women’s volleyball team in playoffs. SPORTS PAGE 12
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PPA can be found on their website at www. papsy.org.