Liberty conference comes to UNC

During a week centered around the battle between Democrats and Republicans, students from all over the Southeast convened on UNCs campus Saturday to attend a conference on libertarianism.

The conference was one of 15 Students For Liberty Conferences held this fall around the nation.

It was the third conference held in North Carolina but the first at UNC.

More than 100 students came from Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as from around the state.

David Deerson, co-president of UNCs Young Americans for Liberty chapter, said those involved had two main goals.

The first one, he said, was to run a conference that is educational for students so that they have a greater understanding of liberty.

The second goal was to let students meet each other and network, Deerson said.

The conference consisted of a series of lectures on liberty and the role of government, and included speakers such as David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute, and Fred Smith, president and founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Mobin Koohestani, a freshman at Wake Forest University who works as a Students For Liberty campus coordinator, helped facilitate the event.

As campus coordinator, Koohestani is responsible for connecting various political groups on Wake Forests campus with Students For Liberty, a national organization.

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