Volume XXVII | Number 6 | Winter 2013 BUILDING LEADERSHIP The Newsletter of the Leadership Institute Praesentia Tibi, Si Mihi Futura ROLLING BACK THE LEFTIST MONOPOLY The Leadership Institute advances conservatism on college campuses LI’s Conservatism 101 balances the curriculum Marxism. Socialism. Communism. Feminism. Environmentalism. The college curriculum has no shortage of classes praising leftism. But the Leadership Institute offers an alternative — Conservatism 101. Students across the country now have access to a course that explains the history and philosophy of conservatism, taught by conservatives rather than leftists (see story pages 4-5). Students armed with conservative principles can articulate their views and win against dangerous leftist ideology. Donors make the Leadership Institute’s The Leadership Institute trains conservative students to fight back against leftist success possible indoctrination. Michigan State University student Evan Schrage recorded his professor’s Conservative principles learned. Leftist vicious anti-conservative classroom tirade. LI’s CampusReform.org staff posted the professors suspended. story online, and the resulting coverage got the professor suspended from teaching this Thanks to donor support, the semester. Evan appeared on The O’Reilly Factor to further expose his professor. Leadership Institute helps transform vulnerable students into conservative Conservative students face LI organized the Campus Conservatives warriors — to fight the left and win. the liberal onslaught group at Michigan State University. Evan Schrage, a student in that group, enrolled By Mitchell Nozka Conservative students on campus face in a creative writing course. an onslaught from leftist professors eager Evan’s professor went on a vicious tirade to indoctrinate students with their leftist against conservatives on the first day of ideology . and turn the next generation of class. Evan recorded the professor’s rant • Sen. Ted Cruz teaches LI’s young Americans more liberal than the last. on his cell phone, and sent the video to Conservatism 101 Online But now, through the support of the Leadership Institute. LI’s campus news Leadership Institute donors, conservative course (see pages 4-5). watchdog CampusReform.org posted the students on college campuses fight back — video online. News outlets picked up the and win. • Top conservative and story nationally, and Evan appeared on Fox LI graduate Matt Krause LI’s CampusReform.org News to expose his professor’s leftist bias. The university suspended the professor advances conservatism gets professor suspended from teaching this semester and further in Texas legislature The Leadership Institute (LI) sends out spewing his leftist venom (see story page (see page 6). field staff to college campuses to organize 2). and train conservative students. THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE • STEVEN P.J. WOOD BUILDING • 1101 NORTH HIGHLAND STREET • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22201 • WWW.LEADERSHIPINSTITUTE.ORG BUILDING LEADERSHIP WINTER 2013 LEFTIST PROFESSORS SUSPENDED LI’s CampusReform.org exposes vicious anti-conservative classroom tirades The classroom: a bully pulpit for liberal indoctrination Liberals on college campuses have an advantage: Leftist professors hold a near- monopoly over teaching positions. Vulnerable, impressionable students take their professors’ liberal indoctrination as the truth. Even those students who disagree may keep their mouths shut because they require the class — and a good grade — to graduate. But the Leadership Institute empowers conservative students to speak up and fight back. Students fight back through the Leadership Institute The Leadership Institute embarks on a rescue mission to assist embattled conservative college students. Every fall since 1997, LI has sent out field staff across Leadership Institute-trained student Evan Schrage appeared on Fox and Friends with the country to organize and train students, Gretchen Carlson on September 6, 2013 to expose his professor’s anti-conservative tirade. and provide them with resources to fight News coverage by LI’s CampusReform.org gained national attention, and the professor was against leftist abuses and indoctrination suspended from teaching this semester. from professors and administrators. This fall semester, 15 highly-trained Institute field two professors suspended from University of Kansas posted on staff newly identified 21,836 teaching in the classroom: the social media site Twitter his conservative students, and • In September 2013, Michigan desire to see the children of NRA organized 216 new groups members murdered. — bringing the total number State University (MSU) of groups in LI’s unique professor William Penn spent “The blood is on the hands of national network to 1,523. the first day of his creative the NRA,” the professor posted. When organized and well writing course telling students “Next time, let it be your sons and trained, conservative students “Republicans have already daughters ... May God damn you.” SUSPENDED raped this country,” and fight back against the left, they LI’s CampusReform.org staff Republicans are racists and almost always win. called the professor for a follow- suppress black voters. LI’s watchdog, WILLIAM PENN up interview and published it Michigan State University Evan Schrage, a member of on the website. The professor CampusReform.org: MSU’s Campus Conservatives unapologetically said, “Hell no, an air assault to group organized by the Lead- hell no — I do not regret that. I assist ground forces ership Institute, recorded the don’t take it back one bit. professor’s vicious tirade. LI’s University officials saw the on campus CampusReform.org staff posted resulting news coverage, As part of the Leadership the video online. The coverage said the professor’s “conduct Institute’s rescue mission for made national headlines, and violated acceptable standards embattled college students, Evan appeared on The O’Reilly for professional ethics,” publicly LI’s campus news watchdog SUSPENDED Factor and Fox and Friends to censured him, and suspended him website CampusReform.org expose this leftist diatribe. acts as an air assault to assist from teaching in the fall semester. DAVID GUTH MSU officials suspended college students on the University of Kansas Penn from teaching in the fall With support from generous ground. donors, the Leadership Institute Coverage by the semester. LI’s investigative journalists trains conservative students to expose Leadership Institute’s • After a deranged man help conservative students CampusReform.org vicious leftist professors on campus expose leftist bias on got two professors committed murder at the and hold them accountable for their their campuses. This fall suspended from Washington, D.C. Navy Yard actions. semester, news coverage teaching this semester in September 2013, journalism By Mitchell Nozka on CampusReform.org got for their leftist tirades. professor David Guth at the 2 3 WINTER 2013 BUILDING LEADERSHIP AN ACADEMIC IN ACTION Former LI staffer teaches Conservatism 101 A decade of interaction program in the lead up to the with the Leadership Institute presidential election. To prepare for this challenging position, I “I’m extremely proud of my time at the went for training at the Leader- Leadership Institute,” says Chris Malagisi. ship Institute.” “It might be cliché, but Morton Blackwell Like many other LI graduates, and the Leadership Institute changed Chris discovered once he became my life. In the past decade, I have involved with the Leadership continuously interacted with LI staff both Institute, the relationship would personally and professionally.” continue throughout his career. Chris’ training with the Leadership Institute launched his career to advance From LI student conservative principles and teach the next to LI teacher generation of conservatives to fight for what’s right. After he attended several Leadership Institute training An industrious student schools, LI hired Chris as a discovers the Leadership Grassroots Coordinator to train conservatives across the country Institute how to win campaigns. Later, Chris made the most of his high school Chris became LI’s Director of and college years. After serving as a Political & New Media Training. Congressional Page in the U.S. House of He taught activists how to Representatives in 1998, Chris pursued develop a message, speak in a B.A. in Political Science at American public, debate, build coalitions, University in Washington, D.C. His studies and more. “I’m proud that included a semester in London with visits during my time at LI, we trained to over a dozen European countries, and over 5,000 candidates, activists, a semester at sea around the world. Back and organizations’ staff across the Chris Malagisi’s work at the Leadership Institute stateside, Chris interned in the Bush White country.” Along with teaching prepared him to become Director of National CPAC & House in 2001. students, Chris also recruited top- notch faculty to teach activists in External Relations for the American Conservative Union After obtaining a Masters of Public Ad- from 2011-2012. ministration at Syracuse University in 2004, more than 200 trainings. the College Republican National Com- mittee hired Chris as their Ohio Youth Teaching conservative Today, Chris also runs the Young Director. “I led the student outreach field principles Conservatives Coalition (YCC) to network young, active conservatives. After his work on four presidential The Leadership Institute co-sponsored campaigns, Chris