On March 2nd and 3rd, the Texas State University Department of Political Science hosted the annual Lone Star Conference for the Study of Political Thought. Papers were presented by faculty and graduate students and faculty from universities across the state including the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M at College Station, the University of North Texas and the University of Houston. Topics ranged from the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville and John Locke to the right to keep and bear arms, animal rights and equality in civil society. Several Texas State faculty members presented at this conference and both graduate and undergraduate students in political science from Texas State University attended.
