Meeting Tomorrow (4/18)
Hello all!
Tomorrow we'll be having our usual meeting at 5:30pm in Smith 311. We'll be discussing some of the upcoming events for us and the results of our Ask an Atheist Day.
Meeting Details:
- Where: Smith 311
- When: Monday, April 18th, 5:30pm
Hope to see you there!
Meeting Tomorrow (4/11)
There will be a standard meeting tomorrow, April 11th at 5:30pm in Smith 311.
We'll be working out the tabling and details of our plans for Ask an Atheist Day!
The meeting details are below:
- Where: Smith 311
- When: 5:30pm, Monday, April 11th
Christian Parodies?
I've been seeing a lot of Christian videos being released lately (or perhaps they've just become noteworthy recently).
First up we've got a parody of the (somehow) ever-popular Rebecca Black's "Friday", which you could probably guess is named "Sunday". This was thanks to Hemant Mehta's post on his blog Friendly Atheist, where the lyrics to this fabulous wonder have been transcribed already.
After that we've got something that resembles a parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" ad against homosexual marriage from a while back. What's with all the dark ominous clouds in their videos? They look rather fun actually. We don't see many good storms in the Seattle area and as a result I get too excited when there's a possibility of one occurring up here. This one was thanks to Dangerous Minds.
Enjoy!
Meeting Tomorrow, New Room
Hey guys!
We'll be having our usual meeting tomorrow, same time but don't forget about the room change! Our new room is Smith 311.
We'll be discussing our plans for the National Ask an Atheist Day on April 13th!
Meeting Details:
- Where: Smith 311
- When: 5:30pm, Monday, April 4th
See you then!
New Meeting Room!
We've got a new room for this quarter! From here on out our meetings will take place in Smith 311. The meetings will still take place on Mondays at 5:30pm.
Neil deGrasse Tyson at the University of Washington!
Adventures of an Astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City will be giving a public lecture at the University of Washington on May 12th! The event is free and open to the general public and online registration for the event begins March 31st. You can register and find out more about the event here.
Join Dr. Tyson for an illustrated talk as he reflects on highlights from his scientific career that include being blamed by adults and school children alike for demoting Pluto. Tyson will also share illuminating anecdotes from his time as space policy advisor to NASA, to the Bush White House, and to school systems. Tyson will further reflect on the Obama space plan, Mars Rovers, the search for life, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the Large Hadron Collider and progress on a theory of everything.
The details of the event are described below:
- 6:30 pm
- May 12th, 2011
Kane Hall, Room 130Meany Hall- Registration starts March 31st
Update: The original event reached full capacity very quickly so it has been moved to Meany Hall, you can procure your ticket here.
Meeting on Monday (3/28)
We'll be having a meeting tomorrow (March 28th) at 5:30pm. Due to a lack of a response regarding room reservation we'll be meeting up at Smith 115 then heading out to dinner on the Ave. We'll be discussing upcoming events and recruitment planning for the near future.
I hope to see you all there!
- Chris
What’s different about today’s student atheists?
Psychology Today published an article today on the difference between present non-religious students and those of just a few years ago. The article cites the growth of the affiliates of the Secular Student Alliance from 50 groups in 2007 to greater than 250 in 2011 as evidence that non-religious college and high school students are self-identifying more readily than ever before.
The article can be found on Psychology Today's website here.
The Website has Returned!
Good news everyone! (As well as some slightly bad news.)
I was able to restore the website and get the blog up and running again. Unfortunately, I lost some of the data in the process. It seems that the database became corrupted sometime in late Autumn quarter. I was able to recover all of the blog posts (or at least, I believe this is all of them) but lost all of the comments that were made on them as well as some of the media that was uploaded into the database. I still have a backup copy of the old website so I may try to see if I can successfully extract the lost information out of it, but I suspect that I will not be able to.
At any rate, be sure to keep a watch on this website! We'll be announcing meetings and special events on here!
New President, Standard Meeting Time
At our meeting last Monday, Christopher Busby was elected our new president, some of you may remember him from a column The Daily did about us last year, for the rest of you, with any luck, he will be willing to post an introduction here sometime in the next few weeks.
Our meeting time for this week will be:
Tomorrow, Monday October 18th 5:30 PM
Smith Hall, Room 115
Unless there are any major objections (which is extremely unlikely) this will be our meeting time, place and day for the remainder of the quarter.
A major topic will be planning for our "Ask an Atheist Day" event which we have been working on for quite some time. Time permitting, general discussion topics will follow.
See you there,
-Anthony Castanza