Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Win for the Freedom From Religion Foundation

This is a guest post by Stef McGraw. Stef is a Junior at the University of Northern Iowa, and is a member of the UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI) . For those of you who haven’t been following the story … Continue reading

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A new “Cosmos”, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson

This is a guest post by Aaron Friel. He is a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa and member of the UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI). The Fox network is poised to air a sequel to the critically acclaimed … Continue reading

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Dogma vs. Democracy

This is a guest post by Jon Nelson. He is a sophomore at Kansas University and member of the Society of Open-Minded Atheists & Agnostics (SOMA). Yesterday China downgraded US debt and Mitch McConnell promised he would be holding the … Continue reading

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Sex and Secular Conferences

This is a guest post by Sean Gillespie. He is a student at Wichita State University in Kansas and a member of Air Capital Skeptics (SkeptICT). ***Update***: A few updates have been made to this post since it originally went … Continue reading

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Grow Your Group by Expanding Your Events List

This is a guest post by Conrad Hudson. Conrad is a Senior at the University of Kansas and a member of the Society of Open-Minded Atheists & Agnostics (SOMA) The number of secular student groups has been increasing at a … Continue reading

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Religion is like a crappy commercial

This is a guest post by Jessica Ahlquist. Jessica is a Junior at Cranston High School West. *** On Monday night when I was flying home to Rhode Island from Columbus, I found something interesting in the seat pocket in … Continue reading

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Childhood Awe and the Creation Museum

This is a guest post by Matt Cowan. He is a junior at Indiana University and member of the Secular Alliance at Indiana University (SAIU). When you come up to the gates of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, one … Continue reading

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Rock Beyond Belief is On… Again!

This is a guest post by Kelley Freeman. She is a junior at the University of South Carolina and member of the Pastafarians at the University of South Carolina. Maybe you’ve been following the crazy things that Hemant has been … Continue reading

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First Secular Academic Journal Set to Release

This is a guest post by Franklin Kramer. He is a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a member of the the Illini Secular Student Alliance (ISSA). “Secularism and Nonreligion,” the first academic journal devoted solely … Continue reading

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A Step in Attracting Women to Your Group

This is a guest post by Kelley Freeman. She is a junior at the University of South Carolina and member of the Pastafarians at the University of South Carolina. As Katie Hartman has shown us, women just love the shit … Continue reading

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