This latest little bit of asshattery to sputter web-ways from Conservapedia has been around for a few days now, so you’ve likely already heard about it: Apparently, us atheists are all Fatty McTubbins, who lost our faith in god when he wouldn’t let us have the last cookie. And so now we’re brain damaged or [...]
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Well. Just in time for me to stop being crazy busy because of exams, TAM has arrived to once again take me away from my blogging duties. For those who’ve never heard of The Amazing Meeting, imagine if all your geekiest heroes were collected at one convention together. It’s pretty much that — we’ll be brushing [...]
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If you’re around Melbourne Uni this lunchtime, you should head over to the Medley Theatre (Redmond Barry building) at 1pm. The Secular Society is screening the first half of Judgement Day: Intelligent Design On Trial, a documentary about the Dover trial.
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Sex, violence and politics – what do sexual slavery and violence against women have to do with politics as we know it? What are the links between the exploitation of the environment and women? How can a feminist analysis of violence and power shape conventional campaigns? In this upcoming UMSS Q&A on Campus, Kathleen Maltzahn [...]
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If you are a University of Melbourne student, and you haven’t renewed your Student Union Membership for 2011 yet do it before next Friday. Seriously. No questions. Just freakin’ do it. … Okay, so you probably want some reasons. Here’s three fantastic ones: If you do it before next Friday, you get the discounted renewal [...]
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…that’s right folks: We’ve kidnapped him and brought him to Australia. On DVD. So…not really, then. But the hummus we actually have, so that should be alright. In case you’re wondering what I’m rambling on about — in celebration of the fact the we are back at uni after a two week non-instructional period (yes, I’m [...]
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After a week-long break we are back with our regular UMSS events! This Wednesday the 15th (tomorrow) sees us hosting our next Q&A on Campus session on genes in the environment and genetic mythbusting led by Professor Ary Hoffmann. Ary Hoffmann is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science who received a Federation Fellowship [...]
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That’s right — I’m offering you all what can only be described as the offer of a lifetime (provided you happen to only live for, say, a week). Tomorrow at 1pm, the Secular Society will be screening more highlights from the Global Atheist Convention and feasting on a smorgasbord of dips and bread (vegetarian friendly, [...]
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This week sees the return of the extremely popular Secular Society Q&A, with Greg Barber of The Greens coming in to talk about science, ethics and politics: Greg Barber Science and ethics – why politics can include both: The role of the Greens in the political process. Greg Barber has a strong history of involvement [...]
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For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, this week (14-22 August) is National Science Week — and the Secular Society is getting in on the action. We’ve got two events coming up on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes, so if you’re at Melbourne Uni, or are just an interested party, I highly recommend coming [...]
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