tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646535203677791722011-07-26T22:37:34.088-05:00at the University of ChicagoAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02219634808053714311noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664653520367779172.post-82034240069806847222011-05-27T19:00:00.000-05:002011-06-01T16:59:24.617-05:002011-06-01T16:59:24.617-05:00Hello, Secular Students!<br /> <br /> We're rolling out a new way of telling you what's going on. Presenting: your weekly bulletin from the UChicago Secular Student Alliance. We'll be sending out one every week during the school year to make sure you're kept informed. Enjoy!<br /> <br /> <u><b>Announcements</b></u> <br /> <ul><li>We have a new exec board! Your officers for the 2011-2012 school year are:</li> <ul><li>President: Chana Messinger</li> <li>Vice President: Alex Novet</li> <li>Secretary: Alicia Bierstedt</li> <li>Treasurer: Brian Green</li> <li>Public Relations Director: Mike Mei</li> </ul></ul><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Many congratulations to all of them.<br /> <br /> <ul><ul></ul></ul><ul><ul></ul></ul><ul><li>Next Saturday, June 4th, City Year is partnering with the White Sox to service projects downtown, painting, planting, and building at a couple schools. If you’re interested in participating, we can try to get a SSA team together. For more details, you can visit their website <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/cws/community/vc_cityyear.jsp">here</a>. If you’re interested in participating, you can sign up under the team name “UChicago Secular Students.” If you have any questions, please email <a href="mailto:ambierstedt@uchicago.edu">Alicia</a>.</li> <li>The Annual Secular Student Alliance National Conference is coming up on July 28-31. Five of our members are going, and would love for you to join them. For more information, and to register, go <a href="http://www.secularstudents.org/2011con">here</a>.</li> </ul><br /> <u><b>Meeting Reminder</b></u><br /> Our last meeting of the year is Tuesday, May 31 at 6:15 in Harper 148. We’ll be hanging out, eating dinner from Thai 55 (first 15 minutes is just dinner; actual meeting begins at 6:30), and discussing next year. Please bring ideas you'd like to see implemented in the year to come! Hope to see you there!<br /> <br /> To give us an estimate of how much food we’ll need, please RSVP <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDAydFNoWU15ZEFtcms4SXhkVnNuZ0E6MQ">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>Reminder to execs: </i>We'll be having a half hour exec meeting directly following the meeting. Please make sure you can stay.<br /> <br /> <u><b>This Week in the World</b></u><br /> <ul><li>A big story this week was about Damon Fowler, an atheist activist who's been ostracized from his community for standing up to prayer at graduation. Here's an <a href="http://friendlyatheist.com/2011/05/26/an-interview-with-damon-fowler-and-his-brother-jerrett/%20">interview</a> with him. Here’s an <a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4680/it%E2%80%99s_time_to_reconsider_graduation_prayer_in_public_high_schools/">alternate take</a>. If you want to show your support for Damon, you can join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-Damon/103714833051042">support group on Facebook</a>.</li> <li>A new horrifying development in the church's sex scandals, <a href="http://wwjtd.net/?p=566">here</a>.</li> <li>On a happier note, did you know that <a href="http://www.scientificanews.com/2011/05/planets-wandering-alone-in-deep-space.html">planets can get orphaned</a>? It’s true, and very cool how scientists figured it out.</li> <li>Get caught in the Rapture on Saturday? No. Well, that’s ‘cause it’s actually going to be <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/harold-camping-says-may-21-2011-was-invisible-judgment-day-world-will-end-october-21-2011/2011/05/23/AFZmc99G_blog.html">October 21st</a>...</li> <li>Hope you had a happy <a href="http://teenskepchick.org/2011/05/25/happy-towel-day/">Towel Day</a>!</li> </ul><ul></ul><br /> That’s all for this installment. In conclusion, this week’s quote is from Douglas Adams:<br /> <blockquote>“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?</blockquote>Hope to see you on Tuesday, and join us again next fall!<br /> <br /> ~The UChicago Secular Student Alliance~<br /> <a href="mailto:ssauchicago@gmail.com">Email</a> - <a href="http://secular.uchicago.edu/">Website</a> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_78332614095">Facebook</a> - <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/ssauchicago">Twitter</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1664653520367779172-8203424006980684722?l=ssauchicago.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02219634808053714311noreply@blogger.com0