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BASS
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02.28.12BASS Week 8 Meeting: NDEsThis week at BASS, we'll be having a discussion/presentation (by me, Tommy) of near death experiences. Can people having heart attacks really fly around and spy on you, or is there some other explanation for the stories of people who come back to life? Find out this week! RSVP here
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09.26.11BASS Week 1 Meeting!We're excited to announce BASS's first meeting of the year, and we hope you'll come, whether you're an established BASStard, an old member who's been busy, or if you're just interested in starting something new. This week, like every week, we'll begin with a fun introduction question, announcements, fact or fiction, and science news, and then move on to the main topic of the meeting. This week we'll have a discussion on how to handle believers. Whether it's a chiropractor, a professor, or your mom, we've all encountered people who believe things that ...
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07.14.11While I was away…In 2010, I graduated from UCLA and stepped down as president of BASS. But I was still interested in how BASS did in the past year. I was secretly hoping that BASS was in decline, proving that I wasn't so terrible a president as I thought. But if BASS was thriving, I'd settle for that too! So I decided to gather evidence... by stalking BASS on Facebook. BASS had a UFOlogist come over to speak, AND they made a bunch of cool hand-drawn posters, AND they made alien-head-shaped cookies for the event. They counter-protested the Westboro Baptist Church (the "God ...
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05.16.11BASS Movie Night: Jesus CampThis Friday we will have a special showing of Jesus Camp. Jesus Camp follows several young children as they attend an evangelical summer camp and allows the audience a look at some of the shocking things that occur there. Please RSVP on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205567502815908#!/event.php?eid=205567502815908 You can find out more about Jesus Camp here
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05.12.11Amateur Scientist Podcast LIVE!Brian Thompson of the Amateur Scientist Podcast will be taping an episode live at UCLA! Brian's podcast is a hilarious mixture of science, boob jokes, and terrible impressions, something no one should be missing. And better yet, this time he'll be live at UCLA, within tomato-throwing distance! This episode will feature Devin Faraci, editor of the great entertainment site Badass Digest and commentator on G4’s Attack of the Show, who will be joining Brian to discuss the scientific method for making a hit Hollywood film like Transform3rs or Tran2formers or Look Who’s Talking 4: ...
