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BASS Events
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02.09.10BASS Event: Are Humans Unique? Insights from the Social and Biological SciencesUCLA Anthropology Professor Joe Manson will speak on how humans are and aren’t unique amongst animals. Prof. Manson’s studies focus on the social behavior of non-human primates and humans.This talk is being held in celebration of Darwin Day! When: Friday, February 12 from 5:00 to 6:15pm Where: Royce 156 RSVP on Facebook
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01.14.10BASS and friends protest the Phelps familyThe infamous Phelps family (aka the Westboro Baptist Church) is best known for picketing military funerals with their "God Hates Fags" signs. They are coming to Beverly Hills this Sunday! We must mock them! They are appearing at 9641 Sunset Blvd from 11:45 AM to 1:30 PM, and 9876 Wilshire Blvd from 3:00 to 5:00 PM We are sending two groups over to see them. The first group will meet at Ackerman Terminal at 11:15 AM to carpool (Facebook: Part 1), and the second group will meet at 2:30 AM at the same location (Facebook: Part 2). You may ...
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07.15.09Pop Rocks & Coke at UCLA: Deadly? A report.This report is a follow up to the Pop Rocks and Coke event BASS held on Bruinwalk on Wednesday, June 3rd and Friday, June 5th. -The Eds. Part of my current difficulty with job-hunting is that I've done things like this. Who the hell wants a super-villian when she can't even take out a bunch of college kids in an attempt to boost her own GPA? At least I got Herbert's* whole, "plans within plans," thing right. Shaun and I only tabled so we could hang out. Then we had to come up with something better than, "Ask an Atheist." ...
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02.12.09Dan Barker in action!Hey BASSiators, Dan Barker is coming to give a presentation sponsored by BASS on Feb. 18th and so I decided to listen to a couple of his old debates. Well I totally forgot how awesome of a debater he was against all the sleazy-type debaters. People like Todd Friel, a host on Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron's radio thingy or Dinesh D'Souza, who is sleazy beyond words in his debate style--these guys are able to one up people like Daniel Dennett or Christopher Hitchens but not Dan Barker. Barker knows exactly how to handle these type of guys who hit below ...
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05.01.07Sam Harris to debate Chris Hedges at UCLAWe are pleased to announce that we are co-sponsoring, with Truthdig, a debate this month between Sam Harris and Chris Hedges, moderated by Robert Scheer. The event will take place at Royce Hall on Tuesday, May 22, starting at 8 pm. The description of the event from Truthdig: At a time of virulent religious fanaticism extending from Afghanistan to Washington, D.C., Truthdig presents two of the most courageous writers confronting this descent into modern irrationality. A nonbeliever and a believer—one who sees religion as a scourge and one who argues that the loss of the spiritual has plunged our society into violence ...
