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BASS Events
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02.07.12BASS Week 5 Meeting: Professor Newman speaks about climate change!This week, our club's faculty advisor will be speaking to BASS! Professor Newman is a professor in the department of Physics & Astronomy, and worked with Carl Sagan. Climate change and climate change denialism are major concerns of his, so he's coming to share his knowledge on the subject with us! Be sure to come if you want to be in the club's yearbook photo. I will be bringing our super cool new banner, so this picture will probably be even better than last week's. Maybe I will even smile! All weekly meetings are Fridays from 5-7 in Kerckhoff 133. RSVP if you ...
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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: ...
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05.12.11Rebecca Watson at UCLA!Hello everyone, Tomorrow, May 13th (Friday the 13th no less!), Rebecca Watson will be visiting our campus! Rebecca Watson is the founder of Skepchick.org and co-hosts The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. The title of her presentation is "The Religious Right vs. Every Woman on Earth". This special event has been made possible through the joint efforts of Bruin Atheists and the Bruin Alliance of Skeptics and Secularists. Please RSVP on the facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=193868633988159 Thanks, looking forward to seeing you there!
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04.18.10I Sold My Soul on eBayWelcome to our upcoming talk: Featuring Hemant Mehta, the "Friendly Atheist" When: Friday, April 23rd, 6:00 PM Where: UCLA, Royce Hall 156 RSVP on Facebook In 2006, Hemant Mehta "sold his soul" on eBay by offering to go to the worship service of the highest bidder's choice. He ended up touring many churches and wrote about his experiences. Come hear about faith seen through an atheist's eyes. Hemant Mehta is the author of "I Sold My Soul on eBay," blogs as the "Friendly Atheist" at http://friendlyatheist.com/, and is the Chair of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA) Board of ...
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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
