Sarah Kaiser wrote a guest column for the Indiana Daily Student called “Creationism shouldn’t be accredited.”

Please try and bring your comments here!

Movie:  A History of Disbelief

Place: Student Building 150

Location: Indiana Memorial Union “Back Alley”

Bowling at the IMU

Description: Bowling! The IMU “Back Alley” is open till 11pm on Sunday nights, and with an IU ID, it’s $2.25 for shoes and $2.25 per game.  (We can do 10 shoe rentals for $14  and 20 games for $30, and actually save more money.)  I would go expecting to spend about $8-10 for this trip.  10 or more people can also do $15/hr/lane, which includes shoes for everyone.  So depending on how many people we have, we might want to go with that.  (There’s a 5 person max per lane on this deal.)

If we have 20 people come, it will be around $3 for an hour and $6 for two hours.  Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

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SAIU has t-shirts!  You can see the front and back of the shirts in the photos here.  They are $20, and can be purchased at most group events and meetings.  Contact secular@indiana.edu to get your own.

Darwin Day column in the IDS.

Location: Ballantine 146

The slogan used in the UK/Canada campaigns.

Description: *Note: this is not an “official” SAIU event.  

The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign is a group organized for the sole purpose of advertising on buses in Bloomington and other areas of Indiana/the midwest.  The campaign is modeled after bus campaigns in the UK and Canada.  We want to put an slogan that will present the positive face of atheism while encouraging discussion about the topic on public transit.  This is a campaign in-the-making, so if you want to be a part of it come to the meeting!

If you want to be involved and find out about events, you can email secular@indiana.edu and ask to be added to the atheists-l listserv, or add yourself by emailing listserv@indiana.edu with “SUBSCRIBE ATHEISTS-L” in the body of the message.

Location: Woodburn 003

Celebrate Darwin Day!

Description: Members of the Secular Alliance of IU will present the facts about evolution and intelligent design in a fun, interactive, and educational experience.  All are welcome, from experts to beginners in the topic of evolution.  This forum will include videos outlining arguments against evolution, a ‘creationist bingo’ game, and more!

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The decision has been made!  We are going with INatheistbus.org, per a vote at a recent meeting.  Thanks for voting!

If you’ve missed the news, February 12th is Darwin’s 200th birthday and this year also marks the 150th year since the publication of On the Origin of Species. As a result, various Darwin Day/Week/Month/Year events are happening around IU and Bloomington. A selection is listed below. Please leave a comment if you know of more.

Thursday, February 12 (Darwin Day itself)
Lecture: “Why I started believing in evolution”: Jeff Marks, Christian-turned-freethinker, is describing his journey from rejecting to accepting evolution.  This will be a celebration of science and reason, and a chance to ask questions from someone who has been on both sides of the creation/evolution debate.
7:30pm, Ballantine 109

Sunday, February 15
Teach-In: “The evolution/creationism controversy”: The Secular Alliance of IU will be putting on a discussion of evolution and creationism and engaging the audience with criticisms of both sides, detailing common myths about evolution.  This will be an involved, educational, and fun experience for everyone, from experts in evolution to beginners in the subject.
8pm, Woodburn 003

Monday February 16
Lecture: “Darwin to DNA: The Voyage of the Beagle Isn’t Over Yet”
Rudy Raff (Biology, IU)
4pm, Myers 130

Monday March 9
Lecture: “Creativity and Constraint in the History of Biology: The Haeckel-His Dispute ajd its Twentieth-Century Consequences”
Sander Gliboff (History and Philosophy of Science, IU)
4pm, Myers 130

If you’re not in Bloomington, and looking for events in your own city/state/country, go to the official website to find them.

Location: Ballantine 109

Description: Jeff Mark, Christian-turned-freethinker, is describing his journey from rejecting to accepting evolution.  This will be a celebration of science and reason, and a chance to ask questions from someone who has been on both sides of the creation/evolution debate.