Drag yourself out of your bunk and over to Lindley 102 on Saturday, March 31 at 12pm. We’ll be watching the verse’s biggest, damnedest, heroiest heros in a two-day marathon of the greatest single-season science fiction show to ever grace the airwaves of this planet: Firefly.

The show follows a band of intergalactic troublemakers, just doing what they have to do to survive in this universe. The show is set in space and on various planets and has western and science fiction elements to it. In a manner typical of Joss Whedon, the show is funny, heartbreaking, and awesome, and deals with things like morality, sexuality, religion, and badassery.

On Saturday, Mar. 31 from 12-8pm, we’ll be watching episodes 1-7. On Saturday, Apr. 7, we’ll watch episodes 8-14. (See a list of episodes here: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Firefly_episodes). Please bring some money for pizza or Baked! or whatever. You are more than welcome to bring some other type of food (sandwiches, cookies, popcorn, etc) for us all to munch on.

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On the first Friday of every month, the Bloomington Atheists group meets up at Player’s Pub for Atheist Happy hour. Drinks are had, food is eaten, and chat happens. Feel free to drop by anytime between 5:30 and 8pm! If you need a ride to Player’s Pub (424 S. Walnut, on Walnut in between 2nd and 3rd Streets), email secular@indiana.edu and we can arrange one.

This Sunday we will hold officer elections and break from our normally completely serious atmosphere for board games, card games, mind games, laughter and frivolity.

Join us Sunday, April 1st in Student Building 231 for fun and tea. Feel free to bring your own games and snacks. People running for office will have this opportunity to give a speech about why they should be elected.

On Thursday, Mar. 29 at 7pm in Lindley 102, join us to watch Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).  IMDb says: “In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.”  You may join us for dinner afterward if you like.

SAIU will be volunteering with the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project on Monday, March 26! As stated on their website, “The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project is an all volunteer effort that strives to encourage self-education among prisoners in the United States”.

Volunteering is from 7 to 9. However, SAIU members will be meeting at the Sample Gates at 6:45 to offer people rides to the project (located at 118 South Rogers Street). In order to efficiently set up the carpool, please email secular@indiana.edu  if you are able to drive or are in need of a ride!

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At this Sunday’s Russell’s Tea Party meeting, in addition to our discussion [TOPIC?], we will begin the nomination process for this year’s officer elections.

On Saturday, Mar. 24 at 7pm at the IU Cinema, SAIU members will attend a screening of the movie “Women Without Men”.  The film follows four individual women in Iran in 1953, after a British- and American-backed coup removed the democratically-elected government.  The film offers a lot of reflection on social structures and faith.

On Thursday, Mar. 22 at 7pm in Lindley 102, we will watch the classic 1988 comedy/fantasy film Beetlejuice. IMDb says: “A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a “bio-exorcist” in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.”  Join us!  We’ll go out for dinner afterward.

On Friday, March 23 at 5:30pm we will be volunteering for Hoosier Hills Food Bank’s Meal Share program.

According to the Hoosier Hills website, “The concept of Meal Share is to safely capture prepared food from restaurants, catering businesses and other food preparation entities and distribute it to families in need … The end result is a program that has helped provide nearly 4,000 pounds of healthy nutritious food each month to those in need.”

The repack session is from 5:30 to 7 and will be held at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank (2333 Industrial Park Road). However, SAIU members will be meeting at the IMU at 5PM to offer people rides! In order to efficiently set up the carpool, please tell us in a comment below if you are able to drive or are in need of a ride! Hoosier Hills also needs to know how much food to have ready for us to pack so I need an estimate of how many people are planning to volunteer. So, if you are interested, please respond in the comments, on the facebook page or by sending an email!

On Saturday, March 24 we will be given a private tour of Mathers Museum of World Cultures. Geoffrey Conrad, the Director of the Mathers, has graciously agreed to be our guide. This is a rare opportunity, as we will see collections which are not currently open to the public. We will meet in the IMU hotel lobby and leave at 12:45 to walk to the museum together, but you are welcome to meet us at the museum, located at 416 N. Indiana Avenue, if you’d like. You may RSVP on Facebook, but it is not necessary.