Creationism and Evolution in Public Schools

The Secular Student Society at Texas Tech (yes the website is out of date come on now guys) [prior post about them] is hosting an event that has been the focus of many posts on this blog, Creationism and Evolution in Public Schools. This event will be a talk by Dr. Michael Dini a professor of Biology, more specifically Biology Education, at Texas Tech University and will start on Monday April 11 at 8:00 pm in Holden Hall Room 150. This should be an interesting event because Texas has in the past been openly hostile to evolution and Lubbock is one of the more conservative cities in the country. I will be there and if this is a topic that interests you at all you should be there as well you are more than welcome.

Perfect timing

So a day after I mention the Secular Student Society here at Texas Tech it gets a mention in the student paper check it out

http://www.dailytoreador.com/la-vida/society-spreads-word-about-secular-beliefs-1.1883644

This has actually happened a lot with me and this organization the day before the meeting that I attended I had been reading the blag hag blog (found here) and was just thinking about looking into a similar organization here and then found out about the meeting and now this. I guess I just need to keep talking/thinking about them and good things are bound to happen.

Secular Student Society at Texas Tech

So on Monday night I attended a meeting of the Secular Student Society at Texas Tech. It was a good meeting and they seem like they are going to be a good group they just need some time to get organized since this is their first year in existence. I wish them the best of luck and will probably try to make meetings when I can, assuming this whole grad school thing doesn't get in the way (which I am sure it will). From the few months I have been here in Lubbock it has quickly come to my attention just how conservative this portion of Texas is so I was surprised at the number of people at the meeting. I just wanted to throw a shout out to them and to link to their website if you happen to be at TTU and want to learn more or just want to see what they are up to. Their website is http://www.secularttu.com/.