Updates: Fall Meeting 2, 9/11/13; Topic Schedule; and Tabling Events

Join us Wednesday, September 11th in Matherly 105 from 7pm to 9pm for a discussion about the nature of free will and consciousness, including such issues as the mind-body problem.

Some questions common to this topic are: Do we have free will? Does the mind exist separate from the brain? What constitutes a human being (are we just a computer in a biological machine)? But of course, bring your own questions, comments, and claims to the meeting!

If anyone has any recommended media for this topic to get people in the mindset (brainset?), feel free to post links below!

Also, a few changes will be taking place that were brought up during the first meeting: we will now be opening with some (completely optional) opening statements, and we'll finish the meeting, as per usual, with individual closing statements and last words.

I hope to see a lot of you there, and remember to bring a friend!

Additionally, I've worked out a tentative schedule for the rest of the semester. If you really want to attend a specific meeting but can't make it, talk to me and we'll consider moving the meetings around.

Sept. 11	Free Will and Consciousness: What makes you, you?
Sept. 25	Language Rights: Dial 9 for Galician?
Oct. 9	Consumer Rights in the Tech Era: To crack, or not to crack?
Oct. 23	Do winners need to be assholes?
Nov. 6	Hero Worship in Atheism: All hail Sagan?
Nov. 20	Pacifism in Foreign Politics: Can we be friends with everyone?
Dec. 4	Neurology and Criminality: How do we deal with culpability?

The group has also decided to put on some informal meetings and discussions on the off weeks during the semester, with the time, location, and topic up to the discretion of the attendees! If you have a preference for a date, time, and location, email us or hope over to our Facebook group and let us know!

The last thing I want to mention is our upcoming tabling event! Tuesday, September 10th from 11:40am until 1:40pm, I will be on the Reitz Union North Lawn tabling for the Student Organization Fair. I'd love it if I could have someone else work the table with me and possibly pass out fliers. If you're interested, shoot me an email! Or if you just wanna stop by and say hello, feel free to do that, too!

I'll post more information about upcoming events and meetings as they are solidified. Until then, happy freethinking!

Fall Meeting #1: Topic Selection and Welcome, August 28th, 2013

Howdy freethinkers! It's finally time to announce our first official meeting of the semester!

During out first meeting, we'll give a brief overview and introduction as to who we are and what we do, as well as select our topics for this year. The format is simple: come teeming with ideas about great discussion topics, tell us during the meeting, and we'll hold a vote to find the most popular topics for this semester!

We'd also love to hear any advertisement or activity ideas for the semester, and we'll also be talking about our weekly Freethought in the Plaza event.

So bring your friends and come out to our first meeting, Wednesday August 28th (one week after classes start), tentatively in Matherly 105 (but if the room changes I will spam the group to make sure everyone knows!). The meeting begins at 7pm and ends officially at 9pm.

And, from XKCD comics, here's a little humor:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/settled.png