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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/3037</link>
 <description>   	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt; 						 	 	&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; /&gt;March 10, 2010&lt;/div&gt;				  	 	&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;              	&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						 	 	&lt;br /&gt;  						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/3037#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/newengland&quot;&gt;SSA New England Leadership Summit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3031&quot;&gt;Spring 2010 Affiliation Renewal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3034&quot;&gt;Openings for Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3035&quot;&gt;Ted Cox and Matt Dillahunty Join SSA Speakers Bureau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3030&quot;&gt;Atheist Students and Leaders Participate in White House Briefing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3041&quot;&gt;Review: SSA&#039;s 2010 Northern California Leadership Summit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3022&quot;&gt;Freethinking Healer and Rabble-Rouser Helen Kagin dies at 76&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3028&quot;&gt;A Polite Response to an Impolite Article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3026&quot;&gt;Dealing with Disaster: Darwin Day 2010 at GMU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3021&quot;&gt;SHIFT Celebrates Carl Sagan Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3020&quot;&gt;Learning Activism: My Secular Student Alliance Internship 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2998&quot;&gt;Debate on God Attracts Hundreds of Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3042&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Good Without God&amp;quot; a Good Idea? &amp;quot;Yes,&amp;quot; says Sharon Moss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3025&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Good Without God&amp;quot; a Good Idea? &amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; says Frank Bellamy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/3036&quot;&gt;IFYC Accepting Applications for The Fellows Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	  					&lt;/ul&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>8-March-2010</pubDate>
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 <title>Secular Student Alliance eMpirical No. 42: Don&#039;t Panic! The SSA Breaks 200 Affiliates!</title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2985</link>
 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;	&lt;tbody&gt;		&lt;tr&gt;			&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;				&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt;					&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; /&gt;February 2, 2010 				&lt;/div&gt;			&lt;/td&gt;		&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;	&lt;br /&gt;	In this issue:	&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2985#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2975&quot;&gt;Northern California Regional Leadership Summit Schedule&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2968&quot;&gt;Secular Charities for Haitian Relief Efforts&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2977&quot;&gt;Darwin Day is Coming!&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2986&quot;&gt;Winners of the Fall Student Membership Drive&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2980&quot;&gt;So Help Us God In The Courthouse&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2992&quot;&gt;Greta Christina and Dr. Darrel Ray Added to SSA Speakers Bureau&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2939&quot;&gt;Secular Student Delivers Inaugural Invocation in Southern Maine&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2979&quot;&gt;Should Humanists Deliver Invocations?&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; says Frank Bellamy&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2978&quot;&gt;Should Humanists Deliver Invocations?&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Yes,&amp;quot; says Andrew Lovley&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2928&quot;&gt;SSA Internship Reflection: Cameron DeHart&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2976&quot;&gt;Skepticon II: A Roaring Success in the Midwest&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2987&quot;&gt;FreeThinkers@USF Celebrate Banned Book Week&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2966&quot;&gt;Northern California Campus Organizing Needs Your Support&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;		&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2967&quot;&gt;Student, Community Groups Bring Together Non-believers, Free Thinkers&lt;/a&gt;		&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/../node/2997&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>26-January-2010</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2918</link>
 <description>   	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt; 						 	 	&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; /&gt;December 8, 2009&lt;/div&gt;				  	 	&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;              	&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						 	 	&lt;br /&gt;  						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2918#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2888&quot;&gt;SSA Announces Northern California Regional Leadership Summit at Stanford University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/winter2010internship&quot;&gt;Secular Student Alliance Accepting Application for Paid Winter 2010 Internships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2916&quot;&gt;UCLA&#039;s Bruin Alliance of Skeptics and Secularists Confronts Ray Comfort&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2869&quot;&gt;About the Secular Student Alliance at UMBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2911&quot;&gt;Shelley Mountjoy Wins American Atheists Scholarship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2879&quot;&gt;Austin Dacey On Campus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2917&quot;&gt;Friends of the Freethinkers of UTA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2909&quot;&gt;American Atheists Scholarship Competition: Deadline January 31, 2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2915&quot;&gt;Patheos Sponsors Faith on Campus Video Contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2914&quot;&gt;Council for Secular Humanism Announces Free Expression Cartoon Contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   					&lt;/ul&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2927&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2863</link>
 <description>   	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt; 						 	         	 	   	 	   	 	 	 		 		&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical,    	 	the    	 	newsletter of the    	 	Secular     	 	  	 	Student    	 	Alliance&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical,    	 	the newsletter    	 	of the    	    	 		Secular    	 	Student    	 	Alliance&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; /&gt;November 4,    	    	    	 			2009&lt;/div&gt;				  	    	       	 		       	 		 				&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;              	&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;     	 							 	 	&lt;br /&gt;     	       	 	   	 		 								In    	 	this    	 	issue:    	     	 	  	 								&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt;    	 	   	       	 		    	 								&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2863#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2854&quot;&gt;PZ Myers and Rev. Jonathan     	 	  	 	Weyer Join SSA     	 	   	 	  	 	Speakers    	 	Bureau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     	 	       	 		    	    	 			&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2868&quot;&gt;Secular Student Alliance    	    	 		Student Membership    	 	Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	       	 		    	 	    	 	    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2799&quot;&gt;When    	 	Creationists    	 	&amp;quot;Promote&amp;quot; Darwin&#039;s Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	    	    	 		    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2851&quot;&gt;2009 Summer    	 	Intern    	 	Reflection    	 	- Amber       	 		 	Scott&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2852&quot;&gt;Jon Adams Wins    	 	American    	    	    	 			Atheists&#039; Chinn    	 	Scholarship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2839&quot;&gt;SSA Member Issues    	 	$50,000    	    	    	 			Challenge to the    	 	Secular Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2794&quot;&gt;Caption    	 	Contest - What&#039;s Lyz       	 		    	 		Thinking?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2859&quot;&gt;Good      	 	 	 	Without God - Community    	 	Service On The    	    	    	 			Rise    	    	 		Among Secularists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2793&quot;&gt;Non-theists at    	 	Purdue University    	    	 		Demonstrate Against      	 	 	    	    	 			Religion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2866&quot;&gt;Help    	 	Occam&#039;s    	 	Razors Raise    	 	Funds for Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2855&quot;&gt;Video: SSA 2009    	    	 		Conference        	 	  	 		 	Talks by Sean Faircloth and Dan Barker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	    	 		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2754&quot;&gt;Change Your    	 	Group&#039;s Name &amp;amp; Support the     	 	     	    	    	 				 	Movement!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	    	 	      	 		 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2865&quot;&gt;Campaign for Free Expression Essay       	 		 	Contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    	 	    	 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2849&quot;&gt;Student       	 		 	Filmmakers    	       	 		 		Challenged to Establish A Freethought    	 	Niche in     	 	  	    	 		Film&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;      	    	    	    	 									&lt;/ul&gt;    	    	 							Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2872&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    	 	       	 	              	 		 	</description>
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 <pubDate>2-November-2009</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2685</link>
 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt; 						 	&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; /&gt;August 31, 2009&lt;/div&gt;				  	&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;              	&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						 	&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2685#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2653&quot;&gt;The Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference: Freethinking Friends &amp;amp; Secular Cephalopods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2661&quot;&gt;Video: Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference Keynote Speech by PZ Myers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2702&quot;&gt;Welcome, Secular Coalition for America Activists!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2677&quot;&gt;New Resources for your Secular Student Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2654&quot;&gt;Skeptics Among Us: Atheists Visit The Creation Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2684&quot;&gt;The Creation Museum Trip: A Religious Experience?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2682&quot;&gt;The Pseudo Scientists Interview PZ Myers about the Creation Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2683&quot;&gt;Cederdahl Wins Prestigious American Atheists Scholarship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2678&quot;&gt;University of Melbourne Secular Society Challenges Prayer in Parliament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2676&quot;&gt;Military Association of Atheists &amp;amp; Freethinkers Leadership Grant Opportunity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   					&lt;/ul&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2700&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>17-August-2009</pubDate>
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 <title>SSA eMpirical No. 38 - Guess Who&#039;s Going to Creation Museum </title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2598</link>
 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; 						&lt;img width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/files/eMpiricalhead.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; title=&quot;eMpirical, the newsletter of the Secular Student Alliance&quot; /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; font-size: 20pt&quot;&gt;July 15, 2009&lt;/div&gt;				 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2598#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/Conference/CreationMuseum&quot;&gt;The Secular Student Alliance Is Sending PZ Myers to the Creation Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2574&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Nation&lt;/em&gt; Blogs the Secular Student Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2516&quot;&gt;Paul Youk on Successful Meetings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2557&quot;&gt;Congratulations to the 2009 SSA Best Award Winners!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2599&quot;&gt; New Members of the SSA Board of Directors &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2593&quot;&gt;New Speakers Bureau Members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2526&quot;&gt;Society of Non-Theists Holds Annual Fiction for Fiction Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2594&quot;&gt; Atheists Need to Fight Against Violent Hate Speech &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2604&quot;&gt; Research Opportunity: &amp;quot;Out&amp;quot; Atheists among a Family of Believers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2596&quot;&gt;Help Wanted: eMpirical Content Manager, Webperson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2534&quot;&gt;Help Ashley Help Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;				&lt;/ul&gt; 					Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2613&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>7-July-2009</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2484</link>
 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;June 10, 2009&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2484#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2469&quot;&gt;SSA Conference Registration Now Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2470&quot;&gt;Apply Now for the SSA Best Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2444&quot;&gt;Secular Student Alliance giving the atheist movement momentum--says the New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2499&quot;&gt;RELEASE: Proselytizing Public School Teacher is at it Again!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2434&quot;&gt;Iowa State&amp;rsquo;s Atheist &amp;amp; Agnostic Society: Don&amp;rsquo;t Tolerate Intolerance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2490&quot;&gt;Students for Freethought at OSU: Spring Break in New Orleans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2465&quot;&gt;Hemant Mehta at Carnegie Mellon University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2495&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;That&amp;rsquo;s the Way God Made It: Lessons from a High School Chemistry Teacher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2478&quot;&gt;Atheist Appeal: University of Oregon&amp;rsquo;s Alliance of Happy Atheists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2479&quot;&gt;Answers from Atheists: MSU Mankato&amp;rsquo;s Campus Agnostics and Atheists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2486&quot;&gt;Atheists Hit with Death Threats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2483&quot;&gt;American Humanist Association Presents: &amp;quot;Secular Principles Pinky Swear&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2485&quot;&gt;UnitedCOR Essay Contest: Good Without God&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;       					&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2496&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>5-June-2009</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2422</link>
 <description>   	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;04/09/09&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2422#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2379&quot;&gt;Secular Student Alliance Seeks 2009 Summer Interns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2420&quot;&gt;Openings for the SSA Board of Directors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2407&quot;&gt;Dan Barker&#039;s DC Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2411&quot;&gt;Saddleback Students Remove Prayer from College Events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2408&quot;&gt;Pastafarians Sponsor Debate on Existence of God&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2382&quot;&gt;National Journal Cover Story: Rise of the Godless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2383&quot;&gt;Save the Date! SSA 2009 National Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2412&quot;&gt;FFRF High School and College Student Essay Contests&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2410&quot;&gt;Not in Kansas any more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2409&quot;&gt; Atheist student wants JHS group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  					&lt;/ul&gt; 					&lt;span style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2421&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>28-March-2009</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2334</link>
 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;    &lt;tr&gt;    &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;February 11, 2009&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;    &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;    In this issue: &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2334#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2289&quot;&gt;Getting People to Come to Your Meetings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2295&quot;&gt;University of Northern Iowa Celebrates Charles Darwin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2296&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Does God Exist?&amp;quot; - Hitchens v. Turek at Virginia Commonwealth University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2297&quot;&gt;FFRF Challenges Religious Holiday Displays in Illinois Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2292&quot;&gt;New Speaker on Bureau: Dr. James Coors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2298&quot;&gt;Share Your Thoughts: Survey on the &amp;quot;New Atheism&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2299&quot;&gt;Get Starting Planning a Spring Break Service Trip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/speakerchecklist&quot;&gt;Speaker Event Planning Checklist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px&quot;&gt;Save yourself some clicking and read the&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2353&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    </description>
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 <pubDate>30-January-2009</pubDate>
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 <title>SSA eMpirical No. 34 - Year End Celebrations!</title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2278</link>
 <description>  &lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;12/08/2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt; In this issue: &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2278#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2257&quot;&gt;The Blogging of A Secular Lobbyist: Election Lessons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2259&quot;&gt;Advocating for Secularism at the University of Alberta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2276&quot;&gt;Atheism at Dartmouth: Part 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2258&quot;&gt;Announcing the New 2008 Group Running Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2260&quot;&gt;PZ visits the Rational Response Squad at GMU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2270&quot;&gt;Sunsara Taylor at U of MN on &amp;quot;Away With All Gods&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2271&quot;&gt;Atheist Advertising Amplifies in the US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2261&quot;&gt;2008 In Review: The Secular Student Alliance Year-End Activity Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2275&quot;&gt;Get Ready for Darwin Day 2009!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2287&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2287&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; </description>
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 <pubDate>7-December-2008</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2238</link>
 <description> &lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; class=&quot;zeroBorder&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;11/04/2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;            &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;            &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;            In this issue: &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/div&gt;            &lt;ul&gt;            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2238#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2224&quot;&gt;FFRF Conference: Chicago or Bust!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2239&quot;&gt;Campus Atheist Group Censored in Idaho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2226&quot;&gt;Secular Swag at CafePress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2222&quot;&gt;Secular Student Group Urges Local Religious Leaders to Obey IRS Tax Laws&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2230&quot;&gt;Atheism at Dartmouth: Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2209&quot;&gt;Check Out the New SSA Campus Events Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2228&quot;&gt;Youth Against World Youth Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2227&quot;&gt;Dan Barker: How to Talk to a Fundamentalist: Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2225&quot;&gt;The Great American God Out! - November 15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;/li&gt;                       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2237&quot;&gt;Evolution Wins Over Intelligent Design in Mock Trial in Kentucky!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2243&quot;&gt;Religulous Reviewed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;            &lt;/ul&gt;            Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2242&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>28-October-2008</pubDate>
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 <title>SSA eMpirical No. 32 - Back into that Secular Groove</title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2184</link>
 <description>	 	&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;09/23/2008&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2184#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2183&quot;&gt;New SSA Resources for Student Groups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2179&quot;&gt;Welcome to Our New Affiliates!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2192&quot;&gt;Secular Alliance at Indiana University Makes a Statement.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2180&quot;&gt;Atheism at Dartmouth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2181&quot;&gt;Dan Barker: How to Talk to a Fundamentalist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2186&quot;&gt;A Harvard Student&#039;s Experience at the Secular Student Alliance Conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2187&quot;&gt;Student Voice Follow-Up: University of Michigan SSA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2189&quot;&gt;Express Yourself in a HumanLight Design Contest!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2182&quot;&gt;The Blogging of a Secular Lobbyist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2185&quot;&gt;Welcome to Our New Senior Campus Organizer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   					&lt;/ul&gt;Save yourself some clicking and check out our &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2193&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>20-September-2008</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2171</link>
 <description>	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;08/21/2008&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2171#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2163&quot;&gt;Save the Date: Darwin Goes Biennial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2167&quot;&gt;Wafergate: Let PZ Myers Be PZ Myers &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2168&quot;&gt;Wafergate: PZ Myers Crossed the Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2164&quot;&gt;Fringe Religion Creates Opportunity for Secularists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2165&quot;&gt;Reflections on a Secular Student Alliance Internship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2166&quot;&gt;&amp;rdquo;Children of the Border&amp;rdquo; Provides Humanist Service Opportunity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2162&quot;&gt;Close Up with the Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2161&quot;&gt;The Atheism Tapes: Big Names for Not-So-Small Talk (DVD Review)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 					&lt;/ul&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt; 					 Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2170&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>18-August-2008</pubDate>
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 <title>SSA eMpirical No. 30 - Summer and the 2008 SSA Conference</title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2134</link>
 <description>&lt;br /&gt;   	 	&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;07/09/2008&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2134#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2126&quot;&gt;Secular Student Alliance 2008 Best Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2131&quot;&gt;Lori Lipman Brown Receives SSA Freethought Backbone Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2128&quot;&gt;Milk It for All It&amp;rsquo;s Worth: Raising Funds on Campus the Easy Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2116&quot;&gt;Atheists to the Rescue: Changing Misconceptions and Rebuilding after Katrina&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2133&quot;&gt;Richard Dawkins Foundation and the SSA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2129&quot;&gt;IHEYO - A Group We Can Work With&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/102&quot;&gt;2008 SSA Conference Audio Archive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2135&quot;&gt;Oregon Declares Day of Reason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2122&quot;&gt;Forgoing Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2130&quot;&gt;A Second Class Astros&#039; Fan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2138&quot;&gt;The Blogging of a Secular Lobbyist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   					&lt;/ul&gt; 					 Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2139&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>7-July-2008</pubDate>
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 <title>SSA eMpirical No. 29 - Busy As Usual</title>
 <link>http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2096</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; 	&lt;div style=&quot;border: 1px solid ; background: #bdbdbd; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-size: 20pt; height: 40px&quot;&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: left&quot;&gt;Secular Student eMpirical&lt;/div&gt; 						&lt;div style=&quot;float: right&quot;&gt;05/27/2008&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;             &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; font-weight: bold; width: 100%; padding-top: 10px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;br /&gt; 						In this issue: 						&lt;br /&gt; 					&lt;/div&gt; 					&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularstudents.org/node/2096#s0&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2082&quot;&gt;SSA Board Member Matthew LaClair in L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2104&quot;&gt;Schedule of SSA Programming at 2008 Conference&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2090&quot;&gt;Tips for High School Freethought Groups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2076&quot;&gt;Fiction for Fiction at Purdue University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2089&quot;&gt;IHS Grant Backs Ugandan Student Humanist Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2091&quot;&gt;In Reason We Trust?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2092&quot;&gt;The Blogging of a Secular Lobbyist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2095&quot;&gt;Rational Response Squad: Kelly&#039;s Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2093&quot;&gt;Open Call for Humanist Life Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/2094&quot;&gt;Internship Opportunity with the Society for Humanistic Judaism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 					&lt;/ul&gt; 					&lt;br /&gt; Save yourself some clicking and read the &lt;a href=&quot;/node/2105&quot;&gt;all-on-one-page version of this month&#039;s eMpirical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;             </description>
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 <pubDate>27-May-2008</pubDate>
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