THE BANCROFT AUTHOR SERIES
PRESENTS

EVOLUTION
What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

DONALD R. PROTHERO
Illustrated by Carl Buell

The Koger Center for the Arts
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Columbia, SC 29201
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Monday January 12, 2009 7:30 PM

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• A beautifully illustrated and intelligently written guide to why intelligent design and creationism are wrong

Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before.

As part of a graduate-level research project, I am administering questionnaires to individuals who classify themselves as atheists. Questions are asked pertaining to one’s basic demographic information, values, outlook on society and religion, and family life. The questionnaire can be completed in approximately 30 minutes. The results will be compiled and analyzed for commonalities. A paper will then be drafted to discuss these results, and the goal is to provide individuals with a realistic and accurate portrayal of atheists in America.

If you are interested in participating in the study or if you have any questions, please email me at rcrooks_2001@yahoo.com. I will then email a copy of the questionnaire to you for you to fill out and email back to me.

Hello and welcome to the SSA forums. The forums are a new experiment for us. In the past we've used some listservs to allow people interested in the secular student movement to connect with one another.  Those listservs are still in place and we welcome you to use them.  We have noticed that other communities have had a lot of success with this message board format so we thought we'd give it a try.

We hope that the forums can serve as a place for people to network, for ideas within "the movement" to get hashed out and for people to exchange best practices for secular campus activism.