Rising from the A.S.H.-es

My goodness, has it really been over a year since this old blog was updated?

In other news: Brown Freethought underwent a change in management in May of 2011. A young, dashing, ambitious Secretary made his bid for power in the vacuum left by former president David Sheffield, who left us for graduate school in a faraway state.

This charming, intelligent master of self-aggrandizement pushed through several policy changes in his first week of office: First, the position of "benevolent dictator" would have its air-quotes removed from the group's official letterhead.

Second, the group would adopt a staunchly pro-secular stance in order to maximize its impact on Brunonia. This would not be a mere discussion group for haughty academics to mock religion in secrecy whilst casually sipping Johnnie Walker Black (a favorite of the late Christopher Hitchens). Oh no, there would be petitions, marches, t-shirts, book readings, post-rapture parties and a snazzy new organization logo!

Last, but certainly not least, the group would be forever known as Brown Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists — "B.A.S.H." for short.

In one short semester, group attendance at regular meetings increased by 400%. New blood was recruited from the incoming freshman class. Things have been going smoothly ever since. B.A.S.H. celebrated its first Darwin Day with a classy film screening. It has been keeping careful tabs on the Cranston HS Prayer Banner case, and several members will be attending the Reason Rally in in the D.C. area over Spring Break. It will be pushing for frequent "Ask an Atheist" tables in the mailroom lobby and on the main green (once the weather clears up). In short, the group has emerged from obscurity to become a real beacon of secular activism in a rapidly changing world.

We are the B.A.S.H. Resistance is V/I.