Times Leader article – “Area student’s banner refutes validity of prayer”

An article published in the May 26, 2013 edition of The Times Leader pertains to the recently erected “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” banner which I — with help from the Freedom From Religion Foundation — was responsible for placing on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Reporter Joe O’Connoll wonderfully presented accurate reporting of events and provided […]

Yes, I am an atheist. Ask me anything!

The Secular Student Alliance (SSA) – whose mission is to organize, unite, educate, and serve students and student communities that promote the ideals of scientific and critical inquiry, democracy, secularism, and human-based ethics – is promoting ‘National Ask an Atheist Day‘ this April 18 which is, according to their website, “an opportunity for secular groups […]

“Women’s center” at Marywood University – I’m skeptical

A graduate student at the university I attend — Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania — is lobbying for a woman’s center to be included on campus. This prospective women’s center is proposed as a place where women are provided resources and information pertaining to sexual assault including “information, seminars, and assistance” according to an article […]

Pseudoscience to return at 2013 Marywood University wellness fair – Act!

Marywood University’s Celebrate Your Body Wellness Fair — an event advertised as “an interactive program used to promote positive body image, fitness and personal health” — will be taking place once again on February 21, 2013. This upcoming event, one would assume, should provide accurate science-based information about wellness to members of the campus community. Rather […]

Religious Campuses panel – SSA 2012 annual conference

I was invited to be one of the four panelists for the ‘Religious Campuses’ panel at the Secular Student Alliance’s 2012 annual conference. I spoke about my experience as an atheist at King’s College (the Catholic university I attended for undergraduate studies) and Marywood University (the Catholic university I am currently attending as a graduate […]