Ironies, Ironies

My main thought on departing Portland this morning is, jeez, I'll be back in like three days.

On September 18, I will be speaking at Reed College at the invite of the Reed Secular Alliance.

Portland's Reed College, according to the Christian Century, is the most secular college in the nation--the number one school where "students ignore God on a regular basis."

The event, at Eliot Hall on the Reed Campus, will take place in a chapel.

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Awesome. My alma mater, Bard College, is #2 on the "students ignore God on a regular basis" list. And also #1 on the "Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians" list. Woo hoo!!

You can find the Princeton Review surveys results (cited in the Christian Century article) here:

http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankings.asp

By Jon Winsor (not verified) on 14 Sep 2006 #permalink

Chris,

I went to Reed (class of '01). Just wanted to assure you that nothing religious has happened in the Eliot chapel for probably decades, unless you count "Midnight Theater" sessions in which undergrads strum guitars and sing cheekily irreverent songs based on Homer's Iliad.

Anyway, enjoy. Reed's a wonderful place.