Have your Senator and Congressman signed yet?

Posted on June 26, 2009 by speakingofresearch

Backing up a recent post by DrugMonkey, Speaking of Research is now urging you to write to your Member of Congress (contact my Congress Representative) and Senator (contact my Senator) to request that they sign the Pro-Test Petition.
For example (Pick one of the three coloured paragraphs):
Dear <insert name of your Senator/Member of Congress here>,
I am [...]

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UCLA Pro-Test … in 1 minute (YouTube)!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by speakingofresearch

No it’s not the reduced Shakespeare company, it’s the first of a handful of videos which UCLA Pro-Test is producing (with the help of FPS Productions) about the successful rally on April 22nd.
Now for everyone with a YouTube account, we need your help to get this video seen by as many people as possible. So [...]

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UCLA Pro-Test – Post-rally Blog Coverage

Posted on April 28, 2009 by speakingofresearch

Well we’ve covered video coverage and print coverage of the Pro-Test rally, now onto the blogs.
Before we get too deep into the UCLA Pro-Test coverage, many of the blogs, including the highly-read Pharyngula blog, have talked about the poll attached to the LA Times article. The poll has (somewhat suspiciously for both sides) attracted over [...]

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UCLA Pro-Test – Post-rally Print Coverage

Posted on April 27, 2009 by speakingofresearch

Well we covered the video footage from major television networks, now onto the print media (and web coverage).
Just in case you have been living in a box and want happened you can read our comprehensive report here. Also make sure you sign The Pro-Test Petition. Go on, do it now, then come back and read [...]

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UCLA Pro-Test – Post-rally Video Coverage

Posted on April 26, 2009 by speakingofresearch

After the hugely successful UCLA Pro-Test rally (full report) it is time to turn towards the media coverage of the event:
Video:
Fox News covered the event with a news story and video (embedded below – or linked). They compared the motives of the Pro-Testers and the animal rights activists and included a number of short interviews [...]

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Last Call – Join the UCLA Pro-Test rally

Posted on April 22, 2009 by speakingofresearch

Today’s the day! With 70F weather expected there’s no excuse not to march for science, reason and medical progress at the UCLA Pro-Test Rally. Listen to speeches from JohnYoung (AMP Chairman), Scott Waugh (Executive Vice Chancellor of UCLA), Tom Holder (founder of Speaking of Research) and David Jentsch (UCLA Pro-Test founder) among others.
Come to the [...]

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UCLA Pro-Test – Coverage Review Day 18

Posted on April 16, 2009 by speakingofresearch

It’s been over a week since our last coverage update and there’s been more news sources covering the upcoming rally.
To kick off, the highly respected Nature journal included an interview (subscription needed) with David Jentsch, founder of UCLA Pro-Test. He offered an insight into his own research before mentioning more about the upcoming rally:
What sort [...]

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Speaking in Nature

Posted on April 2, 2009 by speakingofresearch

One of our own members, David Bienus, a animal care technician who recently wrote about his experiences of animal welfare in labs, has got his letter into the esteemed science journal Nature, a portion of which can be seen below:

In your Editorial ‘Against vicious activism’ (Nature 457, 636; 2009), you call for scientists and the authorities [...]

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