Zack started his fight while still in high school. Here he is, testifying in front of the Louisiana Senate Education Committee. (video, after the jump)
Oh… yeah… Zack’s bill was killed, 2-1. He will be back. Zack is in the right. Zack is fighting for Louisiana.
Zack is one of my heroes.
He’s a Rice boy. Rice people try again, they never give up. Plus the Rice campus has an underground bar that is the best place to get drunk for cheap in Houston.
You’ve never experienced the intellectual culture of Houston until you have got drunk at Valhalla (the informal name of the Rice graduate student lounge). And if you really want a shockingly cheap beer experience, go to Valhalla on the last Sunday in a month.
Zack Kopplin, Jessica Ahlquist, Damon Fowler … we’re getting a much better next generation than we deserve.
Damnit, I left out Krystal Myers, and probably several other brave, articulate, pro-active young American freethinkers.
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