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Gardner-Webb University
THE PILOT
October 22, 1997
Issue #5
The Official Campus Newspaper
Boiling Springs, NC
Staley Lecture Speaker spreads encouraging message
by Megan Setzer
staff writer
Boiling Springs is about as away
from Philadelphia as you can get,
geographically and culturally.
But Bart Campolo, president of
KingdomWorks, brought the Penn
sylvania inner-city with him to talk to
GWU students during the Staley Lecture
Series Oct. 7-9.
This inner-city mission organization
develops children’s and youth programs
in partnership with urban churches.
In the opening statements of the series,
Campolo told students, “Most people
spend their entire lives doing things that
don’t matter. Nothing will last except the
good that you do for others.”
Recalling a friend’s story, Campolo
told of a woman who had a well-paying
job in a clean, safe school. She spent a
summer teaching kids in the King
domWorks program.
After returning to her regular job after
that summer, she promptly quit. “Why
would I want a job 100 other people can
do? I want to teach and love children
who no one else will,” she said.
“Someday the company you’ve worked
so hard for will be out of business,”
Campolo said.
“The money you’ve earned will be
gone. But the smile you put on someone
else’s face will never be wiped away.”
Campolo, co-author of the book.
Things We Wish We Had Said, has
spoken at conferences, youth gatherings
and college campuses.
He attended Haverford College before
graduating from Brown University in
1985.
Campolo lives in Philadelphia with his
wife, Marty and their children, Miranda
and Roman.
The Staley Distinguished Christian
Scholar Series was estabhshed in 1969 in
memory of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Staley and Judge Mrs. H. H. Haynes.
The Foundation seeks to bring
distinguished scholars/artists who truly
believe and who can clearly commun
icate the Christian gospel to college and
university campuses of America.
It is persuaded that the message of
Christian gospel, when proclaimed in its
historical fullness, is contemporary,
relevant, and meaningful to any
generation.
photo courtesy of PUBLIC REI-ATIONS
Bart Campolo, president of KingdomWorks, talks to GWU students before one of the Staley
Lectures, held Oct. 7-9. Kingdom Works is a mission organization which develops programs for
youth and children in Pennsylvania's inner cities.
Local writer and GWU alumnus shares poetry, Hction
by Nic Floyd
staff writer
KAREN BROWER/staff
Ron Rash, author of When the New Jesus Fell to Earth, entertained an audience of students,
faculty and community members on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Noel Hall 300-30L Rash also spoke to
two classes during the day. He read poetry and excerpts from When the New Jesus Fell to Earth
and from his new collection, Casualties and Survivors.
Ron Rash — Crest High School track
star and GWU alumnus turned success
ful poet/author — returned to campus on
Tuesday, Oct. 14, to share his experien
ces and give advice to aspiring writers.
The last time Rash visited GWU was
March 6 of this year. During that visit.
Rash captivated his audience with his de
piction of life in a small southern town.
Rash talked about his grandfather's
quest to find a home and read another
short story, “My Father's Cadillacs.”
On his latest visit, Rash spoke to two
classes. He encouraged students to “read
constantly” and “write every day.”
Rash answered questions like “How do
you start the writing process?”
Rash opened his evening reading at 7
p.m. in Noel Hall with a poem called
“Fourteen.” This poem related the first
time that Rash and his friend saw a nude
woman in a movie at the Boiling Springs
movie theatre (owned by a local deacon).
Rash said he still doesn't know if it was a
mix-up of reels or a practical joke.
“It was the first time I realized that
there were movies without Don Knots or
Julie Andrews,” said Rash.
Rash's last reading, “Fly Ash,” was a
“sneak peek” at his latest collection of
short stories ,Casualties and Survivors.
“Fly Ash” is a colorful story about a
boy whose father tries to get rich by
making bricks out of fly ash and clay,
and the boy's attempt to win the love of a
classmate, Rebecca.
By the end of the story, the father's
bricks prove to be worthless and the boy
loses Rebecca. But Rash feels the lessons
that the characters learn overshadow the
less-than-happy ending.
“Lasting water,” a North Carolina
mountain phrase meaning “a spring that
never dries up,” can be used to describe
Rash. He has a wealth of experiences
that are just waiting to be put on paper.
Rash lives in Pendleton, S.C., with his
wife and two children, and is a professor
at Tri-County Technical College.
In this issue.
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Homecoming
Review
pages 4-5
GWU
Sports
pages 6-7
Comedy
Sportz
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