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Author Sledge
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peace with past
Mary Gettys
staff writer
Dr. Tim Sledge, a free
lance writer, speaker and ther
apist of the Union Baptist
Association Center for Coun
seling, came to Gardner-
Webb sharing a message of
“Making Peace with Your
Past” on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
He shared with the stu
dents at Dimensions, an after
noon seminar and an evening
banquet. Sledge also spoke
with pastors from the sur
rounding area in an afternoon
session.
Currently, Sledge has
written three books: “Making
Peace with Your Past”, “Mov
ing Beyond Your Past” and
“Killers: Alcohol and Other
Drugs”and serves as the host
of KKTL {91.1 FM) radio sta
tion, a Sunday-night talk
show called One-to-One.
Sledge’s seminar focused
on growing up too soon and
the role of the adult-child.
Some of the characteris
tics of the adult-child includ
ed: health and/or emotional
problems, difficulty in form
ing close relationships with
people, initiating high goals
and not reaching them
through procrastination,fre-
quent panic attacks, inward
anger that may be expressed
through sarcasm, need for
control, afraid of failing, a
feeling that childhood was too
short, difficulty with authority
figures, a lack of understand
ing of normality and trying to
conquer other people’s prob
lems.
Also, Sledge identified
with the Amftriran family/
According to him in each dys-
funtional family some type of
emotion was not permitted.
The emotion may be feel
ing sad or angry, but since it
was not allowed to be
expressed the adult-child’s
feelings have been supressed.
In a situation where they
(adult-children) should be
feeling something, the circuit
breaker is turned off,” said
Sledge.
Sledge says the adult-
child works too hard, maybe
as a perfectionist. They will
maximize and expect the
worst in their performances.
When their performances
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Noted potter joins art faculty
Takiya Patrick
Pilot assistant sports editor
The Art department is
adding a new professor and
looking forward to an exciting
spring semester.
Ralph Pa'Quin joins the
staff as the new pottery pro
fessor and will be teaching in
the new pottery facility.
Pa'Quin received his
Bachelors of Fine Arts in
sculpture form the University
of Massachusetts at Dart
mouth. He received a Masters
of Fine Arts degree in ceram
ics from Cranbrook Academy
of Art.
Pa'Quin is also an
instructor at Presbyterian Col
lege in Clinton, SC. He is also
an accomplished ceramics
artist and has had work exhib
it in many galleries and muse
ums, including the List Visual
Art Center at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology,
Fayetteville Museum of Art
and the Greenville County
museum.
“For me, making art is
about making objects that
pose meaningful questions
without losing my sense of
humor,” Pa'Quin said in his
artist statement.
This semester Pa'Quin
will be teaching two introduc
tory classes. He is giving the
students a new perspective of
ceramics that he plans to be
not only a learning experience
but where student creativity
can be fully expressed.
African Drums beat on GWU campus
Starr Gist
staff writer
Resonant drums, wondrous word painting por
traying rich sound, vigorous dancing and lots of fun.
All these things describe the musical concert pre
sented by the Department of Fine Arts. The Distin
guished Artist Series presented African artist Obo
Addy and his dance ensemble group, Okropong,
Thursday, Feb. 5 in Dover Theater.
The group performed various traditional African
dances and songs. The Dover Campus Center was
alive with the group’s vibrant music. The music was
so unlike modem music. The music made listeners
feel its rhythm and beat rather then just hear it. Tra
ditional African instruments were also used. These
instruments brought the listeners into the program
and entrapped their attention. This concert was one
of the most unique ever performed on Gardner-
Webb’s campus
Okropong is renowned throughout Europe and
the United States. They have brought new apprecia
tion to African music and culture. Through their
efforts, the performance group has merged a superb
blend of music that echoes of the past, rings in the
future and declares the present.
This performance was especially important to
the campus, during this celebration of African -
American history month. Students, professor, and
members of the Boiling Springs community attend
ed the concert, eager to listen and enjoy a night erf"
music. It gave African-Axnerican students a chance
to leam something of their historical past, while at
the same time providing the opportunity for every
one to appreciate the value of a culture besides their
own. and enjoy a unique musical experience.