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I wouldn't DD Thornton who miss it" Lys interviewed U2 for Winston- Stephen Judge tin Salem radio station WKZL who works for Daniel Lanois' management company 239 BONO Exploring U2's influence Cedarville-sponsored conference: "Bono and North Ameri- iffil I 144 '-je is4ktiri0141-11s0 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D "U2: The Hype and the can Evangelicals" litiA tbli ill 03) if it4i' Feedback" takes place this Cedarville has made nation- -7-- tivities I tried to book a band weekend at N0 Central Uni- al headlines for firing two the-from Columbus who played versity It is the brainchild of conservative faculty A original songs but also coy- Cedarville English professor members over an ugly debate ered U2 along with some oth- Scott Calhoun he first told me about the human capacity to -li Si iroVV er bands about his idea seven or eight know truth and with how II 7 Or "Are these guys a Christian years ago and it has finally much certainty Under presi- I iSti 0 ti Olt band or are these just Chris- come to fruition dent Bill Brown the school tians who have a band?" was The conference brings to- seems to have opened its col- TA)0 I 'AI Lt-70 4711 '0 the e-mail response I got from gether a Rolling Stone editor lective mind to the sort of an administrator Danish Lutheran priests film- doubt expressed in "Wake Up 1 Students complained to makers musicians and schol- Dead Man" or "Peace On their professors when a guest ars to speak on topics such as Earth" songs that question i lecturer showed a U2 video in "Irish Identity and Utopian- God's power when he doesn't a compulsory chapel service ism" "Textures Timbres and intervene for a suffering world We have all come a long way the Devil" and "The Rock As Rowe and Kerr's title sug- 5 since then As a rule I am indif- Concert as Political Theater" gests Bono has gone from pa- I ta ferent toward celebrity and I Presenters will compare riah to prophet Borrowing lyr- don't want to lay messianic ex- U2's music with the work of ics from "Desire" they're call- pectations on Bono any more writers Salman Rushdie and ing their talk "A Preacher than I do on our president WB Yeats anti-Nazi theolo- Stealing Hearts at a Traveling a But the man is my hero He gian Dietrich Bonhoeffer Show" ilk fy urt has used his one-of-a-kind composer Igor Stravinsky He stole my heart a long 41'''' f' lay voice to tell the world about philosopher Paul Ricoeur and time ago but I'll catch my first 1 se- AIDS in Africa and Third- playwright Bertolt Brecht glimpse of the traveling show ad World debt and pmbably But Paul Rowe a political Saturday at Carter-Finley ty helped to save some souls in scientist and Matthew Kerr a ye the process Baptist pastor may have the idecontonandocom or Al At my church we often sing most symbolic theme for this 919-932-8760 ltr along to songs such as P40 "Grace" "One" and "Walk On" modem-day hymns St that unearth the human condi- FRI -SAT OCTOBER 1b17 A- tion and let a little heaven 4 4'' 20 shine in I More important than my '''ine 0 f-- 1 lay rice OWO metamorphosis though s' 9 -m14 is the fact that Cedarville 4 0- ---0- Aomito the now a university has seen 14 4Ft rc (- A o'il- fit to give the bigdest-band-in- -z- Att -4 bo- I a o' A lit the-world its own academic INIII la --( TO --Dr 0' helL) 4 ERS conference 'An i44- '--i isk 4 I IC et 4 oi NI 44 414' 'off '-''l Lie Make plans now to attend the Sth Annual 'S 3 1 I itedNUMMFWA40KAVa i Atienigalik Au- li WILMIN GT ON OKI OBERFEST lur- A en on Me St Schoo Benefiting Child Advocacy Center 'i I si A 4 tii i 1 1i I A E' Brought in ''''-1 ii lus Seni 1 ors i' 4)ir51 2 tO Consignment Boutique clothing jewelry art no- on part by: 'S'' vitb' i gh fatpubcom -Consignment Vintage Clothing for Men and Women )m 4 Upscale Con ing ARE YOU: I I nt 010 co I An aspiring ournalist? 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A free spirit? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN: Scholarship A trip to Washington DC? ef i 1-t Dream Dare Da The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program is looking for high school seniors who are involved 4 in high school journalism and demonstrate qualities of free spirit The deadline for applications is October 15 2009 To apply for the program visit: wwwfreedomforuntergitreespirit FREEDOM FORUM 1 saw the same tour about four months later what a contrast in stage presence I thought the Ktman show was Bono convinced he was a rock star totally self-confident in ht's artistk vision and an amazing performer while the rest of the band was still kind of breaking it in By the end of the summer they were like a complete- ly different band They came out just blasting A hit song and re- lentkss touring will do wcmders for confidence" Brent Lambert proprietor of Kitchen Mastering studio 'When it was raining and Bono was on top the scaffoMing the electricity that went through the crowd was unbelievable You coul I just feel this surge through the crowd a spontaneous burst of magnetism between band and audience that kept getting better and better They played the next night in Virginia antl I remember us standing around afterward looking at each other and saying 117e've got to go' So a road trip was planned right then and their We knew something special was going on and it just seemed too important to miss I've seen a lot of concerts and that one Ire- member just like it was yesterday" Fred Mills who subsequently became editor of the U2USA fanzine 'I was a huge fan 13 pears old living in Rocky Mount My best friend's okter brother was gonna go but our parents didn't like the sound of us hanging out with college kids 'Besides' they said it's gonna rain they'll call i I off' So I didn't get to go-- and my friends who did go have talked about it forever It's the on show of my lik I completely regret missing So my affair with U2 in North Camlina has been a struggle They were going to play Carter-Finley in1997 and I was ecstatic had fourth-row seats But they canceled that Show 7 moved to Michigan and saw on this year's tour dates and thought 'Of course As soon as I move away they come to Raleigh' So I'm coming back U2 at my alma mater? I wouldn't miss it" Stephen Judge who works for Daniel Lanois' management company Exploring tf2's influence "U2: The Hype and the Feedback" takes place this weekend at N0 Central University It is the brainchild of Cedarville English professor Scott Calhoun he first told me about his idea seven or eight years ago and it has finally come to fruition The conference brings together a Rolling Stone editor Danish Lutheran priests filmmakers musicians and scholars to speak on topics such as "Irish Identity and Utopianism" "Textures Timbres and the Devil" and "The Rock Concert as Political Theater" Presenters will compare U2's music with the work of writers Salman Rushdie and WB Yeats anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer composer Igor Stravinsky philosopher Paul Ricoeur and playwright It Brecht But Paul Rowe a political scientist and Matthew Kerr a Baptist pastor may have the most symbolic theme for this FRI-SAT1 OCTOBER lb-17 Make plans now to attend the Sth Annual NV LOGI ON OKI OBERFEST Benefiting Child Brought in part by: fatpubcom LPOS DENIURES? 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With new mini dental implant technology you can enjoy secure eating comfort again In one short procedure you can have a stable denture with no surgical stitches nor the typical months of healing CALL US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION 888-634-1190 olz or nta Weekend Cedarville-sponsored conference: "Bono and North American Evangelicals" Cedarville has made national headlines for firing two theologically conservative faculty members over an ugly debate about the human capacity to know truth and with how much certainty Under president Bill Brown the school seems to have opened its collective mind to the sort of doubt expressed in "Wake Up Dead Man" or "Peace On Earth" songs that question God's power when he doesn't intervene for a suffering world As Rowe and Kerr's title suggests Bono has gone from pariah to prophet Borrowing lyrics from "Desire" they're calling their talk "A Preacher Stealing Hearts at a Traveling Show" He stole my heart a long time ago but I'll catch my first glimpse of the traveling show Saturday at Carter-Finley idecontanandocom or 919-932-8760 Advocacy Center nt 010 co Dre DD a elg I a 1 )- 0 r- e- 'II' I 4 4 i i pdi towe 4Ned go 10 rk 's' -k ii'-'4' 4 te 1 kt- 14 2 4-11 g' i s' i 1 I): i '''f-: 4-''-'-i''- -4 7 -''1' -tr 2'' Chapel Hill show was IILI I viaJoktivai Upscale Consignment Vintage Clothing Dresses by Missoni Diane Von Furstenburg Tory Burch Tracy Reese 'f ew "ts ty 9 it-A- '41 it '''i 1 4 10 -t -4 7 v- i 4 '4- l'e i---L7t -11 s- t- -4 1 the band's first in the US in STAFF FILE PHOTO BY CHRIS SEwARp i Home 9D Il 1 7 1 I 4 1 i k- 4 4 tt446 1 lc c- 4 1 Li support of the 'War' album ky Ari0161-11k) 03) ri4i 510 0(Siir 0110V isti i Olt si it at-zo 4745 gr1 417 II' Oi for Men and Women plate for foodies blogsnewsobservencomfood I.