Originally published April 5, 2011 at 4:37 p.m., updated April 5, 2011 at 5:22 p.m.
On campus this week, you may have seen dogs in neon T-shirts or someone dressed in a cow costume at the Ambler Student Recreation Center sporting the emblem “AFTERdark.” These things have been part of an effort to promote After Dark, a free musical and inspirational event at the Lied Center tonight at 7.
The event will feature acoustic musician Dave Barnes, hip-hop artist This’l, a speech from former KU basketball player Wayne Simien, and Joe White, president of Kanakuk Kamps. White will be speaking about the relevance of Jesus Christ in today’s society.
“I think it’s important to KU because it presents the gospel and Jesus Christ in a way that is approachable,” Kelsie Lange, a senior from Lawrence and After Dark promotions team member, said. “It’s very entertaining with the music and is geared towards college students.”
After Dark is a program that has been traveling across the nation, visiting college campuses big and small for the past five years. This will be the program’s second time visiting the university. It came in 2008.
“People from Kansas just expressed a desire for After Dark to come back,” Grace Olson, a sophomore from Woodlands, Texas, and event coordinator, said. “I first heard about the event through working at Kanakuk Kamps. The rest of the KU staff and I wanted to bring After Dark to our campus so we expressed this desire to the event coordinators. In doing After Dark, our hope is that this is not just a Christian event but that anyone regardless of their beliefs would come and experience this free event.”
Each year, After Dark incorporates notable musical artists to perform at the two-hour event.
“There are a handful of artists they’ve been working with,” Olson said. “(Barnes) was available and wanted to come.”
The University's After Dark was supposed to take place in February, but was rescheduled for April because of inclement weather.
“We’re hoping for more people due to the fact that some folks saw the signs the first time,” Jordan Crawford, a sophomore from Topeka and event coordinator, said. “Hopefully over the course of almost doing it twice, we’ll get some more people.”
— Edited by Becca Harsch
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throwaway is correct, his comment was removed unfairly. The moderator looked at it, saw homophobic language, and flagged it. However, throwaway is quoting someone to prove a point, not claiming these views are his own.
In the spirit of fairness (and because our comments system does not allow comments to be restored once they are removed), here is his comment:
throwaway posted:
Joe White is the guy that wrote this: Gay Agenda
"Some of the most sly and treacherous false friends are those who come on as genuine, but in reality simply want sex, but not the normal kind of sex between a man and a woman. These guys are looking to have sex with other guys. These girls are looking for sex with other girls. Sound strange? In some communities, homosexuality is unusual, but the trend is growing nationwide. Sound perverted? Absolutely! The gross character of men having sex with men, or women with women is completely nauseating, but everyone needs to know what it's about. Not only is homosexuality perverse beyond words, but many homosexuals are proud of their behavior and are looking to draw other young people into their web of perversion. Check out this confession of a former homosexual:
Gay is not good, nor is it a happy way to live. The very people who claimed they were happy where they were at, on a deeper level of communication, admitted they were miserable and had the lowest self-esteem later on. These people who claimed they were happy being gay were actually more miserable than the people who said they were miserable being gay! I talked to well over 200 individuals, and there were no exceptions to this. I myself fit into both categories at one time or another. Any homosexual - even if he doesn't admit it to anyone but himself - wishes that he were something other than what he has let himself become.
So test out your new friends before you become too involved with them. When you discover a person with a gay agenda, remember that no friendship is worth the trap they are setting for you."
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