The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Page: 3 of 8
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CAMPUS NEWS
MERCHANDISE
Campus Store cleaning
house with garage sale
BRITTANY WILLIAMS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Slam poet David Bowden performs in the Amphitheatre Thursday as part of the Wishing Well slam poetry concerts.
CAMPUS
Wishing Well welcomes slam poet
Christian slam poet Da-
vid Bowden visited cam-
pus Thursday as part of an
event organized by Wish-
ing Well.
Bowden, a graduate of
Oklahoma Christian Uni-
versity, has been perform-
ing for three years.'He is
married and currently lives
in Oklahoma City.
Bowden said he was
been writing slam poems
for the past five years and
really enjoys it.
“I enjoy being able to
meet audience members
at all of my shows and
just the creative process,”
Bowden said. “I also love
traveling and, of course,
performing.”
Bowden said it usually
takes him two weeks to
write one poem and then
ten hours to memorize it.
He said his favorite subject
usually changes every two
months, but right now it’s
restoration.
Bowden also explained
why he does slam poetry.
“I can’t do anything
else, there’s really no other
option for me,” Bowden
said. “It’s a part of me.”
Wishing- Well raises
money and awareness for
the water crisis all around
the world. Bad water is re-
sponsible for 80 percent of
all disease, and 884 mil-
lion people lack access to
clean water.
Ryan Groves, co-founder
and CEO started the organi-
zation with his brother Bren-
dan five years ago. Groves
met David Bowden while
they were both attending
Oklahoma Christian Uni-
versity. Groves decided that
Bowden could be a voice for
their organization.
“We want to give indi-
viduals the opportunity
to use their gifts for God,”
Groves said. “We want to
use the type of creativity
like slam poetry to change
the world.”
There wasn’t a very
large turnout for the event,
but some students in atten-
dance said they enjoyed it.
Meredith Speight, soph-
omore pre-architecture
and interior design major
from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
attended the event.
“I thought David was
pretty awesome and in-
spiring. The poem en-
titled “Unity” really made
me think,” Speight said.
“He talked about how a
church can be anything,
it doesn’t matter if you
use instruments or sing or
even dance in the service.
It just matters that you are
getting closer to God, and
I don't think He cares how
you get there.”
CONTACT WEISS AT
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The Campus Store will do
some spring cleaning this
week.
To make room for new
products, they will sell much
of the current merchandise
for a discounted price.
The campus store ga-
rage sale will take place
from Tuesday-Saturday.
The Campus Store will of-
fer markdowns on all ap-
parel and special pricing
on select Under Armor and
children’s products.
Scott Harsh, Campus
Store director, said the
store has changed its pur-
chasing schedule, so hav-
ing a clearance sale will
help move older products
to make room for new mer-
chandise.
“We have changed our
apparel buying so that
instead of buying for the
entire year we are now
buying seasonally, two
to three times a year, like
most retailers do,” he said.
“Our regular shoppers will
have noticed that we had
new products featured in
our fall season, and then
another set of new product
in for spring.”
Harsh said the store
changed to seasonal sell-
ing for a variety of reasons.
“First, to help us man-
age our inventory better,
and second, to provide
our customers with a more
exciting shopping experi-
ence,” he said.
Chistow Langston,
sophomore from Colorado
Springs, Colo., is a Campus
Store employee. He said a
variety of merchandise will
be offered at the event.
“For the garage sale, we
will be selling T-shirts for
$5, sweatshirts and hood-
ies for $12 and pants and
hats for $10. It’s a huge
discount, so as a student,
I would definitely be inter-
ested,” Langston said.
A garage sale will only
be offered once an aca-
demic year, but because
of this purchase change,
The Campus Store will be
utilizing sale and clear-
ance areas throughout the
semester to manage inven-
tory levels.
Harsh said The Campus
Store will be featuring new
products on the website as
they come in. In addition,
new products for the fall
semester will be set up by
August, just in time for the
back-to-school rush.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 2012, newspaper, April 25, 2012; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth896725/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.