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March 31, 2011


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Activist preacher addresses current “Earth-crisis”

Though he sports the trademark Elvis-pompadour and the clerical collar and suit of televangelist Billy Graham, Reverend Billy is far from a right-wing conservative religious leader. Instead, Reverend Billy, created by performance artist Bill Talen, is a parody of the late-night televangelist through which Talen promotes anti-consumerist and environmentalist messages.

On Saturday, April 2, Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir will visit campus to deliver “The Church of Earthalu…

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