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Marvin Olasky is editor in chief of WORLD and provost of The King's College-New York City. He is the author of 20 books including Compassionate Conservatism and The American Leadership Tradition.
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Odd man in

Mike Adams is a rarity at a secular university–an outspoken Christian and conservative with tenure | by Marvin Olasky

The formal introduction: Mike Adams is a professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and a syndicated columnist. The informal: He is probably the most outspoken Christian conservative professor in the United States now teaching at a state university. He's gone from passive writing to fiery prose, and from an incendiary lifestyle to one centered on true ideas.

Q: Tell us about your 1.8 GPA in high school. I can't believe you brought that up! That was off limits!

Q: How hard did you have to work to get a 1.8? My goal was to graduate with a 1.0, the lowest passing grade possible, but I had accidents along the way and ended up with a few C's. I was a soccer player pursuing a professional career, then I was injured. I went to junior college and had to recover for a few years.

Q: But you made it to graduate school. To fund my education I played in duos and trios: All I would ask for was an unlimited bar tab and a $100 bill. My last month in grad school, April of '93, we played 22 nights. I ended up making a little too much money doing it, and that's when I ran into some trouble with alcohol and drugs and all that. I'm surprised I'm here and alive. I didn't think I'd make it to 30, and I'll be 45 next month.

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