Month: September 2012

Opinion

Make your mark

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As the election season rolls on, university students everywhere will be inundated with ads in all forms of media urging them to get the vote out. Campaigns such as Rock the Vote urge young voters to make their voice heard. At the Threefold, we believe that students eligible to vote […]

Lifestyles

Roman adventures: recent graduates star in reality travel show

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This summer, the Travel Channel’s show “Trip Flip” sent recent John Brown University graduates Matt Brooker and Chris Eshnaur to Rome, Italy for the adventure of a lifetime. The graduates spent four days traipsing about Rome. Brooker and Eshnaur did everything from gladiator fighting to chariot racing, from Vespa traversing […]

News

Honors Program changes, adds depth for students

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A new semester always brings change. The Honors Scholars Program is no exception. This year students can expect changes in leadership, programming and the freshman experience. New Leadership Honors students will now fall under the direction Trisha Posey, the new director of the Honors Scholars Program. Also, Biblical Studies Professor […]

News

Genesis House gets new look

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Construction management students from John Brown University will be using their skills this semester to help the Genesis House prepare its new location. The students and many other volunteers will be renovating an old home on North Inglewood Street into a facility for the ministry, which serves the homeless of […]

Opinion

Adventures Abroad

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Sitting at the airport in Philadelphia, I suddenly started to panic. Coming to the realization that I was not going to John Brown University, I was leaving my comfort zone. My thoughts raced to the huge city of Quito, Ecuador where I was headed. The people in that country didn’t […]

News

$60,000 grant to protect waterways

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The construction management department recently received a $60,000 grant from Walmart to educate students on preventing storm water runoff from damaging waterways. The grant extends over five years and is in response to the need to educate students on the Clean Water Act and the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. […]

News

$2.1 million to save marriages

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“As a marriage goes, so goes a family. As a family goes, so goes a community,” Gary Oliver, the executive director for the Center for Relationship Enrichment at John Brown University, is known for saying. This statement embodies the mission of the Center’s work with the grant money they received […]

Sports

Sooner conference grabs three

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The Sooner Athletic Conference is back where it started. After losing five teams in the last two years, the SAC announced Tuesday that it is adding three north Texas teams to the fray. Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas; Northwood University in Cedar Hill, Texas; and Southwestern Assemblies of […]