One day several years ago, my former boss asked me to help cover my coworker’s human embryonic stem cell experiment while he was out of town. I was suddenly faced with the painful choice of either offending my coworkers or assisting research which I believed to be morally wrong. You […]

“Grow where you’re planted”: this was a saying I took to heart growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As soon as I had my driver’s license, I called the community center to ask if I could volunteer. So for the next several years, I would start many of my days […]

This past week the University announced that it cleared the first hurdle to establishing a fully accredited nursing program. We at the Threefold are excited about this opportunity for our science department and future JBU students. A nursing program fits in well with John Brown’s emphasis on developing practical skills […]

Rape. I had to pause after writing the word because writing it just feels so dirty, especially on a Christian campus where, unless you’re friends with a Family & Human major, the topic of sex rarely comes up. Rape, an act which takes away the very dignity of its victim, […]

The beginning of a new semester always brings us lots of decisions to make. One of the most difficult is what to be involved in this semester. Enactus? Blue? A new job? Extra tutoring? Small Groups? E-VAN? Intermural? So many options, so little time. In making these decisions, something we […]

Sometimes you don’t know how good you have it. Actually, most of the time you don’t know how good you have it. Since arriving at school, upperclassmen and faculty have been buzzing about how good the cafeteria is. It’s large enough so that you can actually talk to your friends […]