Month: February 2015

Editorial

Do more during Lent: Make a true commitment to God

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Every year, the same thing happens: people make commitments to stay away from social media, to give up sugar or to be less judgmental toward others. These goals sound like New Year’s resolutions, right? Unfortunately, these are typical decisions made during the season of Lent, the 40 days of fasting […]

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

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The first rule of civil public discourse: don’t compare people to Nazis. The recent article on the front page about the proposed legislation separating the holidays honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee contained a quote comparing the joint holiday to honoring “Nazis Germany day on the […]

Opinion

Remembering Olivia Singleton

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Two years. I’ve never heard the saying, “it feels like yesterday”, ring so true… until now. I remember everything so clear. I remember laughing with her and watching “Friends” with her while we worked out. We had a system that would help us workout longer; “Friends” distracted us from the […]

Lifestyles

Student play revives classic tale

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As the lights illuminated the stage and the actors scurried to their places, the audience anticipated something inspiring. This semester’s play, Pride and Prejudice, hopes to rewrite how we know this classic story. Each semester, John Brown University’s drama department puts on a play or musical. Students transform themselves into […]

Lifestyles

Branching out: The inspiration behind Ability Tree

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People often view disability as an inconvenience, but for Joe Butler, it is a full-time ministry. Joe Butler centers his entire profession in ministering to disabled individuals through Ability Tree, a non-profit organization he founded in June, 2010. For Butler, a ministry to serve the disabled was something that had […]