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Administrative assistants are the little-known workers that keep each department at John Brown University running smoothly. Not many students are aware of the work that goes on in their professors’ offices outside of the classroom, nor are they aware of the personnel involved. Administrative assistants help professors with everything—from budgeting […]
Several years ago, while co-instructing for an Entrepreneurship college class, I began looking into the Christian clothing industry. This was, in part, due to wanting to purchase clothing for myself, but I also believed that it was part of God’s plan more than anything. After researching, experimenting and making a […]
Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., two men who fought for opposing causes, share the same holiday in several southern states. Arkansas is currently challenging the pairing of the two. In 1983 Coretta Scott King lobbied and succeeded in getting Congress […]
“One time I told a girl I liked her boots, and she thought I said boobs.” Mick Silvers “One night I was hanging out at my friend’s house when we all decided to go on a walk around the neighborhood. When we got back to the driveway, I realized something […]
For the first time in a quarter century, John Brown University’s tuition increase has reached its lowest rate of 3.36 percent. The University’s board of trustees has approved the new combined price for undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board for the 2015-16 academic year. Don Crandall, vice president for enrollment […]
About 200 community members, students and faculty gathered at the Berry Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on Saturday afternoon to hear National Geographic photographer Sam Abell share his life work. As the lights dimmed, a black and white photograph of a man watching a train in the snow appeared on the […]
ISIS recently released a video of their assassination of Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot, whom they burned alive inside a cage. Unlike any other major U.S. news agency, FoxNews.com posted the entire 22 minute propaganda video on their website. Fox News has been criticized for showing this graphic video […]
One in every three children is bullied in some form. Out of those children, more than half reported being cyberbullied, according to the Megan Meier Foundation, a foundation that helps end cyberbullying. In February of 2008 only 8 percent of Americans were on social media. Since January of 2014, according […]
Laws that where passed during the civil rights movement are now being reviewed by the Supreme Court, because some officials have argued these laws are outdated and not applicable to today’s time. One of the laws that the Supreme Court reviewed back in July of 2013 was the 1965 Voting […]
Psychologist Doreen Dodgen-Magee challenged students this week to disconnect from all the screens in their lives in order to enjoy the here and now. “About 10 years ago I had a nephew to enter my life, and I wanted to buy him the Fisher Price Car Garage. It had a […]