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In the fall of 2012, the communication department will revamp its structure to reflect new needs in today’s media landscape. Department faculty are hard at work over the summer with the revamp, said communication professor Darren Gould. “It’s going to really help people understand what we do.” The department will […]
Construction continues on the communication department’s new convergence newsroom. The Learning Resource Center’s Room 121 will be replacing the Threefold Advocate office that was once in the Honors Center.
They call themselves the “Eaglenauts.” May 21-26, a team of engineering students from John Brown University competed against nearly 60 teams in NASA’s Lunabotics Mining Competition, said a JBU press release. The Eaglenauts placed fourth in the overall competition, fourth in On-Site Mining, second in Systems Engineering Paper and third […]
John Brown University took first and second place at this year’s Tri-State Governor’s Cup in the undergraduate division. The 2012 Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Cup Business Plan Competition gives rising entrepreneurs an opportunity to practice creating and pitching business ideas to potential investors, according to their website. JBU’s Hydrovate team […]
Sunday night’s eclipse brightens the university’s sky. The eclipse lasted from 7:35 p.m. until sunset.
Now that the main school year is over, most students have gone on home, leaving a few stragglers in town. Some of these students are staying for one more intensive month of study to get a few more credits out of the way during May Term. Still others are scattered […]
In August, students will return to a different campus than what they left in May. Ground Zero and DECCO Construction Company started preparing additional parking for faculty, staff and students next semester. Before finals, Ground Zero had already begun filling in the ravine between the Admissions Building and the Honors […]
Threefold Advocate won Arkansas Collegiate Newspaper of the Year on April 20, 2012, in addition to several other awards.
Bobby Petrino was dismissed from his position as the Razorbacks head football coach after the truth about his motorcycle crash and his inappropriate relationship with a 25-year-old staff member. Jeff Long, Arkansas’ director of athletics, announced Petrino’s dismissal on Tuesday night. Long also said that Petrino had hired Jessica Dorrell, […]
A floundering baseball franchise completely rebrands itself. New players, new stadium, new uniforms, new name, new manager. And yet, only three games into the season they suspend their new manager and are on the verge of firing him. What happened? Ozzie Guillen, that’s what. The Ex-White Sox manager has been […]