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Looking around the classroom, everyone seems to be in a trance with the light far gone from their eyes. Some students shake from their eighth cup of coffee, some sleep at their desks and everyone whispers prayers for their final grades. The time has arrived. It’s the week before finals, […]
When most of the Walton scholars of his generation got together to work on business or engineering assignments, Emerson Ayala, John Brown University 2012 Alumnus from El Salvador, spent most of his nights in the Threefold Advocate office writing and editing articles. Ayala’s passion for reading and writing as a […]
“Frustration and satisfaction. Loneliness and companionship. Anger and happiness. These are just a few of the emotions that the 21 Central American students have experienced in their first two months on campus.”- Excerpt from the Nov. 8, 1985 Threefold Advocate. Marcia Hernández, a Walton alumna from Costa Rica, was one […]
What is a Christian, what’s in the name? God claimed love and grace but condoned hate and genocide, He was to blame, but don’t even get me started on that. How can I express a desire for community but know that there are some who aren’t invited to the table? […]
Sept. 28, 1995 We want the Web, and We Want it Now By: Lucas Roebuck You gotta try this thing. Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the future and it is called the Web. Imagine almost all the information in the world available at your fingertips: current Mexican stock reports, […]
Flowers and oil paint were an escape for Grace Bass, and now, they are a culmination of her four years of work in John Brown University’s Visual Arts program. Bass, senior art and illustration major with an emphasis in fine arts, will be opening her senior gallery, ‘The Earth Laughs” […]
Christmas traditions can often be meh … they are tried and true, but repetitive. Decorating Christmas cookies, trimming the tree and watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” are all fun aspects of Christmas, but there are definitely ways to spice up your Christmas traditions and keep things interesting from year to […]
Carolers are singing, church bells are ringing, and presents need wrapping! I don’t know about you, but I dread this season of putting my terrible wrapping skills on a pedestal. No matter how spectacular the gift is, I always get the side-eye for my lopsided wrapping paper and visible tape […]
In September, two John Brown University students started an Instagram page called Embers of Deconstruction, where they post student-submitted art, photography and poetry. The admins of this page are anonymous, as well as the poets and artists that submit. The bio reads, “Confidentiality guaranteed,” creating a safe space for students […]
Cloaked in a canopy of withered, towering trees with the green barely clinging to life is a paved, winding trail. It encircles the campus like an invisible ring, and it is open to any who desires to traverse it. With green street lamps strewn around the trail, their glow illuminating […]