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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 […]
Carbamazepine, Clobazam, Diazepam, Divalproex, Eslicarbazepine acetate and Zarontin are words that are probably strange to you, but not for people who suffer from epilepsy: a neurological disorder that causes seizures. “The After Party”, Netflix’s latest hip-hop and rap comedy, is a movie that deals with this matter in an inaccurate […]
Twelve new professors joined John Brown University this fall to teach in fields including human relations, healthcare, art, education and engineering. The Family and Human Services department saw the arrival of Geoff Reddick and West Loveland, both of whom also work in the graduate counseling program. Geoff Reddick, assistant professor […]
Giving Voice is a writing festival in which three Christian artists from different mediums come to campus to showcase their work, provide workshops and discuss the relationship between faith and art. Jessica Hooten Wilson, Director of Giving Voice, says the festival “is about reminding people that in a dark, ugly, […]
At the beginning of the 2018 fall semester, John Brown University welcomed twelve new faculty members to various departments. The nursing, business, education, and athletic departments each gained one new professor this semester. The counseling department introduced two new professionals, as did the engineering and construction management departments. The faculty […]
Luke Merrick, a senior music education major, won the National Association of Teachers of Singing vocal competition this past summer. Though the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) might not be a familiar name to most people, the organization is a widely recognized in the world of professional music. […]
University students are filming and producing an original reality show in Siloam Springs, starring one bachelorette and thirteen bachelors. The show will be based off the popular ABC television show, the Bachelorette, on which one woman dates multiple bachelors, slowly eliminating them until she chooses one to marry. The John […]
Once a rural community, Northwest Arkansas is now a blossoming corner of the country. Between Walmart, Tyson, JB Hunt and Murphy Oil—four Fortune 500 companies—and the influence of Crystal Bridges, it is the third fastest growing region in the country. Researchers say that 30 people a day move to Northwest […]