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Black top hats, long elegant dresses, white button-up shirts and an overall air of class filled the Berry Performing Arts Center Friday night for the seventh annual Arties, hosted by the Visual Art Foundry. The Arties celebrate the work of Fine Arts and Communication students throughout the year for everything […]
John Brown University students dressed to the nines to attend a murder mystery dinner, hosted by VIBE on March 8. According to junior Rachel Bannert, one of the VIBE team members, about 50 people signed up to attend the Mardi Gras themed event centered around Pierre DuPre, a millionaire socialite […]
Applying for prestigious fellowships such as the Fulbright or the Harry S. Truman Scholarship is a daunting task. In order to make the process more accessible to students, John Brown University is offering a new course next semester to help students prepare for the application. Brad Gambill, associate professor of […]
Hundreds of forensics students from Christian colleges competed this weekend at a national competition hosted by John Brown University. The National Christian College Forensic Association Nationals competition included 187 competitors from 23 universities competing in 15 categories, plus nearly 60 judges and coaches to facilitate the competition. Over 300 trophies […]
The word “community” is thrown around a lot on the John Brown University campus. Students go to chapel to foster a sense of spiritual community; they eat in the cafeteria to spend time building communal relationships, and professors work to foster educational communities. Many students choose the University because of […]
The city of Siloam Springs will increase water rates for all residential, commercial, and industrial users on April 1. The rates for water and sewer services have not increased since 2007. This increase will affect everyone in the community, including John Brown University and its students. This initial increase will […]
John Brown University’s Student Ministries Leadership Team plans to completely revamp its organizational structure. Team member Abigail Fennema said it was “the most exciting thing in the world.” The organization serves as an umbrella program for the University’s ministries. In the past, the program functioned by commissioning specific leaders to […]
Students sought to make human slavery around the world a more recognizable issue on the John Brown University campus this week. Two groups endeavored to raise awareness of the plight of an estimated 27 million people. People passing the Walker Student Center on Monday and Tuesday wondered at a tree […]
Nearly 80 women attended the annual women’s retreat at Mt. Sequoyah this past weekend, March 1-2. Melissa Hall, family and human services professor and counselor at the Joshua Center, was the speaker. Senior Megan Toney, women’s ministry director, worked with her team and the residence life staff in order to […]
Breathe in deep that fresh cut grass smell during springtime. Notice anything? John Brown University engineer professor Ted Song said, “It smells like toast!” Why? Because it is not diesel fuel that you smell; it is biodiesel. For the past year, the renewable energy department has been in the process […]