John Brown University's Student Newspaper
I was two days away from turning twenty when I watched my brother die. He had been diagnosed with type 3B small cell lung cancer at the beginning of my freshman year of college. He was twenty-eight, in good health and had never been a smoker. He died in […]
I believe in higher education. Even if the only thing you know about me is that I wrote an article for the Threefold Advocate, the newspaper for John Brown University, it’s a safe assumption. But let me explain. I come from a single-mother home in Arkansas, which already communicates the […]
Left to right, Megan Beck, Elizabeth Williams, Lindsey Davis, Carly McKinney and Jessica Meyer join the JBU Women’s Voleyball team. The John Brown University volleyball team has had a great start to their season, winning their first ve matches. Their success has been influenced in part by the arrival of […]
Professional futsal players from Argentiana and Brazil compete in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio. Students can expect to see the construction of a new sports facility at John Brown University starting in December. The University has recently accepted a grant from the Walmart Foundation to build a futsal […]
Mountain biking is a sport often pictured high on the precipice of a mountain. A lone figure, suspended on a ledge with only a thin piece of metal standing between control and a plummet to be completed before the track hosts the Ricochet Run on September 24. This first race […]
“You are the most beautiful when you are yourself.” I did not understand what this statement meant and how to apply it to my life until my junior year of college. I lacked confidence as a teenager and looked to others to affirm my sense of beauty. I grew up […]
Study abroad is a big topic discussed at JBU. Personally, I feel like everyone should go on a study abroad trip. John Brown has sent people to Ireland, New Zealand, Germany and many more. There are major bene ts to studying abroad. First of all, you get class credit! You […]
If you are a freshman, you should not date. I suppose you have been set up to fail this plea. After all, you have heard now for years about people meeting “the one” in college. Your parents, your siblings, maybe even your friends are proudly sporting the latest (or oldest) […]
Various religious backgrounds will be represented as people from all over the U.S. and Canada travel to John Brown University to attend the Paradosis Conference. The conference will be held September 15 through 17 at Simmons Great Hall. This event brings scholars from different theological backgrounds to the University. Its […]
Brazil’s senate voted to remove recently suspended President Dilma Rousseff from office on Wednesday, August 31. Roussef was impeached for “fiscal irregularities” after a five-month long suspension that was a result of the president’s corrupt tactics to hide the extent of the country’s financial problems. Michel Temer, Roussef’s successor, was […]