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For me, the best part of the inauguration was not seeing the president. On Monday morning I woke up around 4:30, dressed at the pace of a slug then left my nice warm apartment to head to Union Station. My roommates, my neighbor and I had decided there was no […]
The fall of 2012 marked a record semester for The Threefold Advocate. And when we say record, we are not talking about readership or number of ‘likes’ on Facebook. Fall of 2012 was a record semester because we received not one single letter to the editor. Looking back on the […]
With the new semester come changes to the intercultural studies major at John Brown University. Starting in spring 2013, intercultural studies students with less than 75 hours will have the opportunity to choose between a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree in intercultural studies. The change will […]
The Threefold interviewed Darrin Coon and Kim Hadley about the University’s progress on the food service for the upcoming school year. Here is what we found out. Q What is your official title and what has been your role in this process? A Darrin Coon, chief human resources officer, provided […]
Students gathered at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville on Friday night for a free cup of drip coffee, dessert and an overall cultural experience sponsored by ELEVATE. Though many reasons exist to visit the incredible works of art that live in our backyard, students explained what attracts […]
In Defense of the Dark Art photography exhibit. No Harry Potter involved. This gallery show by Neal Holland and Kyle Agee is completely comprised of wet plate photography, a method that uses silver nitrate, which can often turn fingers black. The two photographers wanted a challenge, a real return to […]
Students, faculty and administrators alike gathered under the clock tower Monday afternoon to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a unity march sponsored by MOSAIC, the Multicultural Organization of Students Active in Christ. The 30 marchers followed the MOSAIC sign around the campus, demonstrating unity in Christ despite differences […]
With the new lease of a building, John Brown University will be offering graduate programs in the Little Rock area for the first time in August of 2013. “JBU started offering undergraduate degree completion courses in Little Rock in 1996,” said Richard Ellis, dean of the Graduate School. “We worked […]
The Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence awarded a research grant of $250,000 to Joel Funk, assistant professor of biology. Funk will be working under project leader Daniel Voth, assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, to find better antibiotics for Q Fever. Q […]
Two pastors, bringing a message of healing and reconciliation, shared the stage in Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. Day chapel at John Brown University. Derrick Rollerson and Mark Soderquist, both pastors at Westlawn Gospel Chapel in Chicago, shared with students about the brokenness which they had learned to recognize […]