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As the John Brown University semester draws to a close, President Chip Pollard is also ending his sabbatical semester. He spent the past three months in Sydney, Australia with his wife, Carey, and son, James. Pollard plans to speak in chapel on Dec. 4 and will return to his office […]
The Dinger side always made a carbon copy of Thanksgiving dinner for Christmas, only they swap turkey for ham. I only vaguely remember this meal as I ate it in my grandparents’ home. The grandkids would grab paper plates from their desired place—at one card table or the other—and shuffle […]
The international office was recertified this month to issue the forms necessary for student visas. I-20 forms can only be given out by universities approved by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Among other requirements, universities are only approved if they have been meticulous in recording information on the Student […]
Oak. 70”. Unyielding. No, these are not wand specifications. These are casket specifications. Professor Eva Fast wanted her Consumer Behavior class to dive deep into the world of funeral planning. So, they planned their own. Fast said the goal of the activity was to encourage students to plan ahead. “I […]
It seems to me that holidays bring out the idiosyncrasies in people. Take my mother, for instance. She’s allergic to smoke and pine, so we’ve always had an artificial Christmas tree. Every Christmas it was my father’s responsibility to set up the tree, my mother’s to light the tree, and […]
Day one did not go according to plan. While on my first assignment covering a story on a recent trip to the Subiaco Abbey, I accidently “misplaced” my reporter’s notebook. Refusing the idea of looking stupid and asking for another interview, I committed an unforgivable cardinal sin: I recited everything […]
The idea for an airsoft club began before sophomore David Bird was even officially a student. Bird, now club president, found he shared a love for the sport with Rick Faust, instructor of construction management, during the Early Registration Program in 2011. When Bird arrived in the fall, he worked […]
I first arrived on campus for the spring semester in 1948 as a Navy veteran. My college career had been pre-empted for World War II service and a couple years in Navy and VA hospitals recovering from tuberculosis. While in the VA convalescent ward for a few months before discharge, […]
The walls of the Cathedral shook with excitement as eight bold acts took the stage in an attempt to lip synch contagious tunes during last night’s Mock Rock. As the doors opened , the line that stretched out to the west entrance of the LRC quickly disappeared as students leapt […]
A sheep-disguised angel, a dragon and a speaking star temporarily invaded the Cathedral at John Brown University, in addition to the more familiar Nativity individuals. The animated characters moved across the screen as members of The First Ornaments of Christmas opened the Christmas season at the University during Thursday’s chapel […]