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Women serving in the military can now choose to serve in combat roles, thanks to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta. He recently repealed a 1994 ban restricting women’s jobs in the military. There seems to be no clear-cut answer as to why this decision was made. One New York Times […]
The University is experiencing the highest spring enrollment in school history, according to the Eleventh Day Report. The total enrollment, including degree completion and graduate programs, equals 1,969 students. Of that number, 1,249 are traditional undergraduates. Mostly, this number can be attributed to a record fall enrollment last semester. But […]
An anonymous donor pledged match up to a million dollars of donations to John Brown University each year for the next five years. The University is calling the grant the “10 Million Dollar Endowment Match.” Jim Krall, vice president of university advancement, said this is a challenge grant, which will […]
I am seven. And I’m walking with my family down our street to an old man’s house. They say he is going take us to supper. I do not know him and I do not know his name. And I am hungry right now. All I know is that we […]
I remember a Halloween festival of sorts at the First Baptist Church in Indianola, Mississippi. It oozes and merges in my memory with another, later memory of a summer vacation Bible school. There we tunneled through dimly lit refrigerator boxes and reached ordinary classrooms that became new kingdoms. One had […]
Once the go-to store for music listeners, iTunes now faces competition from Spotify, an online radio station. Students at John Brown University said Spotify is on the top when it comes to music variety and easy access. “It’s just better,” said junior Rachel Palm, a general music major. “I find […]
She has published multiple books. She speaks to groups all over the world. She holds memberships in multiple theological societies. But for Robbie Castleman, associate professor of theology at John Brown University, the accolades are not what are important to her. Instead, she points to her life verse, Acts 20:24: […]
Developed by students and supported by local businesses, Cars & Coffee roars into Siloam Springs bringing cash and customers. Twenty-seven sports and muscle cars line both sides of the street in front of a local business, Ehrlich motorwerks, worth more than $1.2 million in cash value. Typically, these cars would […]
The Guatemala Water Project will soon bring clean water to the rural town of San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, thanks in part to the sponsorship of the John Brown University chapter of Enactus. Senior Andrea Morales and sophomore Ernesto Lopez Chan visited the town with Joe Walenciak, associate dean of the […]
Recent, tragic events such as shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and Lone Star College provided the University with what Steve Beers, vice president of student development, calls a “teachable moment.” As a result, the Crisis Preparedness Team is providing training to teach students and faculty how to respond to an […]