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The Bible warns Christians to be in the world, but not of it. Certainly, this is excellent wisdom. Yet there is a line between not being of the world and Christians acting like they’re above secular things. We the Threefold Advocate would like to remind our readers that inspiration can […]
I live off campus, with my parents. The first question people ask me right after they ask where I’m living is, “Do you like it?” I never have enough time to answer the question, but, like responses to other hard questions—“it depends.” Sometimes I love being able to get away […]
You have likely heard about the prank that was pulled prior to spring break. More than one hundred bike seats from across campus were stolen and submerged in the fountain, along with large billows of foam. It would have been a comical and lighthearted start to the break, except that […]
I wish I had an anecdote that told you about a time when I have been discriminated against for my religion, but I do not, and I am sure that many of you do not have one either. If you have been discriminated against, you most likely did not react […]
The more I talk about feminism, the more I find that many people don’t understand the point of feminism. I mean, women can vote right? We can own land and we aren’t considered property so what more do we want? Many people—men and women—fail to see that women are still […]
I come from an enormous Romanian-Irish family where faith is shared and tradition is maintained. We are loud, we are feisty, but, most of all, we are Catholic. However, I never realized just how “Catholic” I was until I began to work out my own faith outside the comfort of […]
Many have a difficult time picturing women as engineers. There’s a good reason for this, too. For instance, at John Brown University, there are a grand total of 15 female engineers in the undergrad program. Neeya Toleman, a freshman electrical engineering major, is the only female engineer in her class. […]
There are many hands at work at John Brown University Kresge Dining Hall. According to JBU Facts, there are approximately 900 students who live on campus and are all required to have a meal plan. Adding in faculty and, occasionally, community members, there are quite a number of people that […]
John Brown University serves as a temporary home for 59 Walton scholars from Latin America. Three of these scholars, Walter Medrano, Andrea Rodriguez and Alex Paniagua, expressed their plans to return home and serve their communities. May marks the 30th anniversary of the Walton International Scholarship Program (WISP). The program […]
In Nagaland, India, 42 students were arrested for being connected with the mob and for beating and lynching a rape suspect in the streets of Dimapur. Last week a mob surrounded a prison in Dimapur and dragged a suspected rapist out on to the streets where he was stripped naked, […]