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Senior Rebekah Veldhuizen has found a new passion in an art form known as Capoeira. Combining rhythm, dance, martial arts and cultural history, the Afro-Brazilian practice attracts many different people for many different reasons. The Brazilian Arts Foundation says of Capoeira, “If you ask 10 people to describe Capoeira, you […]
The rugby team travelled over 300 miles to St. Louis to attend the NSCRO Mid-Central Qualifier. In Round 32, the team lost to University of Southern Indiana 35 to 5. With just a few minor injuries, the rugby team played their hardest against the university. “It was good and we […]
Cheerleading is one of the most overlooked sports in America. Not only does cheerleading require just as much hard work as any other sport, cheerleaders have to do their best to boost the morale of the team they’re cheering for. “Cheerleading began in the 1860s in Great Britain and moved […]
Here I sit with a cup of coffee (always from another country) thinking back to our first missionary journey to Nigeria in the early 1970s. Was it so long ago that my husband-to-be asked the ultimate question: “What do you think of missions and more specifically, Africa?” I had already […]
I’ve heard people say they don’t understand what the big deal is with women anymore. Why can’t we just get over it? Do we really even need feminism? We can vote; we can work outside the home. We’re not oppressed anymore. We should be happy with all the privilege we […]
The country celebrated and honored Veterans Day this week, acknowledging the countless men and women who have served our country. We honored those who have fallen in battle, veterans of past wars and those in active service. We recognized the challenges and suffering that they and their families have faced. […]
The lack of involvement in campus productions has surfaced as a continuing trend in the past years. All of the usual people flock to the stage, with only the occasional new face amongst the crowd of already-known stars. The Next Big Thing and the talent show, while dearly loved events, […]
Over three months have passed since Michael Brown was shot by Darren Wilson, a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. There is substantial evidence to safely say that Brown was a true victim, not of a confusion in suspects at a close-by gas station robbery, but of a racial profiling. Wilson […]
I have a complicated relationship with theater. When I go to see a play, my friend Laura will tell you that I am ridiculously repetitive in my pronouncements that I am “so excited!!!” I am enthralled from the very first line, the first squeaks of the tuning orchestra, the first […]
Tomorrow, John Brown University will host the Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature. The question guests and keynote speaker Randy Boyagoda will be answering: “Has Literature Lost Its Faith?” Expressing some thoughts trying to answer that very question, Professor Jessica Wilson hasn’t seen an absence of Christian literature. Rather she […]