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Soccer season is back at John Brown University, with a high influx of new players to the teams, and great performances throughout the matches leading up to the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) opening. The men’s soccer teams stands at a 4-0-2 record from a six-match undefeated streak, while the women’s team stand at 4-3-0 at the end of the non-conference period.
“Part of the Kingdom,” the documentary released by John Brown University digital cinema student Makenna Cofer in December of 2020 and featured in the 2021 Fayetteville Film Festival, will return to our screens for its second part by the end of the summer. Cofer announced the project via Instagram, where she shared the teaser for the upcoming documentary and disclosed her objective for what she refers to as “an expansion of Part of the Kingdom.”
Whether you’ve heard your friends talk about it or if you’ve seen the gray, green and yellow squares on Twitter, or have participated in the daily challenge — Wordle is becoming part of people’s routine and it is not going away. Still, the few of us that haven’t hopped into the Wordle wagon wonder, why the hype? Wordle is an online, puzzle-like game that challenges players to figure out a mystery word every day. The site does a great job at explaining the tricky rules:
In the past few months, a new form of crypto asset has exploded in popularity. Celebrities are talking about it, “crypto-experts” are debating whether they’re the next smart investment but many people have no idea what NFTs even are. So, what are they?
The coronavirus pandemic has reached one of its highest peaks since its start in 2020 due to the new variants of the virus that seem to emerge every other month. With this new rise, the question of whether a quarantining period such as the gruesome spring/summer of 2020 is coming […]
The air was filled with color, music and pride in downtown Springdale last Saturday, Nov. 6, as the Hispanic community there and in the surrounding towns celebrated the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, combining the traditional activities that commemorate the day with a cycling event hosted by the non-profit […]
Senior cinema major Makenna Cofer created a short film, “Part of the Kingdom,” that was featured at the 2021 Fayetteville Film Festival. The short film documents the experiences of college students who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community on Christian universities. The film was released in December 2020. The […]
Through Instagram, John Brown University shared how a significant number of 2021 graduates are pursuing their master’s degree and job opportunities abroad. This news — while already an outstanding accomplishment of its own — was an encouragement to current students that opportunities are starting to reappear after almost two years […]
Pumpkin paintings, line dancing and the cutest dogs to play with were just a few of the activities John Brown University students enjoyed at the “Fall Festival” that took place last Friday, Oct. 15 on the university’s quad to welcome the upcoming season. The festival was a complete success, bringing […]
On Sept. 1, 666 new laws went into effect in the state of Texas. While several of them raised discourse among Texans, Senate Bill 8, better known as “The Heartbeat Bill,” provoked heated debate all across the nation and from all kinds of groups and institutions. The bill, signed back […]