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John Brown University (JBU) reported no active COVID-19 cases on Friday, May 7. There are no active student cases on or off-campus. There are no on- or off-campus students under observation and in isolation due to exposure. There are currently no active employee cases or employees in isolation due to […]
The annual event, hosted by Student Events and Activities, returned on May 7 after being canceled due to the campus closing in Spring 2020.
No longer confined to the dark corners of the internet, groups utilizing antisemitic imagery and rhetoric have taken to the streets and social media to protest mask-wearing, vaccines and restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. In one instance, protesters wore yellow stars and carried “Covid 19 vaccine holocaust” banners in London […]
John Brown University (JBU) reported one active COVID-19 case on Friday, April 23. There is one active student case in quarantine off-campus. There are four students off-campus under observation and in isolation due to exposure. There are currently no active employee cases or employees in isolation due to exposure. For […]
A good education opens the door to a bright future, and future educators in Arkansas are leading the way. By signing certificates, John Brown University students committed to entering the profession that planted the seed, bringing them to where they are today. The signing event, hosted on the JBU campus […]
Divisions within the United States, the church and even on Christian college campuses run deep, especially around one term: white Christian nationalism. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) annual dinner on April 8 took a deep dive into white Christian nationalism through the research of Samuel Perry, associate professor of sociology […]
A few steps away from the World Peace Fountain outside the Fayetteville Town Center, demonstrators demanded peace and protection for Black and transgender Arkansans. The Rally for Our Rights on April 18, led by The Ozarks Coalition and Bridge the Gap Northwest Arkansas, protested against the anti-transgender laws of the […]
Following a campus-wide survey, John Brown University announced on April 14 that the current COVID-19 policies would remain for the rest of the semester. However, on-campus students can rejoice for the return of open dorm, which allows opposite-sex students to visit dorms on select days. According to an email sent […]
April, noted as Genocide Awareness Month, marks many dark dates in our global history: 27 years since Rwanda, 46 years since the start of the Cambodian genocide and 78 years since the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Millions upon millions of people, made in God’s image, have been killed […]
Last March, students were scattered around the country, taking classes via Zoom from their bedrooms and kitchen tables as John Brown University remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. If sophomore Jemi Kapapula could have told herself anything a year ago, it would be to stay strong. “That’s really cheesy, […]