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For a couple days, John Brown University hosted on campus one of the two last living Freedom Riders, Charles Person. On Monday, Feb. 21, Person spoke in a Q&A held in the JBU library for the student-led book club that began reading his memoir, “Buses Are a Comin’,” starting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following day, Feb. 22, Person spoke during the Chapel service with Trisha Posey, professor of history and director of the Honors Scholars Program, and student Zipporah Jones.
Since its launch in 2006, Spotify has been no stranger to controversy. Currently, the company is facing backlash due to their decision to stand behind one of their creators, Joe Rogan. As people examine Spotify due to Rogan’s recent comments, a lot of questions are being asked regarding censorship, freedom […]
“Lord, pull me closer to who I’m meant to be close to, and push me away from the one I’m not meant to be with,” was the prayer Maddi Garrett said three times before eventually dating Liam Baumgardner. Garrett and Baumgardner had come to John Brown with the intention of not dating their first year of college. In fact, Baumgardner didn’t expect anything besides working how God wanted him to. Still, God had other plans for these two, what Garrett calls “a specific reason.”
President Joe Biden’s first year in office has been full of challenges and criticism. Despite the frustrations, Daniel Bennett, the department chair for Political Science at JBU, claims Biden is a return to stability and “boring” politics. With the previous administration’s penchant for uncertainty, things seem to be more uneventful and unsurprising during Biden’s first year. “It’s probably about what we expected,” Bennett said.
Jasmine Allgood opened Tintos & Tapas on Feb. 19, 2019. Allgood transformed an old clothing store into a Colombian café, situated alongside the same stretch of road as Café on Broadway, Pure Joy and Fratelli’s in downtown Siloam Springs. It had been her dream since she was in her twenties to open a café, and for a short period of time, she saw her dream come true. Now, with great sadness, the sun is setting on Tintos & Tapas.
Born in London to Korean parents, Yun Kyung was a fish out of water. The daughter of missionaries, she traveled often and spent seven years growing up in Egypt. While in Egypt, she attended a Korean school and later an American one. Boarding schools were a big part of Yun […]
For the first time in its history, John Brown University held no classes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In previous years, the campus has honored Dr. King’s legacy through chapel speakers, but this year stronger efforts were made to honor the pastor and activist’s work. The Office of Christian […]