84.5 miles from John Brown University in Tulsa Oklahoma, a Police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of an unarmed black man in September. Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby has plead not guilty. The attorney for the victim’s family said in the courtroom:” “Today was just the […]

Jury selection for the trial of Dylan Storm Roof, charged with killing nine black church members in the summer of 2015, was to be held on November 7. The judge has delayed the selection to see if Roof is competent to stand trial. If he is found competent, jury selection […]

Approximately 91 percent of John Brown University graduates are paying down their debts after graduation, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, This means that 91 percent of graduates are able to start paying off their student loan debt within three years of graduating college. The University of […]

More than two thirds of the world’s wildlife may be extinct by 2020 because of exploitation of natural resources, climate change and pollution as well as human population growth, according to a recent report released by the World Wildlife Fund. In the report, the WWF estimated a 58 percent decline […]

A recent Pew study found that 21 percent of millennials are raised in interfaith homes. The 21 percent is made up of nine percent who are raised by two people who are both religious, but claim different religions. Six percent were raised by one Protestant and one Catholic, while three […]

Walking into a church building for the first-time can intimidate first visitors. This common dilemma daunts many college freshmen as they try to find a church to call home. The Guinness Book of World Records previously awarded Siloam Springs, Arkansas the Most Churches per Capita record, but first-year students still […]

News broke this week as it was discovered that popular content site The Odyssey has been forcing its writers to write their articles in group “writeshops.” Jonathan Beersmac, a former English major at the University of Boston, spoke out against the site, claiming he had recently broken out from an […]

If you haven’t made plans to vote, you still got time. Early voting in Arkansas began October 24 and will go on until the November 7, with the official election day on the November 8.  There are various places to vote only a few miles from campus. Three of the […]

Vincent Bacote, assistant professor of theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois visited John Brown University on October 20. This was Bacote’s third time at JBU, and this time Bacote spoke on the Christian’s involvement in the upcoming elections and what the Christian’s role should be in the political sphere. […]