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Springdale High School and Har-Ber High School officially split in 2005 because of the rapid growth in the Springdale school district. For over a decade, the two schools have been entrenched in an intense rivalry, especially in their athletic programs. In 2017, when five students in the athletic programs at […]
In 1919, Woodrow Wilson was president, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth and John E. Brown formed Southwestern Collegiate Institute. This college would later be renamed John E. Brown College, and later, John Brown University. JBU is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2019. John E. Brown founded JBU to […]
The Chinese government is detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslim Chinese and ethnic Uighurs in mass internment and re-education camps in Xinjiang, a region in northwest China. These camps aim “to rewire the political thinking of detainees, erase their Islamic beliefs and reshape their very identities … with almost no […]
An unplanned vacation for many government workers ensued on at the end of last year. As funding ceased for organizations, furloughed workers and U.S. citizens anticipated the government reboot. Since 1976, when the modern congressional budgeting process began, there have been 20 government shutdowns; however, the longest government shutdown in […]
Firefighters have finally ended California’s most deadly fire in its history. Camp Fire, located in Northern California’s Butte County, killed over 85 people with about 300 still unaccounted for. On Nov. 8, Camp Fire ignited and raged across Northern California for 18 days. According to the Cal Fire incident report, […]
On an early Saturday morning the Jewish Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, devolved from a peaceful place of worship to a chaotic crime scene when a gunman opened fire, killing 11 congregants and wounding four police officers. There were three congregations celebrating Shabbat services: Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New […]
Lights adorn houses, decorations litter yards and families set up pine trees in living rooms all over the United States. The numbers are looking great for retailers, but not so much for Christians. According to Pew Research, 90 percent of Americans and 95 percent of Christians celebrate the Christmas holiday. […]
The United States is divided now more than ever when it comes to politics. A new survey done by the Pew Research Center shows that the gap is widening in partisan agreement. The gap is especially relevant in this years’ midterms, with major disagreements over the criminal justice system, climate […]
As people filled in their ballots, voters across the nation determined who would be their state and nation’s next leaders, and the voting stations had more voters for the midterm elections since 1966, according to NPR. On Nov. 6, 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast their votes for state […]
Increasing numbers of college-aged students in the U.S. have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses. According to a survey conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 27 percent of students have depression and 11 percent have anxiety. Michelle Satterlee, a psychology professor at John Brown University, […]