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The Student Ministry Leadership Team hosted the ‘Lent Event’ this Monday to better inform students on the spiritual importance of the liturgical year. The event featured Robbie Castleman, professor of biblical studies, as the keynote speaker. Castleman explained not only the importance of Lent, but of the entire liturgical year. […]
The Education department recently established a chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education, at John Brown University. Members will take part in an initiation ceremony later today, when they will join the society that boasts such names as Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein and George Washington Carver. […]
The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency concerning the rapidly spreading Zika virus. So far, more than 20 countries in the Americas have been affected, including several states in the Unites States. The Center for Disease Control confirmed on Tuesday that the first sexually transmitted case of […]
With nearly 7,000 outreach locations and nearly 70,000 volunteers in the U.S. and around the world, Young Life’s ministry is making an impact on an estimated 1.8 million kids. Young Life has recently become the newest Cause ministry available on John Brown University’s campus this semester. While Young Life was […]
United States citizens care less about the federal deficit than they have in seven years. Only 56 percent of residents in the U.S. believe the deficit should be a top priority for the country, down from 64 percent as of last year, according to a recent study by Pew Research. […]
With a smile stretched ear-to-ear and hands raised, Darris Sneed made his presence known on the John Brown University campus. Returning for the third time, Sneed’s joy effervesced from the stage in the Cathedral of the Ozarks as the student body worshipped together. Sneed’s message was a call to action […]
Americans United for Life ranked Arkansas the fourth most anti-abortion state in the nation this month. Arkansas was also recognized by the organization as their top All Star State for passing seven anti-abortion laws last year. These laws include preventing the state funding of abortion clinics, a law requiring a […]
Arkansas’s new minimum wage of $8.00 went into effect on Jan. 1. This is a 50-cent increase from last year’s wage, and 75 cents above the federal minimum wage. Work-study students at John Brown University will be allowed to continue working the same amount of hours, said financial aid enrollment […]
Eleven Walmart Expresses closed in the Bentonville area today adding to the total 269 stores closed worldwide since the beginning of January. Four hundred and fifty employees were laid off at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. as “part of a plan to increase its competitive edge,” according to USA Today. […]
The downward trend of national stock indexes such as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones have CEOs worried. With the S&P 500 dropping from 2,080 to 1,860 dollars in the past month, as well as oil selling for only $32 a barrel, CEOs are concerned that current economic trends will […]