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A New Hampshire state representative proposed legislation this month to make consensual prostitution legal in the state. While prostitution is currently legal in Nevada, it is only legal in brothels and is illegal in Carson City, the capital, and four out of 16 counties. Street prostitution is illegal. The […]
Partners Against Trafficking Humans (PATH) is working to launch a safe house in Arkansas for adult survivors of sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution. There are currently no safe houses in Arkansas dedicated to serving the specific needs of this demographic. The safe house is stated to open in an […]
Walker Wonderland, a well-loved tradition at John Brown University, lasts only a few hours, but planning and preparing for the event starts months before. “We started talking about Walker Wonderland beginning at staff training in August. Halls have been getting their ideas together for the past month or so,” Haley […]
Students call for empathy and conversation Protesters took to the streets of Chicago in response to the trial of Officer Jason Van Dyke of the Chicago Police Department for the shooting of Laquan McDonald on Nov. 28. McDonald, an African-American youth, was shot 16 times by Jason Van Dyke after […]
Many Americans object to allowing more Muslim refugees from Syria and other countries into the U.S. on the grounds that the decision could ultimately lead to a drastic rise in the country’s Muslim population. Research shows that these concerns may be legitimate. Studies conducted by Pew Research Center show Muslims […]
Christian groups are increasingly more accepting of homosexuality, researchers find. This correlates with an increase over time in media portrayals of gay characters. A new PEW study of 23,000 U.S. adults found that “acceptance of homosexuality is growing rapidly even among religious groups that have traditionally been strongly opposed to […]
The Student Government Association notified 27 out of 41 applicants of the Home for the Holidays travel grant that they had won a stipend to help pay for their travel expenses to see their families. The initiative to send students home for Christmas break started two years ago, when an […]
About 75 people gathered to celebrate the launch of the Soderquist College’s new entrepreneurship minor and hear a Shark Tank survivor speak on Tuesday. Sarah Hartwick, Shark Tank survivor and co-founder of Surfset Fitness, spoke on the transition from having an idea to creating a business model. “I am glad […]
Senior recitals and presentations within the next week will display the years of hard work and talent of music students at John Brown University. Students majoring in music are required to prepare either a senior recital or senior presentation before they graduate. A presentation centers around a specific theme, while […]
At least 31 state governors seek to prevent Syrian refugees from settling in their states, according to national news reports. The governors reacted to Friday’s attacks in Paris by issuing executive orders and sending requests to federal officials, including President Obama, to deny resettlement of refugees within their states. House […]