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One Loom started with one Guatemalan artisan and turned into a Northwest Arkansas company that weaves together textile, opportunity and relationships. One Loom provides versatile accessories and apparel at a moderate price point, with styles that can be worn a multitude of ways, Angela Story, founder and designer, said. The startup began with a woman named Lesvia, a “master loomer” from Guatemala who weaves beautiful fabric on a back strap […]
The honors program offers unique colloquia classes that allow honors students to explore topics of interest and learn through trips, class discussions, and hands-on experiences. Honors students can choose to take up to three one-hour colloquia. In this type of class, students have the opportunity to go outside the University […]
Flags whipped above the foreheads of students, faculty and guests in the packed cathedral rows on Tuesday during the annual flag ceremony that begins World Awareness Week at John Brown University. “The flag ceremony began in 1993 with the idea that we needed to celebrate our international students,” director of […]
The campus broadcast news station is expanding its audience with a new broadcast in Spanish called EagleBreak Español. This is the first broadcast in this area that does a Spanish broadcast according to Matt Bowen, senior Bible and theology major. John Brown University could be setting the bar for other […]
The Nicaraguan government recently authorized the construction of a canal that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. A Chinese investment company, Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group, will subsidize the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project, and plans to complete the canal in 2020. The project has brought concerns among […]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will open its newest architectural masterpiece, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House, next week on Nov. 11, 2015, the museum’s fourth anniversary. “The great thing about the Bachman-Wilson House is that it is a really strong example of the museum’s commitment to American architecture,” said […]
John Brown University is hosting its annual packing party for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child on Nov. 7. Samaritan’s Purse says on their website that Operation Christmas Child is “the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind.” Through this project, people pack shoeboxes full of gifts for children, which are […]
Hurricane Patricia made landfall in the Mexican Pacific coast on Friday night, Oct. 23, primarily affecting the state of Jalisco. Despite being the strongest landfilling Pacific hurricane on record, it left comparatively little damage. Patricia was a category five hurricane, which is the strongest category in the Saffir– Simpson Hurricane Wind […]
Today the Career Development Center will be hosting a networking and speed-interviewing event in Simmons Great Hall A and C from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This is the Center’s first year to offer the event, and registered students will get the opportunity to attend. Students were given the opportunity to […]
With so many nations involved in the Syrian Civil War, many have been left wondering who is fighting who in Syria. Without counting international input, there are three main forces fighting within Syria: Bashar Al-Assad, rebel groups and ISIS. The Civil War began during the 2011 Arab Spring when peaceful […]