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Heads bowed in silent reflection as the pews of the Cathedral of the Ozarks were filled for the Ash Wednesday service at John Brown University. Both Catholic and non-Catholic students have begun the 40-day celebration of the season of Lent in reflection of its importance in daily life. The Ash […]
As tensions continue in Ukraine after more than a year of revolution and Russian involvement, President Barack Obama is considering many courses of action, including sending lethal defensive arms to Ukraine. Ukraine has experienced political difficulties for some time. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, seen by many Ukrainians as the […]
The Black Lives Matter movement has protested against the killings of African Americans by the hands of police officers since the Trayvon Martin case. Now, its members are seeing the product of their hard work through the indictment of New York police officer Peter Liang for the November shooting of […]
Twenty eyes belonging to eight and nine year old students peered at the engineering students’ every action and tuned into every word. The excitement was seen in the children’s eyes; it was a yearning to learn the unknown. John Brown University engineering students Caleb Taylor and Travis Altemeier are able […]
3-D printing, a process that just a decade ago belonged in the science fiction genre, is now taking its place in the science community as a common way to create customized tools and even save lives. Another life was saved on Feb. 16 as, “A two-year-old girl born with a […]
Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., two men who fought for opposing causes, share the same holiday in several southern states. Arkansas is currently challenging the pairing of the two. In 1983 Coretta Scott King lobbied and succeeded in getting Congress […]
For the first time in a quarter century, John Brown University’s tuition increase has reached its lowest rate of 3.36 percent. The University’s board of trustees has approved the new combined price for undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board for the 2015-16 academic year. Don Crandall, vice president for enrollment […]
About 200 community members, students and faculty gathered at the Berry Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on Saturday afternoon to hear National Geographic photographer Sam Abell share his life work. As the lights dimmed, a black and white photograph of a man watching a train in the snow appeared on the […]
ISIS recently released a video of their assassination of Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot, whom they burned alive inside a cage. Unlike any other major U.S. news agency, FoxNews.com posted the entire 22 minute propaganda video on their website. Fox News has been criticized for showing this graphic video […]
One in every three children is bullied in some form. Out of those children, more than half reported being cyberbullied, according to the Megan Meier Foundation, a foundation that helps end cyberbullying. In February of 2008 only 8 percent of Americans were on social media. Since January of 2014, according […]