John Brown University's Student Newspaper
Do you remember the first time you visited your high school after you graduated? I do. I was home for fall break my freshman year. My mom asked me to pick up my brother from school. I remember considering the prospect and thinking, “Okay, yeah! It would be cool to […]
Dreams. They are why we went to college in the first place. We wanted to be world-changers, to find someone special and to make something of ourselves. Dreams are also our driving force when we leave college. We want that dream job, a fulfilled future and life with purpose. For […]
One summer night, I was in the mood for some sesame chicken. I asked my sister to take me down the street to the Chinese buffet for to-go food. As we were driving, I felt a need to discuss an issue with my older sister that had been cultivating in […]
Between the horror stories coming out of the Middle East, the volcanic eruption in Japan that killed 31 people, a shooting in Miami that injured several teens and countless other tragedies we see on the news, it becomes easy to get discouraged or cynical about many things. It becomes hard […]
Many have heard about anxiety or, rather, can imagine what it is like. They think it is just being worried about something, that it is a word that can be used lightly. Little do they know just how panic-inducing anxiety can be. We The Threefold Advocate believe that anxiety disorders […]
Summer has officially come to an end, but that doesn’t mean we have to say goodbye to the season just yet. It’s hold still lingers on, even throughout the coming of fall. Just open your car door and feel the heat pour out, instantly covering your body in sweat. It’s […]
You are alone, walking leisurely up a sidewalk. Various noises fill in the absence of conversation. You look around and see trees, maybe buildings and cars. Now you turn your attention back to the vantage point ahead of you. A person turns a corner on the right and begins approaching […]
Every semester that I teach the Capstone Seminar in Christian Life class, students write a spiritual biography paper that describes their spiritual journey, including how their time at JBU has influenced their relationship with God. Reading these papers is an incredible privilege as students let me peek inside their private […]
Every year, freshmen are required to take the StrengthsQuest personality test to determine their greatest strengths. After that first year, however, nearly all mention and use of the quiz vanishes. We The Threefold Advocate believe John Brown University should continue to use the quiz throughout students’ time in school. StrengthsQuest […]
In the past four days alone, more than 200,000 people have entered Turkey, fleeing from the violence in Syria. The Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan is a temporary home to about 80,000 refugees, with nearly half of them under the age of 12. Unfortunately, this is not atypical, and many […]