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This Saturday marks the men’s basketball team’s first game under new head coach Jason Beschta. Beschta spent the last three years at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, where he led his team to a 62-36 record. While at OKWU, Beschta’s team played JBU twice. As a result, he became familiar with JBU […]
Fall season sports are in full swing at John Brown University. Among those are the cross country teams, whose season so far has had a promising beginning, with a championship for both the men and women under their belts. Scott Schochler, coach of the JBU cross country team, claimed training […]
With a new season comes new sports, and John Brown University offers intramural sports for those not involved in University athletics. As the intramural program has been created for a fun outlet to participate in sports, some students have had issues with intramurals being too competitive, or not competitive enough. […]
All-time Yankees hits leader, Major League active hits leader, military brat, brother, friend, legend: Derek Sanderson Jeter has left a mark on the world of baseball that has gone down in history. Even before being drafted by the New York Yankees right out of high school in 1992, Jeter’s life […]
Senior Whitney Brannan hasn’t followed the usual path of college athletics. Brannan transferred from Oral Roberts University and joined the Golden Eagles as a junior, hoping to continue in college soccer. Brannan maintained a competitive presence as a midfielder throughout her junior year here at JBU, registering 37 shots on […]
Autumn is slowly making its way to Arkansas and for many students at John Brown University that means one thing: football season is here. Students at surrounding colleges are spending their Saturdays tailgating, representing their school pride and cheering on their football teams, but not at JBU. Every fall at […]
Club volleyball at John Brown University opens its doors to include women as it begins its first official season as a co-ed team. “Originally, it was a men’s club team,” Jocie Morgan, a sophomore co-president of team, said. “There wasn’t a place where anyone could go to play volleyball. Last […]
Frisbees fly around in the campus consciousness somewhere between “Frisbee’s a sport now?” and “Aren’t they the people throwing stuff at trees?” Ironfist, the John Brown University men’s ultimate frisbee team, has been to the national tournament twice in the last two years. The women’s team, Savage Skies, has exploded […]
Ken Carver has it bad– the coaching bug. Carver is the new women’s volleyball coach at John Brown University. He graduated from Malone University with a degree in biology and went immediately into a resident director position at Indiana Wesleyan for four years. After working in the residence halls, he […]
The hash tag “Why I Stayed” on Twitter places Ray and Janay Rice’s case of domestic violence on spotlight for the second time this year. Public awareness about the topic has raised questions on whether social media sets an appropriate platform for discussing family conflicts. Questions started to rise after […]