The Collegian

Editorial: It’s okay to not be okay

Collegian Staff • April 23, 2021

“Stop being so negative.” “Cheer up.” “Look on the bright side.” “It could be worse.” As the pandemic drags on, our country continues to be divided and violence increases across the world,...

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Vicki Olachea • April 23, 2021

I have known many people who said they were often too anxious to do something for themselves on their own. Sometimes it’s asking a question in class, or even making a phone call to order pizza. But as...

Editorial: Looks like a million bucks!

Collegian Staff • April 16, 2021

What would you do if you checked your bank balance and saw an extra million dollars? If you were 911 dispatcher Kelyn Spadoni, you would consider it a lucky opportunity. When a brokerage firm made a deposit...

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Jewel Schuurmans • April 16, 2021

I started learning French online in the rural Midwest, so it's not surprising it took an international trip to speak it in person for the first time – but I never expected God to use my fumbling attempts...

Editorial: Don’t be weary in well-doing

Collegian Staff • April 9, 2021

1 Corinthians 15:58 says, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” Galatians...

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Katelyn Lain • April 9, 2021

I remember Dr. Pettit said in chapel last semester that the student body is the most thankful he has ever seen at the university because of COVID-19. I thought about his announcement, and I realized I...

April Fools Debate: should BJU require artist series dates?

Johnathon Smith • April 1, 2021

This article contains fictional content. Happy April Fools’ Day! Affirmative Over the past decade, Bob Jones University has experienced an unprecedented decline in the number of students who graduate...

April Fools Editorial: The question: to speak or not to speak

Collegian Staff • April 1, 2021

This article contains fictional content. Happy April Fools’ Day! We live in an age where a person’s success can be instantly tanked by things they have said in both the past and the present. We’re...

April Fools: Column

Collegian Staff • April 1, 2021

This article contains fictional content. Happy April Fools’ Day! It was one of the biggest days of my life. Perhaps even more so because it was a complete surprise. I had never met anyone famous before....

Editorial: Women’s rights are human rights

Collegian Staff • March 26, 2021

In current cultural connotation, feminism has come to mean the support of abortion, the validation of transgenderism and the removal of traditional male and female roles in the home and church. Radical...

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Johnathon Smith • March 26, 2021

Sometimes I read something that causes me to stop everything I am doing and take a closer look. That happened last fall when I read a headline from Christianity Today reporting several allegations against...

Editorial: Are Christians homophobic?

Collegian Staff • March 19, 2021

Many have condemned Pope Francis' October 2020 endorsement of same-sex civil unions, state-level legal relationships. Others claimed the pope was discriminatory because he did not explicitly condone samesex...