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The Student News Site of Bob Jones University

The Collegian

The Student News Site of Bob Jones University

The Collegian

Column 4/27/18

Collegian Staff April 27, 2018

“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King Jr. spoke many quote-worthy words. But, this statement seems especially applicable as I find myself one week away...

Column 4/20/18

Collegian Staff April 20, 2018

I have the privilege of being in Chorale—and I absolutely love it! But the rehearsals are challenging. It takes staying in a constant state of engagement and thinking, which means my brain and body must...

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Kate Jones April 6, 2018

People give me weird looks when I tell them I’m a literature snob, giving them images of Kate in her happy place, surrounded by dusty old tomes of bygone eras. Growing up on campus, I longed to go to...

Column 3/16/18

Collegian Staff March 16, 2018

Is anyone else tired of the same old school routine? I just want to experience college – the friends, the events, the freedom – without actually doing school – the tests, the papers, the homework. I...

Column 3/9/18

Collegian Staff March 9, 2018

Sleeping on the pavement outside the airport was not how I imagined the first night of my mission trip. Neither had I imagined that I would get chased by a cow, forget my passport, fall into a ditch and...

Column 3/2/18

Jacob Clipperton March 2, 2018

Thumbing through racks of T-shirts in a popular clothing store, I discovered a bunch of T-shirts with designs for a holiday coming up in about two weeks. The only reason I recognized the shirts as St....

Column 2/23/18

Ian Dyke February 23, 2018

In the past two weeks, I’ve taken two notable walks across campus, each producing a very different feeling although taken on the exact same path and at roughly the same time. The first walk led me to...

Column 2/2/18

Andrew Schmidt February 2, 2018

My family has always been big on memories, both making new ones and holding on to the old ones. One of my mother’s primary hobbies is scrapbooking, and as a result, many of the bookshelves in our house...

Column 1/26/18

Gerson Petit January 26, 2018

“My father says you remember the smell of your country no matter where you are but only recognize it when you’re far away,” Romanian author Aglaja Veteranyi said in her novel Why the Child is Cooking...

Column 10/20/17

Collegian Staff October 20, 2017

Cold. Tired. Wet. These were the first few words that came to mind as I awoke surrounded by the morning dew. While daybreak pushed through the darkness of the  previous night, the blades of grass I had...

Column 10/13/17

Jacob Clipperton October 13, 2017

I started my car, ready to head home after a long day of schoolwork.  Except, the Toyota Prius hybrid didn’t start.  The lights on the dash came on for a few seconds, and then flickered off. Perhaps...

Column 10/6/17

Daniel Quigley October 6, 2017

I have a confession to make: I lied to two RAs in the past week. Of course, this shouldn’t be surprising to anyone, considering that I, like the rest of humanity, have a fallen nature that wants to sin....

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