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The Collegian
I’ve been with The Collegianfor three-and-a-half years. And let me say, it’s been a wild ride. Ironically, I’m not a big fan of news media in general. I realized that after binging Fox News with my great-grandmother as a teenager. So much drama was happening out in the world that I felt powerless to stop, and...
The Collegian
Aquaponics was not invented at Bob Jones University, but former engineering students Shane Lotts and Dylan Winnberg did invent a better way to do it. Recently, BJU received a patent for an improved Bell Siphon, a device commonly used in aquaponics systems, with Lotts and Winnberg credited as inventors. They collaborated on a project for...
The Collegian
The university calendar says that classes began on January 14. That’s difficult for me to believe because I don’t remember much from the first week of classes. Supposedly, after a three-day opening week and a long weekend, we began our first chapel series of the year, “How to Hope When Life is Hard.” Fortunately for...
The Collegian
The Bruins men’s basketball team completed a successful season, finishing 16-7. The team advanced to the National Tournament Final Four after winning the NCCAA South Regional Championship. “To win for the third year in a row and the fourth time in five years is a testament to the legacy and buy-in of the past and current players,” said Coach Tony Miller. “I
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Josiah Gearhart and Julia Probus have been elected as the 2026-27 Student Leadership Council student body presidents. Josiah is a 6’ 9’’ junior biblical studies major originally from Michigan. Julia is a senior double major in music and multimedia journalism from Missouri. She is the second of ten siblings. As student body presidents, Josiah and...
The Collegian
The University Singers choir, or U-Singers, has been a staple freshman year experience at Bob Jones University since 2003, when it became the freshmen choir. Many fondly remember the upbeat rehearsals and Sunday morning trips to sing at various churches in the greater Greenville area. U-Singers would not be what it is without director Dr....
The Collegian
Every day, students navigate the yellow brick buildings of Bob Jones University. Students scroll Canvas on the way to class, survey sidewalks for acquaintances, or forecast the ever-changing Greenville weather. They rarely glance up at the curious concrete entrance of the Alumni Building or the permeable brickwork in front of Stratton Hall. Few think about..
The Collegian
The glow of a laptop screen is the only light left on in the room. It’s 12:03 a.m., and while most of campus is asleep, one student is still awake, headphones in, timeline open, dragging clips back and forth until it feels right. A voiceover plays softly in the background. She pauses, rewinds, trims again. By mid-morning, it will reach more people than she’l
The Collegian
This spring break, many Bob Jones University students traveled all across the United States to serve. Students from the Student Leadership Council, and several others, traveled to New York City. They served Manor Community Church where Bill Jones pastors. They cleaned and serviced minor repairs, like painting and fixing leaks in the roof. The trip...
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