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Adversity — Part 2: How Do We Deal With the Inevitable?

Written by MBU Timeline on . Posted in Opinion

Sometimes it feels more like failure, sometimes it’s an opportunity to learn through the challenges that life ultimately brings. But one thing is certain, we will all go through periods of adversity in our lives. Today’s blog topic for MBU journalism students provides personal commentary into what we do in and through these difficult times. This is Part 2 of a two-part series.

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What is Your Why? Part 2

Written by MBU Timeline on . Posted in Opinion

What’s your reason for waking up every day and doing what you do? What is your drive to be better at what you do? What is your purpose each day? These are the questions that inspire today’s blog, generated by media students at MBU, the second of two blogs on this topic.

Photo illustration by Molly Munoz

The Damage Done By A Broken Home

Written by Alexia Duncan on . Posted in Opinion

As a young child, seeing your parents split up never really hits you until you get older and you realize all the damage it has done to you, but as time goes along you learn to accept that you can’t fix a broken home.

Photo by Ben Randolph — Graphic illustration by Austin Worrell

The effects of growing up in a divorced household are eternal. Despite the scars of witnessing her parents’ divorce at 6 years old, junior Alexia Duncan has learned to move forward in accepting that God is ultimately in control, and He is with us through every battle.

Just Do It? The Spartans Have Done It

Written by Derek Zimmerman-Guyer on . Posted in Sports

With Nike’s slogan being “Just Do It,” the Missouri Baptist University athletic department has just done something big, moving to an all-Nike gear contract.


Photo by Jordan Hall

Pictured is an example of the gear Missouri Baptist University athletic teams are wearing after the university struck a deal this fall with the company and a Texas-based factory-direct sports equipment company called BSN.

Black History Month Means Much to Many

Written by MBU Timeline on . Posted in Opinion

PART 2: Black History Month brings many meanings to many individuals. We celebrate African American heritage, we reflect on past injustices, we recognize current relationships and we dream of future progress. As February is recognized as Black History Month, communications students at MBU were asked to blog about this question: What does Black History Month mean to you personally?


Graphic illustration by Jordan Hall — Original copyright-free image provided by Wikimedia

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