Security in a World Where Evil Does Not Discriminate

Written by MBU Timeline on November 28, 2017. Posted in Opinion

BLOG PART 3: On Oct. 1, 58 people were killed and 500 people were injured at a country music concert in Las Vegas. Then, just over a month later, Nov. 5, Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire on attendees at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. For our MBU Timeline writers, a question to reflect on and blog about is: Are we ever safe anymore?

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Removing Statues Will do Nothing to Remove Memories

Written by MBU Timeline on October 4, 2017. Posted in Opinion

BLOG PART 4: In this fourth and final posting of our blog series, students in the Communications Department’s Basic Reporting and Writing for Journalism class were asked to evaluate recent commentary concerning the delicate and sometimes contentious balance between First Amendment rights and protecting our human sensitivities, particularly in relation to the recent and ongoing removal of Civil War Confederate statues across the nation.

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Early Semester Blues: How Students are Coping

Written by MBU Timeline on September 17, 2015. Posted in Opinion

As a new semester begins at Missouri Baptist University, MBU Timeline bloggers are discussing how they are dealing with time management issues, social calendars, missing family back home and other challenges every new school year brings.

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