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Recent News
  • Jewell Quietly Publishes Directory Information
  • The Homophobic Slur Incident in Jones Hall and How it Affects Jewell’s Queer Community
  • Partisan Redistricting and Missouri’s New Electoral Maps
  • France’s Political Collapse and the Rise of Sébastien Lecornu
  • Jewell appoints new interim president

Ghostly Chatter

7 November 2025
Ethan Naber

Fall Reading Recs

7 November 2025
Alee Dickey

Moonshine and V8s: how Prohibition made NASCAR

7 November 2025
Matthew Parker

Getting Ghosted

7 November 2025
Molly Haynes

The Smallest Hill: Why I Can’t Stand Horror Movies

7 November 2025
Eliott Labeth

Ghosts Aren’t Real (…and that’s okay)

7 November 2025
Alee Dickey

NEWS

Breaking News Campus News Issue 4 Jewell & Local News Volume 40

Jewell Quietly Publishes Directory Information

19 October 2025
Ethan Naber

The Homophobic Slur Incident in Jones Hall and How it Affects Jewell’s Queer Community

19 October 2025
Naomi Speck

Partisan Redistricting and Missouri’s New Electoral Maps

6 October 2025
Matthew Parker

FEATURES

39(5) Features Jewell Spotlights Volume 39

William Jewell Speech and Debate Team wins national tournament for the first time since 2007

2 May 2025
Molly Haynes

An Interview with “Terra Nova” Director Cal Perkins

5 March 2025
Brian J. Bartels

Hope in Hopeless Times

9 December 2024
Alee Dickey

OPINIONS

Issue 5 Opinions The Smallest Hill Volume 40

The Smallest Hill: Why I Can’t Stand Horror Movies

7 November 2025
Eliott Labeth

Ghosts Aren’t Real (…and that’s okay)

7 November 2025
Alee Dickey

Getting Ghosted

7 November 2025
Molly Haynes

SPORTS

Issue 5 National & Global Sports Volume 40

Moonshine and V8s: how Prohibition made NASCAR

7 November 2025
Matthew Parker

Ballon d’Or 2025: why Ousmane Dembélé was hands down the best player of 2024–25

6 October 2025
Eliott Labeth

MLB introduces robo-umps… sort of

6 October 2025
Ethan Naber

ARTS & CULTURE

Arts Arts & Culture Issue 5 Reviews Volume 40

Fall Reading Recs

7 November 2025
Alee Dickey

The Life of a Showgirl: first thoughts

6 October 2025
Alee Dickey

Walk Him Like a Dog

6 October 2025
Molly Haynes

LIFESTYLE

Advice Health & Wellness Issue 4 Lifestyle Volume 40

Advice for Surviving the Mid-Semester Slump

19 October 2025
Alee Dickey

From Snapchat to Substack and the Revivification of Blog Culture

5 September 2025
Ethan Naber

The World of Cozy (and Cheap) Hobbies 

2 May 2025
Alee Dickey

This Year's Stories

Issue 5 Puzzles Volume 40

Ghostly Chatter

7 November 2025
Ethan Naber

Moonshine and V8s: how Prohibition made NASCAR

7 November 2025
Matthew Parker

The Smallest Hill: Why I Can’t Stand Horror Movies

7 November 2025
Eliott Labeth

Multimedia

39(2) Editorials Multimedia Opinions Volume 39

Exploring ‘BookTok’: The Good and the Bad

27 November 2024
Alee Dickey

The Hilltop Monitor 2024, Issue 16 & 17

13 March 2024
The Hilltop Monitor

Photo Feature: My Pets

1 March 2024
Alexis Harper

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