Homecoming is a week of events leading up to the football game for the return of alumni, crowning of the king and queen and induction of past athletes into William Jewell College’s Athletic Hall of Fame. This year’s Homecoming week kicks of Saturday Sept. 26 and runs through Saturday Oct.…
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Jewell’s Concert Choir announced as semi-finalist for American Prize
Each year, Opening Convocation is an opportunity to show William Jewell College’s recent achievements. Be it an anniversary, an award or the start of something new, there’s always something mentioned. This time, it was the Concert Choir’s progress towards winning the American Prize. The choir is currently one of 12 semifinalists in…
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A summer in Romania
Senior Sarah Crosley uses Hall Grant to spend three weeks in Romania working on archaeological sites. This past summer Sarah Crosley, senior Classics and English major, had the opportunity to use her Hall Grant to spend her three weeks in Romania. During her time abroad, Crosley volunteered with a group of students…
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New Faculty Feature: Dr. Fletcher Cox
Dr. Fletcher Cox is a new professor in the political science department at William Jewell College. While he has studied American politics and economics, Cox has done the bulk of his academic work studying the relationship between religion and global politics and conflict. The countries that he has focused on…
Read MoreThe Campaign Trail: Ben Carson
The 2016 presidential race is currently being overrun with numerous candidates from very different backgrounds that have vastly different ideas on what direction our nation should take post-election. The Republican Party does not have a conventional front-runner, once Donald Trump is excluded. However, currently number two in some polls is retired…
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GOTCHA: The Beginning
It’s the most stressful time of the year. No, it’s not finals. No, it’s not quite midterms. No, it’s not the Monday after the latest Game of Thrones episode and you’re trying to avoid spoilers on the Internet. It’s Gotcha time. Gotcha officially started Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8:00 am,…
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To be honest…with Laurel Colemire
To be honest, I feel like I step into an episode of “Portlandia” every time I come up to the Hill. This has become a very serious problem on Jewell’s campus, and it needs to stop now. It’s not fun when I’m walking to class and almost die because someone on a longboard…
Read MoreMiley, what’s good? Not your album.
Miley Cyrus released “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz” at the close of the Video Music Awards Aug. 30, 2015. Oh, and she released it for free. In case you haven’t gotten a chance to give the album a listen, I’ll give you the run-down—and perhaps save you the time…
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Humans of Jewell
“Humans of Jewell” is in no way affiliated with “Humans of New York,” and all copyrighted material is respected. Brandon Stanton’s love of photography has created one of the Internet’s most popular blogs. Humans of New York (HONY) began as a project to create a comprehensive view of the lives…
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