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Month: February 2018

Student Senate plans for the semester

23 February 2018
Sydney Bass
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William Jewell College Student Senate has a lot planned for this semester. They are working on bringing more diversity to campus and collaborating with other organizations. Senate is working on bringing more speakers and activities to campus. An upcoming speaker is Glenn North, poet laureate of the 18th and Vine…

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A call for gun control legislation

23 February 2018
Dylan Jones
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The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. Feb. 14, 2018 has renewed tension in the U.S. over gun violence and how to keep Americans safe in the wake of this tragedy. There have been more than 1,500 mass shootings since the one at Sandy Hook Elementary school Dec.…

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A review of “The Shape of Things”

23 February 2018
Christina Kirk
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“The Shape of Things,” a 2001 play by Neil LaBute, played in Brown Theater Feb. 16 and 17. Senior theatre and psychology major Brioni Garvin directed and starred in the show for her senior capstone performance, a project in which senior theatre majors demonstrate their comprehensive theatrical education at Jewell…

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Football transfers discuss what brought them to Jewell

23 February 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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This spring semester, William Jewell College welcomed two transfer players to the football team: Logan Dodd, a first-year secondary education major with a focus on history, and Octavion Phelps, junior accounting major. Dodd is a defensive back from Texas and aspires to teach and be a football coach. When asked…

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Cardinal Swimmers work pays off at Conference Championship

23 February 2018
Jake Marlay
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On Feb. 10, the William Jewell College Swim Team competed in the Great Lakes Vally Conference (GLVC) Championship meet. The men’s team finished sixth, with 340 points overall. The women’s team finished fifth with 290 points. Records and personal bests were re-written across the board, as both teams seemed to…

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Nano Nore: Decades of Teaching and Creating

23 February 2018
Jesse Lundervold
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Some individuals can trace the moment they realized what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives. For William Jewell College art professor Nano Nore, this moment occurred when she was 17. Nore had spent the summer between her junior and senior years of high school attending an…

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Black History Month at Jewell

23 February 2018
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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In the U.S., February is designated as Black History Month. This is a time to celebrate the achievements of African Americans and recognize the central role of black culture in U.S. history. This has been a tradition since 1976. Every year at William Jewell College the Black Student Association (BSA)…

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Colonel Alexander Doniphan and Leona E. Kresse award recipients announced

23 February 2018
Brianna Steiert
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The Colonel Alexander Doniphan and Leona E. Kresse awards are given to the senior man and woman voted most likely to succeed.   The 2018 Doniphan award recipient is Marco Antonio Martinez Lopez, senior business administration and Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry (ACT-In) major. Luce-Virlynn Apollon, senior nursing and ACT-In…

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The 2018 Winter Olympics: More Than Just Sports

23 February 2018
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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On Feb. 9 the 2018 Winter Olympics officially began. This year the Games are being held in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. This is the first time a Winter Olympics has ever been hosted in the country. These Games are featuring 102 events in 15 sports, involving nearly 3,000 athletes from…

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