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Month: April 2019

Justus and Lucas emerge as candidates for Kansas City mayoral general election

12 April 2019
Kyler Schardein
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Kansas City held its nonpartisan primary April 2. Emerging out of a crowded 11 candidate field, Kansas City City Council members Quinton Lucas and Jolie…

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Album Review: “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?”

12 April 2019
Tavarus Pennington
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Billie Eilish has spent much of her young, blossoming career gathering a mythic status about herself. The release of “Ocean Eyes” in 2016 introduced the…

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Everything You Need to Know About the 152 Interchange Project

12 April 2019
William Humphrey
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As most of you have probably noticed by now, construction work has begun on Route 152 and I-35 Interchange. If you thought the traffic on…

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Opinion: The Naked Fascism of Jair Bolsonaro

12 April 2019
Robert Hemphill
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On March 29 this year, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, no stranger to controversy, dropped all pretenses of modern democratic norms when he called for a…

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Movie Review: “Us” (Spoiler Alert)

12 April 2019
Rachel Bell
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“Us” is an absolutely stellar second film by writer and director extraordinaire Jordan Peele – it’s also 116 minutes of pure terror. Those expecting “Us”…

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2019 Faculty Award Finalists announced

12 April 2019
Catherine Dema
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Every year, a committee comprised of William Jewell College faculty consider a group of exceptional senior students to recognize with the Faculty Award. Five finalists…

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Review: Queer Eye highlights diversity within Kansas City

12 April 2019
Caitlin Overmeyer
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If you haven’t seen “Queer Eye” on Netflix, you’re truly missing out on a part of what might actually be some of the greatest reality…

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Featured Hometown: Springfield, Missouri

12 April 2019
Madison Carroll Porth
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What do cashew chicken, Brad Pitt and Bass Pro have in common? They all began in the lovely city of Springfield, Missouri. Springfield, called Springvegas…

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Backlash over the NCAA’s new ad

12 April 2019
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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On March 17 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released a new ad on Twitter, in which they claim to show a day in the…

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