Ray Bozarth, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party, acknowledged to the Kansas City Star Oct. 19 that the party sent mailers to 10,000 people across the state with false information about when absentee ballots are due. As of 2016, approximately 4.2 million people were registered to vote in the state…
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Opinion: Serena Williams hits the glass ceiling as Brett Kavanaugh hits the Supreme Court
On Sept. 9, Serena Williams, professional American tennis player, yelled at chair umpire Carlos Ramos during the U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka. The outburst occurred after Williams received multiple code violations and was accused of being coached from the sidelines – implying that she was cheating. Williams opposed the…
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Photo Feature: Homecoming Game
On Oct. 6 the William Jewell College Cardinals achieved their first win of the season after defeating Southwest Baptist University 14-10 during Jewell’s Homecoming game. More information about the event can be found here. Photos courtesy of Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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Student Senate discusses community responsibility and transparency at second Town Hall event
Addressing a crowd of William Jewell College students, faculty and staff at the second Town Hall event Oct. 10, Student Senate advocated increasing the responsibility of the campus community and opened the floor for a discussion about communication on campus. The Senate cabinet is currently working to develop a new…
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Jewell graduate delivers lecture on climate change at annual Truex event
Self-proclaimed “climate change comedian” and William Jewell College graduate Brian Ettling (‘92) presented to a large crowd of students and faculty at the 2018 Everett P. Truex Economic and Financial Forum held Oct. 9 in Yates-Gill College Union. During the talk, titled “The Conservative Case for Carbon Tax,” Ettling drew…
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Homecoming Game: Jewell Cards’ first win of the season
As the week draws to a close the William Jewell College Cardinals braved wind and rain to take on Southwest Baptist University in the Oct. 6 Homecoming Football game, resulting in Jewell’s first win of the season. The final score was 14-10 with Bulla Graft, junior business administration major, scoring…
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Jewell students and faculty collaborate to serve Kansas City elementary school
In a project ongoing since Jan. 2015, William Jewell College faculty and students have been collaborating to provide an aquaponics and STEM education program at the Primitivo Garcia Elementary school in Kansas City. Jewell students have been volunteering at Primitivo Garcia since 2014 and travel to the school weekly to…
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APO and QUILTBAG screen The Laramie Project in a testimony to tolerance
In a time of heated political debate about the rights of individuals regarding the ownership they have over their own bodies, William Jewell College student organizations Alpha Psi Omega (APO) and QUILTBAG banded together to screen The Laramie Project Sept. 28 in Peter’s Theatre. The film – originally a play…
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Prospects bleak as housing crisis in KC mirrors national epidemic
Home to almost 500,000 people, Kansas City is a rental metropolis. Yet – despite over 200,000 people occupying rental units – rising costs, limited mobility within the city center and an increasingly unstable job market contribute to a turn-over housing culture in which eviction has become a profitable business model…
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