If you are a student at William Jewell College, you have used our learning management platform: Moodle. While Jewell has been using Moodle since roughly 2015, and while it is a fairly simple platform on the surface, it has major problems rooted deep into its very being. Personally, Moodle has…
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Racist Homecoming sign sparks outrage in greater Kansas City community
Over the weekend of Sept. 24, 2021, a photo took the Olathe and Kansas City community by storm, prompting district and city-wide calls to action in preventing instances of racist speech or expression. The photo detailed two white students holding a sign stating, “If I was black, I would be…
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Local business review: Sugar Kittens Cafe and Cattery
Although cat cafes are still a relatively new business genre in the United States, these lively shops stand as an exceptionally creative way to both enhance and support a local community. In addition to offering popular beverages and baked goods, cat cafes often partner with nearby rescues to socialize sheltered…
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Opinion: What cancel culture gets right and wrong
Today’s world is constantly buzzing with the latest celebrity tweets, the hottest new Kardashian scandal, who said what and so much more juicy drama that we all get wrapped up in from time to time. With all this conversation, it is no surprise that great online debates have taken over…
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AFE: Remembering the WJC Frat Walk
William Jewell College is jammed full of many traditions, from sledding down Browning Bowl to Lighting of the Quad to Jewell Stock. This weekend, another long-standing tradition took place – Jewell hosted its 75th Frat Walk. The Frat Walk consists of all new recruits of the three Jewell fraternities –…
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How Jewell’s admissions department is taking steps to improve campus diversity
The history of William Jewell College dates all the way back to the mid-nineteenth century when the College was established in 1849 by prominent men in the Baptist Convention and in the community, well-supported by a large donation from William Jewell. From 1849 to 2003, Jewell was a Baptist college.…
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An Update on Diversity and Inclusion Efforts with Dr. Rodney Smith
In October of 2019, William Jewell College announced a new position intended to help efforts to diversify the campus: the Vice President for Access and Engagement (VPAE). Soon after, they announced they had filled that role with Dr. Rodney Smith, who has previously worked as a consultant for Jewell through…
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Student groups, library services create Radical Inclusivity focused Critical Foundations Collection as part of Curry Library
If you are a student at William Jewell College, you have heard about, been involved in or at least gone to mandatory Radical Inclusivity training. In the recent years, Jewell has made an active effort to diversify their population of faculty, staff and, most importantly, students. There have been multiple…
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Is TikTok a danger to mental health?
If you’re a Gen Z or millennial, you’ve probably spent a couple of hours wasting time scrolling through the viral app, TikTok. Tiktok is a social media platform where you can upload videos up to a minute long to a worldwide audience and then receive followers, comments, likes and shares…
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