At the end of my first year at William Jewell College, I wrote an advice piece for The Hilltop Monitor titled “Things I learned as a first-year.” Two short, strange years later and I’m finishing my last year at Jewell. Here are some things I’ve learned this year. Quit stressing…
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Senior Feature: Maddie Wingert
Maddie Wingert, senior non-profit leadership and communication major, will attend the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis this fall. Alongside an acceptance rate of just 14%, Washington University is ranked 16th in U.S. News’ 2022 list of best law schools. Wingert did not decide to go to law…
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Call Your Mother: Yes, being a college student really is harder this year
I had a meeting with one of my favorite professors a few weeks ago. We started the meeting with the usual pleasantries and questions about how things are going. I told her they were going surprisingly well. I was ahead of schedule on multiple projects, had just gotten a good…
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Call Your Mother: What do when a friend is stressed
We’ve all heard plenty of advice on what to do to manage stress. We may have even actually learned from that advice and figured out how to keep our own stress levels in check. However, this advice can’t prepare us for another particularly stressful situation: when our friends are stressed…
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Call Your Mother: How to be more efficient
We all have bad days sometimes. Maybe you did poorly on a test, got a speeding ticket or slept through your alarm. Maybe nothing bad actually happened, but you just feel like you got nothing done. If you often feel like the day got away from you, here are some…
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The Smallest Hill: The Right Way to Walk to Class
The smallest hill I would die on is the hill that takes the least effort to climb up. For William Jewell College students, climbing up a hill is a daily occurrence. Classes, student dining options and the study hub known as the PLC are all located at the top of…
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