Tiger Woods’ wildly successful golf career has won him a variety of coveted prizes. He’s won 81 Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) championships. Woods recently won his 5th green jacket – and the hefty cash prize of $2.07 million – by coming from behind to win the April 14 Masters Tournament.…
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Advice Column: Things I learned as a first-year
The end of the year is approaching and with it comes the end of my first year of college. I can honestly say that I have never learned more in a year than I have as a first-year at William Jewell College. Yes, I’ve learned how to write papers fast…
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Top 10: YouTube Rabbit Holes to Fall Down
It’s 2 a.m. You laid down to go to bed at 11 p.m., yet here you are – awake. Your eyes burn from the electric blue glow of your cell phone as the 20th YouTube video of the night plays. You have fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole. YouTube is…
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Jewell chapel uses Labyrinth as a path to prayer
Wednesday, April 10, several students of William Jewell College and community members gathered in Gano Assembly for chapel – but they did not sit down. Instead, attendees gathered around a Labyrinth design that was printed on a large circular canvas. Jeff Buscher, college chaplain, spoke about Labyrinths and their variety…
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AFE: The Hilltop Monitor editorial staff targeted
What do a clump of hair, a wasp and a large metal hinge have in common? They have all been located in the food and beverages of The Hilltop Monitor editorial staff. The features editor of the Monitor, Michaela Esau, first-year Oxbridge: Literature and Theory and communication major, found a…
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Dr. MacLeod Walls visits Greek organizations on Listening Tour
Dr. MacLeod Walls, president of William Jewell College, is interested what students have to say. Listening Tours are one of the ways that she is able to interact with students and learn more about what issues concern them. This year MacLeod Walls is visiting each Greek life organization in their…
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Avoiding fad diets for healthier lifestyles
We have spent our entire lives seeing advertisements for weight loss supplements and meal systems that guarantee to help us burn fat quickly. Magazine covers attempt to grab our attention with headlines like “Lose 20 pounds fast!” People try to get healthy by following the Whole 30 or Paleo diets…
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Liberty Square Business Feature: Pie Time
It’s always high time for pie at Liberty’s new pie and dessert shop. Pie Time, located next to Nickel and Suede and Bittersweet Apothecary at 111 N. Water Street, is the perfect place to go to satisfy those cravings that no dorm room mug cake can. Pie Time opened Dec.…
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Featured Hometown: Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas – most William Jewell College students have never heard of it. Some have passed through it on their way to the far more romanticized state of Colorado but have negative impressions of the town of 42,000. It’s flat. There’s nothing to do there. Kansas is lame. The drive…
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