oSTEM at William Jewell College is a student-led organization intent on supporting and providing resources for STEM-orientated LGBTQIA+ students. oSTEM, an abbreviated term for Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an internationally recognized nonprofit association with over 100 affiliated college and university chapters. The association –founded in 2009…
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On Transgender Day of Visibility
In keeping with the theme of having a Lifestyle page that is about, hopefully, helping its readership lead good human lives, March 31st marked Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). Though this article is two weeks overdue, I think that the passage of such a day gives the Jewell community an…
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On Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year’s observation of SAAM marks the 20th anniversary of a movement to “raise awareness sexual violence around the world and to educate communities on how to prevent it.” First, let us define the specific kind of sexual violence that SAAM is focused…
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Advice: Who the hell am I? And should I be who I am?
I recently had a conversation with someone I had not talked to in a long while. I was feeling particularly unenthused with my life this day and was not especially in the mood for some mindless chatter. Something about the combination of the pandemic and the perception of the decay…
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AFE: How to be a girlboss
This advice is not for the faint of heart. Being a GIRLBOSS is harder than anything in the world. Being a GIRLBOSS is more than just a practice, more than just a mentality – it is a way of being that is lived in. It is an emotional, physical and…
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In Another Life: To Be A Writer
Science fiction movies are filled with tropes about parallel universes and travel to them. It makes one stop and wonder about the different ways one’s own life could have been different. I like to think of my own life as a kind of tree, where each pivotal decision point can…
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A Kuhnian Re-Threading of the Needle
It is 3 a.m. Dutifully, my phone replays “Questions In a World of Blue” by Julee Cruise for what seems like the millionth time. My headphones have long since broken, so Cruise’s soothing, yet haunting, voice now just sounds tinny. I think that everyone has gone through a sort of…
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Weekly Events Preview: 2/21
Looking for something to do on campus this week? Here are some of the events that are hosted by and for the Jewell community: On Tuesday, Feb. 23, the women’s basketball team will be going up against Drury University at 6 p.m. This away game, as well as other away…
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Post-Super Bowl celebrations leave experts concerned about COVID-19 transmission
On Feb. 7, many Kansas Citians were profoundly disappointed after the Kansas City Chiefs lost 9-31 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV, losing the title of champion of the NFL for the 2021 season. However, this Super Bowl season could entail an even more profound loss: a…
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