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Author: Krista Halstead

Movie Review: “The Queen’s Gambit”

4 December 2020
Krista Halstead
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Netflix’s newest hit mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” was released Oct. 23, but is just now rising in popularity. An unlikely smash hit, the show has…

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Inscape adapts to COVID-19, prepares for spring publication

20 November 2020
Krista Halstead
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Inscape, William Jewell College’s literary magazine, is published every spring and features student submissions. Although the magazine’s team has experienced several changes for the 2020…

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Movie Review: “The Boys in the Band”

13 November 2020
Krista Halstead
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Released by Netflix in late September, “The Boys in the Band” features a birthday party gathering in 1968 New York, following a group of friends…

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Movie Review: “Rebecca”

6 November 2020
Krista Halstead
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One of Netflix’s newest films, “Rebecca,” is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s eponymous novel and follows in the footsteps of the 1940 critically acclaimed…

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Mi Gente strives to educate Jewell community about Latino culture

30 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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On campus at William Jewell College, Mi Gente is striving to provide a place of community – bringing together all people to celebrate Latino culture.…

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Podcast Recommendations

16 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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With categories from news and science to fiction and arts, there is a podcast out there for everyone. As someone who only started actively listening…

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Artists adapt with virtual performances in uncertain times

9 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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Like many others, my pre-lockdown summer plans revolved around a concert. I was supposed to be making a trip to Florida in May to see…

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Movie Review: “Enola Holmes”

2 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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“Enola Holmes,” Netflix’s new family feature is clever and charming. Full of familiar faces with a fresh storyline, audiences fall in love with Enola, the…

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Represent-Asian aims to celebrate, educate about Asian culture

2 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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Represent-Asian, a new club at William Jewell College for the 2020-2021 school year, aims to provide a community at Jewell for Asian students. Represent-Asian is…

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