William Jewell College announced the five finalists for the College’s Faculty Award – an award recognizing graduating students who exhibit the highest ideals of a liberal arts education. The finalists include Catherine Dema, Oxbridge history of ideas and physics major; Rachel Harris, music education major; Kelsey Lanterman, biology and Spanish…
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The Hilltop Monitor comes out on top at MCMA award ceremony
The Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) held its annual award ceremony April 9. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19, with the pre-recorded ceremony being posted on the organization’s Facebook. The Hilltop Monitor, William Jewell College’s student newspaper, came out on top in its division, winning first place in…
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AFE: Student body votes on department superlatives
In a time-honored tradition at William Jewell College, the student body collectively votes for superlative awards for different majors in the different academic programs offered at Jewell. The most recent vote was held last week, and the awards for each program are listed below. Accounting: Biggest Personalities ACT-In: Least Likely…
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WJC Bible Study helps students grow in faith
Christian outreach at William Jewell College expanded this semester with the establishment of a new bible study club: WJC Bible Study. First-year civil engineering majors Grant Stubbs and Jordan Jermain founded this club a couple of weeks into the spring 2021 semester. “Jordan and I wanted to start this club…
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Opinion: Vigilante pedophile hunters are doing the work the police are not
In 2004, coinciding with the rise of widespread internet usage and online chat rooms, NBC kickstarted its Dateline show “To Catch a Predator” to massive critical acclaim. The hidden camera TV show hosted by journalist Chris Hansen targeted online child predators by partnering with the online watchdog group Perverted-Justice. Perverted-Justice…
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Restaurant Review: Crows Coffee
Crows Coffee South Plaza, Colonial Shops 304 E 51st St, Kansas City, MO 64112 I first went to Crows Coffee in January of my sophomore year of high school. Even then, with my infantile coffee palate and minimal familiarity with coffeehouses beyond Starbucks, I could recognize that the shop and…
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A Review of The Hilltop Monitor’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Goals
In June of 2020 – after the murder of George Floyd and related protests against police brutality – The Hilltop Monitor editorial staff published an editorial piece affirming our commitment to diversity and inclusivity and setting out a number of goals that we wished to achieve in the 2020-2021 academic…
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Photo Feature: Christmas Markets
In December of 2019 – just before the pandemic hit – I was lucky enough to spend the holiday season traveling Europe. Naturally, I made sure to visit some of the most iconic Christmas markets, including ones in Berlin, Munich and Prague. As we enter into an unusually isolated holiday…
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