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Author: Erin Melton

Softball team looks forward to end of season

15 April 2016
Erin Melton
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Despite a number of injuries and early season losses, the William Jewell College softball team is determined to finish its season with a strong performance.…

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The Hilltop Monitor interviews new William Jewell College president

8 April 2016
Erin Melton
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This article is the second of a multipart series on William Jewell College’s presidents- past, present and future.    Dr. Elizabeth McLeod Walls will be taking over…

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AFE: Unknown vegans stage a sit-in in the caf, everyone knows who they are

1 April 2016
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William Jewell College is a liberal arts school, meaning that the College is free to make us, as they say, “sit down and shut up.”…

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Rutliff begins internship with Nordstrom after graduation

24 March 2016
Erin Melton
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William Jewell College senior Leah Rutliff, communication, French and ACT-In major, has been as accepted as a Nordstrom Retail Management Intern in Kansas City, Mo.…

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Obscure Sports Weekly: Cheese Rolling

26 February 2016
Erin Melton
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At the end of a long and frustrating day, some people want a chunk of cheese. Others want to go for a nice run. Others,…

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Zayn? More like zaayyyuuuuum

12 February 2016
Erin Melton
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Flashing lights. Inverted colors. Kaleidoscope patterns. Dripping paint. Dangerously high ponytails. Sitting down to watch Zayn Malik’s new music video for “Pillowtalk” feels strangely similar…

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To be honest…with Erin Melton

20 November 2015
Erin Melton
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To be honest, stop telling me to love my body. I know I shouldn’t hate my body like I do. We shouldn’t hate our bodies like we do.…

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The 8th wonder of the world found in KC: A review of Seva

13 November 2015
Erin Melton
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Review of Seva Cuisine of India You open a door and are immediately enveloped in a cloud of aromatic ecstasy. You feel comforted, as if…

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Professional and personal development in Washington, D.C.

30 October 2015
Erin Melton
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Freja Ingelstam, junior international relations and history major, spent the summer in Washington, D.C. as an intern for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of…

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