We all have that friend with perfect taste in music. They’ve seemingly got it all – their song recommendations are always fire. (Yes, I did…
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The Rise of Hamas: Origins and Overthrow
Author’s note: This is the first in a series of articles that address the war between Israel and Hamas, which started in 2023 and continues…
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Staying Human in an Online World
The ProblemLast year, Americans spent an average of eight hours and eleven minutes looking at a screen every day. That is a scary number. When…
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N-Word Used in CTI Class
The IncidentMary Leniton On Oct. 4, a student in a William Jewell College Critical Thought and Inquiry (CTI) course faced pressure from a guest lecturer…
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“The Canon for Racial Reconciliation”
On Nov. 5, 2023, composers Dr. Nicholas Reeves and Isaac Cates and conductor Dr. Anthony Maglione presented the world premiere of “The Canon for Racial…
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Smallest Hill: The Oxford comma is necessary, beneficial and important
I quite enjoy reading and writing the English language. Some parts of English are more fun than others, of course; I always prefer to read…
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Speaker’s Out: What Happened + Budgeting 101
It has been an interesting week for U.S. democracy. In the last fourteen days, U.S. lawmakers have averted a government shutdown. Currently, the Biden administration…
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Faculty Feature: Dr. Joseph Shih
This week, The Hilltop Monitor had the opportunity to sit down with William Jewell College’s Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Joseph Shih to discuss all…
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Spilling or trusting your guts? A review of Olivia Rodrigo’s “GUTS”
“When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?,” 20-year-old artist Olivia Rodrigo asks on “teenage dream”, the final…
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