I double park in a construction zone because we’re going to be late. Walking up to the theater and the around-the-block crowd, I notice a group of women taking a photo under the marquis and mischievously suggest that while their attention is elsewhere we jump the line. Quickly inside due…
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An in-depth study on diversity within Jewell’s curriculum
Of the 69 required books from Critical Thought and Inquiry (CTI) classes offered at William Jewell College this semester, 47 of their authors are white men, five are men of color, 14 are white women and six are women of color. One text, the Bhagavad-Gita, is of unknown authorship. 131…
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“Queer Eye”: Queerer and Funnier
The Netflix reboot of the 2003-2007 show, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” now renamed simply “Queer Eye” has been a smashing popular success. The show follows the same basic premise: five exuberant and discerning gay men help ill-kept, uncultured and generally schlubby ones redo their lives in the areas…
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Social Justice Book Discussion Group to read “In the Time of Butterflies”
This spring, William Jewell College Library Services will host a Social Justice Book Discussion Group (SJBD) in partnership with the Jewell Theatre Company. The book for this iteration of the group is Julia Alvarez’s 1994 novel “In the Time of the Butterflies.” The group will meet to discuss Parts I…
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Ely soon again to be the place to “b-ely”
In an all-campus email sent Feb. 1, William Jewell College President Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls announced that the school would be launching “Phase One of a comprehensive effort to renovate and redesign our first-year residence halls.” The email explains that through a gift from Mark and Karen Mathes, Liberty residents…
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UMKC downtown arts campus loses key project funding
In late January, the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation, headed by Julia Irene Kauffman, announced the withdrawal of a $20 million pledge toward the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s proposed downtown arts campus. The pledge was the lead gift in a $48 million campaign. Its withdrawal constitutes a setback for the project,…
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Humans of Jewell
What’s your biggest struggle right now? “Well, right now, it’s how in the world we’re going to get all these presents out by Christmas Eve, it always is. You know what it’s like? It’s like the end of semesters when I was in college. How in the world am I…
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To be honest…with Elliott Yoakum
To be honest, male pageants like the annual Mr. Jewell normalize laughter at gender non-conformity. On Nov. 1, Zeta Tau Alpha of William Jewell College hosted its annual Mr. Jewell Pageant. Although the event raised money to help combat breast cancer (not through Susan G. Komen, thank God), male pageants…
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“Through the Eyes of Picasso” and colonialism
Upon entering “Through the Eyes of Picasso,” the new featured exhibition at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, I found myself in a narrow hallway with tribal masks from indigenous groups from places ranging from New Zealand to Mexico—not at all what I expected from an exhibition showcasing Picasso. From…
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