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…
Read More“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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Inaugural Art Brings New Meaning to Ceremony
On Oct. 21, 2017, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls was officially inaugurated the 15th president of William Jewell College. The Inauguration began at 10:00 a.m. and included a performance by the William Jewell Concert Choir, the reading of an inaugural poem and a speech by President MacLeod Walls herself. Unlike past Jewell…
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To be honest…with Elliott Yoakum
To be honest, Liberty needs to do more to reconcile with its racist past and can start by removing the Confederate Memorial in Fairview Cemetery. Almost two weeks ago, after rightly being called a racist for flying the Confederate Flag, Richard Geisenheyner, a Liberty resident, hung a sign outside his…
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Artist Feature: Madeline Douglas
Madeline Douglas, senior Oxbridge music major and communication minor, started playing piano in second grade—but not by choice. Her dad, who studied piano at William Jewell College, made her start. “My dad is a pianist and he has played piano for as long as I can remember, Douglas said. “It…
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Jewell admissions working to increase diversity on campus
The lack of diversity on William Jewell College’s campus has recently prompted certain groups to speak about it more openly. Though groups like the Black Student Association (BSA) have been around and active on Jewell’s campus for many years now, the creation of new groups, like the Latinx group Mi…
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Mi Gente: Expanding Jewell’s multicultural groups
According to statistics from Dr. Andy Pratt, vice president for social responsibility and engagement, out of 997 students at William Jewell College this year, 785 are white. Of the remaining students, 43 identify as two or more races, 41 are Hispanic/Latinx, 40 are Black/African-American, 25 are unknown, 12 are Asian, one…
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