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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