The Hilltop Monitor spoke with Erin Melton, senior Oxbridge Literature and Theory major and winner of the 2017-2018 William Jewell College Faculty Award, about how her time at William Jewell College has shaped her post-college plans. Melton began by describing the many activities she has been involved in during her…
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Theatre company presents 24-hour theatre festival
The William Jewell College Beta Pi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega held a 24-Hour Theatre Festival starting April 20 at 8 PM. The students had 24 hours to write, direct, stage and produce three one-act plays. The plays were showcased April 21 at 8 p.m. in Peters Theater. Assistant professor…
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Sophomore Oxbridge students prepare to study abroad
Every year, Oxbridge Honors Program junior students at William Jewell College leave the Hill to study abroad. For most of them, this means a year studying at the University of Oxford in England. Next year, 17 Oxbridge students will be studying at Oxford and one will be studying in Washington…
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To be Honest… with Dylan Jones
To be honest, it’s been quite a ride, and I’ve loved every minute of it. I look back on my four years, and I’m filled with nostalgia. The decision to study at William Jewell College has been the best decision of my entire life. When I arrived at Jewell I decided…
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Humans of Jewell
Bryar Buhlig, first year interactive digital media and theatre major, elaborated on her familial ties to the school and her involvement with the Jewell Theatre Company. Having graduated from Kearney High School, Buhlig stated that a major reason she was pushed towards Jewell was due to the fact that her…
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Controversy sparks over Brooklyn Museum’s new curator
Brooklyn Museum has recently been under ridicule for hiring a white female curator for the African art wing. Dr. Kristen Windmuller-Luna, a 31-year-old with a Doctorate and Masters of Arts in African art history from Princeton, a Bachelors in art history from Yale and was previously a lecturer at Columbia…
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Seniors display four years of art at Jewell
Every year, William Jewell College’s studio art majors and minors display 12 art pieces in Stocksdale Gallery as part of their capstone project; the pieces feature an array of mediums selected by the artist and can be from any of their years in the department. Studio art majors have to…
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“In the Time of the Butterflies” successfully interprets a little-known story
Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies” is one of my all-time favorite novels for a number of reasons. It was my first introduction to that historical period in the Dominican Republic. Not only does it tell a story I’d never heard, it’s well-written and vividly rendered. It is…
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“Ready Player One,” a glimpse into the future?
Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One”, released on March 29, is an adaptation of the Ernest Cline’s book of the same name. “Ready Player One” takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, in the year 2044, where consequences of overpopulation, global warming and energy crises are rampant. To escape the poverty and…
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