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Category: Arts & Culture

A Look Back – Revisiting Kid Cudi’s “Man on the Moon II”

1 October 2021
Sam Pfeiffer
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Frequent collaboration with Travis Scott, Kanye West and a multitude of other members of Kanye’s record label allowed prolific artist Kid Cudi to maintain a…

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Jewell to host Victorian murder-mystery opera, featuring students, faculty

24 September 2021
Alaina Flory
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With the loosening of COVID-19 regulations, performing arts are making a comeback with an increase in in-person performances. William Jewell College and its Department of…

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The best music for studying

24 September 2021
Ryan West
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One side effect to being enrolled in a college is many nights filled with endless studying – which we all know can be quite a…

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Donda: Quantity, Quality or Both?

24 September 2021
Sam Pfeiffer
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Aug. 29 marked the day that sent Kanye West’s discography of studio albums into the double digits with his release of “Donda,” a 27-track behemoth…

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Inscape releases 2021 issue online

7 May 2021
Paula To
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Inscape – William Jewell College’s artistic magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art from Jewell students – released its 2021 edition on April 23,…

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A view of Kansas City

7 May 2021
Krista Halstead
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As one of the midwest’s largest cities, Kansas City finds itself with a variety of architectural styles. While popular architectural styles changed, the city continued…

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Movie Review: WandaVision shows what TV can and should be

23 April 2021
Catherine Dema
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Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision” is the first of Marvel we’ve seen since “Spiderman: Far From Home” was released in 2019, and it was certainly worth the wait.…

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Book Review: Linda Hirshman’s “Sisters in Law”

16 April 2021
Teresa Mainzer
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Linda Hirshman’s novel, “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World,” follows the…

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An oasis in the Crossroads

16 April 2021
Hannah Koehler
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Verdant 128 W 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108 Tucked into a row of shops in the Kansas City Crossroads district is a small botanical…

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