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Category: Arts & Culture

To be honest…with Elliott Yoakum

17 November 2017
Elliott Yoakum
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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…

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“Through the Eyes of Picasso” and colonialism

10 November 2017
Elliott Yoakum
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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…

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“The Thrill of” Sam Smith’s second album

10 November 2017
Grace Webber
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I have this bad habit of picking two or three songs from an album that I like and only listening to those. However, Sam Smith’s…

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Humans of Jewell

10 November 2017
Erin Melton
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Ashlyn Bashore, junior English and religion and culture major, discussed her experience as a transfer student from a public university to a liberal arts college…

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To be honest…with Clare Kimmis

10 November 2017
Clare Kimmis
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To be honest, I’m livid. It is 2017 and white supremacists marched through the streets of Charlottesville, Va. resulting in the death of a young…

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“Carrie” is a supernaturally great

3 November 2017
Christina Kirk
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The Jewell Theatre Company’s (JTC) production of “Carrie: the Musical,” based on Stephen King’s 1974, novel opened Nov. 2 at William Jewell College’s Peters Theater.…

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“Stranger Things” gets stranger and better

3 November 2017
Betsy Tucker
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As was true of the first season, I can’t tell if “Stranger Things 2” is great sci-fi or an elaborate metaphor for childhood trauma. The…

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To be honest…with Hannah Koehler

3 November 2017
Hannah Koehler
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To be honest, there is too much small talk. “Small talk” is the tedious conversation you have with that twice-removed relative that you only see…

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To be honest…with Dylan Jones

27 October 2017
Dylan Jones
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To be honest I feel like we need to talk about the Friends of the James Farm (FOJF). The organization branches off from the Jesse…

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