The Hilltop Monitor

The Hilltop Monitor

The Official Student Publication of William Jewell College

  • Home
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • Jewell & Local
      • Campus News
    • National & Global
  • Opinions
    • Editorials
    • The Smallest Hill
    • View from the Hill
    • Satire
      • April Fools
  • Features
    • From the Community
      • Letter to the Editor
      • Student Stories
    • Informative
    • Investigations
    • Jewell Spotlights
      • Organization Spotlights
      • Community Features
      • Athlete Spotlights
      • Senior Spotlights
      • Artist Spotlights
  • Puzzles
  • Sports
    • Jewell & Local
    • National & Global
    • Sports Opinions
  • Arts & Culture
    • Arts
      • Multimedia
        • Photo Features
    • Culture
      • Events
    • Jewell & Local
    • Reviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Health & Wellness
    • Hobbies
    • Social Commentary
  • Suggest A Story
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
Recent News
  • The President against the Pope
  • MCMA: Hilltop Monitor runner-up for Best Overall Newspaper
  • 2026 Celebration of Honors: Morelli wins Faculty Award, 150+ students honored
  • Jewell announces 2026 Faculty Award finalists
  • Another Quagmire in the Middle East: Iran-U.S. war

Category: Arts & Culture

“More Life” has bangers but no new ideas

14 April 2017
Taylor Tummons
No Comments

“More Life” was pretty cool. Like I enjoyed it, and it’s something nice to bump in the car, but Drake certainly didn’t give us much…

Read More

To be honest…with Becca Saffier

14 April 2017
Becca Saffier
No Comments

To be honest, I’d like to stand up for the men. There are several phrases thrown around these days about men, particularly in feminist discourse. Phrases…

Read More

An existential masterpiece in “Pure Comedy”

14 April 2017
Chandler Eaton
No Comments

Father John Misty’s “Pure Comedy” is pure gold: from gospel choirs to existential trolling, FJM’s short story, film and album are well worth your time.…

Read More

Artist Feature: Brett Jackson’s Photography

7 April 2017
Brett Jackson
No Comments
Read More

Senior art students host final show

7 April 2017
Jesse Lundervold
No Comments

The culmination of a studio art major or minor at William Jewell College is the exhibition of paintings, photographs, sculpture and other pieces of art…

Read More

Thursdays are now a little more tender

7 April 2017
Mikayla Roller
No Comments

With the work-week weighing students down and the weekend almost in sight, Thursdays can be a difficult day for students at William Jewell College. Yet,…

Read More

Artist Feature: Brett Jackson

7 April 2017
Amy Mullen
No Comments

From a young age, senior interactive digital media major Brett Jackson knew he was artistic, but he didn’t know that his high school hobby would…

Read More

Artist Feature: Brett Jackson’s Photography

7 April 2017
Brett Jackson
No Comments
Read More

AFE: Artist Feature: Unknown whiteboard artist

1 April 2017
Jesse Lundervold
No Comments

A new artist has emerged on campus whose identity is unknown. Their canvas is the whiteboard, and artworks can be seen in prominent spaces across…

Read More
Previous
Next

Recent Posts

  • NASCAR: Season Summary
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026
  • Document: Official White House Speech Promoting New Nationwide AI Initiative
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026
  • Who Owns America’s Media?
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026
  • The President against the Pope
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026
  • MCMA: Hilltop Monitor runner-up for Best Overall Newspaper
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026
  • Operatic Olympians: Jewell Opera Company Takes the Stage
    by The Hilltop Monitor
    Apr 27, 2026

popular tags

advice (44) album review (41) Angelica Gutierrez (37) april fools (70) arts & culture (71) arts and culture (210) campus news (60) catherine dema (79) christina kirk (61) coronavirus (44) COVID-19 (113) erin melton (36) featured (209) features (118) Football (58) hannah koehler (51) humans of jewell (62) jewell (87) kansas city (111) kristen agar (35) kyler schardein (42) lifestyle (400) madelyn Comeau (39) madison carroll (43) Michaela Esau (64) missouri (44) movie review (50) music (45) news (189) opinion (141) opinions (34) Opinions and Editorials (74) Perspectives (316) photo feature (57) photography (56) photos (50) politics (59) review (72) savannah hawley (55) sofia arthurs-schoppe (74) sports (221) to be honest (63) trump (77) william humphrey (37) william jewell college (57)

Archives

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

We at the Hilltop Monitor encourage you to interact with our stories and content by commenting. Monitor Editorial Staff reserves the right to moderate and/or remove comments that consist of hateful language, personal attacks or content unrelated to the article or editorial. The Monitor reserves the right to publish or otherwise promote any and all comments posted on articles and associated social media. Editorial comment does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the College.

The staff of the Hilltop Monitor make every effort to ensure that the contents of this site are in accordance with U.S. copyright law. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at monitor@william.jewell.edu to resolve the matter.

Archives

Copyright © 2026 The Hilltop Monitor | Theme by: Theme Horse | Proudly Powered by: WordPress