To be honest I feel like we, as Americans, need to expand our worldview to learn more about ourselves and other countries. In August, I…
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Hammocking: A Field Guide to Jewell
Harper Vincent explores the best places to literally hang out on the WJC campus. The Jury is still out on whether hammocking is a sport,…
Read More“Sully” is cleared for takeoff
Tom Hanks flies high as Captain “Sully” Sullenberger. On January 15, 2009, Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport began a terrifying twist of events in a mere…
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Humans of Jewell
Martin Elliott Yoakum, first-year Oxbridge literature and theory major, shares with the Monitor the reason behind his goal of becoming an indigenous people’s lawyer. “[One of…
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Photo Feature: A Year in Europe
What you see: a mosque… What I see: the con, the spices, the turkish delights, the carpets, the bustling markets, the praying, and the unfamiliarity..…
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Humans of Jewell
I got the opportunity to talk to Lydia Hanman, a junior nursing student and French minor, about some of the things that make life interesting.…
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Backpack the world and time travel all in one day
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, located in downtown Kansas City, is stuffed with rooms of art and artifacts spanning from ancient India to 18th century Europe.…
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To be honest…with Alexandria Acord
To be honest, I feel like “new” doesn’t always mean “improved.” In this world of growing technology and expanding markets, it can be easy to…
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Frank Ocean’s album “Blonde” is well worth the wait
If you’ve been anywhere on the Internet (or existing anywhere in the world) within these past four weeks, you’ve heard of “Blonde,” Frank Ocean’s long-awaited…
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