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Category: Arts & Culture

“Sully” is cleared for takeoff

23 September 2016
Sydney Georges
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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

23 September 2016
Hania Osman
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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

16 September 2016
Daniel Virga
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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

16 September 2016
Amy Mullen
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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

16 September 2016
Lauren Berndt
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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

16 September 2016
Alexandria Acord
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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

16 September 2016
Harper Vincent
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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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Photo Feature: In Full Bloom

29 April 2016
Harper Vincent
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Humans of Jewell

29 April 2016
Hannah Garner
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Charlotte Burns, sophomore biology major, hopes to bring the College Diabetes Network (CDN) to William Jewell College. CDN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to…

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