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Category: Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: College Republicans

23 April 2021
From the Reader
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This letter was submitted to The Hilltop Monitor by Calvin Heit, president of College Republicans and first-year Oxbridge institutions & policy and international relations major.…

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2021 Faculty Award Finalists announced

16 April 2021
Christina Kirk
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William Jewell College announced the five finalists for the College’s Faculty Award – an award recognizing graduating students who exhibit the highest ideals of a…

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Letter to the Editor: “I’m happy to say that I did tell someone”

12 February 2021
From the Reader
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I was sexually assaulted by four different men before I knew it was wrong Content Warning: This Letter to the Editor contains details of sexual…

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Letter from the Editorial Board: Black lives matter

8 June 2020
The Hilltop Monitor
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The Hilltop Monitor editorial board condemns the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, police brutality, racism and White supremacy – and we resoundingly…

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Letter from the Editor: the HTM’s COVID-19 response plan

20 March 2020
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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Undeniably the past several weeks have been a trying time for all. The widespread news of dwindling reserves of medical supplies, product shortages and entire…

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Letter from the Editors: Press freedom and the importance of distinguishing opinions from facts

26 April 2019
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe and Christina Kirk
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A number of the opinion articles recently published on The Hilltop Monitor have been inflammatory amongst our readership. Individuals have commented on the articles both…

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Letter from the Editor: New Pronoun Policy

27 April 2018
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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Journalism is both the process of communicating information and the responsibility of representing audiences and individuals alike. It is a practice best used as a…

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Letter from the Editor: President Obama’s Legacy

3 February 2017
Brett Stone
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While preparing for an editorial in which I’m going to consider President Obama’s legacy, the first thing that came to mind was to go through…

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Letter to the Monitor: Jameson O’Connor

11 November 2016
Jameson O'Connor
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To my fellow students, I am concerned for the future of our republic. Not because of who our next president will be, but because I…

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