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Category: From the Community

My COVID story: Traveling back to the States and maintaining perspective

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Madison Carroll, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy major, has been studying at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall. Carroll is from Springfield, Mo. In…

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My COVID story: Coming home and looking forward

27 March 2020
Catherine Dema
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Savannah Hawley, junior French and Oxbridge: Literature and Theory major, has been studying at Oxford’s Regent’s Park College. A native of Independence, Mo., Hawley studied…

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My COVID story: Employment uncertainty and self-isolation

27 March 2020
From the Reader
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Hannah Payne, ‘17, writes about the struggles she has overcome throughout the past several weeks after having contact with a potential COVID-19 patient and being…

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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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Remembering Alex Holden

14 February 2020
Hayden Fulk
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“Make sure you enjoy your life and are happy because at the end of the day, that is what is important. Follow and do what…

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Remembering Matt Oliver

10 May 2019
From the Reader
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by Christian Ousnamer As many of you know, April 1, William Jewell College alum Matthew Oliver made the decision to take his own life. I…

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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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