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Category: Jewell Spotlights

Senior Athlete Feature: Connor Hull

13 April 2026
Samson Selleck
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Connor Hull is a senior Accounting major on the Jewell track and field team. The Hilltop Monitor interviewed Hull as part of a series featuring…

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Senior Athlete Feature: Toryn Podschwit

6 March 2026
Ethan Naber
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This article originally appeared in a print edition of the Monitor published 27 February 2026. Toryn Podschwit (#1) is a senior Communications major who plays…

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William Jewell Speech and Debate Team wins national tournament for the first time since 2007

2 May 2025
Molly Haynes
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Photo by William Jewell College via LinkedIn. Over the weekend of March 14, the William Jewell Speech and Debate team competed at the National Parliamentary…

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An Interview with “Terra Nova” Director Cal Perkins

5 March 2025
Brian J. Bartels
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Production photo from “Terra Nova” at William Jewell College, photo courtesy of Jewell Theatre Co. Cal Perkins is a senior theatre major at WIlliam Jewell…

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The 2024 Presidential Elections Through the Eyes of Jewell Students

27 November 2024
Eliott Labeth
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“Head Over Heels”: Here and Queer

3 May 2024
Ethan Naber
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On the weekend of April 8 , Jewell Theatre Company put on its spring show: the musical “Head Over Heels,” a jukebox musical featuring the…

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Athletics Feature: The Cardinal Sound’s four-year journey and the debut of The Crown Jewell

3 May 2024
Koda Rose
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For more than 50 years, William Jewell College has been performing at athletic events, games, and matches in the form of a drumline and winds…

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Celebrating 130 years of student journalism at William Jewell College: A history of The Hilltop Monitor from 1894 to 2024

3 May 2024
Samantha Bard
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This year, William Jewell College celebrates its 175th anniversary as an institution of higher learning, but that is not the only milestone achievement that ought…

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“The Canon for Racial Reconciliation”

17 November 2023
Ethan Naber
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On Nov. 5,  2023, composers Dr. Nicholas Reeves and Isaac Cates and conductor Dr. Anthony Maglione presented the world premiere of “The Canon for Racial…

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