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Category: Features

Photo Feature: Adventures of an Artist Abroad

30 September 2016
Brett Jackson
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 Senior Brett Jackson explored through Europe while studying abroad last semester. This past Spring Semester, I had the wonderful opportunity to study abroad in Barcelona,…

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A Preview of CUA Events

30 September 2016
Amy Mullen
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This year, Thais Quiroga, sophomore Oxbridge history of ideas and international relations major, and Mady Hague, sophomore, have taken on the task of being co-directors…

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Sitting Down with QUILTBAG

30 September 2016
Caitlin Troutman
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The Hilltop Monitor had a chance to speak with the cabinet of QUILTBAG, a student organization at William Jewell College that promotes LGBTQ+ awareness and…

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A Letter to the Monitor: Luce-Virlynn Apollon

30 September 2016
Luce-Virlynn Apollon
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Luce-Virlynn Apollon discusses racism and the Paige Shoemaker controversy “It feels good to finally be a n*gga.” Those aren’t the lyrics to the latest hip-hop…

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Oxbridgers return to Jewell

23 September 2016
Hania Osman
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William Jewell College has been offering the distinctive Oxbridge program for more than 25 years. This program allows students the opportunity to study abroad at…

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National Parks Centennial

23 September 2016
Mikayla Roller
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“See America First” This is what four William Jewell students­­ Jesse Lundervold, Blair Sundhausen, Chandler Eaton, and Daniel Bittel­­ did this past summer as the…

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Photo Feature: Summer in the Park Service

23 September 2016
Chandler Eaton
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Via lens and foot, park ranger Chandler Eaton spent a season trekking around the Rocky Mountains. In 1916, the Department of Interior created a government…

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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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Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls talks rebranding and more

16 September 2016
Brett Stone
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The Hilltop Monitor had a chance to ask William Jewell College’s new president, Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, about the upcoming year, focusing on Jewell’s “rebranding.”…

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