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Student Senate Election Debate: Three Uniquely Comprised Cabinets Campaign and Debate for the 2017 Election

14 April 2017
Chandler Eaton
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Wednesday, April 12, the “Hilltop Monitor” moderated the 2017 Student Senate debate. The polls open Thursday, April 13 and continue through Easter weekend. The three…

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Liberty’s smoking age raised to 21

21 October 2016
Alexandria Acord
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On Sept. 26, the Liberty City Council approved an ordinance that increased the smoking age to 21 within city limits.  With a 5-3 vote in…

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Student Senate’s Policies and Goals for the New Year

16 September 2016
Chandler Eaton
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As a new academic year commences, William Jewell College’s Student Senate prepares and plans for the goals they aim to accomplish as they represent the…

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Government Shutdown and Financial Aid

23 October 2015
Erin Melton
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On Sept. 30, 2015, the United States Senate avoided a government shutdown by voting to continue funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11. This means…

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Teaching assistants enhance foreign language learning environment

23 October 2015
Jesse Lundervold
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Four of the languages offered at William Jewell College, Chinese, French, Spanish and Japanese, have teaching assistants (TAs) who come from across the globe to help…

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Obama Administration unveils new college ranking system. How does Jewell rank?

2 October 2015
Brianna Steiert
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The Obama Administration has wanted to change the way colleges are ranked since 2013. Current systems focus on the prestige of the institution in terms…

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Field work prepares education students for careers in teaching

27 February 2015
Caitlin Troutman
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William Jewell College Department of Education students will complete 40 hours of field work per semester in a variety of classroom settings. In order to…

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Jewell choir selected to perform at all-state conference

13 February 2015
Caitlin Troutman
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Pictured: Members of the MMEA Collegiate Honor Choir Stewart Duncan, Dr. Maglione (instructor), Michael Hon, Zach Stelzer, Julia Nydam, Katie Baker, Sarah Reed and Crista…

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