The Hilltop Monitor

The Hilltop Monitor

The Official Student Publication of William Jewell College

  • Home
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • Jewell & Local
      • Campus News
    • National & Global
  • Opinions
    • Editorials
    • The Smallest Hill
    • View from the Hill
    • Satire
      • April Fools
  • Features
    • From the Community
      • Letter to the Editor
      • Student Stories
    • Informative
    • Investigations
    • Jewell Spotlights
      • Organization Spotlights
      • Community Features
      • Athlete Spotlights
      • Senior Spotlights
      • Artist Spotlights
  • Puzzles
  • Sports
    • Jewell & Local
    • National & Global
    • Sports Opinions
  • Arts & Culture
    • Arts
      • Multimedia
        • Photo Features
    • Culture
      • Events
    • Jewell & Local
    • Reviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Health & Wellness
    • Hobbies
    • Social Commentary
  • Suggest A Story
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
Recent News
  • Another Quagmire in the Middle East: Iran-U.S. war
  • The New Normal: Venezuela Two Months Later
  • The Heritage Foundation and America: what comes next? 
  • Jewell internally announces further downsizing
  • AI Psychosis, Delusions, and the Digital Condition

Category: National & Global

Headlines: Ebola

6 February 2015
Brianna Steiert
No Comments

The Ebola breakout in West Africa started  March 2014, but interest peaked in the United States in September and October. The United States focused on…

Read More

Headlines: Edward Snowden

5 December 2014
Sarah Crosley
No Comments

After revealing the U.S. surveillance system PRISM in an interview to The Guardian newspaper, Edward Snowden fled to Russia. He recently received a three year…

Read More

Headlines: Distant Hope for Gaza

21 November 2014
Caitlin Troutman
No Comments

Revisit the destruction that happened over the summer in Gaza as a result of an Israeli campaign to root out terrorism in Gaza. Over the…

Read More

The career of Loretta Lynch, Obama’s nominee for attorney general

21 November 2014
Hannah Garner
No Comments

Meet Loretta Lynch, the next Attorney General of the United States. On Nov. 8, 2014 President Barack Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder…

Read More

Inside CUA’s search for acts and performances

21 November 2014
Brett Stone
No Comments

(from left to right) Sara Bailey, Kristen Meinhart, Justin Willman, Amber Krigbaum and Ben Shingole. Ben Shinogle, CUA Director, explains the process of bringing performers…

Read More

Headlines: humanitarian situation in Syria

14 November 2014
Alexandria Acord
No Comments

The Syrian Civil War continues to impact the lives of civilians and drive the refugee crisis in the region. The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria…

Read More

Headlines: results of the race that unseated Eric Cantor

7 November 2014
Grace Smith
No Comments

Eric Cantor resigned from his congressional seat and position as speaker of the house after Dave Brat received the Republican nomination for Virginia’s 7th District…

Read More

Bailout legislation leaves many issues unresolved

31 October 2014
Hannah Garner
No Comments

Since the failure of Lehman Brothers and the passage of the Troubled Assets Relief Program the problems that caused the Great Recession remain largely unsolved.…

Read More

Headlines: Healthcare.gov

24 October 2014
Jesse Lundervold
No Comments

How the Health Insurance Marketplace at healthcare.gov has fared since its rocky start in October 2013. (Image source: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Passed by President Obama…

Read More
Previous
Next

Recent Posts

  • Another Quagmire in the Middle East: Iran-U.S. war
    by Matthew Parker
    Mar 31, 2026
  • Smallest Hill: Spoilers Don’t Ruin Good Stories
    by Alee Dickey
    Mar 31, 2026
  • New Student Organization: Celebrate Biblical Values with BJUSA, No Faculty Advisor Necessary!
    by H. William Speck
    Mar 31, 2026
  • Podcasts I’ve Been Loving Lately
    by Alee Dickey
    Mar 31, 2026
  • The New Normal: Venezuela Two Months Later
    by Matthew Parker
    Mar 6, 2026
  • The Milan-Cortina Olympic Games: a breakdown
    by Ethan Naber
    Mar 6, 2026

popular tags

advice (44) album review (41) Angelica Gutierrez (37) april fools (70) arts & culture (71) arts and culture (209) campus news (60) catherine dema (79) christina kirk (61) coronavirus (44) COVID-19 (113) erin melton (36) featured (207) features (118) Football (58) hannah koehler (51) humans of jewell (62) jewell (87) kansas city (111) kristen agar (35) kyler schardein (42) lifestyle (400) madelyn Comeau (39) madison carroll (43) Michaela Esau (64) missouri (44) movie review (50) music (45) news (185) opinion (138) opinions (34) Opinions and Editorials (74) Perspectives (316) photo feature (57) photography (56) photos (50) politics (59) review (72) savannah hawley (55) sofia arthurs-schoppe (74) sports (219) to be honest (63) trump (75) william humphrey (37) william jewell college (57)

Archives

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

We at the Hilltop Monitor encourage you to interact with our stories and content by commenting. Monitor Editorial Staff reserves the right to moderate and/or remove comments that consist of hateful language, personal attacks or content unrelated to the article or editorial. The Monitor reserves the right to publish or otherwise promote any and all comments posted on articles and associated social media. Editorial comment does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the College.

The staff of the Hilltop Monitor make every effort to ensure that the contents of this site are in accordance with U.S. copyright law. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at monitor@william.jewell.edu to resolve the matter.

Archives

Copyright © 2026 The Hilltop Monitor | Theme by: Theme Horse | Proudly Powered by: WordPress