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Everything You Need to Know About the 152 Interchange Project

12 April 2019
William Humphrey
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As most of you have probably noticed by now, construction work has begun on Route 152 and I-35 Interchange. If you thought the traffic on…

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2019 Faculty Award Finalists announced

12 April 2019
Catherine Dema
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Every year, a committee comprised of William Jewell College faculty consider a group of exceptional senior students to recognize with the Faculty Award. Five finalists…

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AFE: Monitor quiz success pushes Buzzfeed to declare bankruptcy

1 April 2019
Caitlin Overmeyer
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This week, rumors have been circulating of Buzzfeed declaring bankruptcy due to the success of the quizzes published by The Hilltop Monitor. As of today,…

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AFE: Jewell community actively supports The Hilltop Monitor

1 April 2019
Savannah Hawley
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Recently, staffers on The Hilltop Monitor opened the Monitor’s suggestion box for the first time in years – discovering that every single student, faculty member and…

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Dr. MacLeod Walls visits Greek organizations on Listening Tour

29 March 2019
Michaela Esau
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Dr. MacLeod Walls, president of William Jewell College, is interested what students have to say. Listening Tours are one of the ways that she is…

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Kansas City Catholic school refuses to admit child of same-sex parents

29 March 2019
Rachel Bell
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Saint Ann Catholic Church and School has reinvigorated debates about the relationship between the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ community after their leaders refused to…

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Missouri Supreme Court extends LGBT protections

15 March 2019
Kyler Schardein
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In late February, the Missouri Supreme Court extended legal protections with two separate rulings in two different directions to the LGBT community. One of the…

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KCI begins construction of new terminal

8 March 2019
Christina Kirk
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Since 2007, Kansas City officials have been devising plans for dealing with the inevitability of merging Kansas City International Airport’s (MCI) three terminals into one…

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National Emergency sparks controversy

8 March 2019
Kyler Schardein
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President Trump officially declared a state of emergency as a method to free up billions of dollars for funding a wall on the Mexican-American border.…

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