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Category: Opinions

The final Democratic primary debate

10 April 2020
Christina Kirk
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Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) greeted one another March 16 by bumping elbows, setting the mood for a debate that…

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Have people taken this global emergency seriously enough?

10 April 2020
Hannah Tietz
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The United States is currently having the worst outbreak of COVID-19 out of any country. The CDC reported that as of April 1, the United…

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Will Anti-Trumpism decide who wins the election?

6 March 2020
Tavarus Pennington
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Since 2016, many Americans have held their breath with distaste for the current administration. Not that this is particularly unique of this administration, but it’s…

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The impact of Greek life

21 February 2020
Madelyn Comeau
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Greek life has an impactful and integral role in the community of William Jewell. While many may have preconceived notions of what it means to…

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What happened at the Iowa Caucus

21 February 2020
Hannah Tietz
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As the presidential primary nears, so does the Iowa caucus. Let’s first start with what the Iowa caucus actually is. CNN explains that if an…

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Should Jewell move Greek rush to the fall

14 February 2020
Minnie Goodbody
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As you may have noticed, William Jewell College is an outlier when it comes to Greek rush and recruitment. At most colleges recruitment begins the…

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Do We Really Need to be Afraid of the Coronavirus?

14 February 2020
Jenna Hultgren
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You can’t go a whole day anymore without hearing about some global disease. I was sick last week, and everytime I coughed, it was “You…

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The United States presence in the Middle East indicative of executive overreach

7 February 2020
Kyler Schardein
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On Jan. 3, on the orders of the President of the United States, a drone strike assassinated Iranian General Quasem Soleimani and nine others at…

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Are posthumous albums worth it?

7 February 2020
Jenna Hultgren
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Nothing brings the United States together quite like the death of a beloved public figure. People like Robin Williams, Kobe Bryant and Carrie Fisher have…

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