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Category: April Fools

AFE: 9 Things You Didn’t Know “PLC” Actually Stands For: #9 Could Help Those of You Fishing for a Phormal Date

1 April 2016
Chandler Eaton
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What does PLC actually stand for? 1. People Leaving Computers ON the seemingly crimeless hill, students leave their laptops lounging about the PLC with no…

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AFE: Bottom of Curry Hall has been on fire for days, no one has noticed

1 April 2015
Sarah Crosley
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The basement of Curry Hall has been on fire for four days now. The cause of the fire is unknown, much like the location of…

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AFE: How to Stalk Your Jewell Crush: an Infographic

1 April 2015
Kristen Agar
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    Contributions also made by Brianna Steiert.

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AFE: Greene Hall discovered inside Brown Hall, students respond “What’s Greene Hall?”

1 April 2015
Luke Lockhart
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Last month, members of the grounds keeping crew launched research of storerooms in the bottom floor of Brown Hall. Though the room remains largely unexplored, initial reports…

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AFE: PLC music brings jejalaldfjowierjopwjkdfj;lkjf sl;;;;;

1 April 2015
Brett Stone
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Overall, I give this playlist 4.5/5 stars! If I have to criticize anything, it’s that it isn’t loud ENOUGH. The Pryor Learning Commons boasts millions…

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AFE: Beyond the Hill editor admits knowing nothing about politics

1 April 2015
Chandler Eaton
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On Monday, Mar. 30, Beyond the Hill page editor Grace Smith, junior, admitted to knowing nothing about politics while standing on the fringes of the…

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AFE: Sneaky Pete’s Now Hiring1!!!!1!!!!!! ;););)

1 April 2015
Sarah Crosley
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AFE: Languages Department hacks Jewellverse, removes English from iPad settings

1 April 2015
Alexandria Acord
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Graphjam.com After weeks of speculation and investigation, school officials are finally close to tracking the culprit behind the infamous iPad language hackings that have rendered…

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AFE: Sigma Nu returns to campus with plans to occupy Baseball House

1 April 2015
Mary Luber
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The Beta Xi chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity has been reinstated on the William Jewell College campus, ending its almost 13 year long hiatus…

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