On Sept. 9, Serena Williams, professional American tennis player, yelled at chair umpire Carlos Ramos during the U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka. The outburst occurred after Williams received multiple code violations and was accused of being coached from the sidelines – implying that she was cheating. Williams opposed the…
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Athlete Profile: Athos Morais looks to dominate on and off the court
Athos Morais, first-year business and data science major from São Paulo, Brazil, plays on the William Jewell College men’s tennis team. Morais spoke to the Monitor about the struggles of being a student-athlete, his goals for the year and adjusting to life in the United States. Being a first-year student…
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Tiger Woods is back
As Tiger Woods walked towards what became the shot that would grant him his 80th Pro Golf Association tour win, the crowd followed intently, ready to watch Woods reclaim the throne after going over 1,800 days without a single tournament win. This scene resembled the walk that Woods took in…
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Sports Profile: Olivia Tolberd positions herself to break digging record
Olivia Tolberd, senior mathematics and psychology major, spoke to The Hilltop Monitor about playing volleyball at William Jewell College and how it’s shaped her time at the institution. Tolberd began by telling the Monitor about how she stays competitive in the sport while balancing a busy school life and how…
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Opinion: Penalties will not remove inherent dangers from football
This past offseason, the NFL implemented a new roughing-the-passer penalty. This rule aims at preventing players from landing on the quarterback with all, or most of, their body weight. Last season, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone after a hit from Minnesota linebacker Anthony Barr. The roughing-the-passer…
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First-year Kaylee Kappelmann kicks off college career
Kaylie Kappelmann, first-year psychology and nonprofit leadership major, has played soccer since the age of three. The Olathe, Kansas, native sat down with the Monitor to discuss her first taste of college athletics. Kappelman is a goalkeeper on the womens’ soccer team. She commented on how the season has been…
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Serena Williams raises claims of sexism at U.S. Open
The 2018 U.S. Open Women’s final was quite the eventful Saturday for not only Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams but for the whole tennis world. Osaka was the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam but because of all that happened with Serena during the match, she lost her…
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Sports Profile: John Ekwomadu’s Journey to Jewell
John Ekwomadu, sophomore psychology major from Lagos, Nigeria, is one of the new students here at William Jewell College this semester. He spoke to the Monitor about football, his focus on his studies and why he came to the United States. Ekwomadu is a transfer student from Lewis and Clark…
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Jewell Cross Country teams ready for new season with [another] new coach
Eight kilometers is approximately 4.97 miles. That is around 10 thousand steps for a typical human being. At a speed of around four mph, it would take the average human around an hour and 15 minutes to walk this distance. The men’s cross country team run this distance in every…
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