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Album Review: “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?”

12 April 2019
Tavarus Pennington
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Billie Eilish has spent much of her young, blossoming career gathering a mythic status about herself. The release of “Ocean Eyes” in 2016 introduced the…

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Movie Review: “Us” (Spoiler Alert)

12 April 2019
Rachel Bell
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“Us” is an absolutely stellar second film by writer and director extraordinaire Jordan Peele – it’s also 116 minutes of pure terror. Those expecting “Us”…

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Spoiler review: “Captain Marvel”

15 March 2019
William Humphrey
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“Captain Marvel” is the 21st movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – the first to have a female superhero as the lead. The movie is currently…

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“Christopher Robin” – Adulthood, Toxic Masculinity and Winnie the Pooh

28 September 2018
Audrey Mapes
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Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, “Christopher Robin,” follows the titular character (Ewan MacGregor) into adulthood and tells the story of how his childhood friends…

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Ballroom dance team to host Spring Fling ball

13 April 2018
Brianna Steiert
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The William Jewell College ballroom dance team is hosting Spring Fling, one of their semi-annual balls, April 18 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Jeri…

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“Love, Simon” is a romantic, idealistic view of acceptance

6 April 2018
Savannah Hawley
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“Love, Simon,” directed by Greg Berlanti, was released March 16, 2018 and adapted from the book “Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli.…

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The power of love gained and lost in “Call Me by Your Name”

6 April 2018
Christina Kirk
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“Call Me by Your Name” is a 2017 dramatic film adapted from André Aciman’s book by the same name about a 17-year-old boy, Elio, who…

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Jewell students spend spring break abroad

6 April 2018
Brianna Steiert
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Over spring break, many Jewell students were able to use their Journey Grants for travel. Among them are Troy Williams, senior political science and Applied…

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To be honest…with Catherine Dema

6 April 2018
Catherine Dema
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To be honest… I am tired of Greek life getting a free pass. After attending Phi Gamma Delta’s (FIJI) Battle of the Air Bands (BOTAB),…

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