On May 25, 2020 George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was murdered by a police officer who asphyxiated Floyd by kneeling on his neck for close to nine minutes. Floyd was arrested for alleged use of a counterfeit $20 bill. His murder was filmed and the video of the horrific…
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Jewell among first colleges in the nation to announce intentions to re-open in the fall
In an email sent to the campus community April 23, William Jewell College President Elizabeth MacLeod Walls announced that the College intends to open for the fall semester of 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This announcement made Jewell among the first colleges and universities in the United…
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Video feature: April 10, 2020
The following video feature is a collection of video clips from April 10, 2020. Each clip appears for exactly one second, is a still shot, projects only ambient noise and follows the linear progression of my day at the all but deserted Mansfield College at Oxford University. Over 30 seconds,…
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Student Senate pauses operations in wake of pandemic, elections delayed until fall
In a campus-wide email sent April 9, William Jewell College’s Student Senate cabinet announced that Student Senate campaigning and elections would be postponed to the fall of 2020. In addition, Mario Magana, Jr., 2019-2020 Senate Vice President and sophomore business administration major, was named acting president pending the fall elections. …
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Student-athletes discuss abrupt cutoff to spring athletic season
Following a unanimous vote by its Council of Presidents, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced March 19 that it would cancel the 2020 athletic season in light of concerns about the worsening coronavirus pandemic. This news came six days after the GLVC announced all intercollegiate championships would be canceled,…
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My COVID story: Weathering the pandemic at Oxford University
Christina Kirk, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy major, has been studying at Oxford’s Mansfield College. Because Kirk lives in New York – a COVID-19 epicenter – she is the only Oxbridge student who has stayed in residence in Oxford. “Over the 5-week break, I had planned to…
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An in-depth look at sexual assault at Jewell in light of recent allegations
Note: (1) A former version of this article was published listing two authors, this has been corrected. Christina Kirk and Madison Carroll were the lead authors of this article, Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe authored the section titled “What are Jewell Students Saying?” Correction made: June 18, 2019. (2) A previous version of…
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Poignant “Flag Project” hosted by OCS brings sexual assault awareness to campus
On the weekend of April 27-28, 111 white and 23 red flags waved in the wind on a freshly mown portion of the Quad in front of the Yates-Gill College Union. The flags were a visual representation of the statistical amount of victims of sexual assault on William Jewell College’s…
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