On Nov. 12, Pope Francis once again delayed the process to address the pervasive problem of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The bishops from each of the 196 archdioceses in the U.S. were scheduled to meet to vote on measures to confront the child sexual abuse crisis when,…
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Troostapalooza addresses Kansas City’s internal economic and racial divisions
Saturday, Sept. 22, vendors selling homemade soap, original clothing items and baked goods lined the street as residents sped by on motorized scooters, danced to live music and indulged in crepes and barbecue from food trucks at 30th Street and Troost Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This lively evening…
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Kansas City embraces hispanic culture and heritage at Fiesta Hispana
Kansas City’s Fiesta Hispana was held Sept. 14 through 16 in the Barney Allis Plaza at the Kansas City Convention Center. The festival is the epicenter of Hispanic celebration in the Midwest, bringing in upwards of 40,000 people each year. Attendees of the festival enjoy Hispanic culture in the form…
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Jewell hosts active shooter training as U.S. mass shootings become deadlier
Approximately 20 people dotted Yates-Gill Room 221/222 on the evening of Aug. 28 while Officer Kyle Hamline from the Liberty Police Department held an active shooter training course. The training was open to faculty, students and staff and was the second of two courses, the first being held Aug. 14.…
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Illusionist Craig Karges mystifies Jewell students at first CUA event of the year
Campus Union Activities (CUA) invited self-proclaimed “extraordinist” Craig Karges to perform for an audience of roughly 300 students in Gano Assembly at 8:00 p.m. Aug. 20. This was CUA’s first event of the 2018-2019 school year. Karges, who is, according to his website, an award-winning entertainer, a nationally recognized speaker…
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A Look at Duke Colloquium Day 2018
William Jewell College’s 18th annual David Nelson Duke Colloquium Day was held April 20 at various locations on campus. During Colloquium Day, students from almost every discipline present research and creative projects to faculty, fellow students, family, friends and the general community. Jewell students spend months and sometimes years planning…
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Trump sends National Guard to U.S.-Mexico border
On April 4, President Donald Trump ordered National Guard troops to the Mexican border as the first step in his plan to reduce and control illegal immigration and drug trafficking. This order came two weeks after the president received criticism for signing a spending bill that did not include funding…
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2018 Faculty Award Finalists
Five finalists were announced for William Jewell College’s treasured Faculty Award. Seki Anderson, Caris Boegl, Jesse Lundervold, Erin Melton and Grace Miller were selected out of the thirteen students who applied for the award. The Faculty Award is a time-honored tradition at Jewell, given to one senior each year who…
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The power of love gained and lost in “Call Me by Your Name”
“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 lives with his family in the northern Italian countryside. During the summer of 1983, a 24-year-old graduate student named Oliver lives with the family, interning…
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