On Feb. 9 the 2018 Winter Olympics officially began. This year the Games are being held in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. This is the first…
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Monica Lewinsky’s unexpected redemption in a mob nation
Scrunchies. Faded denim. Overalls. Pokémon. Alternative music. All of these 1990s trends have resurfaced in the last few years with a better reputation than they…
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AFE: To be honest…help
To be honest, a few weeks ago I felt as though I was being stalked. There were “gifts” being left for me around campus, coffees…
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To be honest…with Alexandria Acord
To be honest, I think that fake news is hardly limited to politics. While pop culture news has often been thought of as “fake” in and…
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To be honest…with Jazmyne Ross
To be honest, I’m tired of minorities being mistaken for other ethnicities or for other people of the same race every day. This is prevalent in…
Read MoreSports are culture, not art
A few weeks ago, “The Hilltop Monitor” ran an editorial that was critical of Meryl Streep’s Golden Globe award acceptance speech, in which she made some—seemingly—disparaging comments…
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Quit berating the Super Bowl over how much it costs
Every year, it shows up on Facebook: posts throwing around the cost of a Super Bowl advertisement, ticket or the whole shebang, and arguing that…
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Letter to the Monitor: Jameson O’Connor
To my fellow students, I am concerned for the future of our republic. Not because of who our next president will be, but because I…
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Ghost stories of Jewell
As Halloween approaches the William Jewell College (WJC) campus, students begin to prepare their costumes and look forward to the FIJI Halloween Rave. However, too…
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