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The 2018 Winter Olympics: More Than Just Sports

23 February 2018
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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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

22 September 2017
Christina Kirk
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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

1 April 2017
Sarah Paperi
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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

24 March 2017
Alexandria Acord
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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

3 March 2017
Jazmyne Ross
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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…

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Sports are culture, not art

24 February 2017
Brett Stone
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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

10 February 2017
Luke Lockhart
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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

11 November 2016
Jameson O'Connor
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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

30 October 2015
Stephen Herrera
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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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