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Jewell’s Post-Thanksgiving Plans

25 November 2020
Madison Carroll Porth
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William Jewell College’s Thanksgiving break will officially begin Monday, Nov. 23, and classes will resume again Monday, Nov. 30. Classes will be entirely virtual after…

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Inscape adapts to COVID-19, prepares for spring publication

20 November 2020
Krista Halstead
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Inscape, William Jewell College’s literary magazine, is published every spring and features student submissions. Although the magazine’s team has experienced several changes for the 2020…

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Lighting of the Quad postponed, scheduled for Nov. 13

13 November 2020
Madison Carroll Porth
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William Jewell College’s annual Lighting of the Quad – an event where students and alumni come together to celebrate the holiday season and turn on…

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Cardinals Care plans to support student welfare through compassion in community

13 November 2020
Hannah Koehler
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Cardinals Care is a new student organization that has been in the making for three years and will ideally be implemented before the end of…

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A Review of the In-Person Semester Amidst COVID-19

13 November 2020
Samantha Bahler
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This semester has been unique for college students nationwide. As many schools remained online through the fall semester due to COVID-19,  William Jewell College came…

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Board of Trustees provides update on their plans for the year

6 November 2020
Agatha Echenique
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On Sept. 25, in a letter to the William Jewell College community, the new chair of the Board of Trustees, Bill Gautreaux, announced the results…

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An Analysis of Jewell’s 2019 Diversity Report

6 November 2020
Alexi Alfieri
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Each year, William Jewell College releases a diversity report – in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) – which can be accessed on the…

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Jewell prepares for election response

3 November 2020
Agatha Echenique
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On Oct. 30, Student Life issued an email announcing that attending non-course related extracurricular activities would be optional Nov. 3 in order to ensure that…

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The Movement to Remove a Confederate Soldier Statue from Liberty

30 October 2020
Kyler Schardein
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Erected in 1904, a monument of a nondescript Confederate soldier stands in the Fairview and New Hope Cemeteries in Liberty, Mo. Situated on an obelisk…

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