March 20 was the official beginning of the spring season, but there is still plenty of time to enjoy spring in Kansas City. Leaving the…
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Balancing your life: Tips and tricks
Do you ever feel like a walking zombie in your day-to-day life? Are you constrained by obligations for school, work and other people? Taking back…
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Hobby Feature: Jewell’s own “Dance Dance Revolution” pro
Elijah Tang-Spigelman, sophomore music education major, has a heavy workload and very little free time at William Jewell College. When he needs a break from…
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Just the Way You Are: a reflection on “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood”
For many in my generation, Rev. Fred McFeely Rogers is a straight-laced dork – a grey-haired grandpa wearing rainbow cardigans and sneakers. His show “Mister…
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Things I learned as a last-year
At the end of my first year at William Jewell College, I wrote an advice piece for The Hilltop Monitor titled “Things I learned as…
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Preventing finals week from becoming hell week
It is no secret that stress is high during finals week. Are there a few things that you can do to eliminate stress and have…
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On Transgender Day of Visibility
In keeping with the theme of having a Lifestyle page that is about, hopefully, helping its readership lead good human lives, March 31st marked Transgender…
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On Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year’s observation of SAAM marks the 20th anniversary of a movement to “raise awareness sexual violence around…
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Call Your Mother: What do when a friend is stressed
We’ve all heard plenty of advice on what to do to manage stress. We may have even actually learned from that advice and figured out…
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