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’s Words May Bury Him Before His Sexual Misconduct Does
An alleged victim of Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct has built a strong case in a lawsuit against him, but it’s not for sexual assault. Summer Zervos has claimed the president sexually assaulted her multiple times in the past. Since then, she has sued Trump not for those actions, but for…
Read MoreWhat’s up with Roger Goodell’s contract negotiations?
There’s an oft-used strategy in the entertainment industry to generate excitement even before a product is revealed to the public: keeping them guessing. Whether it’s George R. R. Martin being cryptic about his next Game of Thrones book or Lucasfilm making fans think that Finn was going to be the next Jedi,…
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Sports Profile: The Hunt Dynasty has kept the Chiefs in Kansas City
Last Sunday, two football teams played in a big city. One was off of a huge win the previous week, drawing in crowds of thousands. The other had previously filled their stadium, nearly selling out. The story would seem a bit inspirational—albeit a bit boring—if I didn’t include three crucial…
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Forget Mars: Let’s Go To Venus
Since the end of the Apollo missions that put men on the moon, the people of the United States have had their eyes on what seems like the next logical step: Mars, the Red Planet. Several proposals have been put forward—none of them, obviously, seeing implementation as of yet—and still…
Read MoreIs it time to redefine “American” sports leagues?
The United States is a country of immigrants, and it’s a pattern well-represented in our sports leagues: many baseball players are Latin American, many football players are from the Pacific or Africa, many soccer players are from Europe. The pattern has continued recently as we have seen an influx of basketball players from…
Read MoreIn the deaths of Ventura and Fernandez is a prominent issue that isn’t going away
This past year, the world of baseball tragically lost two young, promising and admired players: Yordano Ventura and José Fernández. Fans made tributes in the wake of their passing, remembering the players’ character, grit or fire shown on and off the field. Both were memorialized during their teams’ respective home opening…
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Goodbye, cookie-cutter stadiums
St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland: these three cities recently lost, or are about to lose, their professional football teams. A common thread existed in the exits, and it wasn’t about markets—all three cities have long supported NFL and MLB teams and enjoy metropolitan populations of over two million. The…
Read MorePodcasts: the internet’s take on radio drama
Radio didn’t die, it evolved. The proliferation of mobile devices, especially the iPod, gave birth to the podcast (from “iPod” and “broadcast”): an audio program made available through the Internet. Like the radio shows of days past, it’s free, widely accessible and almost invariably runs in a series, gathering fans and…
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