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This Year’s Groundbreaking Emmy Awards Ceremony

2 October 2015
Grace Webber
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With little upset and many wins for fan-favorites, the 2015 Emmys proved to be an audience pleaser. The show was hosted by Andy Samberg, best…

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To be honest…with Kelsey Neth

2 October 2015
Kelsey Neth
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To be honest, I always wonder if I’m spending my time wisely. I tell myself I’m busy and I am. I have classes, homework, the after-school…

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To be honest…with Laurel Colemire

25 September 2015
Laurel Colemire
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To be honest, I feel like I step into an episode of “Portlandia” every time I come up to the Hill. This has become a very…

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Miley, what’s good? Not your album.

25 September 2015
Erin Melton
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Miley Cyrus released “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz” at the close of the Video Music Awards Aug. 30, 2015. Oh, and she released it…

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It’s not all bitter rivalry

18 September 2015
Taylor Tummons
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As another school year kicks off at William Jewell College, so too does another season of intramural sports. A favorite pastime, students from all walks…

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To be honest…with Athena Palmer

18 September 2015
Athena Palmer
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To be honest, I’m tired of giving 100 percent and receiving 50 percent. Quite frankly, it is exhausting putting time into something without getting any acknowledgement…

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Chaston Kome on Hayao Miyazaki’s feminism

8 May 2015
Chaston Kome
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Hayao Miyazaki, Academy Award winning director of critically acclaimed animated films such as “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle,” excels in storytelling and crafting believable,…

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To be honest, the swing did me in.

8 May 2015
Mary Luber
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To be honest, I am graduating in eight days and I did not think it would be this hard. Two weeks ago, I had gotten…

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Opinion: You Can Achieve Your Dreams

8 May 2015
Michael McCuaig
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There are more than seven billion people in the world today, and out of those seven billion people, there are about 320 million Americans. There is…

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