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“Skimmin” app provides quick and reliable news

14 November 2014
Caitlin Troutman
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Skimmin app provides a 325-character summary of that day’s major news stories. The app is free and available for iPhone, iPad and Android. I do…

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Hilltop Voices: Alexandria Acord on political discourse

31 October 2014
Alexandria Acord
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Alexandria Acord encourages Americans to consider the effects of the internet on political discourse and partisanship. If there’s one quote that’s really stuck with me…

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“Ouija”: It took us places we didn’t want to go

31 October 2014
Mary Luber
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Is your holiday weekend packed full with previous engagements with Netflix and desperately searching Hillcrest racks for something that could pass as a costume, but…

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The fifth season of “The Walking Dead” promises exciting turns with drama, depravity and death

31 October 2014
Sarah Crosley
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Season four of “The Walking Dead” left us, distracted by many little details, in a railroad car in Terminus, a “sanctuary” for all. The final…

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Indie band “The Homeless Gospel Choir” takes an insightful and provocative approach to social justice

31 October 2014
Chandler Eaton
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The Homeless Gospel Choir is a one-man band composed of singer-song writer, Derek Zanetti, and his unique storytelling folk–punk music genre. His album “I Used to Be So…

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Letter to the Monitor with Jamie Wallen

31 October 2014
From the Reader
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“Letter to the Monitor” is an opportunity for members of the William Jewell College community to write a free-topic editorial. If you are interested in…

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Hilltop Voices: Cole Allee on U.S. reaction to Ebola

24 October 2014
Cole Allee
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Cole Allee discusses the reaction of the United States to the Ebola outbreak. The Guinea Ministry of Health announced an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever…

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“Book of Life” offers quirk, whimsy and cross-generational appeal

24 October 2014
Alexandria Acord
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“The Book of Life,” a Dia de los Muertos-themed film by rising-star studio Reel FX, could not have come to theaters at a more apt…

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“American Horror Story: Freakshow” brings an all-star cast and another season of nightmares

24 October 2014
Zartasha Sani
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If you were a fan of American Horror Story: Asylum, then you are going to love the Freakshow. Jessica Lange plays Elsa, the ring master,…

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