The U.S. military is currently redefining certain practices after an apparent security oversight involving U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and the fitness tracking device, Fitbit. In November 2017, GPS tracking company Strava published a global heat map, which details the movements of individuals wearing fitness devices from 2015 to 2017. Fitbit…
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A brief look at mass shootings in the United States in 2017
Mass shootings have always been an issue in the U.S. So far in 2017, the country has witnessed a total of 307 mass shootings. There was a total of 483 mass shootings in 2016. This has been the deadliest year for mass shootings in at least a decade. The number…
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A sit down with Student Senate
This week “The Hilltop Monitor” sat down with Freja Ingelstam, a senior international relations major and the secretary of the Student Senate cabinet, to discuss the senate’s role in the college, their achievements last semester and their current projects to achieve before the year’s end. Ingelstam stated that Senate will…
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Jewell sophomores put democracy into action through local internship
Becca Wolfe and Mikayla Roller, sophmores, are serving as interns in United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver’s office in Independence, MO. As midterm elections approach, candidates up for election are seeking extra help from volunteers and interns statewide. Sophomores Mikayla Roller and Rebecca Wolfe are currently interning at United States Representative…
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