The Hilltop Monitor

The Hilltop Monitor

The Official Student Publication of William Jewell College

  • Home
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • Jewell & Local
      • Campus News
    • National & Global
  • Opinions
    • Editorials
    • The Smallest Hill
    • View from the Hill
    • Satire
      • April Fools
  • Features
    • From the Community
      • Letter to the Editor
      • Student Stories
    • Informative
    • Investigations
    • Jewell Spotlights
      • Organization Spotlights
      • Community Features
      • Athlete Spotlights
      • Senior Spotlights
      • Artist Spotlights
  • Puzzles
  • Sports
    • Jewell & Local
    • National & Global
    • Sports Opinions
  • Arts & Culture
    • Arts
      • Multimedia
        • Photo Features
    • Culture
      • Events
    • Jewell & Local
    • Reviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Health & Wellness
    • Hobbies
    • Social Commentary
  • Suggest A Story
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
Recent News
  • Another Quagmire in the Middle East: Iran-U.S. war
  • The New Normal: Venezuela Two Months Later
  • The Heritage Foundation and America: what comes next? 
  • Jewell internally announces further downsizing
  • AI Psychosis, Delusions, and the Digital Condition

Tag: Perspectives

Opinion: How to handle the Virginia scandals

22 February 2019
Kyler Schardein
No Comments

Over the course of the last month, the commonwealth of Virginia has been wracked by a series of scandals among their elected officials. As the…

Read More

Opinion: Netflix Should Not Have Kept “Friends”

22 February 2019
Maddie McCormick
No Comments

In early December, “Friends” fans experienced their worst nightmare – a small message on their screen told them the show would permanently leave Netflix Jan.…

Read More

Celebrating Black History Month in Kansas City

15 February 2019
Catherine Dema
No Comments

February is Black History Month in the United States – it is a time to recognize, celebrate and honor the contributions, culture and struggles of…

Read More

Opinion: To be a mother, or not

15 February 2019
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
No Comments

A really polemic issue nowadays is abortion. A matter that goes way beyond yes or no, it is a concern for society that ends up…

Read More

Opinion: The Politics of Habit

15 February 2019
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
1 Comment

The United States is a distinct union for many reasons, one of the most apparent being its bipartisan political system. This system of democracy hinges…

Read More

Kansas City workers impacted by government shutdown

8 February 2019
Maddie McCormick
No Comments

The U.S. Federal Government just reopened after the longest shutdown in its history. For 35 days government employees across the country were told not to…

Read More

Opinion: The Oscars nomination process for Best Picture needs to be fixed

8 February 2019
William Humphrey
No Comments

With the recent release of nominations for the 91st Academy Awards and the award show airing later this month, what better time to complain about…

Read More

Bipartisanship in the U.S. instills confidence but is unpopular

8 February 2019
Tavarus Pennington
No Comments

Our nation’s legislative home, is the necessary fixture for discourse concerning the most pressing issues that citizens face. To do this, Democrats, Republicans and Independents…

Read More

Opinion: Home for the holidays

7 December 2018
Audrey Mapes
No Comments

With Thanksgiving just behind us and the December holidays fast approaching – or already upon us, if you celebrate Hanukkah – many of us are…

Read More
Previous
Next

Recent Posts

  • Another Quagmire in the Middle East: Iran-U.S. war
    by Matthew Parker
    Mar 31, 2026
  • Smallest Hill: Spoilers Don’t Ruin Good Stories
    by Alee Dickey
    Mar 31, 2026
  • New Student Organization: Celebrate Biblical Values with BJUSA, No Faculty Advisor Necessary!
    by H. William Speck
    Mar 31, 2026
  • Podcasts I’ve Been Loving Lately
    by Alee Dickey
    Mar 31, 2026
  • The New Normal: Venezuela Two Months Later
    by Matthew Parker
    Mar 6, 2026
  • The Milan-Cortina Olympic Games: a breakdown
    by Ethan Naber
    Mar 6, 2026

popular tags

advice (44) album review (41) Angelica Gutierrez (37) april fools (70) arts & culture (71) arts and culture (209) campus news (60) catherine dema (79) christina kirk (61) coronavirus (44) COVID-19 (113) erin melton (36) featured (207) features (118) Football (58) hannah koehler (51) humans of jewell (62) jewell (87) kansas city (111) kristen agar (35) kyler schardein (42) lifestyle (400) madelyn Comeau (39) madison carroll (43) Michaela Esau (64) missouri (44) movie review (50) music (45) news (185) opinion (138) opinions (34) Opinions and Editorials (74) Perspectives (316) photo feature (57) photography (56) photos (50) politics (59) review (72) savannah hawley (55) sofia arthurs-schoppe (74) sports (219) to be honest (63) trump (75) william humphrey (37) william jewell college (57)

Archives

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

We at the Hilltop Monitor encourage you to interact with our stories and content by commenting. Monitor Editorial Staff reserves the right to moderate and/or remove comments that consist of hateful language, personal attacks or content unrelated to the article or editorial. The Monitor reserves the right to publish or otherwise promote any and all comments posted on articles and associated social media. Editorial comment does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the College.

The staff of the Hilltop Monitor make every effort to ensure that the contents of this site are in accordance with U.S. copyright law. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at monitor@william.jewell.edu to resolve the matter.

Archives

Copyright © 2026 The Hilltop Monitor | Theme by: Theme Horse | Proudly Powered by: WordPress