(The following was written on Nov. 3, 2020, in the evening.) There is an energy about – at least here in Liberty, Missouri – perhaps too everywhere inside these boundaries called the United States. If I say this energy is palpable, this is said not entirely for cliché. That should be…
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Joe Biden in 2020
Former vice president Joe Biden is unsure whether he will run for president in the 2020 race. A planned 2016 bid for the candidacy ended when his foremost proponent and son, Beau Biden, died at the age of 46 from brain cancer. Since the 2016 election, Biden has been critical…
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Inaugural Art Brings New Meaning to Ceremony
On Oct. 21, 2017, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls was officially inaugurated the 15th president of William Jewell College. The Inauguration began at 10:00 a.m. and included a performance by the William Jewell Concert Choir, the reading of an inaugural poem and a speech by President MacLeod Walls herself. Unlike past Jewell…
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A Year in Review with Dr. MacLeod Walls
With the William Jewell College Presidential Inauguration next month, the Hilltop Monitor decided to sit down with Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls to reflect on her first year at Jewell and discuss her priorities for the future. MacLeod Walls is finding Jewell to be a good fit for herself and her…
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Trump’s First Week in Office
The past week was an eventful one for the country, as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was inaugurated Jan. 20. This served as happy news to some, and unpleasant news to others. In his first week of office, Trump took several steps and made decisions that might affect…
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Letter from the Editor: President Obama’s Legacy
While preparing for an editorial in which I’m going to consider President Obama’s legacy, the first thing that came to mind was to go through his policies. This seemed like a fitting place to start, to think about the practical ways in which he used the office of the Presidency…
Read MoreTrump is unqualified, ignorant and dangerous, but he’s still my president
March 17, 2011: that was the day that I lost all respect for Donald Trump. Up to that point, I thought of him as a silly-looking, somewhat crude, egotistical reality show host that, I’ll admit, I enjoyed watching at times. But in an interview with “Good Morning America,” he discussed his laughable…
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An update on the presidential election
Photo taken by Chandler Eaton The 2016 presidential election concludes election day Nov. 8. The current polls have Hillary Clinton with an 80.6 percent chance of winning the election according to fivethirtyeight.com. She is projected to receive 324.4 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 212.5 electoral votes. As of Oct. 29, Clinton…
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Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls talks rebranding and more
The Hilltop Monitor had a chance to ask William Jewell College’s new president, Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, about the upcoming year, focusing on Jewell’s “rebranding.” Bolded are our questions, and her responses are denoted with EMW. What was your first impression of William Jewell College? EMW: My first impression of…
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