Political scientists, analysts, professors, historians and even everyday citizens have been ruminating lately on the health of American democracy. A fever seems to have consumed the political discourse, beginning with the Republican Revolution in 1994. Since then hyper-partisanship and tribalism have surged. Worryingly, this disease has only seemed to grow…
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Election preview: Congressional races in Missouri and Kansas
The 2018 midterm elections have nearly arrived, and The Hilltop Monitor is going to have a series of articles previewing elections in the local area. The first set of races to analyze are the congressional races in local Missouri and Kansas districts. In Missouri, the race for Senate has focused…
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Student Senate Looks Ahead
The William Jewell College Student Senate Cabinet for the 2017-2018 school year are Drew Novak, senior political science major, Luce-Virlynn Apollon, senior nursing and applied critical thought and inquiry major, Jacob Dice, junior physics, economics and mathematics major and Chris Choe, sophomore Oxbridge Institutions and Policies major. The Hilltop Monitor…
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House Bill 441: Cronkite New Voices Act
A new bill, pending deliberation in the Missouri State Senate, could limit the ability of administrators to censor student journalists. This bill passed in the House in March, but still has not been brought up in the Senate. A similar bill passed through the House last year, but ultimately failed…
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Catching up with Student Senate
In the recent Student Senate Cabinet elections, the leadership of Student Senate was elected with promises of change and innovation. After three enthusiastic campaigns and a democratic election, William Jewell College Student Senate election results were released April 18. The new cabinet is junior political science major Drew Novak as…
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Obama and Biden: After the White House
Much has been made about who will enter the oval office following a highly controversial election cycle. Much has not been made, however, about the plans of the incumbent president and vice president following the end of their tenure in office. Typically, a president will work on compiling his memoirs,…
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Recap of the Student Senate debate
On Thursday, April 14, the Hilltop Monitor moderated the debate among the groups running for the 2016-2017 William Jewell College Student Senate executive cabinet. The cabinets are as follows: Zachary Carroll, first-year Oxbridge institutions and policies major, for president; Ben Shinogle, junior political science and English major, for vice president;…
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Jewell works on transgender policy
A new transgender policy is currently being drafted by William Jewell College’s by Student Senate. Members of Senate and the Office of Student Life are working to create a policy that provides a foundation for services and accommodations for transgender students and/or students who are transitioning. Annie Murphey, senior, is a…
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State of the Senate
This week I had the opportunity to sit down with Student Senate Vice President, and currently acting President, senior, Brennan Canuteson, about the changes Senate is making during the 2015-2016 school year. Q: What major changes has Student Senate made for the 2015-2016 school year? A: We are working on rebranding…
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