To be honest, I hate politics. I hate how it gets complicated and how important it is. I don’t know a lot about politics here in the United States, but back in my home country, Brazil, politics is such a touchy subject that it can make families break apart, lifelong…
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To be honest… with Clare Kimmis
To be honest, I’ve about had it with the fluctuations in the climate. I want summer to feel like summer. I want fall to feel like fall. I want winter to feel like winter. I want spring to feel like spring. Is that too much to ask? I don’t think…
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To be honest…with Drew Novak
To be honest, it’s a great day to be a cardinal. As I write this, I am sitting outside with my friends Ben and Rylan on the steps of Curry Hall. Rylan is aggressively working on a research paper, and Ben is relaxing for a change. The smooth April breeze…
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To be honest…with Mikayla Roller
To be honest…I’m embracing the hand to hold. “How is it being back?” I’ve gotten this question almost every day since I’ve returned to William Jewell College after nine months of studying abroad at Oxford. The readjustment process is often difficult for Oxbridge students, going from an independent, driven learning environment…
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To be honest…with Dylan Jones
To be honest I feel like we, as Americans, need to expand our worldview to learn more about ourselves and other countries. In August, I began the CTI course Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It has helped me expand my worldview by learning how people of other religions practice their faith and how…
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To be honest…with Alexandria Acord
To be honest, I feel like “new” doesn’t always mean “improved.” In this world of growing technology and expanding markets, it can be easy to forget that sometimes innovation is just there for innovation’s sake. Consequently, the reason something hasn’t been invented yet is because nobody really asked for it.…
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To be honest…with Erin Melton
To be honest, the idea of parenthood is absolutely terrifying to me. I’m sure this viewpoint comes as no surprise to anyone who has ever spoken to me for more than five minutes. However, this is about more than simply not wanting to have my body ripped apart by a tiny…
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To be honest…with Amy Mullen
As I first began to write this “To Be Honest,” I wanted to avoid all my opinions on political topics. I decided that people have heard enough and probably have established views that I am incapable of changing. However, Donald Trump is on my mind, and all I wish for…
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To be honest…with Alyssa Young
To be honest, it saddens me how little is known about sexual assault on this campus. This is something that’s been discussed over and over, and reader, you can go ahead and click away if you think that I’m beating a dead horse. I think that since April is Sexual Assault…
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