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What happened to the 2021 Campus Climate Survey?

Ainsley McCarthy

Former interim president George Hynd announced a follow-up Campus Climate Survey in 2021 in response to previous results from 2017, which sparked a string of student-led protests addressing sexual misconduct…

Winthrop University President, Strategic Plan Steering Committee pass microphone to students at town hall

Ainsley McCarthy

It was one of four meetings addressing stakeholders as the team drafts their course of action and moves toward publication. The committee is sponsored by president Edward Serna and chaired…

Facilities Management’s eventful winter break

Evi Houston

While Winthrop students and faculty were enjoying time away from their schoolwork, classes and professional responsibilities over winter break, Facilities Management took advantage of a quiet and uninhabited campus to…

Trump at the Winthrop Coliseum has a line out the door

Madison Martin-Sadler

Former president Donald Trump holds a rally to encourage the audience to vote in the primaries. Snipers on the roof watched through binoculars as long lines of people snaked inside…

A look inside Israel

Evi Houston

As rockets fly across the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lengthens into 2024, one might forget to consider the many internal conflicts both parties face politically within their respective…

New Eagle Landing: former dean at College of Charleston named provost and vice president of academic affairs

Ainsley McCarthy

After an unsuccessful search back in March, a candidate has now been. His first day will be on Jan. 18, 2024 As interim provost for academic affairs provost for academic…

Campus Climate Survey and the concerns of safety at Campus Walk

Madison Martin-Sadler

The Campus Climate 2024 survey is active, but not many students know about it. "I feel like something of that significance should have been pushed a little harder for the…

Police Blotter – November 1, 2023

Evi Houston

Possession of marijuana on Ebenezer Ave. A traffic stop was conducted early on the morning of Oct. 24 after a vehicle was spotted driving in the dark with no headlights…

Police Blotter – September 1st, 2023

Evi Houston

Marijuana and fentanyl possession on Constitution Blvd. The Winthrop Police Department assisted another agency with the handling of an intoxicated subject on August 28. The subject was found with marijuana,…

Federal government shutdown avoided, stopgap spending bill passed by Congress

Ta'ni Miller

The Senate passed an 88-9 stopgap spending bill, also known as a continuing resolution, to avoid a federal government shutdown on Sept. 30. It was also supported with strong bipartisan…