Chase Duncan, Author at My TJ Now

Tennis athletes coping with eliminated program

Chase Duncan

This past June, the Winthrop University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the men’s and women’s tennis program amidst financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the…

Pathways Community Center helping locals in crisis

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Located on Cherry Road is the recently opened Pathways Community Center, a non-profit shelter designed to provide a single point of entry for all people in need of help. The…

The coiling beast

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Recent footage captured by a research vessel deep below the ocean surface off Australia’s western coastline may have captured the longest recorded sea creature to date. Scientists aboard the research…

A call to support local businesses

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For the past 30 years, Sub Station II founder and owner, Charlie Ruffalo, has been attempting to integrate his and other small businesses on Cherry Road into the Winthrop meal…

The Rock Shop is open

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Located a mile to the east of the primary campus and capable of seating over 6,000 people, the Winthrop Coliseum is the pride and joy of the university’s athletic program.…

Arts & Culture clubs in the age of COVID

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The long-awaited return of Winthrop students to the campus environment marks the beginning of a new semester for Winthrop student organizations and clubs. In an unfamiliar age of social distancing…

Return to Learn an informational dud, students feel

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The return of Winthrop University students to campus and the subsequent resuming of face-to-face instruction heralds a new era of uncertainty for students and faculty alike. To serve as a…

Voyager 2 spacecraft repaired: a grand tour of the cosmos

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The Voyager 2 NASA space probe was restored to its normal operations earlier this year after a two month period of partial dormancy caused by malfunctions in the probe’s power…

Life on Mars

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Scientists and space-aficionados alike have theorized for centuries about the possibility of liquid water on our red-rusted neighboring planet, Mars. A recent study released by The Astrophysical Journal in February…

Remembering Elaine Baker

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Elaine Thomasson Baker, Winthrop alumna and longtime Director of Information Services and spokeswoman for the Rock Hill School District, passed away earlier this summer at Piedmont Medical Center after a…