Sean Miller, Author at My TJ Now

Lockdown Browser is bad software and should be scrapped

Sean Miller

LockDown Browser, created by Respondus, is a secure web browser application that is used by Winthrop University and other institutions of higher learning to prevent cheating during exams. Despite the…

Progressive: A misunderstood label

Sean Miller

Progressivism, as a term used in contemporary politics, is often misunderstood and has a negative connotation by conservatives who view the world through an ideological lens. Republican commentators such as…

Students discuss the importance of voting

Sean Miller

Photos by Kaily Paddie

Winthrop Student-Athletes March for Black Lives

Sean Miller

Winthrop Athletics’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group organized a march from Eden Terrace parking lot to campus green to support a mural unveiling event by the student-led NAACP on…

Saturday Night Live & Late Night Television

Sean Miller

“Saturday Night Live” is one of America’s longest running network television shows due to its political satire and comedy sketches; however, like many late-night television programs it has become increasingly…

Winthrop College Republicans: where are they?

Sean Miller

Winthrop has three political student organizations. The College Democrats, the Socialist Student Union and the College Republicans. However, the College Republican club is no longer active and some are left…

The United States is a corpocracy

Sean Miller

Contrary to what most of us are told, the United States is not a democratic republic. It is more accurately described as a form of plutocratic government. America is…

Winthrop reaches its highest rankings yet

Sean Miller

Winthrop University has just received its highest U.S. News and World Report rankings ever and the university administration is ecstatic, but what do these rankings mean and what are their significance? U.S. News ranks universities across…

Remove Strom Thurmond’s Name From Winthrop

Sean Miller

“There's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our…

Why campus conservatives are disappearing

Sean Miller

You may have been told once that if you are not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart, and if you are not a conservative when you…