Arts, Culture & Tech

Australia increases surveillance of citizens, LAPD follows suit

Spencer Horton

In under 24 hours, the Australian Parliament passed the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill on Aug. 25. The bill allows the government to modify or delete the data…

Sabine Gruffat VR exhibit unveiled at Winthrop Gallery

Jada Strong

Winthrop always strongly advocates and encourages their Fine Arts program by continuously providing opportunities for students interested in pursuing or students who just enjoy engaging in creative art. On Sept.…

Fun facts about famous people

Marley Bassett

Americans have long had a fascination with trivia and fun facts, especially when it comes to famous people. Below is a compiled list of some of the most interesting fun…

The hottest albums of late 2021

David Botzer

Despite being almost ten months into 2021, any music lover should be ecstatic about the number of new albums the year still has in store. The third quarter of the…

Apple to add new feature to iPhones

Marley Bassett

Earlier this month, Apple announced that it was releasing a feature in select states that would allow iPhone users to add their driver’s license or state ID to their Apple…

RuPaul crowns the first transgender American winner of ‘Drag Race’

Gabriel Corbin

For the first time in U.S. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchise history, RuPaul has crowned a transgender winner on the hit American TV show. In the grand finale of the sixth…

Anne Frank Center at UofSC

Sam Hyatt

The majority of people know the unfortunate story of Anne Frank and her family. Students at the middle, high school and college level are still reading and studying “The Diary…

‘Negotiating the Land’

Emily Curry

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and in doing so, changed the fates of two civilizations. The people of Europe were ecstatic to learn of a New World with…

Is Axiom Space the first form of commercial space travel?

Gabriel Corbin

For more than four years, Axiom Space has been working on a project to commercialize private space missions. However, in a massive deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the two groups…

3D printing continues to make huge strides

Spencer Horton

The first-ever 3D-printed bridge became open for use in Amsterdam on July 19. After being in production for six years, the 12-meter bridge built by Dutch robotics company MX3D…