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The impossible comes to Winthrop’s menu

Winthrop University is exploring the new vegetarian option that is sweeping America. Sodexo recently started distributing a new menu option called the “Impossible Burger.” It was released in September at…

Music changes one life at a time

Savannah Scott

Music is often thought of as a form of expression and a way to connect with others. However, music can also be a form of therapy for people. “It’s the…

Ghosts, spirits, poltergeists. Oh my.

Savannah Scott

The existence of ghosts and poltergeists are a phenomenon that scientists cannot confirm or deny. Ghosts are described as spirit that roams on Earth even after a person's death. A…

A creative space with cutting edge technology

Savannah Scott

Imagine having access to 3D printers, laser cutters, camera drones, a recording booth and so much more at your own disposal. Winthrop’s CreatorSpace allows Rock Hill locals, alumni, students and…

“If it harms none, do what you will”

Laura Munson

In the centuries since the Salem Witch Trials, the word “witch” has been a death sentence, an insult, a storybook character, a Halloween icon, and has been reclaimed by a…

Top 10 creepiest discoveries in the science and technology realm

Savannah Scott

Smart Speakers like Alexa and Amazon Echo are showing behavior of recording and listening to private conversations in households, according to Forbes. The company Neuralink is developing a brain…

One person’s scare is another’s career.

David Botzer

One of the greatest human paradoxes is the attraction to fear. Many will pay money to watch a film that terrifies them or will walk through haunted houses that makes…

Theatre department presents a new kind of “Love Song”

Laura Munson

The complexity, mess and euphoria of love are often explored in theatre, but in Winthrop Theatre Department’s latest production, love is explored through the lens of severe mental illness. “Love…

Haunted history tours at Winthrop

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The scariest types of ghost stories and haunted tours are places where horrible, ghoulish things happened in history, and Winthrop is no different. The Winthrop Student Alumni Council is hosting…