Editorial

Harmless fun or a marketing ploy?

Matt Thrift

Nothing revolutionized the field of advertising quite like the television. It opened up a new world to advertisers wherein they could flash their products across the screen to people who…

Choose your character: democratic candidate edition

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Honesty: the ability to be truthful and sincere Charisma: the ability to charm and persuade Intelligence: the ability to problem-solve with knowledge (stats for Honesty, Charisma and Intelligence determined…

Penguin highway movie review

Dean of Students Office/Publications

On a bright morning, in a small Japanese town in the suburbs, a group of school kids walking to school stop to find a peculiar sight: a group of penguins…

If they were paid for what they were worth

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Adele Lim, a screenwriter for “Crazy Rich Asians” has decided to not return to write for the movie’s sequel. This was due to her feeling she was not being paid…

Social media: the new public forum

Sean Miller

Freedom of speech is supposed to be a guaranteed right we all have, however as it currently stands in our society, your right to speak will not always be guaranteed.…

Forbes’ most innovative blunder

David Botzer

Nearly 100 years after gaining the right to vote, women continue to struggle to stand out among their male counterparts. Earlier this month, Forbes posted its "America's Most Innovative Leaders"…

Lunch With Dan the Man

Victoria Howard

Courtesy of Victoria Howard I first learned that President Dan Mahony offers to have lunch with students at some point during Welcome Week when I transferred to Winthrop at…

What’s the move?

Victoria Howard

“There’s no way in hell Winthrop is this boring” “Moves? College CANT be this boring” “Okay, I’m bored” The Winthrop Class of 2023 Facebook group has at least eight…

Just put the book down already

Tea Franco

Sam Ross/ The Johnsonian Recently, a friend asked me if I finished reading books even if I didn’t like them. She was in the middle of a book she…

Money down the stream

David Botzer

Lizzy Talbert/ The Johnsonian With millions of hours of entertainment at our fingertips every day wherever we go through various different streaming apps, we might feel smart turning away…