Editorial

Culture is not a costume

Victoria Howard

As Halloween approaches, the yearly discussion of culturally insensitive and appropriating costumes has returned in full force. The dialogue became very prevalent thanks to the website Yandy. Yandy is an…

Mass environmental regulations repealed by Trump

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Since being elected into office last year, President Trump and his administration have been actively repealing environmental protection laws that have been in place for years. According to the New…

Abolish the 13th Amendment?

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Rapper Kanye West ignited a firestorm on Twitter on Sept. 30 with a picture of him wearing his “Make America Great Again” hat and some interesting comments: “This represents good…

Nuclear concerns in South Carolina: addressing misinformation

Special to the Johnsonian

Many students here at Winthrop may have heard about recent incidents in South Carolina related to nuclear energy. Over the past year, state newspapers have been reporting controversy surrounding the…

To puff or not to puff

Katelyn Miller

As juuls gain popularity, the FDA is creating many regulations in an attempt to prevent teens from getting their hands on them. Juuls are the latest e-cigarette, and due to…

Two Cents: Fall

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Hi, I’m Shealy, and I like talking to people; hearing their opinions on pop culture, something minuscule that happened in their day, and so much more. There is wisdom, humor,…

Road work ahead?

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South Carolinians are always complaining about beaten down roads, and Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in the Carolinas on Sept. 14, did not do much to help. Though most of…

A new frontier

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Space: the final frontier, an endless plane of opportunity amongst the stars. As Tim Curry said in the Soviet Premier in the 2008 video game “Command and Conquer: Red Alert…

Vaccines should be a choice

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Currently there are laws in South Carolina, along with many other states, that require people to receive a certain number and certain types of vaccines to attend public school. This…

Two Cents

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Hi, I’m Shealy, and I like talking to people, hearing their opinions on pop culture, something minuscule that happened in their day and so much more. There is wisdom, humor…