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Film recommendations for Valentine’s Day

Sam Hyatt

As Valentine’s Day approaches, some might not want to participate in spending a lot of money on expensive dinners or activities but still want to spend time celebrating Valentine’s Day.…

From Instagram to engagement: Kayla Bumgarner and David Abner’s relationship

Zoe Jenkins

After more than three years of dating, on Sept. 23, 2022, Winthrop student David Abner popped the question to his girlfriend and Winthrop graduate, Kayla Bumgarner. “David told me we…

Frances Brown’s love for the game of basketball

Maliik Cooper

For Frances Brown, love is not exclusively a feeling shared between two people in a romantic relationship. The word can also be used to describe how she feels about basketball.…

Compromise is a key factor for this couple’s relationship

Jada Strong

Aliya Busbee, a Winthrop alumni who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology and Darrin Davis, senior business administration major, have been together for over two years now and met through…

Eight steps for a perfect love letter

Mari Pressley

Humans have been writing love letters for centuries. In what seems like a lost tradition in time where everything is digitized, a letter is now appreciated as a sentiment or…

Winthrop political science department brought Dr. Disney and Dr. Lipscomb together

Sam Hyatt

Two professors in the political science department, Jennifer Disney and Michael Lipscomb, were brought together by working at Winthrop University. Lipscomb who is from Richmond, Virginia and Disney who is…

Celebrating the special bond of sisterhood: Maddison and Angellina Bosch

The Johnsonian

Love extends far beyond romantic love and comes in several forms. According to the Ancient Greeks, there are eight kinds of love: eros, the romantic love; philia, affectionate love; pragma,…

“It all started with a Phish t-shirt”

Marley Bassett

Editor's Note: These are my parents and I had the best time interviewing them. Withers Education Building is not often thought of as a spot where love stories begin but…

Update on Winthrop’s transition to being a laptop campus

Sam Hyatt

The Board of Trustees voted to make Winthrop a laptop campus in the fall of 2022. The decision was announced by former interim president, George Hynd. Despite encouraging students to…

The life of Tyre Nichols

Mari Pressley

The death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols gained national attention after he was brutally beaten by Memphis police. The incident occurred on “ January 7, 2023, at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers…