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“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…

Crime stats reveal increase in sexual assaults

Anna Sharpe

A student was raped twice in one night in East Thomson Hall on Homecoming weekend, November 2017, according to a police report filed in Jan. 2018. This was one of…

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…

Go Eagles go

La J’ai Reed

Big smiles, rustling pom-poms and smooth moves brighten the baselines of Winthrop Coliseum during basketball season. The Winthrop Spirit Squad brings a lot of energy and works to engage fans…

Drag WU returns with a meme queen

Laura Munson

With five South Carolina drag queens, a packed Richardson Ballroom, and a nationally known queen as a host, Winthrop’s drag show has returned after two years. Presented by Prism and…

All we do is win

Gweneshia Wadlington

All season, the Winthrop volleyball team has been working hard and racking up the wins, boasting a 7-0 record in conference play after their match against Radford on Oct. 19.…

The rise of climate change

Savannah Scott

The possible causes of climate change first made headlines in the news 63 years ago. Why was there not a bigger call for change then? In 1956, an article by…

Breaking: City water line bursts leaving Winthrop without water

Anna Sharpe

Winthrop is left without water after a city water line burst on Cherry Rd. on Wednesday afternoon. A 20-inch pipe at the water filter plant broke, flooding the street and…

Hungry in Rock Hill

Beneshia Wadlington

Food insecurity is a topic that is not always talked about, although it affects Winthrop’s campus in some way everyday. Though it may not be as visible as some other…