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“Need to talk?”

Before I was diagnosed with depression, I thought that counseling was only for people with "issues” -- people with mental illnesses, past traumatic events and unresolved feelings. But counseling isn't…

Get your head in the game with TJ: Female journalist shadows the men’s basketball team for the day

The Johnsonian

Imagine this: you are dripping in sweat with claps ringing in your ears, players surrounding you, bantering to one another as you watch the tipping toes of Pat Kelsey, eagerly…

Who ya gonna call? WU Unsolved

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The world is full of mysteries, and some of those mysteries happen to exist on Winthrop’s campus. One group on campus hopes to spread their findings to as many students…

TJ Investigates: Part of an epidemic, motorcycle safety in SC

Dean of Students Office/Publications

South Carolina has become one of the most unsafe places for motorcyclists. The fatality and mortality rates reach some of the highest in the nation, according to a study done…

Earth Fare has a grand re-opening

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Earth Fare, the health food grocery located right across the street from Winthrop University remodeled the entire store for a grand re-opening on Oct. 13. The already-organic grocery store went…

Winthrop is haunted, it’s time we accept it

Victoria Howard

As cold weather finally settles over Winthrop, Halloween approaches, bringing with it jokes and jives about the school being haunted. This fact of the beloved school being spooked by spirits…

Breast cancer is not black and white

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Breast cancer will affect one in eight women in her lifetime, according to Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Winthrop’s chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority invited three panelists to share…

“Dear Black Boy”

Gweneshia Wadlington

“Dear Black Boy” showcases the many events and problems that African American men face in American society. Tadean Page, Winthrop Alumni & Public Outreach and Community Coordinator, released this book…

Reminiscing on the work and life of Paul Martyka

Dean of Students Office/Publications

With a passionate and unique way of teaching, a professor will be well remembered by their faculty and students during their tenure in college. Winthrop University Galleries hosted a panel…

Drowning in silence

Special to the Johnsonian

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault We grow up hearing our parents or our neighbors or people on the television talking about sexual assault. We hear them say things like “she…