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WU Students For Change call for accountability, action

Anna Sharpe

Students are not satisfied with recent changes Winthrop University officials have made to the school’s sexual misconduct policy. The updates to the policy are “blatantly anti-LGBTQ and perpetuate dangerous myths…

Daily Scoops offers ice cream and diversity

Christian Smith

The Adult Enrichment Centers’ (AEC) Daily Scoops is a food truck serving custom ice cream and cone flavors that offers competitive wages to a diverse employee base, specifically differently-abled people. …

Winthrop University plans to update sexual misconduct policy and create new Title IX position

Anna Sharpe

Winthrop University will be updating their Sexual Misconduct Policy and will be creating a new position dedicated to Title IX, according to an email from Interim President George Hynd that…

Winthrop University Students for Change march on President’s House

Chase Duncan

*Editor's Note: This story was updated on April 22.* Large numbers of students and faculty marched on and around the Winthrop campus in protest of recent allegations against the school’s…

Drive-by shooting near campus, three suspects in custody same day

Bryn Eddy

A drive-by shooting, with no relation to Winthrop University, occurred near campus on Friday, April 16. No one was killed or injured in the shooting and three suspects were in…

Students stage sit-in in response to university’s mishandling of sexual assault investigations

Bryn Eddy

In response to Winthrop University mishandling sexual assault investigations, as written about in a story published by The Johnsonian on March 24, students staged a sit-in on the campus green…

Shooting leaves five dead including former WU supervising physician and medical director

Bryn Eddy

A shooting at a Rock Hill home Wednesday evening has left five dead. The victims included former Winthrop Supervising Physician and Medical Director Dr. Robert Lesslie, age 70, along with…

Winthrop community reacts to email that addressed story about sexual assault investigations

Evan Santiago

George W. Hynd, president of Winthrop University, sent an email to the student body on the evening of March 26, responding to allegations of mishandled sexual assault investigations which surfaced on Wednesday, March 24. Hynd…

Letter from the Editor: Evan Santiago, a staff writer, addresses rumors to maintain transparency and liability as a journalist

Evan Santiago

It has come to my attention that a rumor regarding my acquaintance with one of my sources from last week’s article is being spread amongst officials at Winthrop and across multiple different departments at…