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Earth Fare has a grand re-opening

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…

Winthrop’s role in sexual assault cases

Victoria Howard

Winthrop’s campus police department (WUPD) follows strict procedures when conducting investigations into sexual assault. Sexual assault can lead to PTSD, depression and many other side effects, so WUPD takes these…

The road to recovery

Savannah Scott

Sexual assault is a grim reality that many people have to face, and it can often be hard to find a place to turn if this tragedy strikes. Winthrop has…

York County Fashion Week

Dean of Students Office/Publications

I arrived at Camp Thunderbird at 3pm, this was the location of the opening reception and runway. I followed a few people who turned out to be makeup artists to…

Abolish the 13th Amendment?

Dean of Students Office/Publications

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…