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Close Scholars Program Found Dies at 95

Mari Pressley

Winthrop Close Scholars Program Founder, Anne Springs Close has died at the age of 95. The philanthropist from Fort Mill founded the Anne Springs Close Greenway, a nature preserve in…

Police Blotter 8/25/2021

Sarah Hassler

On July 25, the reporting officer (R/O) was conducting routine property checks when they noticed a suspicious vehicle that was improperly parked on the shoulder of Alumni Drive with no…

Winthrop and Rock Hill Schools Differ on COVID Policy

Christian Smith

A mandate requiring all students, faculty and staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings was implemented by Winthrop University after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to uphold the…

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…

Biden vows gun control after multiple mass shootings

Taylor Sallenger

In response to the recent gun violence that has taken place around the country President Joe Biden has announced limited gun restrictions in the form of executive actions and vowed…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On April 9, the Reporting Officer (R/0) overheard Rock Hill Dispatch say that a suspected individual was driving under the influence going down Cherry Road. He was seen at the…

Xenophobia towards Asian Americans on the rise

Sean Miller

“Go back to China” were the words addressed to an unnamed Winthrop professor this semester as discrimination against Asians across the U.S. rises. A Winthrop professor recently broke their silence…

Vigil held for those killed in April 7 mass shooting

Bryn Eddy

The Rock Hill community continues to mourn the loss of the six individuals killed as a result of the mass shooting on April 7. A vigil was held on Sunday,…

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…