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Winthrop receives $1 million in honor of alumna Ida Crawford Stewart

Bryn Eddy

Winthrop University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts received a donation of $1 million from Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the cosmetics company Estée Lauder in honor of retired Estée…

Winthrop’s hiring freeze causes vacant positions

Chase Duncan

Several faculty and staff positions at Winthrop University have become vacant or temporarily filled as a result of the university enacting a hiring freeze in April 2020. The hiring freeze…

COVID-19 vaccination sites begin distribution in Rock Hill

Chase Duncan

Distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is beginning to roll out at pharmacies and clinics across Rock Hill for eligible individuals in accordance with South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental…

How the pandemic has impacted suicide rates

Bryn Eddy

Suicide rates nationwide in 2020 varied amongst races, ages and socioeconomic groups, according to a study done at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. “The coronavirus pandemic has…

Police Blotter 1/22-1/24

Sarah Hassler

On Jan. 22, the reporting officer was dispatched to a 7/11 on Cherry Road in reference to a suspicious subject. The complainant stated that there had been a homeless male…

Ebenezer Park renovations making significant strides

Bryn Eddy

Renovations on Rock Hill’s Ebenezer Park were scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2020 but are still underway and nearing completion, according to Pat Morrison, park superintendent. “We…

Should Senate Democrats detonate the nuclear option?

Elijah Lyons

With the first reported cases of the South African strain of COVID-19 being documented in South Carolina, it is clear that a comprehensive vaccine rollout plan, funding for state and…

r/WallStreetBets takes hedge funds head-on

Chase Duncan

GameStop, as well as other previously downtrodden stocks, experienced an intense surge after frenzied speculation and purchases by investors on internet forums such as r/WallStreetBets. Several weeks ago, the GameStop…

Idealistic Realism and the unity President Biden envisions

Elijah Lyons

The inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris looked both akin to and disparately different from the presidential inaugurations of years past. High-profile Republicans and Democrats alike…