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CAS faculty concerns over board loyalties

Chase Duncan

Winthrop University professors in the College of Arts and Sciences brought forth concerns in a recent faculty assembly regarding appearances and addresses by conservative political figures at a recent board…

Questioning COVID-19 Dashboard numbers

Bryn Eddy

Many students and faculty believed Winthrop University would have moved to total remote instruction by now due to COVID-19, yet students remain on campus and in class, with Winthrop’s COVID-19…

Virtual Family Week

Sarah Hassler

Winthrop University held its first Virtual Family Week, from Oct. 5-10, hosted by the Office of New Student and Family Programs and the Family Day committee. The tradition of Family…

Winthrop College Republicans: where are they?

Sean Miller

Winthrop has three political student organizations. The College Democrats, the Socialist Student Union and the College Republicans. However, the College Republican club is no longer active and some are left…

Intersectionality, raising awareness about minorities within minorities

Mari Pressley

The term “intersectionality” has not made it into typical everyday language quite yet. Older generations tend to be unaware of the term and its meaning, while younger generations are familiar…

Harris and Pence deliver slick debate performances

Elijah Lyons

Despite riding the coattails of President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and the coronavirus’ permeation of the West Wing, the 2020 Vice Presidential debate harbored tropes familiar to debates of years past:…

Winthrop receives $920,000 from the SC INBRE grant

Bryn Eddy

Winthrop University has received a grant of $920,000 from the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the SC…

Police Blotter 9/24-10/2

Sarah Hassler

On Sept. 24, a victim called the police due to a supposed vehicle break-in. The reporting officer was dispatched to the Winthrop Coliseum where the victim stated that while she…

Rex Institute honored by Rock Hill School District

Bryn Eddy

Only a few minutes away from Winthrop’s campus is Ebenezer Avenue Elementary School. Winthrop’s Rex Institute within the College of Education has been partnering with the elementary school since 2014…