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Five feet tall yet a giant to us all

Bryn Eddy

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a voice for the voiceless. Nominated in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg became the second female Supreme Court Justice and the first Jewish female…

On-campus COVID-19 testing at the coliseum

Bryn Eddy

The Department of Health and Environmental Control now has a pop-up COVID-19 testing center located in the north parking lot of the Winthrop Coliseum available to Winthrop students and Rock…

DSU takes Winthrop students into the unknown

Mari Pressley

The DiGiorgio Student Union presented “Into the Unknown” on Sept. 8. The cultural event, lead by the DSU Lectures and Diversity Committee, was held in Tillman Hall, as well as…

Alumni Association prepares Winthrop community for the polls

The Johnsonian

Winthrop’s Alumni Association partnered with the Department of Political Science to host their Elections in the Time of Coronavirus: Voting in the Midst of a Global Pandemic event via Facebook…

A call to support local businesses

Chase Duncan

For the past 30 years, Sub Station II founder and owner, Charlie Ruffalo, has been attempting to integrate his and other small businesses on Cherry Road into the Winthrop meal…

Walk2Campus may have some competition

Bryn Eddy

Winthrop students will soon have a new option for local off-campus housing. The Nest at University Center will be ready for move-in at the start of the fall 2021 semester.…

Winthrop Student Council launches first Garnet Table Talk

Connor Brandenburg

To help students adjust to their 2020 college experience, Winthrop’s student council created a monthly event called Garnet Table Talk where students are able to voice their concerns about their…

Wavering confidence in the United States Postal Service

Elijah Lyons

With less than 50 days until the upcoming election, drastic shifts in voting procedure due to the pandemic have finally begun to come into focus. Sometime during the weeks leading…

‘A matter of public health’: Director of Health Services discusses COVID testing

Anna Sharpe

Anna: Thank you so much for speaking with me today. There was a testing event at the Coliseum today [Friday, Sept. 11], how did that go? Concodora: I did not…

Hero among many, the passing of Chadwick Boseman

Savannah Scott

Chadwick Boseman, an actor and South Carolina native, passed away on Aug. 28. The 43-year-old had been battling colon cancer since 2016 and was surrounded by his family and wife…