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Climate change? Sounds like a hoax to me

Climate change is one of the most controversial and heavily-debated topics of our day. Scientists have presented data that proposes to show the effects of CO2 emissions, but there remains…

War, drought and progress

Matt Thrift

The global climate continues to be a hot topic of discussion, and last week Bryan McFadden, an instructor in Winthrop University’s geography department, gave a lecture on how Syria’s climate…

Seeking the Headhunter’s Power

Matt Thrift

This past Friday featured a lecture on spiritual quests, warriors and how collective action functions in an egalitarian society in the Amazon. Richard Chacon, an author and associate professor of…

Homecoming Tailgate 2019: What’s New

Ann Marie Juarez

Tailgating at Winthrop has been a favorite tradition of Winthrop students and alumni for many years, though this year will see the annual homecoming tailgate undergoing some changes. Homecoming for…

TJ talks the presidential election

Matt Thrift

The last several weeks have been eventful on the national political stage in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Former U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke dropped out of the…

Understanding Criminal Law in South Carolina

Dean of Students Office/Publications

In today’s world, there is a hard line of finding the truth in criminal cases that can land innocent people in prison through mishandled information or laziness in the United…

Representatives from Catawba Nation visit

Dean of Students Office/Publications

“One of the things we want to point out is that we dress just like everyone else does too … When everybody sits and thinks, ‘Oh, we are going to…

WU Students get booked, processed and imprisoned

Dean of Students Office/Publications

In 2010, Winthrop University established the Common Book project, which was an initiative that gave the incoming freshman class an equal opportunity to read and discuss the same book within…

Let’s talk money: Budget Town Hall

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The Council of Student Leaders subcommittee, Campus Outreach, hosted both Winthrop University President Dan Mahony and Vice President of Business and Finance Justin Oates in Dina’s Place for the first…

The state of the university

Gweneshia Wadlington

Winthrop University President Dan Mahony began his State of the University address by thanking those who had made all previous and upcoming awards and goals possible. With the speech being…