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Elizabeth Warren comes to S.C.

Anna Sharpe

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren visited Columbia College on Wednesday, Jan. 23 for an organizing event. She was one of many politicians to visit the Palmetto state recently. Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

MLK day of service

Dean of Students Office/Publications

About 300 volunteers joined forces on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to participate in the annual MLK Day of Service project. President Dan Mahony opened the day of service…

WU gets real about abortion

Anna Sharpe

On Tues. Jan. 22, Winthrop’s Planned Parenthood Club invited Calla Hales, an administrator for A Preferred Women’s Health Center, and Ashley Skidmore, a member of the advocacy group Charlotte for…

Post-grad 101

Beneshia Wadlington

Graduating can be scary. Once you move the tassel over to the left side of your cap, you’ve officially entered the real world. Now, you have a sudden obligation to…

New student housing project approved

Anna Sharpe

Plans for The Nest, a 85-unit student housing project located on Stewart Ave. and White St., was unanimously approved by the Rock Hill Planning Commission on Jan. 7. The project…

Government shutdown affects some students’ financial aid

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The partial government shutdown that has lasted over 21 days has been the longest shutdown in United States history, according to CNN. The country has faced consequences for the shut…

Winthrop experiences record number of applicants

Gweneshia Wadlington

In the fall semester of 2018, students and staff were informed that Winthrop University had lost about 50 students from the returning class of 2021. Due to this loss, the…

Diversity in Congress

Victoria Howard

Americans are seeing more representation than ever before with the newly sworn-in members of Congress. The 116th elected Congress was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2019. Following this election,…

Sitting down with Sodexo

Tea Franco

Q:Tell us about what you have been doing to get the students’ opinions involved in dining services. A: One, we try to promote all of our events. We are being…