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 have the opportunity to go while it was occurring but the feedback I heard said that it was [efficient]...somebody from Winthrop said that it was...very organized...amazingly quick and efficient. That is a ringing endorsement for going through a popup event. Amazingly quick and efficient was what she said. I just spoke with someone from DHEC that said their initial report was that they had 50 people come through in the first hour but they didn’t have any initial information beyond that. That sounds promising. A: Students who were tested at this event, will Winthrop have access to those results or…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dacus Library has decided that textbooks will no longer be available for student consumption. While Dacus gives students online resources for finding digital copies of their required textbooks, not every class has an online version of their reading. Some books are only available digitally through purchase, which is often around the same price of simply buying a printed copy. Students also are barred from scanning their textbooks into .pdf files, as it would still be contaminating library resources. This puts low-income students at a huge disadvantage for the semester. Textbook prices are often gouged, with campus bookstores charging sometimes twice as much as used bookstores. For example, buying a new textbook for ENGE 391 (Principles of teaching English in Middle and High…
“One day I sat down to figure out what day it was - without looking at anything - and I couldn’t do it,” Griffin Cordell, a junior sculpture major at Winthrop University said. Artists and students alike have been feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic for six months now. Many restrictions have been put in place since the beginning of March, including a strict limitations on social gatherings in many states across the US. These rules not only make it impossible for countless artists, like Cordell, to continue their craft, but for any person to be afforded the opportunity to carry on in their field as they are accustomed. This severely limits the chances for anyone to make and maintain the strong physical and social connections that most rely…
Jean Marie Martin is a Spanish major at Winthrop who works with a medical alert dog who aids Martin with seizures and psychiatric disorders. Martin talked about experience on campus and challenges faced as a student who needs a service animal. “Often times, people don’t understand my dog is not a guide dog,” Martin said. Martin voiced frustration with faculty and professors that have not understood proper accommodation needs. Martin said that a professor said to sit in the back of the class permanently because the dog was a distraction to the professor. Martin said this experience made the class very uncomfortable to attend. “It was hard to talk to anyone because I sat alone,” Martin said. Kayla Bland is a business administration major at Winthrop with a double concentration…
Black History month is set each year in February to remember, thank and commemorate the African Americans that are with us and those who came before us and broke the stigma to be the first, or to achieve and create what others didn’t. According to the History Channel’s website, black history month, “is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history.” To pay homage to the spirit of Black History Month, our Winthrop Eagles have answered what black history - and black history in sports - means to them. Track and Field sprinter Jalen Hodges spoke on her thoughts regarding black history. “For me, it is an important month to recognize and honor the past and present…
On Jan. 31 in Columbia, SC, senior Harper Henson broke not only her personal mile record, but the Winthrop school record for running the mile. Class of 2004, Stephanie Vangsnes, set the mile time to beat at 5:01.03 in 2002. In her time at Winthrop, Vangsnes held the Winthrop school record for the indoor mile, indoor 3,000 meter run and the outdoor 1500 meter run. Now 18 years later, during the Carolina Challenge, distance runner Henson crushed the clock as she finished with a mile time of 4:59.56. Last season Henson scored the best time overall of 5:02.7. This accomplishment led to her winning her heat and coming in fifth overall. “It doesn’t feel very real and I’m still kinda in disbelief. I got many cheers and hugs from teammates…
Mario Kart, the popular racing game series from Nintendo, has finally made it to mobile phones. The mobile game, titled Mario Kart Tour, released on Sept. 25 and accumulated 90 million downloads within its first week, according to CNN. The game itself is comprised of different cups, each of which have three different races and a bonus challenge. The cups have different levels with each getting harder than the last. These cups fall under a tour. These tours are special events that occur for a set period of time. The current tour is the New York Tour, which has special prized characters and karts based on elements of the last major Mario game, Super Mario Odyssey, a Nintendo Switch title which was released in October 2017. Before each race, the…
The exhibition “Bespoke Objects” has been on display in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick since last December. It shows the work of Frankie Flood, a professor at Appalachian State University, and focuses on his recent endeavour into 3D printed prosthetics. He came by Winthrop’s campus on Feb. 28 to share his work with students and the community. One of the workshops Flood held was to teach students and professors in attendance how to assemble one of his printed prosthetic hands. The model used is called the raptor hand. It is almost entirely created from 3D printed plastic , save for a few metal screws and elastic string. It works so that when the wearer bends their wrist forward the fingers come together in a fist allowing for grip. They can be…
America in the wake of the Florida high school massacre Valentine’s Day is normally a day celebrated by loved ones and couples of all ages by going out to dinner, going to see a movie or other miscellaneous events. However, Valentine’s Day 2018 was the day the earth stood still in Parkland, Florida as a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School walked into the building with a loaded gun, pulled a fire alarm to lure students out into the halls and opened fire. By the time the former student, Nikolas Cruz, was in custody, 17 people were either dead or would be confirmed dead by the end of the day. Among those dead were 14 students, a football coach who shielded a group of students from gunfire, an…
