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Is Activism Social Performance or in Desperation for Genuine Change?

Caroline Smith

Activism on a college campus is not just a “trend” on Instagram, but a means for true change of the outlook on how justice is portrayed. Caroline Smith Staff Writer…

Effects of Women’s Hustle Culture on a College Campus

Caroline Smith

As the feminine expectation of staying busy and filling up a schedule of productivity intensifies with the rise of hustle culture, its reach beyond academia stretches into socialization deficits and…

College Students Need Identity, not Trends

Adriane Alston

Adriane Alston Editorial editor Editorial When everyone is following the same facades and trends, hobbies help students build real identity beyond campus culture. Walk across any college campus in the…

Calendar of upcoming cultural events

Gabriel Corbin

March 9th 11:00 AM “Roots and Ramifications of 21st-Century Challenges to the Freedom to Read,” will be a 90-minute online lecture that discusses recent challenges to school library holdings…

College during COVID

Sean Miller

College students from all over the nation have felt the impact that a pandemic has on higher education. Aside from feeling increased psychological strain, many feel they are literally being…

Transitioning back to in-person classes

Sam Hyatt

This spring semester, students and professors are slowly beginning to transition back to attending classes in person rather than meeting virtually. Before students were allowed to move back into…

Lockdown Browser is bad software and should be scrapped

Sean Miller

LockDown Browser, created by Respondus, is a secure web browser application that is used by Winthrop University and other institutions of higher learning to prevent cheating during exams. Despite the…

Debating without sources

Allison Reynolds

Often presidential candidates, especially during debates, have a tendency to make statements without providing proof. College students cannot submit an essay without a works cited page, providing the professor with…

Avoiding political discussion around family members

Mary Hicks

As we are just around the corner from the holidays, many are already bracing themselves for heated political debates over turkey and stuffing. 2020 may not be over yet…

Why campus conservatives are disappearing

Sean Miller

You may have been told once that if you are not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart, and if you are not a conservative when you…