culture

Culture out of context

“Tidying Up” is a new Netflix show by Marie Kondo, a professional organizing consultant. Her primary goal in this show is to help people who live in disorganized clutter. Kondo…

World Hijab Day at Winthrop

Staff Writer

As women around the world geared up to celebrate World Hijab Day, Winthrop’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) prepared to make their name known on campus.The MSA just received their charter…

Educating on cultural appropriation

The Johnsonian

Following Halloween festivities, the Winthrop Spirit Squad posted a photo deemed culturally insensitive and many used this photograph as an opportunity to educate Winthrop’s community Winthrop University’s spirit squad posted…

I am not a costume

Staff Writer

We have all seen it before — Native American headdresses, sugar skulls, bindis, elements of Romani dress. Bits and pieces of costumes uprooted from the center of cultures and paraded…

New director of graduate studies arrives in English department

Staff Writer

Creative writing professor Dustin M. Hoffman will become the new Director of Graduate Studies in the English department, replacing Josephine Koster’s. Tell us a little about yourself. I’m originally from…

International Day of Peace comes to Winthrop

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Winthrop hosts a two-part series of peace talks featuring acclaimed speakers Winthrop University hosted two events on September 21 for the United Nation’s International Peace Day. The first featured a…