halloween Archives

21st Annual Student Alumni Council Ghost Tours in Tillman

Gabriela Griggs

Insight into the tradition that invites the Rock Hill and Winthrop community to explore one of campus’s oldest buildings. By Gabriela Griggs AC&T Editor Arts, Culture & Technology The Winthrop…

No One Will Ever Believe You…

Mariana Beltran

Fall into Fun in Rock Hill

Autumn Hawkins

Now that it has begun to cool down, there are countless exciting things to do in Rock Hill to celebrate fall. Rock Hill is home to festivals, tastings, and beautiful…

Winthrop’s top ten spookiest buildings

Autumn Hawkins

In light of Halloween quickly approaching, it seemed fitting that The Johnsonian covers what places around Winthrop’s campus are spooky enough to give guests a thrill while there. But beware…

Spookiest traditions across the world, part 2

Marshall Kuriakose

Welcome back to part two of spookiest traditions across the world. This week, let’s take a look at some of the most interesting rituals people celebrate in Asia, Africa and…

Spookiest traditions across the world

Marshall Kuriakose

With Halloween coming up, people often think of October as a time for trick-or-treating or throwing spooky parties. However, there are many ways people across North America, South America and…

Costumes or COVID-19

Autumn Hawkins

Since January, America has been implementing social distancing and alternative methods of communication due to COVID-19. With the slow release of businesses reopening over the year, people have been…

The best holiday, hands down

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Most of the world might say that their favorite holiday is Christmas. Many Americans would say Thanksgiving, but if you ask me? My favorite holiday is Halloween. There is just…

A spooky night without the fear!

Dean of Students Office/Publications

“Hocus Pocus” (1993)-Follows the story of Max, his sister Dani and their friend Allison on a crazy witch hunt — a witch hunt in which they are being hunted by…

“If it harms none, do what you will”

Laura Munson

In the centuries since the Salem Witch Trials, the word “witch” has been a death sentence, an insult, a storybook character, a Halloween icon, and has been reclaimed by a…