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Safe Zones Implemented on Campus to Support LGBTQ+ Students

Sam Hyatt

Faculty can now display a specific sticker in a visible spot to indicate a Safe Zone where students will not experience discrimination and can receive resources through a new program…

Assistant Dean Accepts Position as Associate Dean for Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusive Excellence for Winthrop University

Jada Strong

Kinyata Adams Brown of the Office of Diversity and Student Engagement has accepted a new position as the Associate Dean for Engagement Diversity Inclusive Excellence. Vice President of Student Affairs…

Preparations for the Search for Winthrop’s New President Begin

Mari Pressley

The Winthrop University Presidential Search Advisory Group has started gathering information to begin the search process for Winthrop’s 12th president. The Presidential Advisory Group helps guide the board of trustees…

Police Blotter 8/25/2021

Sarah Hassler

On July 25, the reporting officer (R/O) was conducting routine property checks when they noticed a suspicious vehicle that was improperly parked on the shoulder of Alumni Drive with no…

Winthrop and Rock Hill Schools Differ on COVID Policy

Christian Smith

A mandate requiring all students, faculty and staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings was implemented by Winthrop University after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to uphold the…

Opinion sections and their bad raps

Mary Hicks

In more recent years, the Opinion section of newspapers has developed a bad reputation, due to critics claiming that it causes readers to confuse editorial writing with actual news reporting. …

McMaster enacts new ‘home or work order’ for South Carolina

Matt Thrift

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has enacted a ‘Home or Work Order’ which will last for an indefinite amount of time and will see residents of the state jailed or…

Winthrop board of trustees votes to lower summer tuition

Matt Thrift

Winthrop University’s board of trustees has voted to lower summer tuition rates by 12 percent, according to a press release from the university. Summer tuition is normally lowered by 20…

The fight against COVID-19 continues on at Winthrop

Matt Thrift

In the wake of a Winthrop student testing positive for COVID-19, the university's Human Resources department sent out an email to faculty and staff which was provided to The Johnsonian.…

Problems with Porn

Ann Marie Juarez

Sex is a topic that has influenced our society and culture as a whole for much of human history. Winthrop University elementary education student Quest Morris created an event to…