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Parting words/Letter from the editor

Victoria Howard

Dear Dr. Mahony, Thank you. You have been a guiding light and shining star on this campus since I first got here. Since commencement, I’ve felt like we knew…

Stop giving Bloomberg attention

Victoria Howard

After declaring his running in the Democratic primaries late in the game, billionaire Michael Bloomberg has made his name relevant in conversations around the primaries. This isn’t good. The former…

Barnes & Noble misses the mark

Victoria Howard

As a celebration of Black History Month, national book retailer Barnes & Noble announced their new “diverse covers” of classic novels. These were covers for classics like “The Wizard of…

Sign the petition already

Victoria Howard

The petition calling for a vote of no confidence against the Winthrop Board of Trustees currently has over 1,600 signatures. This is a huge number and shows that a large…

The Iowa caucuses weren’t tampered with

Victoria Howard

A huge chunk of the Iowa precincts used a new app earlier this month when voting for their preferred candidate. The app caused a lot of problems when it came…

Problems with Wingspan

Victoria Howard

Error 500 - Internal Server Error. This is the screen that many students have seen when trying to log into their Wingspan accounts since the start of the semester. …

Student reactions to the new interim president

Victoria Howard

When an all-student email went out on Wednesday, Jan. 29 announcing the preferred candidate for the new interim president, students didn’t have very positive reactions. It didn’t take long for…

There is nothing good about fast fashion

Victoria Howard

In 2020 we are going to experience a lot of trends, especially when it comes to fashion. The early 2000s and e-girl trends took off in 2019 and will continue…

The kids are alright

Laura Munson

Generation Z, often called “Gen Z” or “zoomers” get a lot of flak, probably even more than millennials did before the Gen Zs started to come of age. People born…