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Food allergies with a meal plan

Editor's Note: In our March 20 issue of The Johnsonian, an article entitled “Food allergies with a meal plan” ran in the Science and Technology section. This article incorrectly stated,…

New tech from Samsung

Gweneshia Wadlington

Since the original Galaxy S release, Samsung has released new technology that has pioneered the revolution of tech and altered the way we think of it. Recently, at Samsung’s Unpacked…

The PC master race prevails

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The Winthrop esports varsity team will be PC-only, according to Ken Halpin, the vice president of Winthrop Athletics. “The collegiate space has not included console gaming. Right now, our varsity…

Cybersecurity chat at Winthrop

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The audience gathered in Whitton auditorium wasn’t what you might expect for a university tech event. The morning of Feb. 27 as alumni, students and faculty poured into the room,…

Review: The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

Dean of Students Office/Publications

We all remember hearing bedtime stories as kids and hearing tales such as “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” It’s something else to play a video…

Biology department changes curriculum

Beneshia Wadlington

The biology department is soon to see changes within the catalog for that degree. It’s been said that certain 200-level courses, such as botany and zoology, will now be counted…

Afrofuturism on the rise

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Afrofuturism can be described quickly as, “science fiction for black people.” Afrofuturism is a movement in the arts that allows black people to imagine a future with a main focus…

GMOs across disciplines

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Genetically modified foods prove to still be one of the most controversial topics of modern time, as was seen during the “GMOs and our food supply: Good or Bad?” interdisciplinary…

The struggle for representation

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“African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented across all [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] job clusters,” according to a 2018 study by Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank. These job…