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ASMR- the weird, the creepy and the satisfying?

The conversation around Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, has been experiencing a strange moment of popularity since late 2017. For anyone unaware, ASMR describes a sensation often described as…

Winthrop’s upcoming E-Sports

Dean of Students Office/Publications

It seems like yesterday when parents would tell their children that they won’t achieve anything playing video games. Now video gamers can make money either through streaming platforms or professionally…

The truth behind CRTW

Victoria Howard

Cries of frustration about Critical, Reading, Thinking and Writing are something that many Winthrop students can empathize with and relate to. This course challenges students and puts them outside of…

Three days in Los Angeles

Dean of Students Office/Publications

When I stepped off the plane and into the concourse, I had no idea what to expect. At that point, my experience with Los Angeles had been limited to sitting…

Cut it out: $4.5 million reduced from Winthrop’s budget

Anna Sharpe

A $4.5 million budget cut was approved during a Board of Trustees meeting Nov. 2, 2018. Justin Oates, Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs, addressed where this cut is…

Advocacy in the aftermath

Savannah Scott

When Feb. 14 comes to mind, most think of Valentine’s Day, a day of love. For the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, it brings up the reminder of…

Wins for the Winthrop Plan

Anna Sharpe

Two more targets of President Dan Mahony’s Winthrop Plan were recently met. The 2025 target goal for unrestricted giving was set at $700,000. As of December 2018, unrestricted gifts were…

Ask an officer

Dean of Students Office/Publications

One in six women and one in 19 men have experienced stalking at some point during their lifetime, said Sgt. Julia Taggart at the Ask an Officer campus safety event…

The struggle for representation

Dean of Students Office/Publications

“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…

Winthrop talks food

Dean of Students Office/Publications

From student/faculty research presentations and panels to local brewery tours, Winthrop University will be hosting the 2019 World of Food Conference as a way to bring an interdisciplinary conversation about…