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Walking in their shoes

When people learn the history of the Holocaust or read the literature of Holocaust survivors, it’s rare that they then actually get to see where these events took place. This…

Review: Planetarian

Dean of Students Office/Publications

A weary scavenger has scarcely escaped death from automated soldiers and looks through the rubble of a department store, left from a city devastated by a germ bomb. Amid his…

New year, new you? We’ve got you covered

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Many people are unable to keep up with their New Year’s resolutions, and thus fall flat of their goals within the first few months of making them. There are many…

How to stick to those pesky New Year’s resolutions

Victoria Howard

Every New Year, we all seem to make the same resolutions. Whether it’s to eat right, go to the gym or read more books, time and time again, about a…

A poor student’s guide to eating healthy

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Healthy eating can seem like a stretch between classes, homework, friends, work, and all the other daily chaos that college students endure, not to mention the price tag. Healthy eating,…

Hand me the AUX cord

Matt Thrift

On Tuesday Nov. 13, Winthrop University hosted Backseat DJ in Richardson Ballroom as part of the 2018 homecoming festivities. Preliminary details were scarce but the event was billed as a…

Sitting down with Sodexo

Tea Franco

Q:Tell us about what you have been doing to get the students’ opinions involved in dining services. A: One, we try to promote all of our events. We are being…

Voter turnout at Winthrop on the rise

Dean of Students Office/Publications

In 2016, only 39 percent of 18-24 year olds voted in the presidential elections around the country. Winthrop kept students engaged and politically charged, according to Judy Longshaw, the News…

Experiencing poverty

Anna Sharpe

For those living in poverty, there are many difficult decisions involving money and their daily lives that need to be made. Many people have said that they do not understand…

One WU alum is creating magic through learning

Beneshia Wadlington

There’s a type of magic that comes with learning and the opportunity many young people are provided with across the country, according to Ashlye Wilkerson. Wilkerson is a Winthrop alumna…