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New Talent, More Tennis

Gabby Gardner

The men’s tennis team started off their 2020 spring season this past Sunday, against Davidson. The Eagles return six of their players from last season, two including key senior players…

Although the 6,100 seat Winthrop Coliseum rarely reaches full capacity during basketball season, there is one section that is almost never empty. “We’re trying to elevate the gameday atmosphere,” said…

Some staff members in student publications not receiving payment

Matt Thrift

College comes with its share of challenges with perhaps the principal of these challenges being those of a financial nature. Some Winthrop University students had difficulty getting paid last…

Mahony’s contracts reveal 2020 departure

Anna Sharpe

President Dan Mahony’s contracts reveal that his last contract was set to expire in 2020, not 2019 as stated in a resolution from the Board of Trustees. Mahony’s contracts were…

Mahony steps down as president of Winthrop

Victoria Howard and Anna Sharpe

Winthrop president steps down, a new interim president to be named by the Board of Trustees Daniel F. Mahony, the 11th president of Winthrop University, has taken a job at…

Winthrop STEM majors are M.A.D Scientists

Savannah Scott

When it comes to any student that majors in the STEM field the biggest thing for these students is support. Recently, a student led organization called M.A.D scientist was formed …

Climate change? Sounds like a hoax to me

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Climate change is one of the most controversial and heavily-debated topics of our day. Scientists have presented data that proposes to show the effects of CO2 emissions, but there remains…

Seeking the Headhunter’s Power

Matt Thrift

This past Friday featured a lecture on spiritual quests, warriors and how collective action functions in an egalitarian society in the Amazon. Richard Chacon, an author and associate professor of…

Understanding Criminal Law in South Carolina

Dean of Students Office/Publications

In today’s world, there is a hard line of finding the truth in criminal cases that can land innocent people in prison through mishandled information or laziness in the United…

WU Students get booked, processed and imprisoned

Dean of Students Office/Publications

In 2010, Winthrop University established the Common Book project, which was an initiative that gave the incoming freshman class an equal opportunity to read and discuss the same book within…