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Students protest Winthrop College Republicans’ ‘Abortion is Not a Right’ Event in DiGiorgio Campus Center

Winthrop College Republicans President on abortion to human rights comparison: “We said it, we believe it, we stand by it.”

Dozens of students showed up to the College Republicans tabling event in partnership with Students for Life of America inside of the Digiorgio Student (DIGS) last Thursday. The table displayed a sign bearing the words, “Abortion is not a right.”

Students for Life Action, “is a national organization that works with students to promote pro-life values on campus.” Winthrop’s
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Artist Spotlight: Lights camera action

After joining her school’s theatre program during her junior year of high school, sophomore theatre major Carrington Wigfall was thrown into the world of theatre, forced to retain a whirlwind of information at once.

“Instead of being taught things in steps it’s like, okay you get thrown into it. And it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Theatre has just been a really good outlet for me and anytime I forget how much I love theatre, I do a project and then I say, ‘Oh this is why I love this thing so muc
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WUPO statistics show increase in reported rape cases

According to the 2020 Annual Security Report, data accumulated from the 2017 to 2019 academic semesters displayed an increase in the total reported cases of rape. The document cites one report in 2017, six reports in 2018 and eight reports in 2019, making rape Winthrop’s most reported crime.

Under the federal law known as the the Clery Act, Winthrop is required to report certain crimes such as rape or criminal sexual conduct.

“In 2019, we had eight listed. That doesn’t necessarily mean that of
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COVID’s impact on the Winthrop arts community

After the decade-defining COVID-19 Pandemic, the arts community has been navigating the many obstacles that the moment in history has placed in front of it.

While students were both more resourceful and creative while working from home, faculty and staff also had to be creative in their work.

Department of Fine Arts Chair and Associate Professor of Fine Arts with knowledge in the area of Emerging Technologies in the Arts, Karen Oremus said, “I think many of us can think outside of the box when
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A Breakdown of Fall ‘23 CSL Candidates

Voting opened for the Fall 2023 Student Body Presidential race at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. On this year’s ballot, Council of Student Leaders (CSL) candidates are students from a diverse range of backgrounds.

#LOVEWU: Leading Others with the Vision of Excellence – Jah-nai Smith and Jermarius Evans

“I process criticism in a four-step procedure which is listening, reflection, ownership, and action. When it pertains to criticism it is important to first actively listen to understand the person’s pers
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Competitors travel to Winthrop Coliseum to attend the largest Ultimate Event in SC history

Despite a “minimal marketing” effort, 225 people attended the Winthrop Coliseum’s first esports event on Sept. 17. In what was meant to be a test event “to learn if the Coliseum could handle the capacity (bandwidth and power – which I’m still anxious about),” Sheila Burkhalter said. But, the event has now become the largest Ultimate Event in South Carolina history.

According to Winthrop Esports on Twitter, Winthrop student, Matthew Scott a.k.a. NoTag placed first in the competition, taking home
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March to Pike house calls out fraternity and WU administration

Fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha, more informally known as Pike, along with Winthrop University administration, were the targets of a protest that took place on Thursday night where protesters sought to address a number of sexual assaults in which Pike brothers were said to be the perpetrators. Talk of accessibility issues experienced by differently-abled students was also had.

The protest was initiated by Winthrop University Students for Change and took place at 9 p.m. Protestors were asked to wear b
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Emerging University Center Will House Restaurants, Retail Space, and More Apartments

University Center at Knowledge Park is a part of “a $200 million mixed-use development.” When construction completes, The project will be home to the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, restaurant space, office and retail space, a hotel, multiple parking decks, student housing and market rate apartments.

The 23-acre project is a revival of the Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company, “The Bleachery” was one the nation’s largest textile finishing plants at its height.

The Tuttle Company, “a full-se
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WU honors the ballroom scene: “It's Not a Dance. It’s a Ball”

DSU (DiGiorgio Student Union) hosted its first ever ball on Saturday night. The International Legend Ball commentated by ballroom legend, “Big Mama” hosted both ballroom pros from houses like The Xclusive International Haus of Wintour along with students new to ballroom.

Ballroom, a culture that combines elements of fashion, modeling, pageantry and dance is typically an underground scene that has provided a “safe haven for black and brown young people” in the LGBTQ community for decades. Ballro
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Award Winning Spoken Word Artist, Cocoa Flo comes to Winthrop

Spoken word poetry artist, Jasmine Swanagan aka “Cocoa Flo” brings her ingenious talent to Dina’s Place tonight at 8 p.m. at the cultural event titled “Words Matter” hosted by the DiGiorgio Student Union.

According to the DSU website, “Cocoa Flo’s work speaks on empowerment, perseverance and uplifting women’s voices.”

The artist started in spoken word in 2015 shortly after graduating from the University of Cincinnati.

“I started writing in a spoken-word style a few years prior, but I didn’t y
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Trustees move to make WU laptop campus, adjust tuition on Fine Arts MA

The Board of Trustees met publicly to discuss becoming a laptop campus, adjustments to MA in fine arts program tuition, enrollment deposit, and associated fees, and a motion to approve capital projects that have been funded by state appropriations on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m.

At the start of the meeting, the Board of Trustees Chair, Glenn McCall, introduced WU Students For Change member Milo Wolverton to speak in favor of Title IX and bring up concerns about the new Title IX and ADA Complianc
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Winthrop Bridge Program introduces Meta-Majors

Winthrop has expanded its collaboration with York Technical College with the introduction of Meta-Majors for students in its bridge program.

While Meta-Majors group individual majors under a broader academic umbrella, students select their Meta-Major based on their career interests. The guided pathways provide them with a clear track to graduation. Students are able to make connections between their studies and different career tracks.

The Guided Transfer Pathway Initiative committee, convened
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Artist Spotlight: Make it glow

Senior art education major Kate Callahan has been making art ever since she was a toddler. With early access to art supplies, making art has always been something she enjoyed doing in her free time, even as a child.

“We always had art supplies in our house,” Callahan said, “so it was just something else that we would play with, just like playing outside, for example.

“And then my mom had gone to art school, and I also had a lot of other creative people in my family. I was just kind of in an en
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Artist Spotlight: Creating Opportunity

Starting just around the age of 2, sophomore art education major Autumn Jackson has been involved in art for as long as she could hold a pencil. However, the artist from Columbia, South Carolina said it was a piece she created in middle school that marked a turning point in how she viewed herself as an artist.

“7th-grade year, I think, I created a pop art collage of a pair of Converses, and that was one of the first pieces that was going to get sold, but I wanted to keep it for some odd reason.
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2021 Fashion trends pull from the past

We have all heard of the 20-year rule among fashion trends. To no surprise, spring and summer 2021 fashion week displayed all of our favorite funky and vibrant retro looks from the 1970s.

Chunky shoes, bell-bottom jeans, fringe, and floral prints are just a few of the things they say are supposed to come back into fashion in the near future.

“70s fashion is definitely coming back,” junior art education major Emily Shelton said. “I think Farrah Fawcett hair has also had a come-back,” Shelton sa
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Winthrop Active Minds raises awareness about pandemic-related racism

Winthrop Active Minds broadcasted a pre-recorded panel discussion originally hosted by the National Active Minds organization on Nov. 19. The event was provided to raise awareness about what minority groups have faced this year in regards to both the pandemic and racism.

Senior chemistry major Sophia Stefanov started the Winthrop Active Minds chapter here at Winthrop and is passionate about mental health advocacy.

The panel featured six students of different minority backgrounds.

“They each k
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Winthrop engages first-generation students

Winthrop University’s Division of Student Affairs hosted the second annual First-Generation College Students Celebration Week which aimed to engage first-generation students with approximately one-third of Winthrop students identifying as first-generation students.

First-generation College Students Celebration Week came as a way for students to increase their sense of belonging and engage with other first-generation students at Winthrop as well as faculty, staff and administrators who are first
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Winthrop partners with the Common App

This year, all Winthrop University first-year and transfer applicants are able to submit their applications through the Common Application, a website for college applicants to apply to multiple schools with the use of one central application.

Vice President of Access and Enrollment Management Eduardo Prieto explained what went into the decision to partner with the Common Application.

“It’s prudent for us, for a number of reasons to try to attract students from other markets, namely out of stat

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