The French Club has a luncheon every first and third Tuesday of each month for its members, but this week's gathering was somewhat different from the usual.
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In a country like Iraq, religious affiliation means more than flapping your gums. It means leaving your house every morning knowing you may not come back.
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People tend to still see the world in black and white, rather than appreciating the world in full-color vision and seeing race, while real, as merely the result of an exterior expression of a few genes. It is unable to fully define a person.
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Last week, GLoBAL provided Winthrop students with a fresh outlook on drag with a two part series entitled "Welcome to DragWU". On Thursday night, over 100 people rushed into Richardson Ballroom to hear a lecture on drag presented by Aaron Sims, president of GLoBAL.
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Before winter break, three international students at Winthrop took a trip down to the local DMV to get their very own American driver’s license.
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Mitt Romney’s stop to rally Winthrop’s support Jan. 18 brought out hundreds of Winthrop faculty and staff. Yet with the 2012 election looming, interest is at its peak. The real commitment to the cause can be found in the off-season, when the student political culture finds out who the truly passionate about politics are.
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Students from all nations and backgrounds congregated in the Richardson Ballroom to celebrate the Chinese New Year –some as fresh observers, and some as regular practitioners and performers sharing their culture.
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The representation of indigenous minority groups on campus goes far beyond just Catawba and Cherokee, or even Native Americans. Three siblings studying at Winthrop share a cultural background that most of their peers have probably never heard of.
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Food, language and culture should all be grouped into similar categories.
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A controversial article published Nov. 3, 2011 in the New York Times, entitled “The China Conundrum,” claims that in the past three years the number of Chinese students attending American universities has tripled, and that many of them, while high-performing, come unprepared with the English skills needed in the American university classroom.
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My mouth is dry, my hand unsteady, my forehead hot. I think of angry hicks lynching my pansy liberal ass, but this is just a morbid daydream.
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A student studying abroad in the U.S. recalled getting put in a security line for “brown people” and receiving a special classification stamp on her boarding pass on a United Airlines flight after 9/11.
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The French Club has a luncheon every first and third Tuesday of each month for its members, but this week's gathering was somewhat different from the usual.
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In a country like Iraq, religious affiliation means more than flapping your gums. It means leaving your house every morning knowing you may not come back.
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People tend to still see the world in black and white, rather than appreciating the world in full-color vision and seeing race, while real, as merely the result of an exterior expression of a few genes. It is unable to fully define a person.
Full Story
Last week, GLoBAL provided Winthrop students with a fresh outlook on drag with a two part series entitled "Welcome to DragWU". On Thursday night, over 100 people rushed into Richardson Ballroom to hear a lecture on drag presented by Aaron Sims, president of GLoBAL.
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Before winter break, three international students at Winthrop took a trip down to the local DMV to get their very own American driver’s license.
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Mitt Romney’s stop to rally Winthrop’s support Jan. 18 brought out hundreds of Winthrop faculty and staff. Yet with the 2012 election looming, interest is at its peak. The real commitment to the cause can be found in the off-season, when the student political culture finds out who the truly passionate about politics are.
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Students from all nations and backgrounds congregated in the Richardson Ballroom to celebrate the Chinese New Year –some as fresh observers, and some as regular practitioners and performers sharing their culture.
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The representation of indigenous minority groups on campus goes far beyond just Catawba and Cherokee, or even Native Americans. Three siblings studying at Winthrop share a cultural background that most of their peers have probably never heard of.
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Food, language and culture should all be grouped into similar categories.
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A controversial article published Nov. 3, 2011 in the New York Times, entitled “The China Conundrum,” claims that in the past three years the number of Chinese students attending American universities has tripled, and that many of them, while high-performing, come unprepared with the English skills needed in the American university classroom.
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My mouth is dry, my hand unsteady, my forehead hot. I think of angry hicks lynching my pansy liberal ass, but this is just a morbid daydream.
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A student studying abroad in the U.S. recalled getting put in a security line for “brown people” and receiving a special classification stamp on her boarding pass on a United Airlines flight after 9/11.
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If you had difficulty reading even that word without scary conflicting feelings, you’re part of the majority of people in the Western world who seem to have some seriously mixed feelings about sex.
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Cultural events are offered at a variety of times throughout the fall and spring semesters. Yet there are a variety of factors effecting a student’s ability to get 18 cultural event credits before graduation, time being only one of them.
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The term “racist” is one that has been misused and misinterpreted for many, many years now. People use this term in the most insignificant of situations and, racism being such a touchy subject, makes it so much more of a problem.
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Since May of 2010 he has visited seven countries in Asia, visited the Netherlands and Canada and attended a college fair in Doha, Qatar.
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Anne Jordan is in the midst of planning and executing a class trip abroad. This year, however, there’s a slight change; instead of being confined to Paris, students will also get a taste of Northern Italy and the chance to jetset across the rest of Europe, all for credit.
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Winthrop’s Chinese community celebrated National Day in honor of the founding of the People’s Republic of China with performances sharing their culture.
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The closing of Roddey Apartments may displace the majority of on-campus international students next fall.
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Not many would liken an event as big as New York Fashion Week to directly influence a place as far away as Rock Hill or Charlotte. Yet some people live and breathe for couture and manage to keep one foot in the fashion world by getting their fix from nearby Charlotte and incorporating their own stylish flair into their everyday wear.
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I used to think I came from a pretty small town. As a teenager, I went through those angsty periods of wanting to get out of my ‘podunk’ little town (Irmo, if you’ve heard of it) and to a big city.
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With a three series set of songs, a pianist and vocalist managed to give Winthrop a history of how a country changed and embraced Western culture.
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Just imagine, instead of watching a power point in art history, you could Skype with an art historian. This is one of the changes Winthrop is set to experience after the First Annual Global Learning Initiative (GLI) Professional Development Conference.
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My mother believes I’ve come to Dublin with academics front and center in both my mind and my priorities.
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When someone thinks of the word “cultural” now-a-days, there is a simple yet very misleading perception of what the word really means.
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Ever wonder how diverse our student body is? We’ve put together the numbers that bring the rest of the world to our little corner and break things down.
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Driving on south Cherry Road, the American Legion Frank Roach Post 34 is located on the left. There is a mural painted on the face of the building. That mural was painted by two Winthrop University students.
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Hopefully you were as confused as I was by reading the above column title. Otherwise I will simply feel like an American with no clue of what happens in the world beyond nor what they do for fun.
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September 11, 2001 caused a silence around the nation as the Twin Towers were attacked. The U.S. stood in shock after such a tragic event, but this event affected other parts of the world as well, as one student experienced first hand.
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The tide is changing when it comes to global experience on Winthrop’s campus: global events, which add much more emphasis on global content, now join cultural events in broadening student experience.
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Studying abroad is one of the highest recommended college experiences and promises to rock your world.
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As I sit down to write this, all I keep thinking is one thing: what can I possibly tell the incoming freshman class that will enlighten them, teach them, or just make the adjustment easier?
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I’ve learned about the Civil War, the art of ancient Greece and Rome and even how to build a successful advertising campaign, all thanks to Winthrop.
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Inspired by the successful revolution of Tunisia, on January 25, the Egyptian people started a revolt to end the dictatorship that suppressed them for three decades, and one researcher witnessed the aftermath firsthand.
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They may not wear all black and have long beards like many traditional Jews, but the Jewish Student Network still promotes the values and traditions of the Jewish faith.
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The pressure of classes and exams can be hard on students. It helps to find an escape from the headaches of college.
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A nice body, an IQ of 150, and a bank account with a balance of at least six zeroes behind the first number—according to the media this is having it all
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The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan left many people displaced and without food or shelter. Thankfully, this has not been the case for the family of Winthrop students and students studying abroad in Japan.
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Flirting. Touching. Kissing. Sex. Whether it’s been with someone you love or someone you’ve just met, “hooking up” is quickly becoming the norm on college campuses.
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From the way we talk to the holidays we celebrate, there are many things that set Americans apart from the rest of the world.
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Richard Chacon spent every summer in the 1990’s working with the Achuar peoples of Ecuador. In his time there, he has seen a lot and learned a lot more, too.
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It’s not the $2.13 an hour that attracts people to become waiters at restuarants and bars.
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The National Student Exchange, or NSE, is an alternative choice to studying abroad.
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Although Winthrop University’s student population is racially diverse, the percentage of minority teaching faculty on campus is not as high, according to data supplied by Winthrop Human Resources and the Commission on Higher Education (CHE) in South Carolina.
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After 30 years in office and 18 days of protests, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
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Celebrate the year of the rabbit.
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For some, the thought of marriage is far away.
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Five-year-old Joseph Allan does not know who the Friendship Nine were or what they did.
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Two figures central to America’s civil rights struggle in the 1950s and 60s, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., never quite saw eye-to-eye but they in the fictional play “The Meeting” they finally exchange dialogue.
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This semester, the Academic Success Center will introduce a pilot program for international students.
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Random acts of kindness do exist. Just ask any member of Zeta Tau Alpha.
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My two hands helped feed nearly 700 children and it only took about two hours.
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Random acts of kindness do exist. Just ask any member of Zeta Tau Alpha.
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A friend is always there to lend a helping hand.
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The ghost of Tillman will no longer haunt the International Center.
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Winthrop University was given the opportunity to host six students from Ahmedabad, India from Oct. 17 to Oct. 30.
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Growing up, I never dressed up for Halloween. I've only been trick-or-treating once and even then I wore regular clothes.
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Fifteen cardboard boxes were strewn out on the Dinkins lawn like an unrealized refugee camp in the dim halogen glow of the street lamps.
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Winthrop University is adding Indian students to its international repertoire. Eight students and one professor from Ahmebad, India, are planning to come to Winthrop on Oct. 17 for a two-week stay on campus as part of their four-week trip to America.
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For some, it’s difficult to introduce your girlfriend or boyfriend to your parents.
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Students start enrolling this month for mythology, art and thought in ancient Greece classes
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Over the summer turkeys walked into my home, pigeons fell through my roof and I drank cases of beer at a funeral
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African-Americans are taking mass communication to new heights. At Winthrop, there is hope to do the same.
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Greek life is more than just parties and selling lemonade.
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A 15-minute phone interview determined her entire summer.
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It is the reason why people can worship, speak and live freely.
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A third-generation graduate of the university, Edward Lee, has seen the campus blossom. Lee has been a history professor at Winthrop for more than 20 years..
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In 1971, a self-regulated or co-ed residence hall at Winthrop didn’t exist. There wasn’t even a male student in sight.
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Getting out of your parents’ house may have been the most exciting thing you’ve done since graduating high school.
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He has lived around the world, but he doesn’t have an accent.
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Welcome to the school that has twice as many girls as guys, two sets of school colors and no football team. Welcome to the school that has its own god named DiGiorgio, a superhero/ hype-man named Eagle Man and a newspaper that tells the truth no matter how much trouble it causes—or better known to you as Winthrop University.
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Winthrop's Cooperative Campus Ministries will be hosting Hunger Week 2010 “Facing the Realties of Hunger: Embracing Our Role in the Fight.”
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