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What’s the move?

Victoria Howard

“There’s no way in hell Winthrop is this boring” “Moves? College CANT be this boring” “Okay, I’m bored” The Winthrop Class of 2023 Facebook group has at least eight…

Softball swings into Charlotte

Matthew Shealy

Winthrop’s softball team participated in the Charlotte First Pitch Classic, which was hosted by the UNC-Charlotte 49ers in Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium. The tournament lasted from Sunday, Feb. 24 to…

‘Casual Friday’ brings up serious topics

Anna Sharpe

North Carolina is ranked seventh in the nation for rates of human trafficking. Within North Carolina, Charlotte is ranked first for rates of human trafficking. Casual Friday, a speaker series…

Stars shine in Charlotte

Matthew Shealy

Every year, the National Basketball Association has a mid-season break known as All-Star Weekend. The break serves as a time to recognize the best players in the league. This season…

WU gets real about abortion

Anna Sharpe

On Tues. Jan. 22, Winthrop’s Planned Parenthood Club invited Calla Hales, an administrator for A Preferred Women’s Health Center, and Ashley Skidmore, a member of the advocacy group Charlotte for…

Combatting local human trafficking

Anna Sharpe

A New Creation, a shelter for victims of human trafficking, has opened in Rock Hill. On Nov. 7, Nancy Landerman, the creator, founder and executive director of A New Creation,…

Charlotte’s ticket to Broadway

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Though New York City is Broadway’s home, Charlotte has its own performing arts center that brings the wonder of Broadway to the Carolinas. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center hosts a variety…

Allyship and Pride: where is the line?

The LGBTQ+ community is vast, with a broad spectrum that can make nearly anyone feel included. However heterosexual people question where they fit in. Supporters of the movement have applied…

Charlotte may become prime

Dean of Students Office/Publications

A plethora of economic opportunities may be coming for both Rock Hill and Winthrop if Charlotte secures Amazon’s second headquarter Amazon is searching for a new home for its second…

First female African-American mayor elected for Charlotte

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Winthrop student and relative of newly-elected mayor talks about her work in aunt’s campaign Vi Lyles, 66, is not only the first African-American female mayor of Charlotte, but she is…