March 10th, 2011

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GOV. HALEY’S MEASURABLES

In-state enrollment may affect funding

Under way: City clears Bleachery site

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second story of a four-part series about the “measurables” Gov. Haley has put in place to determine state funding for universities.

BY CLAIRE BYUN byunc@mytjnow.com

Following Governor Nikki Haley’s outline, Winthrop must provide the most recent data on instate and out-of-state enrollment.

For state schools to receive funding, each university must provide the governor’s office with four “measurables,” Haley said.

While the first request involved Winthrop’s graduation rates for four-year and six-year tracks, the second includes the amount of students kept in South Carolina.

Winthrop’s in-state enrollment for the 2009-2010 year was 84

See HALEY page 4 NEWS

DSU works with limited budget Prices of acts rise; university doesn’t plan to increase entertainment crew’s allocations

Demolition of the Bleachery site is almost complete. The city’s next step is to attract investors who will turn the property into a mixed-use residential community. Photo courtesy of David Vehaun, Rock Hill city manager.

Streets, sewers on property will attract investment

BY JONATHAN MCFADDEN mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com

As part of the city’s College Town Action Plan, the Bleachery may be part of the Textile Corridor, a green passageway that links Winthrop to downtown.

The class of 2014 will likely be the first

to see any kind of tangible progress with the College Town Action Plan, much less the Bleachery, according to a representative from the city.

There’s still much work to be done before the city can start talking to investors about developing any of the Bleachery property, said Stephen Turner, depart-

See BLEACHERY page 3

Winthrop employee remembers days as textile mill worker

BY JONATHAN MCFADDEN AND CLAIRE BYUN mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com, byunc@ mytjnow.com

Tom DeLuca. Recycled Percussion. Buzz Sutherland.

All brought by Winthrop’s programming board to entertain campus.

With a modest budget that’s remained the same for more than 15 years, the DiGiorgio Student Union (DSU) manages to provide highquality acts each semester.

DSU, Winthrop’s entertainment board, receives $113,000 a year to provide acts ranging from the Chinese Acrobats to The Meeting. The money comes from student fees, taken out of Winthrop’s general budget.

The acts aren’t cheap, inflation is unfavorable and money tight, but

ment head of the Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation.

But if the city finds investors, the corridor will double as a mixed-use residential and employment community.

Also included is the Streetcar Master

BY JONATHAN MCFADDEN mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com

Workers dye fabric at the Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co. in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of the Louis Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Rick Walker can still remember the sight of bails of cloth being beaten, sewn, flattened, dyed and folded on the factory floors of the old Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co., commonly called the Bleachery.

He still remembers watching fellow factory workers mix colors in barrels, sending off patches of finished cloth to the lab for the final ‘go ahead’ before shipping and large print swings chopping the air back and forth as they folded the material in boxes with wheels.

Now, Walker, a technician for Winthrop’s telecommunications,

can only keep the Bleachery’s operation alive in his memories.

But it’s not just cloth being dyed or fabric being sprayed with chemicals to prevent shrinkage that makes Walker smile when he thinks about those “rough, but good days.”

It’s the people. It’s the pride. It’s the care he remembers most tenderly.

“They cared about their job,” Walker said. “Everybody wanted to do a good job.”

Camaraderie was strong. If someone in a department died, everyone in that department would be named as honorary pallbearers

See MEMORIES page 3

See DSU page 2 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Green cleaning products improve custodians’ health, breathing

BY AMANDA PHIPPS Winthrop uses GreenSeal certified cleaners.

Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@ mytjnow.com

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Custodial worker Brenda Watson knows firsthand how toxic cleaning chemicals can be.

“I learned the hard way about chemicals at home,” she said. “I used bleach and Pine-

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Sol, and it knocked me out.”

Watson has better luck at Winthrop, thanks to the university’s green-cleaning program, which requires the use of cleaners without toxic chemicals that produce a smell, she said.

“I’m satisfied with the way (the chemicals) work,” Watson

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said. “I feel more comfortable using them.”

Custodial supervisor Debbie Brown said she can tell a difference in her health since switching to the green products.

“I can tell the difference in my breathing,” she said. “I feel good going home at 4 p.m.”

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Brown said wearing a mask is no longer required while working and the chemicals are easier to work with.

After the 2004 construction of the West Center, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified building , Winthrop had

See CLEANING page 6

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

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CULTURE

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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SPORTS

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DSU • from front

THURSDAY March 10, 2011

CLAIRE BYUN News Editor byunc@mytjnow.com JONATHAN MCFADDEN Assistant News Editor mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com

Entertainment budget: By the numbers Furman: Winthrop: USC: $442,609 $300,000 $113,000

DSU’s budget has remained the same for the past 20 years, said Boyd Jones, director of DSU. Without many funds to spare, DSU still manages to bring in quality acts, Jones said.

Still, negotiating with entertainers isn’t easy, nor are payments always equal.

Recycled Percussion, a The above budget Information was provided by Sarah Morgan, program director for USC’s Carolina Productions and Jessica Berkey, band using recycled maFurman’s assistant director for student activities and orientation. Furman receives 36 percent of allocated funds from the Student terials as instruments, Government Association, Berkey said. The school has been able to bring talents such as Matt & Kim and Drake to perform, said Eric came to Winthrop on Dodd, senior business administration major at Furman and head of the entertainment committee. DSU receives $113,000 yearly, acAugust 28 during Welcording to Boyd Jones, director of DSU. come Week. with the state of South Carolina and En- entertainers to agree to come to Win- dean of students, said those funds aren’t After performing, the throp for less. going anywhere. terprise. band received $7,500.

Sam & Ruby, a duet who blend R&B “The budget won’t increase, but I don’t Coffeehouse musician Jenn Grinels has “Wanting an act on a specific date is been on the receiving side of DSU’s hos- with pop and folk music, usually charge know that it’ll decrease. I think the flat more expensive,” Jones said. schools between $3,500 and $5,000 to amount will stay the same,” Marlowe When the band first began coming to pitality. said. “Student revenue won’t dry up as “DSU has so much enthusiasm, from perform, Jones said.

Winthrop about eight years ago, they Winthrop got them for $2,500. long as students keep buying the semeswere paid $2,000. In that time, they’ve greeting cards to handmade stars on “My goal has always been for WU to get ter passes.” gained notoriety throughout the college dressing room doors to thank you cards The reason for DSU’s lack of budget market, although Winthrop has remained in the hotel,” Grinels said in a phone in- most out of their money,” he said. increase might be due to the program’s terview. a stable appointment. achievements, proving they work well Singing for Winthrop students for two Additional revenue The band even appeared on NBC’s within their means, Marlowe said. prime time show “America’s Got Talent.” years, Grinels said she’s always excited to Because money from DSU’s budget “In some ways, Boyd is a victim of his “There are probably very few schools in visit Winthrop.

“I know I’m going to be met with more goes entirely to booking acts, Jones uses own success, since DSU does such a great the whole country that have had them as hugs and smiles than any other campus,” funds gained from students’ admission job,” Marlowe said. many times as we’ve had,” Jones said. purchases and semester passes to proMarlowe, however, thinks there is Grinels said.

Still, the rates have gone up. much to be gained by working in DSU. Comedian Dan Cummins feels the vide extra revenue.

“Because my funds are stagnant, all the “I look at all the activities students get That revenue goes into promotions, performer costs are going up,” Jones said. same.

What distinguishes Winthrop from publicity and paying for the entertainers’ involved with, and from studies we know “Every time something good happens to them, they raise their prices; if they are other schools is that other schools’ pro- meals—usually at the local Rock Hill res- that students who engage in activities do gramming boards make Cummins feel taurant Whitehorse—after their perfor- better in school,” Marlowe said. on [Jay] Leno—they raise prices.”

“DSU does a great job- the best in the Recycled Percussion’s fame has soared more like a burden than a welcome, he mance.

Because DSU receives student revenue country.” in the last several years. Now, the band said. outside of its allocated budget, there is Winthrop is different. has a full time gig in Las Vegas playing at “When I come to Winthrop, I always still a threat that the proceeds will be Zade Patterson contributed to this story MGM Grand casino.

It costs $61 per ticket to see them per- want to do my best because they do their taken away. However, Bethany Marlowe, very best even before the show begins,” form.

DSU not only pays for an entertainer’s Cummins said. “It’s a give and take.” performance, but also often pays for their hotel room, rental car and any props they Personal leverage may need during a performance.

Negotiating with entertainers can be as Placing entertainers in a Cherry Road hotel, DSU pays a rate of $50.99 per ho- simple as a request or as nail-biting as a paign, nor can they raise money to supBy Claire Byun tel room. With taxes, the cost amounts to drawn-out business deal.

“Sometimes I have leverage and some- byunc@mytjnow.com port costs. The campaigning will last 10 about $56. consecutive days, from March 20 to 30.

Whether it’s a single, double or suite times I don’t,” Jones said.

A lot of times an act’s agent will want to The funds come from CSL’s budget, With the new democratic elections room, Microtel charges the same rate, charge DSU more than Winthrop’s pro- approaching, six students have shown which is made up of student allocation Jones said. interest in running for president or vice money. Each candidate will report his or Bands are usually booked in double gramming board budget can afford.

Jones, using the connections he’s made president of student government. her expenses to CSL, Evans said. rooms, Jones said, which contain two with entertainers and agents in his 22 President and vice president speeches Three interest sessions were held this beds.

Entertainers also receive rental cars years of working as a director for student week, each explaining the roles and will be held March 24 and 29 during from Enterprise because of a partnership programming, may be able to get some regulations of the positions. Interested common time, and the location will be students must have attended at least one set at a later date.

Voting will be similar to voting for session to be eligible for candidacy, said Sydney Evans, chair of Council of Stu- Homecoming; each student will be able to enter his or her e-mail address elecdent Leaders (CSL).

The applicants are not candidates yet, tronically and vote once for each posisince CSL must first check their eligibili- tion. Voting will last two days: March 31 ty. The credentials for candidacy include and April 1.

Since this process is the first in a dea completed application, leadership portfolio, full-time student status (at cade, Evans will serve as election comleast 24 hours of Winthrop credit) and at missioner. Several others will participate least a 2.75 GPA. in an election panel, including two nonAn e-mail verifying candidacy will be CSL students and a faculty member. sent to the eligible applicants March 14.

To win the election, a candidate must A $500 stipend will be evenly divided win 50 percent of votes plus one (the maamong all eligible candidates for cam- jority). All election results will be posted paigning purposes, Evans said. None can April 4, 2011. use their own money to fund the cam-

Six students interested in 2011 student government positions

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THURSDAY March 10, 2011 BLEACHERY • from front

The Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, commonly known as the Bleachery, used to print much of the country’s American flags. An old mill workman displays the freshly printed reel of cloth. Photo courtesy of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

MEMORIES • from front

city’s economy has suffered, Walker said.

“It hurt the city. Whether they want to admit it or not, it hurt them,” he said.

But it wasn’t just the city that felt the bruises.

“It hurt their [workers’] children; it hurt the ones out here now that can’t find a job,” Walker said.

Jobs weren’t the only things lost in the fire and demolition—history was, as well.

“This was a part of our history and a part of our heritage,” Walker said.

If the city didn’t plan to use the Bleachery anymore, Walker said he would have liked to see more retail come in while the historical buildings remained standing.

“If they would have kept the building, you still have a part of your history there,” Walker said. “With it all being destroyed and you build something new, you’ve lost something that you’ll never replace.”

at the funeral.

There was pride in the workplace. Every finished product had “Made in the USA” stamped on it.

Like Walker said, that logo isn’t too easy to find anymore, but the same spirit hasn’t died in everyone.

“Something American people have always done is be proud in their work and this place over here [the Bleachery], just like other textile and all other mills, people who worked there were proud of what they did,” Walker said.

His father worked in the mill for 44 years and his uncle for 43. Walker himself worked there in the 1970s.

The Bleachery closed shop in 1998. In 2009, it was set on fire. Last year, demolition began. With that demolition, the

Plan, which recommends a streetcar on rails that would connect downtown to Winthrop through the middle of the Bleachery site.

In January, the city council conducted a workshop in which they started laying out strategies to attract new investment to the site.

They decided that four buildings on the site will remain, Turner said.

Two of them—the water treatment plant and the power plant-- are closest to Winthrop. The other two are closest to downtown.

The plan: the city will try to craft development proposals for those two groups of buildings and market them to potential investors.

But, before any of that can take place, environmental factors and hazards must be assessed,

Turner said.

The Bleachery’s demolition cost the city $5 million and is near completion, Turner said.

The next step will be the property’s environmental assessment and cleanup.

“Once the demolition is completed, you still have a big piece of vacant property that doesn’t have any streets, sewer or any other services to serve it,” Turner said.

“All of that has to be put in place before we can attract a lot of new investment to the site.”

After that, the city will dispense $11.5 million for off-site infrastructure improvements: water, sewers and roads that have to be put in to help serve the Bleachery site, Turner said.

“There’s going to have to be a whole new street and utility system constructed on the Bleachery site,” he said.

But, the entire process will be slow and deliber-

ate, Turner said.

The Bleachery has experienced changing hands over the years.

Almost 10 years ago, the Blecahery’s previous developer wanted to cultivate an active adult residential community tied to Winthrop University.

The plan included allowing people in their 50s and 60s to live on a college campus, Turner said.

“That was the strategy at that time,” he said.

Now, the College Town Action Plan is the predominant idea on the city’s agenda.

Though valid, it’s still just an idea, Turner said.

“There have to be investors willing to put money into those ideas, and the plan is going to have to change over time to reflect what the market will support,” Turner said.

By April 1, the city will begin taking titles to the property, Turner said.

Demolition began last year, and the property is still waiting on developer interest. Environmental assessment and cleanup is the old factory’s next phase, implementing sewers and roads along the area. Photo courtesy of City Manager David Vehaun.

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WU to potentially lose 6 percent in state funding as stimulus money expires

By Jonathan McFadden mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com

As state legislators in Columbia weigh in on the future of higher education, Winthrop continues to keep federal funding issues on its radar, said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs.

In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff two weeks ago, President Anthony DiGiorgio reported that Winthrop may receive a six percent reduction in state support, amounting to a total loss of $780,715.

Reductions, ranging from five to eight percent, were based upon each university’s level of in-state enrollment and sixyear graduation rate.

“Winthrop performs well on both those indicators,” DiGiorgio said in the e-mail.

Yet, the state reduction isn’t the only funding loss for Winthrop.

The federal stimulus funds given to Winthrop two years ago will expire on June 30, leaving a $3.4 million void in the university’s funding that will not be replaced by the state, DiGiorgio said in the e-mail.

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This is simply the first mile marker in the long road toward state budget approval President Anthony DiGiorgio

The stimulus funds have been used for undergraduate research support, energy conservation work and budget stabilization, Masters said.

The news comes after the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee released its recommendations late last month for the budget for the fiscal year that’ll begin July 1.

Also included in those recommendations are annualizations that have to be funded, the e-mail said. Annualizations include the cost of the employee health plan and the increase in salary for faculty who receive promotions.

“We will be working over the months ahead on a plan to align our spending and anticipated revenues across a difference of nearly $6 million,” DiGiorgio said in the e-mail.

Despite a harsh economy that some economists have dubbed the “Great Recession,” Winthrop has continued to provide these salary boosts, Masters said.

The president believes employees who reach these “milestones” should not have to suffer loss because of hard economic times, Masters said.

“Students may not realize it, but there are generally only a couple of such promotion opportunities within the career of a faculty member,” Masters said.

Federal grants may face some cuts, as well.

Currently, the university has 28 federal grants in place, many of them multi-year, totaling more than $22 million, Masters said.

State reductions could affect these grants considerably, but Winthrop continues to keep grant concerns on the radar, Masters said. “…All members of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation know of Winthrop’s concerns about Pell Grant and other grant funding issues,” Masters said.

Get ready Winthrop Winthrop’s Board of Trustees took all these factors into consideration dur-

Enrollment expected to remain constant HALEY • from front percent, said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs.

Out of the total 5,244 South Carolina students, 25.4 percent are African-American, Masters said.

Out-of-state enrollment for the year was 16 percent, which equates to 997 students.

Though those percentages are from the last academic year, Winthrop does not anticipate in-state enrollment to greatly change.

“We expect it to be between 83 and 84 percent for the current year as well,” Masters said.

Graduation rates, job placement of graduates, and the school’s role in economic development within the community are the other three measurements.

College presidents will meet again with the governor in April to further define the measurements, as well as understand how they will be used in funding guidelines, Haley said.

By the numbers: In-state students:

84% Out-of-state students:

16%

ing their annual on-campus retreat two weeks ago.

DiGiorgio briefed them on Readiness Winthrop, a two-phased initiative introduced last year to help the university land on a cushion when the stimulus is pulled out from under it.

Under Readiness Winthrop, every aspect of the university’s operations is being reviewed and examined.

“From this work, Winthrop is crafting a plan for how we can best meet the changing needs of 21st century students in the economic circumstances of the post-Great Recession ‘new normal,’” DiGiorgio said in the e-mail.

Faculty/staff furlough days?

DiGiorgio will address faculty and staff in late April when the university will have a clearer picture of the state budget emerging from Columbia, he said in the e-mail.

During this time, faculty and staff will receive the forecast on potential furlough days.

Thus far, administration is unsure whether furlough days will be necessary but, if they are, Masters said the university will give faculty and staff as much advanced notice as possible.

One day’s payroll for Winthrop is $180,000, Masters said.

During the 2008-2009 academic year, faculty had to take nine furlough days, which saved the university $1,620,000 to meet reduced state appropriation levels.

Suitcases in August Before any final, internal decisions can be made, Winthrop will have to examine its enrollment outlook for the coming year, Masters said.

Enrollment for the fall of 2010 fell by 126 students when compared to the fall of 2009, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

“The economy always plays a role in decisions made by students and parents,

particularly in recent years when many families suddenly faced unexpected job losses,” Masters said.

Freshman to sophomore retention has increased, but remains lower than other South Carolina universities such as Clemson and USC, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

The reason: research institutions usually admit students with the very highest SAT scores, most of them coming from high schools that fully prepared them for collegiate work, said Masters.

Though tuition increases usually reflect dips in state support, the final determinant will come during Welcome Week.

“As President DiGiorgio has said for years, ‘we’ll know about enrollment for the fall when we count suitcases in August.’”

Still, the fiscal outlook isn’t completely dim. Some money may be poured into Winthrop’s coffers.

The Ways and Means Committee allocated some deferred maintenance funds to institutions from state capital reserves that amount to $1.1 million given to Winthrop.

More to come Receiving any kind of recommendations from the state is only the first hurdle Winthrop and other state universities must endure.

The full House will take up the budget in March and send its approved version to the Senate. The Senate will then write its own budget and any differences will be worked out near the end of the session, usually in June.

“Winthrop is many weeks away from having a finalized appropriation around which to build our own spending plan,” DiGiorgio said in the e-mail.

“This is simply the first mile marker in the long road toward state budget approval,” he said in the e-mail.

Police Blotter Driving under suspension 2nd / speeding (3/02) At 12:11 a.m., a reporting officer on Alumni Dr. traveling west observed a vehicle traveling east at 35 mph in a 20 mph zone, the report said.

The officer stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver.

Police ran a DMV check on the suspect and found that his SC driver’s license was suspended for operating an uninsured vehicle. Police arrested the suspect for DUS. The officer transported the suspect to the Rock Hill City Jail, police said.

Petty larceny ($2000 or less) (2/10) At 11:30 p.m., student A informed police someone stole his external hard drive from his room, the report stated.

The witness (student B) was the suspect (student C)’s girlfriend as well as friends with student A. Student B was told by student C that he took the item to teach student A a lesson. During this time period, student A and student C were roommates and not getting along with one another.

When student B’s boyfriend first informed her that he stole the item, she did not want to get involved. However, due to the fact that he had not returned the item, student B decided to come forward,

according to the police report.

Through investigation into this case and a statement provided by student B, a warrant was signed on student C. Student C was located at the Phi Kappa Alpha house. It is not clear from the police report the student’s affiliation with the fraternity.

Student C was arrested and transported to the Rock Hill Law Center Jail, police said.

Student C was made to turn over his residence hall room key because he and student A are roommates.

Student C must meet with the Dean of Students before being allowed back in his residence hall room.

Open container beer (3/04) At 8:04 p.m. a reporting officer observed a vehicle traveling the wrong direction on Alumni Dr. at Memorial Cir. The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, police said.

While speaking with the driver, police observed a brown paper bag and clear glass bottle sitting on the floorboard in the passenger side of the vehicle. The officer asked the driver to retrieve the paper bag. In

the paper bag was an unopened can of Bud Light beer. Police then asked the driver to retrieve the glass bottle. The driver then retrieved a glass bottle of Bud Light Lime from the floorboard and handed it to the officer. The bottle was still cold and was about one-fourth of the way full, according to the report.

The officer told the driver he could not have that in his vehicle.

The driver said it belonged to a woman he just let out of the vehicle. The driver then said he would take responsibility for the alcohol, the report stated.

The officer collected the bottle and issued the driver a citation for open container of beer. The driver was then short form released. The bottle was emptied out, photographed, and disposed of, police said.

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5 Our Say Worldwide Winthrop Day won’t stop the world from turning but it may turn some heads.

March 26 all current and former faculty, staff and students can celebrate Worldwide Winthrop Day by wearing school-spirit gear.

On campus from noon-3 p.m., activities include Wii Tennis Tournament in DIGS, an inflatable obstable course on

the Campus Green, picture opportunities on Scholar’s Walk and live music at The Edge.

Students can help decorate on March 25 by dropping by Joynes Hall from noon-3 p.m. and grabbing some sidewalk chalk.

We encourage everyone to show their Eagle pride. If you get real creative, we may just take your photo.

Transfer student clarifies last week’s TJ column

By Jeff Brodeur

brodeurj@mytjnow.com

In regards to the column I wrote last week titled “Transfer student gets harsh welcoming to Deep South,” I would like to clarify a few things that may have been misleading or too vague.

First of all, the column stated that the date of the vehicle theft was in October 2010. The theft actually occurred on October 9, 2009. The insertion of the wrong date was an honest mistake.

My car was stolen as were several other Hondas of the same make in 2009 in our area.

Additionally, I failed to mention that my insurance company contacted me two months later, informing me that my car had been found stripped on the side of the road in North Carolina.

Following the report of the theft, I did not have any contact with campus police regarding the status of the vehicle. (Editor’s note: The Vice President for Student Life Frank Ardaiolo told The Johnsonian last week that Campus Police said they contacted all the victims of the Honda theft ring).

I did learn, after publication of my column last week, that Campus Police officially closed my case in April 2010—six months after my car went missing. On closing paperwork, police noted that the stolen vehicle had not been found.

Pertaining to the Crawford situation,

there were a couple details that were omitted that could have changed the readers’ outlook on my column. When I walked over to the Crawford building, the door was locked and I had to knock on the door in order for someone to let me in. I wrongly assumed the woman who assisted me was a nurse and that everyone working in the building was part of the medical staff.

However, I would like to acknowledge, there is a strong possibility she could have been someone else working late, not affiliated with health services.

Lastly, Campus Police say they have no formal police report regarding the theft of my bike, which explains why I was never contacted about my bike.

Although I spoke to a police officer immediately following the situation, I was never asked to fill out any type of paperwork. Instead the officer just wrote down my information and a brief description of the bike on a notepad.

I recognize that I failed to mention all the details of my experiences and I made assumptions that may have been incorrect. This resulted in making a handful of Winthrop employees look careless.

The purpose of my column was not to sabotage Winthrop’s Division of Student Life or its employees, but to simply explain my initial experiences on this campus and how I felt throughout the entire process.

THURSDAY March 10, 2011

CONNOR DE BRULER Opinion Editor debrulerc@mytjnow.com

Editor never skips a class In my three years as a take my exam a tad late. student at Winthrop, I’ve Still, talk about embarrassnever intentionally, puring. Imagine how that crushed posefully skipped a class. my “good student” persona in my Never. own mind.

Not once.

I had to remind myself of some Nada. essential and basic life principles.

Sure, I’ve entertained Number one, no one’s perthe thought, but I’ve never fect.

Number two, don’t try to be Jonathan McFadden been able to summon the perfect.

Number three, eliminate Asst. news editor “guts” to skip a class without the idea that you can attain any any prior warning or take a sort of perfection from your con“mental health day” as some of my peers sciousness. And finally, number four, no call it. one-even the most seasoned compatriot of The reason was simply guilt. obsessive compulsive disorder (sometimes Every time the thought crossed my I wonder if people inflict OCD themselves mind, I would feel I would let the profesin order to feel competent in our occasionsor down or moreover, let myself down. ally elitist society)-is on the top of his or I would also feel as if I was no longer her game all the time. “the good student” or “the dedicated With that said, I’m still not going to student.” purposefully skip clas-nor do I condone I shuddered to think what would hapit. What I do condone is a time for mental pen if one of my professors happened not rest. to see me in class one day.

I can recall many nights staying on I scoffed at the thought of missing campus late for The Johnsonian layout some important piece of information that and then the next morning trudging into was surely to be invaluable on the next class, yawning incessantly and guzzling exam. coffee as if I hadn’t had anything to drink No matter how tired, no matter what in days. was going on personally, I just refused to It’s not always healthy--nor does it skip a class. always feel good.

Is this a good thing?

Everyone needs a break; now I just Perhaps. want to take the time to find that balance Has it cost me a bit? between being “the good student” and Indeed. having a life.

Is being on top of it at all times worth So, for my own sanity and for the love the trouble, heartache and headache? The of God, I must take a mental rest day. jury is still out on that one. Last semester, Being the “good student”, along with my “good student” outlook received quite the “good Christian,” “good journalist,” the shakeup. It was my last final, set to “good roommate,” “good friend” “good take place at 11:30 a.m. member of organization#1” “good memThere I was, walking into Kinard 308 ber of organization#2,” “good member at 3 p.m., striding confidently -ready to of organization#3,” “good church-goer” tackle my final in-class essay when I realand good everything else isn’t the most ized I did not recognize one person in that important thing. classroom.

“Good student” isn’t an official title Well, I did recognize one person and that’s going to appear under my name on probably would have recognized more my diploma. if I stayed in there long enough to make I’m not going to place “the good stuthings twice as awkward, but that’s beside dent” beside my GPA on my resume. the point.

So, I say relax,find a mental rest day I rushed to my professor’s office and, and don’t feel bad about it. by the grace of God, she allowed me to

Religion obselete in today’s modern reality Religion is an religion to the nth degree. outmoded means It has turned it into anof achieving other product. morality. I have Any of the Christian nothing against groups on campus will tell the practice of you, “Christianity isn’t a religion, as I have religion, it’s a personal outlined in older relationship with Jesus.”

Connor de Bruler This idea is strategically columns, but I Opinion editor honestly feel like used to set Christianity embarking on a apart from other religions. self-indulgent rant against it, They’re selling a brand: nothing which may seem hypocritical. more, nothing less.

Let me put it this way, I don’t It’s just marketing. agree with religion, but I think Jesus’s ideas should be taken people should be free to pracseriously on a philosophical tice it if that’s what they need to level. The guy didn’t resurrect find their moral bearings. from the dead though. (This is My mother volunteers at our the part where I get offensive.) church. I have always been acThis “personal relationship quainted with men of the cloth. with Jesus” is just another Honestly, they’re a great group example of how religion’s new of people. One of my good purpose is to propagate itself. friends is a priest. He’s wellI think groups such as Camaware I don’t believe in God or pus Crusade for Christ should any deity of such a nature, but still be allowed to operate on being a true man of the gospels, campus, but we should all be he doesn’t discriminate. We’ve giving them a really hard time. had some interesting conversaMy aunt is a Mormon. She’s tions concerning alcohol, exora happy and productive person cisms and Soren Kierkegaard. whom I love with all my heart. I In my opinion, religion was still think Mormonism has one once the training wheels of of the most ridiculous religious morality. It used to provide a creeds in existence. Joseph rationale for existence. It has Smith said he read golden now become a digression as tablets-that no one else was the concerns of its own biallowed to see-with his magic zarre standards become more “seeing-stones” and exceptionimportant than living compasally good-natured, intelligent sionately. people have bought into it for Today, society has affected centuries is amazing.

Illustration by Alex Miles• Special to The Johnsonian Then again, people did hang the guy after a while.

My dad’s cousin converted to Islam in the early 90s for his wife whose family is of Turkish heritage. I love both of them to death and I respect their wish to practice Islam. I think the religion, however, is used by some as a borderline-misogynist ideology that might have made sense in the thirteenth century but has no relevance or place in today’s world.

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interview between comedian Robin Williams and the motormouthed, nearly psychotic sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison. Ellison said he used to hang out with a bunch of other pulp writers once a week during his years in New York. One of his favorite writing heroes was L. Ron Hubbard. One day, they had a discussion about how difficult it was to make money writing.

Hubbard was writing novels on rolls of butcher’s paper.

Eventually, someone cracked a joke about making money

by starting a religion. L. Ron Hubbard immediately started a little group we now call the Scientologists.

Religion is superfluous fluff on top of our chaotic modern world. It no longer has anything to do with morality. If you’re going to kill somebody, you’re going to kill somebody. You either do for your God or for your own ego.

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THURSDAY March 10, 2011

AMANDA PHIPPS Health & Science Editor phippsa@mytjnow.com

Winthrop leads in ‘green’ movement GREEN CLEANING

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

CLEANING • from front

Water-saving toilets, energy-efficient lighting and water air-conditioning services make Winthrop one of the leading schools in South Carolina for energy efficiency, said Walter Hardin, associate vice president for facilities management.

Winthrop was the first school in South Carolina to have an energyperformance contract and has had three successful energy contracts since 1993; the 2003 contract was the energy-performance contract of the year, Hardin said. Winthrop’s recycling program has been placed first and second in the state before as well, he said.

Hardin is the chairman of the Association of South Carolina Energy Managers and is an Accredited Commercial Energy Manager (ACEM) by the state. He’s helped Winthrop implement energy-saving techniques.

Starting in the 1980s, Winthrop looked at ways to save money it could use to fix things, Hardin said.

The university started focusing on sustainability to save money, which is using resources in a manner that doesn’t affect future generations’ ability to fill their needs, he said.

“It’s the right thing to do,” Hardin said.

Winthrop upgraded its systems in 1993 and used the money it saved on energy to pay for the upgrades, he said.

Winthrop uses energy-efficient lighting, which uses one-third the power regular lights use, Hardin said.

The West Center is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designcertified (LEED) building, meaning

to start using cleaning products in that building that met LEED-building standards, Materials Services Manager Christopher Hodgdon said. The university then started a green cleaning program for the whole campus.

He said every cleaning agent the university uses is Green-Seal certified.

Green Seal is an independent organization that sets criteria for green cleaners. Hodgdon said the cleaners work just as well as the old ones and improve the air quality in buildings. Their packages are also recyclable.

He said these solutions don’t contain any type of irritants or VOC’s (Volatile Organic Chemicals), so they produce no smell.

“Clean doesn’t have a smell,” he said. “There is no such thing as smelling clean.”

Each staff member is also trained how to use the cleaning products, Hodgdon said.

He said custodial services tested the certified products on a few buildings around campus for a year before switching to make sure they worked.

“Green cleaning had to work to be used and it does,” he said. “This place is clean.”

Pam McKown, assistant director of ground and custodial services, said the only non-Green Seal certified cleaners are the disinfectants they use. She said Green Seal will not certify anything that kills germs, but it’s still necessary to keep the university clean.

“We have to have a disinfectant to have a healthy environment,” she said. “It is hospital grade disinfectant and is very effective on campus.”

The use of Green Seal cleaners has also helped improve the health of custodians, McKown said.

“Custodians have missed less work because of chemicals now,” she said.

Hodgdon said they use an environmentallypreferred disinfectant, which has less of an impact on human health and the environment.

The packaging is recyclable as well.

He said each custodian closet has a dilution control center that allows custodians to dilute and collect the cleaning solutions efficiently.

Dilution control centers in each janitorial closet on campus help custodians dilute cleaning chemicals for safe use.

Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@mytjnow.com The university is in the process of switching to cleaning equipment that meets the Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) green-cleaning standards, he said. Once they have the funding, custodial services will also switch to a dry carpet cleaning system that will save on water and energy costs.

The university has also placed mats at each entrance to catch water and dirt from people’s shoes, he said. This helps the buildings stay clean and cuts down on labor and energy use. The tops of the mats are made out of recycled plastic bottles; recycled tires compose the bottom, Hodgdon said.

Once a year, custodial services also strip the hardwood floors and replace the finish, something that used to take harsh, toxic chemicals, Hodgdon said. Now, the university uses a machine that only requires water to strip the floors.

Custodial services also use a floor finish that contains no heavy metals, he said.

The university also has a recycling program that places recyclables containers around campus, Hodgdon said.

Winthrop even has a food scrap compost program, he said. Ground services collect food scraps from DIGS and mix them with wood chips to make compost, he said. The university then uses this compost to fertilize the farm, flowers and plants around campus.

The green cleaning program is campuswide, Hodgdon said.

“We analyze the entire cleaning process,” he said. “It’s not just a matter of buying different soap.”

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it must meet the green-building requirements, Hardin said. The West Center pool is cleaned with ultraviolet light instead of chemicals, which saves 200,000 gallons of water a year, he said.

The university’s low-flush toilets save water as well.

Winthrop uses volatile organic compounds (VOC’s)-free paint, which does not give off any gas and produces no smell (in all aspects of the campus), Hardin said.

The green area outside DIGS is a storm-water-retention area, he said. When it rains, water collects in the bowl-shaped areas and soaks into the ground instead of running off to the The West Center is a LEED building. rivers, which is people’s water Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@ supply. This cuts down on the mytjnow.com amount of chemicals from roads “All our people are always thinkentering the river.

“This is on the edge of a wave of ing about (energy efficiency),” he new thinking,” Hardin said. “It’s so said. “It’s a holistic job.”

Hardin also said being energy efexciting it makes the hairs on my ficient is something worth doing. arm stand up.”

“It doesn’t always cost more to Cooling and heating water produces the air conditioning through- think smarter,” he said.

Facilities management has also out the campus, he said. A computer software program controls the tem- applied for a grant to purchase perature of all the buildings on cam- five electric service vehicles to use pus and can be run from a laptop around campus, Hardin said. They anywhere on or off campus, Hardin plan to put Solar PV, or solar energy, said. The buildings are kept at cooler panels on the roof of the shed where temperatures when they are unoc- they will store the vehicles to replace cupied to save energy, but the tem- the energy it takes to charge them, perature of residence halls and the making them energy neutral. The music and science lab buildings is grant wasn’t approved, but management is looking for other funding kept constant.

Hardin said keeping the universi- opportunities for this project.

“We think this kind of thinking is ty energy-efficient is a never-ending the way of the future,” he said. job.

Above: The pool in the West Center is cleaned with UV light instead of chemicals. This saves water and energy. The UV-cleaning process is a part of Winthrop’s effort to be energy-efficient and meets the standards of a LEED-certified building.

Left: The green area outside DIGS is a storm water restoration center. Winthrop collects storm water in this area to stop chemicals from entering rivers.

Photos by Kathleen Brown • brownk@mytjnow.com

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THURSDAY March 10, 2011

JESSICA PICKENS Arts & Entertainment Editor pickensj@myjnow.com ALISON ANGEL Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor angela@mytjnow.com

WU celebrates history on the catwalk

Consumer science students travel back in time with fashion show

By Jessica Pickens

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Students will celebrate Winthrop’s history while strutting different fashions.

Family and consumer science majors will model gym uniforms, graduation gowns and the traditional navy blue uniforms in the show.

Melanie Powley, instructor of counseling, leadership and education, is helping plan the fashion show and participated in historical fashion shows at Winthrop during her undergraduate years.

“We have done them twice recently,” Powley said. “Once in 2001 and in 2006 right before Peabody was torn down.

We’ve been wanting to do another fashion show again and thought it would be a good time to celebrate the 125th year.”

What: Fashion Show to celebrate 125 years Where: Plowden Auditorium When: March 28 Time: 8 p.m.

Powley said the family consumer science majors and archives have teamed up to do a fashion show every five years.

Winthrop Archives provides the uniforms and costumes for students to wear.

Winthrop uniforms changed every year. Students were given options and would vote on which ones they liked best, said assistant director of archives, Andrew Johnston.

“The blue uniforms changed but were still similar,” Johnston said. “Sometimes the col-

lar might be blue; other times it could be white.”

Winthrop alumnae through the years donated the uniforms.

“Most of the outfits are size two and four so some of our students have to model more than one outfit,” Powley said.

Archives has graduation gowns from the 1920s, band jackets and hats, majorette uniforms and bathing suits.

“Few people volunteer to wear the bathing suit,” Johnston said.

During the fashion show, a screen will be in the background showing photos and an MC will be narrating the relation of the fashion to Winthrop’s history.

The Fashion Show will celebrate Winthrop’s 125 years at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 28, in Plowden Auditorium in Withers.

Top left: Students wearing the 1945-1946 uniforms, including sweaters, skirts and shoes.

Courtesy of Winthrop Archives. Above: Students voting on the 1952 uniform. Courtesy of Winthrop Archives.

Right: The blue line uniforms changed from year to year.

Photo by Jessica Pickens • pickensj@mytjnow. com

What to do after Spring Break?

Dad’s Garage: Improv group “Dad’s Garage” will perform at Winthrop at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 25, in Dina’s Place Theatre.

The group was ormed in 1995 and has 300 members.

Winthrop’s group “Improv This” will be opening for Dad’s Garage.

Tickets are free with DSU Spring Pass, $5 with I.D. and $10 without.

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THURSDAY March 10, 2011

Winthrop WU student author motivates with texts As a Movie

By Alison Angel

angela@mytjnow.com

During fall 2009 and spring 2010, the Arts and Entertainment section featured Winthrop faculty and staff and their celebrity look-a-likes. Now it’s back.

The Johnsonian uses the family networking website, MyHeritage.com, to generate the look-a-likes.

Douglas Eckberg

This week, the celebrity comparison is sociology and anthropology professor, Douglas Eckberg.

According to Myheritage. com Eckberg looks 63 percent like David Letterman of “The Tonight Show” fame.

David Letterman

Send your celebrity look-a-like ideas to pickensj@mytjnow.com.

Many people strive to write a book and get it published in their lives: Candice Caldwell did it by age 20.

Caldwell, junior psychology major, recently published her first book.

It was published through the website www. lulu.com, which allows people to self-publish their books.

The book, “30 Text Messages That Will Change Your Life,” is a unique concept by Caldwell that aims to motivate.

“You have to delete text messages when you get them,” Caldwell said. “So, I wanted to make it into a book so people can pick it up, and if they were having a bad day say, ‘Oh, let me remember to be happy and remember to be thankful for my life.’”

The book has a text message of inspiration and a lesson to go with each message, described as a “day-by-day process to a better you.”

Caldwell designed it to be a 30-day aid to change your life and be more confident.

Caldwell said she’s always wanted to be a motivational speaker, so writing a book seemed to be the perfect first step to break into the field of motivational speaking and

encourage others.

A mentor gave her the idea to get published, and from there it evolved.

“He (mentor) was like, ‘If you write a book, that would be kind of a gateway to give people something to remember you by,’” Caldwell said. “I guess just something for me to get into the speaking field.”

She is independently publishing and distributing her book, ordering the copies in bulk once they are published and selling them for $10 each on her own.

The first copies of the book were printed in February, and she has been distributing them for about a month. The response has been great so far.

However, Caldwell hopes to publicize her book to a larger group of people.

“I’m just doing everything kind of out of my trunk — just doing everything myself,” Caldwell said. “I am looking for a publisher, though, so I can expand.”

Caldwell said she wants all Winthrop students to know they don’t have to wait: They can start living their dreams now, and a variety of resources exist out there to get them started.

For more information about Caldwell and her

book, you can visit her website at www.candiceacaldwell.com.

Samples of texts from “30 Text Messages That Will Change Your Life” 1. If thoughts are pictures, why not build pictures in your mind that please you? Create a screen in your mind and run the movies the way you want them. You are the writer, director and actor. Life is your own private show. It’s show time!!!

2. Life is an everyday journey, live every moment with enthusiasm because every moment of your life counts. Be grateful for every day and watch how your life improves for the better.

3. Turn all of your obstacles into opportunities. Turn those negative situations into learning experiences. If you keep the right attitude with every obstacle you face, you will become stronger.

Photography contest offers iPad as prize

CrossWUrd Puzzle

Across 3. What certification do Winthrop cleaning chemicals have to have? (two words) 5. Which professor is getting a book published about the warfare of Amerindians? (last name) 7. College Town Action Plan name for the Bleachery area. (two words) 8. Which South American country did biology professor Peter Phillips teach in?

10. Name one group Chacon worked with in South America.

Down 1. Which DSU act received $7,500 during Welcome Week? (two words) 2. Which Rock Hill landmark closed operations in 1998?

4. What is the mascot of Campbell University? (two words) 6. Who is the women’s basketball team playing on Friday? (two words) 9. What did Candice Cadwell use as her inspiration for her book?

Comporium Communications and Winthrop University invite Winthrop students, alumni, faculty and staff to send in their best photographs for the Comporium York County Directory cover photography contest.

The grand prize winner will receive an iPad and possibly the honor of having the winning photograph printed as cover artwork for the 2011-12 phone directory. The directory will be distributed to more than 100,000 households and businesses across York County.

Other winning entries selected by a panel of judges will be featured in a special section in the directory. Second place will receive $250 and third place $100.

All entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday, March 21. For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 803-323-2236.

For a list of rules please visit the Winthrop news website.

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ALEXIS AUSTIN Culture Editor austina@mytjnow.com

THURSDAY March 10, 2011

American education system proves to be unique Costa Rican students prefer to work in groups, more involved in university decisions

By Alexis Austin austina@mytjnow.com

From the way we talk to the holidays we celebrate, there are many things that set Americans apart from the rest of the world.

There are more differences within the American education system compared to countries abroad. Just ask biology professor Peter Phillips.

Phillips, who has been teaching at Winthrop since 1999, has also taught in Costa Rica. He taught at Costa Rica National University for six years.

“The idea to teach in Costa Rica kind of evolved,” he said. “What attracted me was the possibility to teach in the university environment.”

In 2007, he returned to Costa Rica National University for a sabbatical. During this time he did research and taught a course in fisheries biology. In teaching both American and Costa Rican students, Phillips noted that there are some differences in not only the students but the education system, as well.

Colleges and universities in Costa Rica are less expensive than those in America because they are all run by the state.

“Students commute by bus or live with family members. There aren’t enough dorm rooms for students,” Phillips said.

One thing he noticed is Costa Rican students tend to work more collectively in their studies.

“They are extremely collegial. The students study together and hang out together,” he

Professor Peter Phillips poses with his class while teaching at Costa Rica National University. Phillips taught there for six years and returned in 2007 for a sabbatical. Photo Courtesy of Peter Phillips said.

The students are also a lot more involved in decisions about the university.

Students vote on the rector, or president of the school, and the chair and vice chair of various departments.

Students campaign for positions in student government, as well.

“I was required to take time out of my lecture so students could campaign in front of the class,” Phillips said.

“Students have more of a voice in how the school is run.

The participatory governance is very strong.”

When students enter the university, they are not required to take general education courses like schools in America. If a student wants to study biology, when they enter college they will start studying biology right away Phillips said.

“Students don’t have the flexibility of electives,” he

said.

Being able to do research and teach hands-on is what Phillips said he enjoyed most about teaching in Costa Rica.

“I was able to do research in a country that has the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as its coasts,” he said. “I was able to take my students to the Pacific and Caribbean.

The university’s program supported taking students out into the field and they enjoyed being outdoors.”

Since teaching abroad, Phillips said the experience has expanded him.

“Having exposed myself to another culture, when I think of examples to use with my students I think of the whole world. It has expanded me,” he said.

Professor says Amerindians need re-intergration, help preserving land

By Alexis Austin austina@mytjnow.com

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.

“Before going, I believed that the native people were innate conservationist because that’s what I read in all the books,” he said.

Chacon and Ruben Mendoza, professor of social and behavioral sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay, will be releasing a book called “Ethics of Anthropology and Amerindian Research: Reporting on Environmental Degradation and Warfare.”

The book, for which Chacon and Mendoza

are editors, discusses the Amerindian lifestyle and their relationship with the land on which they reside.

“The book covers the native peoples of the entire Western Hemisphere,” Chacon said. “It talks about how native people fought and it resulted in environmental degradation and that sometimes these groups mismanaged the environment.”

This will be Chacon and Mendoza’s third book together. As an edited volume, the book includes professors from all over the country. Of the 21 contributors, five are of Amerindian ancestry and many others have worked with Amerindians.

“Mendoza is an archaeologist and I am a

cultural anthropologist. His area of expertise is different from mine, so we work well together,” Chacon said. “I had no trouble in recruiting people to talk about this because it is something they all felt strongly about.”

Chacon points out that the book is not intended to show that because Amerindian people fought and mismanaged their land they are barbaric or uncivilized, but to show that they are human and make mistakes, too.

“The fact is they are human just like you and I. We need to re-integrate the native people with the rest of humanity,” he said. “We have dehumanized them by showing them as always being peaceful and useful with the land.”

He also said there are many instances in which native people do manage the land properly but people make the mistake of believing this will always be the case for all Amerindians.

One of the problems that has resulted in the mismanagement of land is the lack thereof, Chacon said.

This has resulted in local extinctions and overuse of the land.

“Thanks to medicine, the native peoples populations are growing, but the land base isn’t. Instead, governments are looking for ways to take their land,” he said.

Just as Americans and Europeans fought in wars to defend their territory, Amerindians do so as well.

“We are showing that they are not savages but people willing to risk their lives to protect each other and defend

their territories,” Chacon said.

The contributors along with Mendoza and Chacon propose that governments should work with the native people of their countries to come up with a solution to preserve the land.

“This book puts forth that governments, community leaders and native peoples should form a team.

They must make sure native people are a part of the solution,” he said.

While Chacon knows that there will be critics, he says he hopes the book will get people talking and wanting to help the Amerindians.

“I don’t intend for this to be the final word,” he said. “But I hope that it gets a dialogue started, not name calling or accusations. I am eager to hear counter-arguments.”

Professor Richard Chacon with a Yanomamo man hunting near the village Poremababopateri in the Amazon basin.

Photo Courtesy of L. Sugiyama

10 SPORTS BRIEFS Outdoor track kicks off season running strong Winthrop’s outdoor track team had a strong performance at their first meet of the season over the weekend in North Florida.

Throw athletes Devin Gist, Travis Coleman and Hank Zapf highlighted the competition, finishing first, third and sixth respectively. Gist shattered the school record in the hammer throw with a heave of 51.21 m.

The other victories were claimed by Coleman, who claimed the shot put title with a throw of 15.29 meters and AJ Fitzsimmons in the 3k steeplechase.

The women’s 1600m spring medley relay team finished third with a time of 4:16.66, which was a school record.

The Eagles will return to action over spring break on March 18 and 19 at the UNC-Charlotte Invitational.

Winthrop announces dates for golf camps The Eagles men’s and women’s golf coaches, Kevin Pendley and Jodi Wendt, have announced the dates Winthrop will hold its annual adult and junior golf camps for the 2011 season.

The adult camp will be held May 9 - 12 from 6-7:30 p.m. each day.

The junior camps will be held at two different sessions: June 20-23 or June 27-30, both from 8:30-10 a.m. All sessions will be at the Winthrop Golf Course.

Registration is now open at the cost of $80 per person.

Winthrop names Athletes of the Week Junior pitcher Tyler Mizenko and junior golfer Katie Bolling were named this week’s Athletes of the Week by the Eagles website.

Mizenko tossed a career-high 6.0 innings against the Wagner Seahawks on the opening day of the Johnny Gill Memorial. He struck out six batters in the 9-2 victory, which was the second most of his Winthrop career.

Bolling tied for sixth place at the Lady Jaguar Invitational in Mobile, Ala. on March 1. This was her first top 10 finish of the season after shooting 13-over par total of 239 in the 54-hole event.

THURSDAY March 10, 2011

JEFF BRODEUR Sports Editor brodeurj@mytjnow.com DAVID THACKHAM Assistant Sports Editor thackhamd@mytjnow.com

Campbell University back in Big South Conference

Winthrop searches for women’s lacrosse coach Winthrop University has distributed applications for the position of head women’s lacrosse coach. The application deadline is on April 15 and the position will become available in May. Winthrop is looking for applicants who have no less than a bachelor’s degree, three years of successful lacrosse coaching at the collegiate level and have passed the NCAA recruiting test.

The women’s lacrosse squad was originally going to debut as a varsity sport in the spring of 2012, but the inception of the team has since been postponed a year further. The athletics website statedthe change was made “in order to provide the best opportunity for a smooth beginning for the newest women’s athletic program at Winthrop.”

After spending the past 17 years in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Campbell Camels will return to the Big South starting in 2011. Photo courtesy of the Big South Conference website.

Fighting Camels to rejoin Big South after seventeen years in Atlantic Sun

By David Thackham

thackhamd@mytjnow.com

After a 17-year absence, the Campbell University Fighting Camels will return to the Big South Conference.

Campbell University, of Buies Creek, N.C., will be officially reinstated on July 1, 2011 and will be eligible to play for all championships beginning in the fall of 2011.

The university left in 1994, after the Big South had planned to end its men’s and women’s soccer championships on a Sun-

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day, which conflicted with Campbell’s former policy of not playing on Sundays.

The school switched to the Trans America Athletic (now the Atlantic Sun) Conference soon after.

However, the Camels’ motive for returning to the Big South lies in convenience and economic benefit.

Stan Cole, athletic director for media services, thinks the school will save “upwards of $60,000” in travel expenses.

Campbell’s shortest trip within the Atlantic Sun (a four-hour drive to USC-Upstate) is on par with what will be their longest drive within the Big South (a four-and-a half-hour drive to Virginia Military Institute).

Round-trip travel to all Big South schools is 4,122 miles, a refreshing change from the 9,160 miles of round-trip travel within the Atlantic Sun. “We are excited about opening this new chapter in the history of Campbell University athletics by returning to the Big South Conference,” said Campbell Director of athletics, Stan Williamson, in 2009. “The Big South Conference membership will provide our student-athletes, coaches, alumni and fans a more ‘travel-friendly’ region of competition to celebrate and enjoy Fighting Camel athletics.”

Campbell University was a charter member of the Big South in 1983, along with Augusta State, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Radford and Winthrop.

Times have changed, the Sunday policy has been rewritten and the Camels are looking to make a fast impression on the return to their old conference. If their past says anything about their future, Big South perennials should brace themselves. Campbell

claimed 35 combined league regular season and tournament titles throughout their first 10 years as a Big South team and competed in every conference championship game in each sport offered by the league.

“The Big South is proud of its history and heritage, which includes many outstanding performances by Campbell student-athletes and coaches,” Big South Commissioner, Kyle Kallander, said.

In recent years, however, the Camels have failed to impress in the Atlantic Sun. Their men’s basketball team finished 2011 with a 12-19 record and seventh place in the conference. Women’s soccer finished just as poorly (seventh), earning only 12 points out of a possible 30 in their league. Campbell baseball has consistently finished in the bottom three since 2007.

“It’s certainly difficult to predict how teams will perform from year to year, given graduation, injuries and other factors,” said Cole. But for now, Campbell and its supporters are happy to finally make the switch.

“If you can imagine spending 14-hours (one way) on a bus for a baseball series at Florida Gulf Coast,” said Cole, “I think you’ll have a good idea of how delighted our coaches, athletics administration and ultimately, student-athletes, are with the coming change.”

Winthrop athletic director Tom Hickman is less enthused by the prospect of another Big South squad on the schedule but understands the issues behind the change.

“While I don’t necessarily endorse expansion of the Big South Conference,” Hickman said, “I know that conferences are in a position that they feel they must protect themselves because of all the conference switching and realignment, which is

going on nationally from year to year.”

Hickman thinks the Camels can adapt quickly to the conference.

“They will be very competitive in our league,” he said, “and will offer strong challenges in particular sports such as golf.”

Campbell and Winthrop athletics differ in a few respects. The Camels have three more varsity sports than the Eagles, including football, wrestling and swimming. While Winthrop is a full member of the Big South Conference, Campbell competes in three leagues at once. The football team plays in the Pioneer Football League and the wrestling squad competes in the Colonial Athletic Association.

While Winthrop’s forte lies in men’s basketball (10 championships), the Fighting Camels have only won the tournament once, in 1992 against Charleston Southern University.

The Camels left the conference in 1994 on a high. In their last three years as a member, Campbell won the Big South’s Sasser Cup, awarded to the conference’s top athletic program. Now that the school is back, Cole expects Campbell sports to achieve high goals.

“The opportunity to restore regional rivalries is exciting to all concerned,” he said.

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They will be very competitive in our league.

Tom Hickman

Athletic Director

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SPORTS

Terry Scholarship aids future softball athletes

By David Thackham thackhamd@mytjnow.com

Vernon and Ann Terry have shown great loyalty to their alma mater and Eagle athletics. On Wednesday, March 2, they added to their devotion. The Winthrop athletic department released that the Vernon and Ann Terry Softball Scholarship will be introduced to provide an opportunity for a softball student-athlete “who displays leadership qualities within her team and in the Winthrop University community.”

At the softball matchup last week against the University of South Carolina, the Catawba, S.C., couple announced the news to the crowd with Winthrop’s president Anthony J. DiGiorgio on hand.

“Vernon and Ann are wonderful examples of the true meaning of loyalty,” DiGiorgio said.

Winthrop Athletic Director Tom Hickman agreed, saying the scholarship “will be a welcome addition to the funds we currently allocate for softball scholarships.”

The Terrys have established three separate scholarships in the past, including the Vernon W. and Ann Scott Terry Athletic Endowment, the Vernon W. Terry Endowed Scholarship for men’s basketball and the Ann Scott Terry Endowed Scholarship for women’s basketball. The latest scholarship was in honor of Terry’s 60th birthday.

“It is very telling,” DiGiorgio said, “that whenever the Terrys experience a milestone in their lives, they celebrate with a gift to Winthrop. Their support of Winthrop serves as a motivator for other Eagles fans and Winthrop supporters.”

From left: Coach Mark Cooke, Vernon Terry, Ann Terry and AD Tom Hickman. Photo courtesy of the Winthrop athletics website.

Hickman noted the practical value of the new scholarships would financially benefit the softball program.

“It will mean a little more can be made available to our softball student-athletes, which is something that is always a positive benefit in terms of recruitment,” he said.

The previous awards, made in 2001, were worth $110,000 in all, $60,000 for the endowment and $25,000 each for the basketball scholarships.

Hickman showed his gratitude for the couple’s newest donation.

“The Terrys are faithful supporters of many of our athletic programs here at Winthrop and show that support not only by their faithful attendance at our events, but also through their continued financial support. We need more true fans like the Terrys. We hope their generosity will serve as an example for others to follow,” he said.

DiGiorgio called Ann and Terry Win-

throp’s “premier cheerleaders” due to their genuine interest in sporting events, their continuous attendance at events and their continued philanthropy.

Women’s basketball stumbles into Big South Tournament

By Hannah Schwartz schwartzh@mytjnow.com

For the Winthrop women’s basketball team, the season was in peril before it even started. Freshman phenoms Samiya Wright and Kristine Rishel were injured early in summer practices and had to redshirt their incoming season.

“We suffered two catastrophic seasonending knee injuries to two of our prized freshmen in the first week of practice which greatly affected our depth and rotations,” Winthrop head coach Bud Childers said.

The depth will be sorely missed as the squad heads to High Point University

on Friday, March 11 to participate in the Big South Conference Tournament. This tournament will cap off what Childers calls an “up and down season.”

The Eagles have been reeling a bit down the stretch. They have been mired in a four game losing streak since late February, including a 22-point loss to current no. 2 seed Radford. However, Childers expects his team to play hard in the tournament.

“We’ll need to really play better than at any time all season to advance each round,” he said.

To get ready for the tournament, Childers said he is stressing the fundamentals.

“We have asked our upperclassmen to step it up,” Childers said. “It’s really pretty simple; just be ready and go play hard.”

One issue facing the team is Winthrop will be the youngest team in the tournament. Almost half of the squad consists of freshmen.

“Many of our players will be put into conference tournament action for the first time or for the first time as a key player,” Childers said.

One of those young players, freshman point guard Dequesha McClanahan, will be a key part of the Eagles’ game plan, just like she has been all along.

The Oak Ridge, Tenn. native leads the team in minutes played (33.3 per game) and points per game (12.5), which is 5.1 points higher than the next highest scorer, senior Lacey Lyons.

“She [Lyons] makes everyone around her better,” Childers said. “We have some fabulous youngsters in the program, so the future looks promising.”

In addition to McClanahan, the upperclassmen will have to step it up as well. Childers expects the whole team to contribute. “[Lacey] Lyons and [Mary] Hathaway have been keys in our good play but very inconsistent in our losses down the stretch,” Childers said, “They will need to pick it up.”

UPCOMING EVENTS Baseball March 11-13 Bojangle’s Baseball Classic (HOME) Softball March 11-15 Winthrop/Adidas Invitational (HOME) Men’s Tennis March 14 at Jacksonville @ 2:30 p.m.

Women’s Tennis March 12 at Virginia Tech @ 11 a.m.

After a loss against Charleston Southern on March 7, the Eagles finished their season (12-17; BSC 5-11) and will be a #7 seed in the tournament from March 11-15, taking on the Highlanders of Radford. Although Winthrop defeated Radford 65-55 in their one home conference win, the Highlanders then trounced the Eagles in the reverse matchup, 69-47.

“Rebuilding can be trying for us all,” Childers said, “but we have remained positive.”

Although the Eagles have struggled inside Winthrop Coliseum this year (1-6 in BSC), they’ve shown more resilience outside of Rock Hill. The team is .538 away from home is 2-0 on neutral courts. The Big South Conference Tournament will be contested in High Point, N.C. Even though it will be tough for the Eagles to win at this year’s tournament, Childers is pleased with his team’s efforts. “I’m really proud of this team and how well they have persevered all season,” he said, “The bad breaks, especially early on, could have destroyed the entire season, but they pressed on.”

Throughout the ups and the downs of the season, Childers has looked on the bright side of things.

“We had hoped for better, but overall we competed hard despite our shortcomings,” he said.

Men’s Golf March 13-15 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate (Orlando, Fla.) Women’s Golf March 19-21 The Low Country Intercollegiate (Hilton Head, S.C.) Outdoor Track and Field March 24-26 ASICS-Winthrop Invitational (HOME)

THURSDAY March 10, 2011

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