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September 25, 2014
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WU student and alumna walk for change in the big apple Badminton brings students together International and American students teach one another By Daniel James jamesd@mytjnow.com
Hilary Gay and Andrew Chavous hold up signs calling everyone to action in climate change discussion.
Walk is largest climate walk to date By Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com University senior Andrew Chavous and ’14 alumna Hilary Gay participated in the 2014 People’s Climate March, the largest climate walk to date. Chavous and Gay were two of nearly 400,000 participants to march the streets of New York City to raise awareness for climate change on Sept. 21. On Sept. 23, the heads of state will gather in New York City for a historic summit on climate change. The march was a peaceful course
of action for concerned activists across the globe; New York City hosted only one out of 2,700 events in more than 150 countries. Over 1,500 organizations participated and organized the events in order to “demand world leaders to take action to combat climate change.” Celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, Emma Roberts and Chris Rock were all involved in spreading the word about the climate march. The march was designed to make an impact without violence, property damage, alcohol and drugs. The overarching theme of the event was to respectfully spread awareness. Gay graduated from Winthrop with a bachelors degree in environmental studies, which was a contributing factor in her involvement and interest in the march.
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“Marching with so many wonderful people definitely reminded me why I chose to pursue my degree in environmental studies,” she said. “I will continue to spread awareness of the issue, knowing that we can make a difference if we all come together.” Gay said that climate change is a serious issue across the world and that she wanted to help the cause any way possible. “There is power in numbers, so when I heard the organizers of the event were claiming this was going to be the largest climate change march in history, I knew I had to be there,” she said. Chavous, an environmental studies major, credited his professors at Winthrop for providing him with the knowledge about global environmental issues.
Geoffrey Morrow, director of the Outdoor Education Center, hosted an event in the West Center called “A Night of Badminton for International Students from China and Friends” on Friday, Sept. 19. This event aimed to use a fun game to assist in education and cultural exchange. Morrow began this event with a brief, yet involved explanation of the rules. When showing the locations of baselines and long service lines on a whiteboard, the participants would stand on the line and move to the next one, repeating the name of the line. Morrow said that he thought he would give the Chinese students a taste of home through badminton due to its vast popularity in China. Badminton is such a major sport in China that with 38 medals it holds more Olympic medals in badminton than any other nation, according to the International Olympic Committee. Junior John Wuzhang said that football in China is much like either football or basketball in America in terms of competitive nature. “My parents play 2 times a week competitively,” said Wuzhang. Pauline Shi an international student from Hong Kong, said that when she was in elementary school, she played badminton for fun with her family and that playing at the event was similar to when she played for fun back home. Despite the intent to give Chinese students a taste of home, this event mixed players of different skill levels and different nationalities in order to create a fun learning environment. Through badminton, students participated in a cultural exchange.
see CLIMATE pg. 4
see BADMINTON pg. 7
Former SC state treasurer wants another chance Thomas Ravenel visits Winthrop campus By Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com After being convicted on cocaine distribution charges in 2008, and becoming the star of the Bravo reality series “Southern Charm”, Thomas Ravenel wants South Carolinians to send him to Washington. Thomas Ravenel who served as South Carolina state treasurer before being indicted on federal drug charges in 2007 made a trip to campus Tuesday afternoon where he spoke to members of the Winthrop University and Rock Hill community. Ravenel is now running as an independent, wants to unseat incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
Worship For All Winthrop University offers many options for students to worship in the way they choose. Throughout each week, different ministries host pasta lunches, bible studies and fellowship time.
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Ravenel is for limited government and what he calls government overreach. Ravenel didn’t avoid questions about his time as state treasurer when asked why he believed South Carolinians should give him another chance. He said he believes that his ideas are in the right place and said that everyone deserves a second chance. Ravenel also addressed his conviction on cocaine distribution charges in 2008. “I believe I have the right ideas. I think we all fall down a thousand times, but we all get up a thousand times,” Ravenel said. While also targeting the same drug laws that earned him a ten month jail sentence, saying that those laws are racist and are unfair to minorities.
see RAVENEL pg. 3
140K For Presidential Search Winthrop University’s private foundation granted $140 thousand to help find the university’s next president last Thursday. Board of Trustees selected R. William Funk & Associates to lead the search.
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Winthrop University Office of University Relations Former South Carolina state treasurer Thomas Ravenel talks with political science major Mackenzie Munn.
Men’s Soccer Defeats ETSU The Winthrop men’s soccer defeated East Tennessee State 4-2 at home Tuesday night. The Eagles would strike in the first five minutes.
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Index: News 3 | Opinion 5 | Sports 6 | Arts & Culture 8 | Business 10 | Science & Tech 11
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#GamerGate and the downfall of mainstream game journalism Let me start this by saying one thing; I love video games. I’ve loved them since I was four years old when I first played on my Sega Genesis. I also love writing and journalism, being the first to receive information and keeping up with what’s Michael Owens new and the latest and Managing Editor greatest. Informing people of things that are new to them is just something that I’ve always enjoyed. Now the industry has changed very much since then, and has generated much more money and attention throughout the turn of the century. Gaming has had many defining moments throughout its history, and this past month has produced one of those moments. An extremely long Tumblr was the catalyst for all of this. The post exposed the exploits of independent game developer Zoe Quinn told by her ex-boyfriend Eron Gjoni. Quinn, who developed “Depression Quest”, had been cheating on her ex with five different men. What makes this list notable is the inclusion of Nathan Grayson, who is best known for being as a writer for gaming website Kotaku. After the revelation was made about the affair, enough digging was done to see that Grayson had given Quinn positive publicity on Kotaku and another site, Rock Paper Shotgun, calling her game “a standout” amongst Steam’s Greenlight section of games. Quinn had already come under fire before via the board site Wizardchan, which she had accused of harassing her about her game when it released last December on Steam. A series of image posts refuted her claims, and more about her exploits came to light over the months including faking harassment, performing multiple doxxing attacks and even going as far as stealing money from a non-profit that was raising money for charity. This is just a short list of what she has gotten herself into, I won’t go into further details here. The real story here isn’t her actions, which mind you, are terrible, but it’s how the gaming community at large is reacting, even a month later. The issues presented by this situation include a breach of conflict of interest as well as bringing up questions of journalistic integrity. Another example from Kotaku was found out shortly after another writer, Patricia
Hernandez, reviewed games that were made by inde developers who she’s friends with. The reviews were glowing and even went as far as recommending readers to buy the game. That doesn’t seem like a conflict of interest, now does it? There is clearly a need to discuss this situation in a public forum, and sites just aren’t allowing this to happen. The most prominent example of this came from 4chan, in which moderators were deleting threads related to the subject of Quinn, which led to another controversy altogether. Other sites have followed suit. Instead they have chosen to ignore everything and explicitly label those who want to talk about it, who they believe are only out to harass Quinn, which isn’t necessarily the case. Stories and opinion pieces pointed directly to this audience, some going as far as calling the audience misogynistic, began popping up all over the web in the span of a few hours, all speaking ill about the gaming community. Every single article, regardless of publisher and website, all spoke about how gamers are bad and how the identity of being a gamer is dying. It led many readers to speculate that there was some sort of cooperation or collusion afoot. They could have not been more correct. Last week, Milo Yiannopolous of Breitbart reported on the leak of a secret mailing list comprised of 23 writers and editors from sites Kotaku, Polygon, WIRED, Game Informer, The Escapist as well as staff from USA Today and The Dallas Morning News. The leaked documents revealed that there has indeed been collusion going on between members of game journalists at large. For those who didn’t think that this was a big deal at first, the revelation of the list and collusion that followed brought even more criticism to those who were at the forefront of setting the agenda. Those in the list seem to have plotted against posting anything about the story that everyone wanted to talk about. Kyle Orland, senior editor at Ars Technica, went as far to say “I don’t want to, in essence, reward the jerks doing this by giving their ‘issue’ any attention at all.” Let’s look at that statement for a second. It speaks about the tone of which these writers who gamers, at one point or another, trusted with their news, and trusted with being their voice to the outside world. What ever happened to objective reporting? What ever happened to ethical standards, and reporting news with accuracy and responsibly?
Instead, mainstream game journalism has evolved into cheerleading, blatant advertising and now are the prime example of the agenda setting theory. The medium doesn’t even resort to question or inform anymore, and instead does what they can to pleasure themselves and put money into their pockets. This kind of thing has been going on for years. A best known example of this was the “Doritogate” fiasco of 2012, involving Gametrailers’ Geoff Keighley surrounded by product placement for Doritos and Mountain Dew during an interview about “Halo 4.” Those vigilant enough have stayed off those sites. However, with the recent cover-ups and offensive taken against the gaming community at large, the issue of whether game journalism sites can be trusted has been pushed even more so to the forefront and larger boycotts of multiple sites have been put into effect by underground movements. Furthermore, it proves that some of the most prominent names that are seen in gaming are not journalists; rather, they are glorified bloggers. They have proven time and again that they have no sense of ethics or morality, and who developers and companies can buy and befriend into positive publicity. My own issue with this isn’t that the infidelity that advanced Quinn’s career happened. In a perfect world, we honestly would have never heard about this, but because it led to the exposure of these websites, it’s become a big deal. To me, the most important thing to take away from this is that someone could sleep and/or buy their way to the top of the gaming food chain and be praised, lauded and defended for these actions. Let me reiterate once again that Quinn is not the real problem here, but it’s the sites and people who call themselves “journalists” that sit and deny the truth that we already know thanks to those who will actually do the job description, of a journalist clearly entails. The answer to my earlier-stated questions is a resounding no. None of the mainstream sites can be trusted based solely upon their unwillingness to report the truth and handle their business accordingly. Instead, these writers and editors have become white knights for someone who has committed deplorable actions, all the while continuing to put on a victim complex, and has single-handedly brought about the biggest gaming controversy in recent memory.
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$140,000 approved for 11th president search By Adarrell Gadsden gadsden2@mytjnow.com The Winthrop University board of trustees unanimously selected R. William Funk & Associates of Dallas, Texas, to lead the search for the university’s 11th president. The board of trustees met in a specially called teleconference Wednesday evening, in Tillman Hall to select the firm that would conduct the search for the university’s next president. Board members went immediately into executive session for about 10 minutes before returning to public session, where Chair of the Board Kathy Bigham held a public vote to choose R. William Funk & Associates as the search firm that would lead the university’s search for its next president. The selection of the firm came on the same day in which the university’s foundation agreed to fund the search. There was no bidding process in the procurement of the firm, as is normally required by federal and state law of all public agencies when entering into contracts with outside businesses. The university’s private foundation will fund the search and approved $140,000 for the
search. Bigham did say while there was no official bidding process, the board did look at other firms, and board members could request firms that they wanted the board to consider. “We were very pleased today to receive funding from the foundation, which gave us the opportunity to reach out and now extend an offer for R. William Funk & Associates to lead our next presidential search,” Bigham said. “Members of the board of trustees had an opportunity to recommend any search firm that they would like us to consider; I sent them a list of some of the leading firms.” Bigham does not expect much lag time and foresees the search officially getting underway around Oct. 1. She also thinks that the search process will be more inclusive to those who support the university “I think the process will be very inclusive, more inclusive than before. Although we felt like we reached out in every way we could, we’ve learned there is always more you can do,” Bigham said. R. William Funk of and Associates of Dallas, Texas have been praised for their headhunting ability for university
presidents. The firm is the same firm used by the University of South Carolina when the institution hired Harris Pastides and by Clemson University when it selected James Clements. In Winthrop’s last search, which ended in the selection of Dr. Jamie Comstock Williamson as the university’s 10th president, the school used Greenwood-Asher and Associates to lead the search. This will be Winthrop’s second presidential search in the last two years, as former president Dr. Jamie Comstock Williamson was fired by the university’s board of trustees a few days shy of her first full year at the university.
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Winthrop board of trustees meet in Bob Thompson conference room in Tillman Hall.
International student receives $1,000 award French native devotes her summer to intern in California with positive feedback
American Textile Recycling Service presents the $1,000 check to Masson at Winthrop By Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com International student Audrey Masson received a $1,000 award toward tuition after a successful internship this summer. Masson, an international marketing communication major, completed a 10-week EcoArmy internship with American Textile Recycling Services (ATRS) in Chino, California. The French native was one of four interns chosen for the job. During her internship, Masson directly assisted the marketing department with event promotion and branding efforts in the Southern California region, which is ATRS’s second-largest market nationwide. “I was responsible for creating social media platforms, conducting demographic research and competi-
tor research,” Masson said. The senior said she believes her internship helped prepare her for a career in the marketing and expenses industry. “Ideally, I would like to work with an international company in the marketing department,” Masson said. ATRS digital marketing coordinator Sarah DeCarlo supervised Masson’s efforts. DeCarlo said that Masson was a model intern and brought many creative and positive ideas to the company. “Audrey is a motivated individual who always completed assignments in a timely manner and often exceeded expectations, both in quality of research and presentation,” she said. Masson also went above and beyond what was required for her internship. She volunteered her time to help coordinate one of ATRS’s
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largest events, the Rock ‘n Roll San Diego Marathon. “This is just one example of the extra credit Audrey performed; we were incredibly impressed with her motivation and quality of work,” DeCarlo said. Masson described how her internship employers were very welcoming and open to her ideas. “My internship required a lot of responsibility, but the marketing team was very open to my suggestions, even with long-term strategies,” she said. “It was surprising how much they trusted their interns.” The EcoArmy internship was unpaid, but because of the Masson’s motivation and work ethic, ATRS awarded her a $1,000 check toward her college tuition. The 5-by-2 foot check was presented to Masson on Sept. 16 in Hardin Gardens on Winthrop’s
Jacob Hallex/ The Johnsonian campus. Aside from Masson’s interest in marketing, she also enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures. “I feel that knowing different cultures will allow yourself to be more open-minded and understanding about the world,” she said. “I also believe that speaking multiple languages is really important.” Masson has previously studied in Austria, France and currently America. She said she believes that this gives her an advantage when searching for a career. “I want to prove that I can work with American companies and communicate in English, while understanding multiple other languages,” she said. After Masson graduates from Winthrop, she said she hopes to complete graduate school in either China or Hong Kong.
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CLIMATE • from front “My professors have gone above and beyond to help me succeed and push me to get out there and experience these issues first hand,” he said. “Without them I would not have had the knowledge or courage to put myself out there.” Gay described that the uniqueness and honesty of the crowd gave her goose bumps throughout the nearly six-hour march. “The diversity of the crowd and the messages expressed through signs, facial expressions and
body language were so incredibly honest. The energy of the crowd as a whole was intense,” Gay said. Chavous agreed that the march was a life changing experience. “I met so many people marching for a lot of reasons,” he said. “It was cool to see such a diverse group of people, ranging from ethnic minorities, indigenous people, religious groups and many more, come together to fight for a similar cause.” Chavous explained how all people can make better choices to better the world’s environment. “There are multiple
ways to better the community and world around you that won’t necessarily cause you to make major changes in your behavior,” he said. “For instance, buying local food can help boost your local farming economy and reduce ‘food miles.” Gay recalled a previous paper she wrote while enrolled at Winthrop that described how politicians and world leaders will only address environmental issues, such as climate change, if immediate and global action is taken. “Hopefully we’ll begin to see changes not only within the United States
but also through out the world,” Gay said. Gay is currently working full time at a marina in Beaufort, SC and part time as a naturalist at an activity center. She said she hopes to travel and eventually work to help sustain and develop Third World countries. Chavous is currently conducting undergraduate research on hunger and poverty within York County. After graduating in May, Chavous said he hopes to work with inner-city kids dealing with food insecurity.
Photo courtesy of Hilary Gay Gay with her poster during the march.
RAVENEL • from front
Photo courtesy of Hilary Gay
“The enforcement of these drug laws is very racist. You’re thirteen times more likely to be arrested, incarcerated, put in jail for drug use in this country if you’re black or Latino than if you’re white,” Ravenel said. “ I guess they felt like if we put Thomas Ravenel in jail that’s going to make it equal. I don’t thin I’m equal to a thousand blacks or Latinos.” Ravenel believes the federal government should get out of handling education, and that it should be handled at the state level. Arguing that if tax dollars stayed in state instead of being sent to Washington D.C. and then coming back to the state, the state would be able to use those dollars more appropriately. He also believes the state should eliminate the state in-
come tax and compared states like Florida and Texas, saying that the systems in those states work better than those that tax income. Ravenel said that he was making smarter decisions and that he has moved away from his past. “I feel like I’m getting my personal life together, I’m not doing stupid things like using illegal drugs, in fact I don’t use legal drugs like cigarettes, that’s a killer but I will have an adult beverage here and there,” Ravenel said. Ravenel, however, did not make mention of the television series he stars in on the Bravo network. Thomas Ravenel will be on the ballot in Nov. as an independent candidate for senator as he faces incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic candidate Brad Hutto.
Suspect’s side of hula-hoop incident After pulling a knife on fellow Winthrop student, suspect explains what happened By Jacob Wingard wingardj@mytjnow.com Jeremy Sopa was arrested Thursday after drawing a knife on a fellow Winthrop student; the incident followed a day of struggles for the freshman, as he claimed to battle with bipolar disorder and psychosis. According to Sopa’s mother, Genevieve Malekos, Sopa has been diagnosed with both disorders since last January. “Jeremy was stable for many months after being diagnosed and given medication. When he came to Winthrop, he became a bit irresponsible and neglected to take his meds,” Malekos said. She claims Sopa’s symptoms returned, and he began to have psychotic episodes shortly after. The police report says that Sopa pulled the knife on a hula-hooper’s boyfriend. “I was hallucinating that he had a knife after being put into a manic state after the argument,” Sopa said. According to Sopa, the incident started when he saw a girl who he knew didn’t like him. “I said, ‘Hey you’re really good at hula-hooping; will you teach me?’ I was trying to be friendly and just make the best of a bad situation,” Sopa said. “I don’t like you. Remember when I kicked you out of my house? That’s because I don’t like you,” Sopa claims the female replied. According to Sopa, the two soon began arguing soon after she
left and her boyfriend approached him. Both Sopa and Malekos claim the psychotic episodes induce both auditory and visual hallucinations that keep Sopa from thinking clearly. On the day of the hula-hoop incident, Sopa had already had a psychotic episode. “I was hallucinating, hearing voices and imagined a man was chasing me,” Sopa said. Sopa claims that Thursday he had a break down prior to the incident. He claims to have had hallucinated a man chasing him across Winthrop campus, he ran about the campus and eventually ended up in the middle of the street. At this point, Sopa claims he was picked up by the police with his hands over his ears. According to Malekos, she was contacted about the incident and informed that Sopa had been taken into counseling. She was driving up to Winthrop to pick her son up when she was informed that he had been arrested. “It has just been a whirlwind,” Malekos said. Malekos has withdrawn Sopa from Winthrop University as a result of the event. She claims that she is going to enroll him at Coastal Carolina, where she can monitor him for now. Malekos hopes that she can have Sopa re-enrolled at Winthrop in the foreseeable future. According to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, 5.7 million adults in the United States or 2.6% of the U.S. population suffers
Police Blotters: Assault and battery third degree 9/21/14 On the above date, at approximately 5:25 a.m., the reporting officer received a phone call with a victim in reference to an assault that occurred in legion parking lot. The victim, an 18-year-old female student, stated that around 3:30 a.m. she received a text message from a 21-year-old male (no affiliation with Winthrop) stating that he wanted to talk. According to the report, the victim advised the reporting officer that she met with the subject in the parking lot outside of Richardson Hall. The victim further stated that she got into the passenger seat of the subject’s vehicle and drive to the legion parking lot to talk. The subject advised the officer that the conversation became “awkward,” and she advised the subject that she wanted to go back to her dorm. The victim said that the subject would not let her out of the vehicle and began to hold her down with his arms. The victim continued that the subject then reclined her seat back, climbed on top of her, held her down and began kissing her neck. The victim advised that other than the kissing,
the subject had not touched her in an inappropriate way. The victim stated that she was able to get out of the vehicle and able to strike the subject a few times in order to get free. The victim then advised that she ran back to Richardson Hall and that the subject left the scene. The victim further advised that she did not wish to prosecute the subject at this time and then completed and signed the “victim declines to cooperate/persecute” form. The reporting officer also issued the victim a victim’s notification for and also advised her what resources are available to her, including Winthrop’s office of victim assistance and counseling services.
Unlawful communications 9/21/14 On the above date, at about 10:37 a.m., the reporting officer was dispatched to the campus police department in order to speak to an 18-year-old female student in reference to several anonymous text messages she received. According to the report, the victim advised the officer that on Sept. 5 she began receiving text messages from an unfamiliar telephone number.
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Sopa from bipolar disorder. It can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or race, though it generally starts at age 25. The website claims that children and adolescents when manic, they are prone to becoming irritable and having destructive outbursts rather than elation.
The victim began texting the anonymous number, believing it was possibly an acquaintance with whom she had lost their contact information. However, the victim advised that it became apparent that the anonymous individual was intent on remaining anonymous. According to the victim, from Sept. 5-20, the anonymous individual would randomly text her, which became increasingly disturbing. On Sept. 20, the victim received several obscene and sexual text messages from the unknown individual. Due to this, the victim decided she wanted to report the incident to the campus police. The reporting officer then issued the victim a “victim notification information” form. The victim further advised the officer that she did not want to pursue criminal charges at this time, but that she wanted the text messages to stop. The officer advised the victim to stop any contact with the anonymous individual and also texted the individual from the victim’s phone, advising he/she the same. Through further investigation, it appears that the unfamiliar telephone number is a spoofed number, used to purposely be anonymous.
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Refocus the struggle against rape culture
Lexi Lutsky Editorial Board “What were you wearing?” “Were you leading him on?” “I bet she was asking for it.” “You know she had been partying right? She needs to learn how to control herself.” “I bet you she has daddy issues.” “She’ll sleep with anyone!” These are just some examples of the negativity survivors of rape face after their attack. They and their families face stigmas from slutshaming cliques. The police, often not well-trained to handle these situations, join the victim bashing. Two years after my rape, when I had finally gained the courage to tell my family what happened and make a police report, I was reprimanded for waiting so long to report the incident. This did not help with the immense sense of guilt and shame I already felt for inviting him over without my parents knowing. Yes, you read that correctly. I was 13 and invited my 17-year-old rapist into my house to watch a football game. Does that make me naïve? If you say yes, you are a victim of rape culture. Rape culture, something so prevalent in our society that we do not even notice it in our jokes and advertisements, tells us that women always have to be on the lookout for a rapist; the reason we now have a handy-dandy nail polish to detect if our date is trying to drug us. Rape culture says we are vulnerable creatures only to be used for our sexual organs at any man’s every whim, objectified to the point that when a women does stand up for herself, she is simply a crazy
Letter to the Editor laments lack of intelligent classroom participation Dear Editor: Please permit me to introduce myself. I am the Curmudgeon, or “Ol’ ‘Mudge” if you prefer. I was born before milk was invented, and, as a person who has the unlimited ability to stun his readers with his bloviation, I plan, from time to time, to torment those of you who haven’t anything better to do than read this stuff with a portion of blather. I should like to start by addressing you, my fellow students. Yep, I am one too, subjected to the same torments of instructors and other students that the rest of you are. However, there are a couple of
Our Say Editoral Board Trey Stokes Chair Michael Owens Vice Chair Jacob Wingard Assistant News Editor
Jacob Hallex Director of Digital Information
Debra Crocker Science & Tech Editor
Lexi Lutsky Freshman Representative
lesbian feminist who doesn’t know when to shut up. I commend those who are already combatting this social atrocity, but urge them to step up the game. America needs to expand their understanding of rape culture to include all rapes, not just male to female. South Carolina Law states that rape is “sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person’s body” with force, the threat thereof, and/or without permission from a consenting adult. Consent can only be given by someone older than 16, who is not mentally impaired by drugs, alcohol or mental disability. The law does not discriminate based on gender or sexual orientation, so we should end this man-hating social trend and work towards a rapist-hating one instead. Let us come together and contest the prevalence of rape in general.
Modern concept of rape culture is out of hand
Jacob Wingard Assistant News Editor Rape culture does exist. It inspires fear, hatred and, in some instances, an unbridled passion to post on Tumblr about the patriarchy and how men are inherently evil. Rape culture became a term used to describe the belittling of rape, victim blaming and several other facets of life that made being a woman sort of a crappy thing. For a long time, it actually brought to light many of the social issues that actually needed to be brought up. Now, however, it has gotten out of hand. The point of rape culture was to strike a balance between men and women, to bring awareness to the fact that rape happens and to promote a healthier attitude toward
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things that I would like to say about sharing in class. In that context, I am not referring to sharing a toke on whatever it is that “joints” are now called, nor am I referring to that most feared of all student crimes, “plagiarizing.” Rather, I refer to sharing information. Your information. Many classrooms function through strong student participation. The instructor poses a question or statement and solicits responses. After the traditional extended silence that such a request espouses, a single tiny student voice will offer a thought. The thought is presented as though the speaker was ashamed to have an opinion – any opinion. As a result said speaker builds a wall of protection by using a tunnel of
silence that extends about 60 inches and barely reaches the student sitting nearest. So what’s to fear? Being wrong? Good grief, it is said that Edison got things “wrong” over 2,000 times before he succeeded in making an incandescent lightbulb that glowed. Speaking a wrong answer in a classroom is never a bad thing – it is an opportunity to think again, and, of course, to learn. That’s what we’re here for, isn’t it? To learn? Ah, but then, is it your fear of being laughed at because your answer might have been disingenuous? Takes me back to my high school days when the gym teacher was charged with the responsibility of giving the boys in the 10th grade class “the talk.”
it. For example, that you shouldn’t really joke about the idea of rape. Today, however, it is being used to create an us-versus-them mentality among people, which is exactly the opposite of what feminism is designed to do. Feminism is about equality and understanding between genders. The fact that those who use rape culture today are often the same people who will declare that all men are rapists should tell you something. The idea behind rape culture makes people paranoid. If you paid attention to Twitter during the creation of #yesallwomen and the subsequent creation of #notallmen, you’ll know what I’m talking about. People who tune into these ideas of rape culture and follow them are literally terrified of every shadow that crosses their path. I’m a guy, and a fairly big one at that, but I’m still afraid at night. Not for the same reasons, but I still get scared. Yet I do not look at everyone and immediately come to the conclusion that they might do me any harm. This is the issue with the way rape culture is handled; it implicates all men and treats them as criminals. The worst part is that RAINN or the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network performed a study that indicated that 90 percent of college rapes are performed by only 3% of the male population. Speaking of females, women can rape and abuse people, too. Those that follow rape culture tend to ignore this. Likewise, new studies are showing that numbers from the past, i.e. the infamous 1 in 4 women being raped in their lifetime, aren’t correct in the slightest. No matter the case, the biggest problem with rape culture comes from the idea itself. It is the blaming of culture for a crime that is in no way a cultural norm. It takes the guilt off the individual who chose to commit the act and places it on society.
This was at a boys’ boarding school, no coeds present. We were to be introduced to the personal and vital details of the factors of our “bodily changes.” It was as embarrassing for us as it was for Mr. Genge. I recall that during his talk he mentioned “crabs,” and I raised my hand and asked what that was. About half the class let out a snorting roar of laughter. I knew at that moment that the majority of those who joined the laughter were as clueless about the subject as I was and were grateful that they didn’t have to ask the question. So, when you speak in class, be bold, speak out, and learn to project your voice – it is a technique that actors use to ensure that the whole audience hears everything they say. Your audience is your classmates, and they really do want to hear you.
Information Tech should reevaluate campus wi-fi This year, Winthrop changed how it offers wireless internet to students in residence halls. Previously, students could bring their own router and have their own private wireless network in their rooms. Accordingly, they could do things that come along with having one’s own wireless network, like print with wireless printers. Now, with the apparent execption of Roddey, Information Technology has banned the use of routers in favor of residence hall-wide wi-fi. While at first glance it may seem like a simplification, things have ac-
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tually gotten a lot more complicated. First of all, there have been nothing but complaints about the Internet speed. One student mentioned failing a quiz on Blackboard because the Internet cut out in the middle of it. Of course, it is possible that all the routers that students continue to set up in spite of the IT prohibition are screwing up the Internet speed. Secondly, wireless devices such as gaming systems and wireless printers now require a complicated approval process to be put on a special network. IT says on its webiste that
gaming consoles may not be able to connect to the “winthropsecure” network; one student claimed that it took IT a week to respond to his special network access request form for his gaming system. Students should be able to complete homework assignments on a reliable Internet connection, and they should not have to wade through bureaucracy to play their games or connect their printer. If Information Technology cannot solve the above problems effectively, it needs to reconsider the current wireless setup.
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Men finish third and women finish fifth in Winthrop Invitational By Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com Men’s cross country finished third and the women finished fifth at the Winthrop invitational meet. The Eagles came ahead at the 2014 Winthrop Adidas invitational cross country meet Sept. 20, at the Winthrop Lake course. The men’s team came in third place for the 8,000-meter race with a total of 67 points, close behind second place University of South Carolina Upstate (USCU) with 61 points. Appalachian State men’s team finished first with a total of only 18 points. Freshman Kevin Mills led the Eagles, while coming in 7th place with a time of 26:05.84. This was Mills first collegiate top 10 finish. Sophomore Blake White finished second for the Eagles and 15th overall with a time of 26:56.94. Freshmen continued to lead the Winthrop men’s team. Loftin Bridges finished 20th with 27:25.25, Giavanni Wiley-Miller 21st with 27:28.99 and Sam DiBridge finished 23rd with a time of 27:38.94. The Appalachian State women’s team also ran away with the first place title in the women’s Division One race with a total of 37 points. The remaining women’s team results are as follows: Georgia State University (40 points), Coastal Carolina University (66) and USCU (118). The Lady Eagles finished fifth out of seven Division One teams in the 5,000-meter race with a total of 135 points. • The Lady Eagles individual results: • Freshman Emily Sparrow 36th place (20:44.08), • Sophomore Jaclyn Baker 41st place (20:58.80), • Junior Alex Miller 46th place (21:23.44), • Senior Sarah Devaux 50th place (21:39.79) and • Freshman Jessica Van Cleave 51st place (21:49.99). The Eagles will have another chance to catch the USCU Spartans at the Upstate Invitational on Oct. 4.
Lady Eagles sweep Wake Forest Invitational By Tanisha Terrell terrellt@mytjnow.com The Eagles played in the Wake Forest Invitational Friday and Saturday, winning all three of their matches. The team played Wake Forest, Elon University Phoenix, and Western Carolina University. In the game against Wake Forest, Winthrop won 3-1, taking the last three sets straight. The team tallied a total of 53 kills and 38 digs. Junior Rachel Lenz had 15 kills, sophomore Brianna Gray had 11 kills, freshman Nikki Drost had 10 kills, and senior Alina Sopizhuk had eight. Drost also recorded 10, digs making it her first career double double. Sophomore Maria Volstad had eight digs, and senior Jessie Vicic had 41 assists. The team beat Elon University 3-0 recording 44 kills and 53 digs. Sopizhuk lead the team in kills tallying 12 with Drost having nine. Volstad finished with 19 digs and 10 assists. Vicic tallied 13 digs and 20 assists. The Eagles also beat Western Carolina 3-0, in the game. They had 50 kills and 51 digs. Sopizhuk led the team again with 14 kills, and Drost followed with 10 kills. Volstad recorded 13 digs. Vicic finished
with 10 digs and 21 assists, and sophomore Kelly Scott tallied 13 assists. Winthrop will start Big South Conference match play and take on Coastal Carolina Friday, Sept. 26, at Coastal Carolina.
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Freshman Emily Teelon serves for the Eagles.
Freshman Giavanni WileyMiller running in the Winthrop Invitational.
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Zach Seabolt wins 2nd consecutive title By Daniel James jamesd@mytjnow.com Men’s golf sophomore Zach Seabolt achieved first place in the Rees Jones Intercollegiate Tournament by two shots Tuesday, Sept. 23. This earned him his third tournament title and his second consecutive title. At the end of Monday’s portion of the tournament, Seabolt was behind East Carolina junior Al Dickens by three swings. By the end of Tuesday’s bout, Dickens fell behind on holes 13 and 14, resulting in an overall tournament score of 210 swings. Despite difficult playing conditions, Seabolt managed to finish with a score of 208 swings, moving from trailing by three swings to being two swings ahead. By achieving a score of 208, Seabolt’s performance is categorized as eight under par. The Winthrop team earned third place in the tournament on Tuesday with an ending score of 887 or 23 over par. This meant that Winthrop men’s golf team took third in the tournament as a whole, with Kennesaw State taking first in the tournament with a score of 871 or seven over par, East Carolina took second place with a score of 874 or 10 over par. In addition to Seabolt’s first place victory in the tournament, senior Taylor Dickson achieved 14th place with a score of 224 and sophomore Bradley Kauffman earned 19th place with a score of 226. Winthrop Men’s golf’s next tournament is scheduled for Oct. 4-5 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the David Toms Intercollegiate Tournament.
Eagles sink Buccaneers By Tanisha Terrell terrellt@mytjnow.com The Eagles took on East Tennessee State at Eagle Field Tuesday, winning the game 4-2. The team now has a 6-2 record. The Eagles got off to a good start in the game. Sophomore Max Hasenstab took a shot from 25 yards and junior Magnus Thorsson got it in past the keeper late in the 4th minute. East Tennessee State answered back within the minute with a goal over the outstretched hands of redshirt freshman Hector Fernandez. In the 17th minute, junior Jordan Stoddart was fouled by the opposing teams goalie, which led to a yellow card and a penalty kick. The Eagles took the lead off of the penalty kick taken by senior Pol Sole. Thorsson made his second goal of the night in the 32nd minute from far out with it rolling right past the goalie as he expected the ball to be helped by Hausenstab. Hausenstab scored the first goal of the second half, taking the score to 4-1. East Tennessee made the score 4-2 in the 81st minute. The team took 12 shots in the game against East Tennessee, with five of them coming from Hasenstab and three coming from Thorsson.
Winthrop will play Liberty University at Eagle Field Saturday, Sept. 27 in their first Big South Conference game.
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Junior Magnus Thorsson attempts a free kick.
West Center hosts a fun-filled night of Badminton BADMINTON • from front In China, much of the terminology in the game badminton is different than it is in America. Chinese students learned English equivalents for Chinese badminton terms and American students learned the Chinese terms. After learning the English term “birdie,” senior Pauline Shi said that when she played in China, her family would use the term “Qiú,” the Chinese word for ball. She also said that the birdies her family would use had real feathers instead of
plastic ones. “With the plastic you can play much longer,” said Shi. Quoting English Romantic poet John Keats, “’Nothing becomes real until it is experienced,’” Morrow worked to get interested parties involved in games and encouraged playing with different people including students that participants did not already know. “When they are engaged, you see a different side of the students. You get a glimpse of how they are at home,” Morrow said. As more and more attendees arrived, more courts were added. By the end of the evening, there were 7 different games active, including
both singles and doubles matches. The event concluded at 9 p.m. with a group photo of all participants that were able to stay until the end. “A lot of people got involved. Not just Chinese students, but many American students. This event got a lot of people to work out and to make new friends,” Wuzhang said. Morrow said that he is currently working on returning Winthrop’s Badminton Club to regular meetings with the help of one of the founding members, Nicole Chen. He added that he is considering hosting another night of badminton in the future and plans to apply for a cultural event credit for the event.
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September 25, 2014
Campus ministries offer diversity in worship By Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com Winthrop is known as a melting pot that accepts diversity; this goes for campus ministries as well. Winthrop’s widely spread bible studies, devotionals and fellowship organizations each offer a uniqueness to meet any student’s religious desires. The 10 Cooperative Campus Ministries include: •Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), •Catholic Campus Ministry, •Cooperative Student Fellowship (Baptist), •Fellowship of Christian Athletes, •Orthodox Campus Ministry, •Presbyterian Student Association (PCUSA), •Reformed University Fellowship (PCA), •Taking Opportunities To Prevail, •WELCM: Winthrop EpiscopalLutheran Campus Ministry and •Wesley Foundation (United Methodist). One of Winthrop’s campus ministries, Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), provides worship to an average of 100 students each week. BCM campus minister Jack Blankenship said he believes that it is beneficial for college students to have a safe place to worship on campus. “College is a time when a large number of lifelong decisions are made,” he said. “For a large number of people that includes decisions about how they will engage spiritually as an adult.” Blankenship also said he believes that education and ministry go hand-in-hand when developing as an adult. “Having campus ministries to walk aside students during this time shows that the pursuit of education
and pursuit of a genuine faith aren’t mutually exclusive,” he said. “In fact, they very often enhance each other.” Including BCM, many of the organizations offer weekly worship meetings, food, fellowship and separate smaller bible studies. Blankenship also said that campus ministries are a place for both followers of Jesus and those who may have doubts in their faith. “We also want to be a place where those who have questions, doubts or hesitations about faith, big or small, can come and engage thoughtfully and respectfully,” Blankenship said. Winthrop students have also organized dozens of their own bible studies and devotional groups, in order to offer safe fellowship among their peers. One of the many studentrun bible studies is the extended love of Jesus Christ next dimension ministry (JC). The organization founder and president Anita Harris started the JC bible study in spring 2014. Harris said she believes that offering fellowship and ministry to college students is a positive way to relieve stress. “College students face several stressful situations, and they need to be aware that God is always there to help them through them regardless of the situation,” Harris said. Harris also said she believes that her bible study helps students cope with their issues in a healthy manner. “Students do not have to resort to alcohol abuse, drugs and other mechanisms that are unhealthy and dangerous to them just to cope with these issues as adolescents,” she
Althea Holenko/ The Johnsonian said. So why are there so many campus ministry groups at Winthrop? The constant answer is diversity. Blankenship said he believes that offering a variety of ministries provides many opportunities for every student to get involved. “While there are similarities in the ministries, there are also differences,” he said. “It is often in these differences that students find a certain element that attracts them, and that is how they connect.” Sophomore Krystal Frisbie is one of many students involved with multiple ministries on campus. Frisbie said she worships to stay
positive and motivated during her stressful times at school. “It is so important to have fellowship with your brothers and sisters as often as you possibly can, so you can be uplifted and encouraged throughout the semester,” Frisbie said. However, despite the diversity among the campus ministries, there is a common bond between them all. “Even in our differences, however, there is a strong sense of unity amongst campus ministry leaders . . . Our hope is to demonstrate, in maybe even a small way, a sense of unity in the midst of diversity,” Blankenship said.
From Saudi Arabia to the United States By Frances Parrish parrishf@mytjnow.com
“When I came here, I came here alone. I didn’t have friends here. I didn’t know anyone,” said Majid Alsoofer. He came to the United States in 2008 to attend an English-speaking school in Charlotte. Through his school in Charlotte, Alsoofer found Winthrop. “I like small campuses. You get to know people and professors,” he said. When he first arrived in the United States, he received a culture shock. He said it was difficult to adjust to Charlotte living. “Everything is different,” Alsoofer said. In his hometown, everyone is very friendly with each other, whereas here, he said that everyone keeps more to themselves. “I barely knew my neighbors when I first moved here,” he said. Alsoofer’s culture forces him to get to know people. He said that when he walks into a store, he is obligated to say “peace be upon you” which opens a gateway to conversation. “It’s a nice way to break the ice,
because they have to respond back,” he said. In Saudi Arabia, he explained that there are neighbor rights. “You have to help them when they are in need,” he said. Ramadan, the month of fasting, is a tradition in Saudi culture, bringing people together. “Right before breakfast, my mom would send me with a couple plates of food and say go give these to the neighbors,” Alsoofer said. He also said weddings are open invitation unlike the private weddings in the United States. A wedding on Tarut would likely see the entire city attending. “The structure of the town is totally different from here,” he said. Each block of housing in his hometown is equipped with different small stores such as a fruit market, or small grocery store and bakeries, so more people are walking around the city versus a typical southern city in which people generally have to drive to run daily errands. In Saudi Arabia, most children will live at home until their marriage, unlike Americans who will leave their parents’ house soon after high school or college and become independent. Even after marriage, they live close to the family. “We are really family-oriented,” he said. When he is unable to visit his family, they will come to see him about once a year, typically during the summer. He misses the food and his family the most. He has a brother and sister who are still in school in Saudi Arabia. One of Alsoofer’s younger
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sisters lives in Oklahoma with her husband and two children. His favorite Middle Eastern dish is bashamel, a macaroni based meal with a special sauce, ground beef and vegetables, baked in the oven. In Tarut, an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia, he lived near the coast and would fish every other day. “Arabs are laid back. We talk a lot. . .We laugh all the time,” Alsoofer said. He received his bachelor’s degree in human resources and is now enrolled in graduate school to obtain his MBA in finance. He created the MBA Association and is currently president. He said he wanted to be able to apply his skills learned in class. Eventually, Alsoofer wants to run his own business. “I want to do something that creates jobs and helps the society and environment,” he said. He is thinking about studying abroad in Spain next semester. He’s even considering continuing his education for a Ph.D. or going back home to Saudi Arabia. In his free time, Alsoofer has played soccer in Rock Hill on the co-rec adult league for the last four years. He says you can find him playing pool in Digs every week. He also loves to read and as a
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hobby, he practices drawing and photography. “Ultimately, I love art. I draw. I take pictures,” he said. Through the years, he has adapted to living in the United States. “Some of my closest friends now are Americans,” he said. However, Alsoofer notices the gap between American students and international students. He has participated in Global Friends, a program pairing American students and international students together to help benefit language learning, and has made American friends. The Global Friends reception is Friday, Sept. 26, in Richardson Ballroom from 3-5 p.m.
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ACROSS 1. Winthrop did this in 1964 4. Batman city, TV show 5. capital city of Madagascar 6. Winthrop was founded in this city 7. In 1895, Winthrop moved to this city 8. online movie streaming database 10. I have a ________. 11. Winthrop attained this status in 1992 15. Band that sings “Rather Be” 16. Winthrop yearbook 17. last name of student representative to the Board of Trustees 18. last name of chair of Board of Trustees 19. Lady ______
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2. colors of old Winthrop uniform 3. online Winthrop job listings 9. attending school in a foreign country 12. last name of first male to receive a Winthrop degree 13. last name of first African American student to enroll in the graduate program 14. last name of founding president 18. Orange is the New _______
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ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS CALENDAR
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Open Mic Night hosted by NBC’s The Voice Dustin Hatzenbuhler The Edge 8 p.m.; free
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Michaela Pilar Brown Rutledge Gallery 9 a.m. ; free
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Question Bridge: Black Males Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery 9 a.m. ; free
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Common Book Series, Food Matters: Community, Class and Cost Dina’s Place 11 a.m.; free
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Michaela Pilar Brown Rutledge Gallery 9 a.m. ; free
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Question Bridge: Black Males Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery 9 a.m. ; free
Due to sizing restrictions, this calendar may not represent all events on campus. More detailed calendar coming soon at mytjnow.com
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September 25, 2014
“My Money Matters” will host four seminars By Ramazan Heyni heynir@mytjnow.com The College of Business Administration will host four seminars related to the “Why My Money Matters” series Monday, Sept. 29 and Tuesday, Sept. 30, each night from 5-7 p.m. “This series is aimed at improving the financial literacy of our community,” said James Schultz, assistant professor of finance. There will be three speakers at the seminars, Schultz and Dr. Brooke Stanley, assistant professors of finance and professor Hal Manassas. James said that the seminars will be free and open to all Winthrop students and faculty. Whether they are new or experienced in managing their finances, this will help students look at the thorough financial picture in a new way. There will also be light snacks and drinks available between each seminar. Several hundred attendants are anticipated. The four seminars will be as follow, according to Schultz: 1. Investing for your future: this seminar will focus on the importance of time, and how time’s importance exceeds knowledge in achieving financial goals. That is the more
time you have, the easier and better (even than knowledge) it is to attain financial goals. 2. Managing debts-good debts and bad debts: good debts are like mortgages, student loans or even car notes. Bad debt, however, would be credit card debts. 3. Budgeting and Cash flow: this will deal with how students can manage their money and cash flow when there is some extra money in their hands to build a brighter financial future ahead of them. 4. Handling Taxes and Insurance: This seminar will emphasize on all types of taxes, federal, state and local authorities as well as corporations and individuals-where taxes come from and where they go. This will also be about insurance and how to make the best decision when it comes to choosing your insurance companies for your coverage and premiums. Along with those specific subject areas, there will be emphasis on all basic tenets of smart decision making approaches toward financial freedom. There will also be significant talks about understanding the stock market and building budget. “These two nights will give you tools and strategies you can implement in your life immediately,” Schultz said.
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Spotlight On: Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated By Mary Bordonaro Special to The Johnsonian One of the most important questions for a college student should be what am I going to do after I graduate? Thursday, Sept. 18 the Center for Career and Civic Engagement tried to help students answer this question by hosting the first the Spotlight series an initiative that will bring representatives from different companies to Winthrop to discuss recruitment, job opportunities, internships and the purpose of their respective companies. The speakers for this first meeting were from Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated (CCBCC). Standing before around 25 Winthrop students, Dave Greenberg, the director of talent acquisition and stewardship at CCBCC, discussed “the broad amount of careers it takes to make sell and support the Coca-Cola Co.,” all while holding a bright red can of Coca- Cola in his hand. Two to thirds of their employees work in merchandizing and warehouse positions, but the other third of their employees work in positions that can offer opportunities for
Winthrop students of all majors. Lab technicians, IT workers, sales assistants, account managers, production managers, analysts and auditors are just some of the professional career opportunities offered, and there are a number of internships offered to college students in order to build their resumes. After discussing job opportunities and culture, both he and Darlene Branham, the senior human resources manager for South Carolina, spoke with students about how to be successful when applying for jobs, either at CCBCC or other companies. While how much a job pays is a large factor in choosing where to apply, Branham advised students to “be thoughtful and intentional” when applying to companies by researching the company’s mission statement, goals and how they treat their employees and customers. It is important to fit into the “culture” of the company. So, for all of those who missed the meeting, here are some great tips to remember when applying for jobs: Do your research. Look at all aspects of a company. You may bypass a company because you
think that it does not apply to your major, but there are so many jobs that are behind the scenes that hire people with a variety of different degrees. • There is no such thing as a useless conversation. Networking is key. You never know, your dentist, grandmother or current boss may be next door neighbors with your future boss. • Know where you want to be in the future, but be flexible with how you get there. Don’t be afraid to take a route that you had not originally considered. • Have fun! “I think the program went very well, 25 students attended, and the presenters gave Mary Bordonaro/The Johnsonian out some very helpful Dave Greenberg, the director of talent acquisition and stewardship information concerning at CCBCC present the spotlight series on Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola, and general Consolidated. career information,” said Tom Injaychock, associate the same location and time with director of career development. speakers from the City of Rock The next segment of the Hill Police and Fire Departments. Spotlight series will be Oct. 2, at
CEE showcases the annual Helping Hands Volunteer Fair at WU By Jami Hodgins Special to The Johnsnian Representatives from over 50 nonprofit organizations and community partners appeared at the annual Helping Hands Volunteer Fair held by the Center for Career & Civic Engagement (CCE). Any students who were interested in looking for opportunities to volunteer were able to connect with local agencies and explore areas in which they could potentially serve. Many students went to the fair looking for opportunities to meet various service requirements and were not disappointed with the variety of services they could connect with. “I got
a lot of information, and there are a lot of great organizations to work with here,” said
and present them with information about their missions, the work they do and ways
Malyn Pope, junior psychology major. Organizations from the community were able to reach out to interested students
students could get involved. Laura Cozart, volunteer coordinator for Autism Charlotte, said, “without our interns and volunteers,
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we could not keep our programs alive. Inclusion is something that is very important
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to us.” Sophomore international business major Emily Long said, her experience
at the volunteer fair this year was “better than expected.” She took particular interest in volunteer and internship opportunities offered by The Museum of York County. “I like history, and they offer good internships,” Long said. Local organizations, such as Richardson Animal Rescue, Freedom School Partners, the oncampus volunteer organization SOAR and numerous others also captivated students’ interest and prompted them to further inquire ways to get involved. Many of the students who attended the volunteer fair were paired with volunteer organizations that matched their passions and interests. Regarding the
success of the volunteer fair, Laura Foster, CCE’s volunteer and community service program director, said, “If each organization gets at least one volunteer, and they actually follow through with it, it’s successful.” She also emphasized the roles of variety, interest, passions and majors in regards to students exploring volunteer services, which would benefit them. “It’s not just about volunteering; it’s much broader than that,” Foster said .“Even though it’s a volunteer fair, you’re networking. You’re making connections. These are the same people you’ll go to when you’re searching for jobs in the future.”
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September 25, 2014
Withers undergoes technological renovations
Upgrades to the College of Education’s classrooms and technology improve the learning environment According to Dean Jennie Rakestraw, the classrooms were modified to model the instructional strategies education majors will need to perform well in today’s educational environment. The renovations created a more interactive environment for teachers and students, improving both aesthetics and technology. There is no ‘front’ of the classroom. The most notable renovations include:
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By Deborah Crocker crockerd@mytjnow.com Withers/W.T.S. Building received a major renovation over summer 2014 to improve features and create a 21st century learning
environment for the College of Education. The renovations were funded by two federal education grants awarded to Winthrop, the NetSCOPE Teacher Quality Partnership and NetLEAD School Leadership programs.
• Adding Wi-Fi to all of Withers, • Installing Mediascape technology in four classrooms for small group collaboration, • Realigning classrooms to allow them to be interactive and to provide space for group work, • Replacing furniture and carpet, and painting classrooms. “We are teaching our education majors how to use technology to enhance their teaching and
student learning,” Rakestraw said. “We’re also teaching them about personalized learning where our future teachers are being taught strategies so that they can accommodate individual learning needs and meet children where they are in learning.” Lisa Johnson, associate dean and director of the Jim and Sue Rex Institute for Education Renewal and Partnership, led Winthrop’s 21st century learning spaces initiative. Marshall Jones, the College of Education’s director of learning technologies and graduate studies, is working to guide efforts to improve teaching and learning and the school’s teacher education program. Winthrop holds South Carolina’s top higher educational program and has begun to rethink how the school prepares future instructors. It has transitioned to a clinical approach, partnering with nine local school districts.
Costly prank on iPhone 6 owners
History of the Week September 25, 2004
Chinese officials gather at the brand-new Shanghai International Circuit racetrack in anticipation of the next day’s inaugural Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Formula One racing, in which drivers race around specially-designed circuits built to resemble twisting, irregular city streets is the offspring of European Grand Prix motor racing, an almost century-old sport in which drivers would zip from one town to the next on public roads. Shanghai’s International Circuit raceway was designed to help China cash in on the international popularity of Formula One competitions. It is 3.3 miles long, with two long straightaways and 16 corners.
Fake “Apple Wave” ad campaign tricks users into nuking their new gadgets
Gamer’s Corner: Super Smash Bros. (Demo)
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By Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com The official retail release for the latest edition of Nintendo’s “Super Smash Bros.” series is quickly approaching. The demo for the latest all-star fighter was released last Friday through the 3DS E-shop, and proved that the game should live up to the hype it’s generated over the past year. The series hasn’t had a game since 2008’s “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” for the Wii, which became one of the console’s highest-selling games, moving over 12 million units worldwide. As for this particular iteration, it has no glaring issues at the time of the demo. Getting lost and playing for hours on end is easy to do, and very fun at that. The objective of the game is to select a gaming icon and do battle with other gaming icons on a 2D stage and attempt to knock them off the screen using a variety of moves. All of the action moves are at around 60 frames per second, which is quite remarkable on Nintendo’s handheld. Controls are tight and responsive, though button layout can be confusing at first. Here’s to hoping that customizable controls will be available in the full retail version. The demo includes a selection of
five fighters from video game lore, three veterans of the series (Mario, Link and Pikachu) and two newcomers in the Villager character from Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing” and Mega Man from Capcom. Play styles for the veterans are similar to their past incarnations in the series, with minor tweaks made along the way. Link, for example, has a much bigger boost in power, and his dashing attack animation is much better and easier to send opponents flying. The newcomers are also interesting in their own right. Villager’s recovery (ability to not be knocked off screen) is extremely impressive, and a wide range of different attacks make for an interesting fighter. Mega Man is much different than any other character in the series. Instead of combo moves, he relies on his trusty “Mega Buster” arm cannon to dispatch opposition. His moveset is also a welcome homage to his glory days on the NES and features weapons like the Leaf Shield and Mega Blade amongst others. In short “Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS” is poised to be a triumph, with multiple characters from gaming lore duking it out for supremacy. The portable version of the game is set to be releasedOct. 3 while the Wii U version will be out later this year.
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the prank. The fake ad spread through Twitter with the hashtag #AppleWave, and pictures of charred, ruined cell phones soon followed. “Wave is
Following the release of the iPhone 6, a new feature was announced - Apple Wave, the ability to charge your phone in the microwave. Thought to be developed by 4chan, the infamous imageboard website, Apple Wave is no more than a prank aimed at unsuspecting iPhone 6 users. According to International Photo courtesy of macrumors.com Business Times, our latest and greatest it involved the use of addition to iOS 8,” said a very convincing ad the fake page. “Wavedescribing new drivers charge your device that would synchronize by placing it within a with microwave household microwave frequencies to charge for a minute and a the phone’s battery. half.” The ad looks identical In 2013, iOS 7’s to Apple’s personal release came with advertisements, which a similar prank. unfortunately caused People were tricked many iPhone 6 owners into believing that to ruin their new their iPhone 5 had phones after falling for
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been developed with waterproof casings, using the same convincing yet completely fake ad campaigns. The ad described the phone’s improved hardware, stating that “A smartswitch will shut off the phone's power supply and corresponding components to prevent damage to your iPhone's delicate circuitry,” according to Ibtimes.com. The ad also said that the waterproof function was covered under Apple’s warranty. There is currently no information on whether or not Apple will replace a ruined phone for free as a result of falling for the prank. The only features that should be taken as fact are on Apple’s website, or on the site of any phone company currently selling the iPhone 6. Please refrain from microwaving your phones.
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