March 5, 2015 by The Johnsonian

Winthrop University

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Race for the president’s office

Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian

Dr. Daniel Mahony visited the Winthrop Office of Student Publications to dicuss his plans for Winthrop if selected as the institution’s next president.

Kent State official believes he can bring stability to Winthrop Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com Faculty and staff morale runs deeper than just salary according to one of the finalists vying to become Winthrop University’s 11th president. Dr. Daniel Mahony believes he can bring stability to a campus where there have been three different university presidents the past three academic years. Mahony who is the current Dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, said that while salaries maybe a part of the problem, he believes the instability in the leadership at Winthrop is also a reason for low morale amongst faculty and staff, and he hopes to have a chance to fix it. “Having some stability is critically important both for morale and developing that vision going forward and of following through with it,” Mahony said. “A lot of people are in a place for two or three years. I don’t know how you get a lot done in higher education in two or three years. You want to

be somewhere you can make an impact, and that’s my goal.” Mahony who is one of the longest serving deans on the Kent State campus told students during a meet and greet Wednesday night that he has seen areas of his current institution be transformed through better recruitment practices and believes the same could help Winthrop. The Rock Hill Herald reported that he is also the ﬁnalist for two other high proﬁle higher education jobs, one as a provost at Saint Louis University and the other is for president at a private school he did not name to the Herald. He said that he is excited for the opportunities at Winthrop and believes the campus has room to grow. During his meet and greet with university students a member of Winthrop’s student government, the Council of Student Leaders asked what he saw as the good, bad and ugly of the institution. Mahony cited the positive feelings people have for the institution, citing the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

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Dr. Alan Shao of College of Charleston sat down with Jacob Hallex to discuss why he wants to be Winthrop’s next president.

College of Charleston dean vying for Winthrop’s highest office Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com The final candidate for the Winthrop presidency has many previously established contacts on the university’s campus, focus on student preparedness for the workforce and wants to push the enrollment growth imperative across state lines The Dean of the College of Business at the College of Charleston was the third and final finalist for the Winthrop president job to visit campus Sunday. Dr. Alan Shao met with students in the DiGiorgio Campus Center where he answered questions and spoke about how he would transform Winthrop. Shao, unlike the other two candidates for the job has a direct connection to South Carolina besides being employed at the College of Charleston. His mother is from Bethune, South Carolina, outside of Camden. Shao said he loves the state and remembers being here during his childhood. “I love this state. I’ve always

loved this state. I have a heritage. I remember as a kid playing in Kershaw County and Kershaw County Park,” Shao said. “I’m privileged to be able to give back.” Shao said that he’s been able to give back at the Dean’s level at College of Charleston but would love to have the chance to do so on a higher plane. Really focused on student preparedness after leaving college, Shao uses an acronym to describe what a GREAT college is. Shao said there are ﬁve ingredients that all college graduates should have. “G is globalization, all students should have a global mindset,” Shao said. “I want all students to have an opportunity to globalize their mind, not just in the curriculum, but be able to study abroad and learn from professors who have international experience.” The “R” in “GREAT” says that students should go into the workplace “ready to work.” Shao believes that connecting students with the surrounding business community will better prepare students for the work they will end up doing after leaving Winthrop. Shao says that students need to have an entrepreneurial mindset, which is the “E” of his acronym and that students need to be innovative.

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Kelsey Timmerman visits Winthrop Author of Winthrop’s common book talks food security Jami Hodgins hodginsj@mytjnow.com Kelsey Timmerman, author of Winthrop’s Common Book for 2014-2015, “Where am I Eating?”, inspired students with stories from his own experiences and answered questions on campus March 3-4.

“Over the past decade, I’ve been travelling to the places that produce the things that we take for granted,” Timmerman said. He said that he developed an interest in archaeology during college and majored in anthropology, because he wanted to be like Indiana Jones. “Studying archaeology taught me empathy- to try to look at the world through someone else’s perspective,” he said. Timmerman explained that his grandmother gave him $5,000 after

graduating college, and he decided to spend it all travelling across the world. He spoke about how, after working as a scuba diving instructor in Key West, Florida, he began to develop his writing skills as he wrote weekly travel columns for Key West and spent virtually all of his money travelling in his spare time. Timmerman revealed that his investigative adventures began when he decided to visit Honduras after realizing that one of his T-shirts was made there.

In Honduras, he befriended a factory worker named Amilcar whose story deeply inspired his curiosity about the lives of others. After this trip, he said he started to think about the sociology class he took in college. He began to ask “questions that could change the way [he saw] the world as a global and local citizen,” Timmerman said. “That class that [he] thought [he] got nothing out of changed [his] life.”

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Index: News 3 | Science & Technology 5 | Sports 6 | Arts & Culture 8 | Opinion 10

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Brief Summary of the Presidential Finalists • •

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Dr. Jeﬀ Elwell Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC) While at UTC, Elwell added 11 new faculty positions, converted eight lecturer lines to tenure-track positions, and created a Research and Creative Activity grant program. Served as provost and special assistant to the chancellor for strategic initiatives at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM). He has written, directed, and produced over 100 plays. More than a dozen of his own plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and overseas. Dr. Dan Mahony Currently serving as Dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services

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at Kent State University since July 2008. Has also served at University of Louisville in numerous capacities, including program director, department chair, associate dean, assistant provost and associate provost. In these roles, he had a variety of responsibilities including strategic planning, student learning assessment, program review, budget management and accreditation. Dr. Mahony is an active researcher and has published over 50 articles in various refereed journals and won the 2007 Earle F. Zeigler Award from the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) for his career contributions as a researcher. Dr. Alan Shao Currently serving as College of Charleston’s dean of the School of Business since March 2009. Ccredited for established a

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self-supporting MBA degree program, developing several new majors and programs, increasing new student enrollment by 35% and increasing new gift fundraising by more than 90%. Dr. Shao was at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for nearly 20 years, where he was North Carolina Ports professor of marketing and associate dean of Professional and Graduate Programs. While at UNC Charlotte, he created self-supporting graduate business programs in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mexico and Denmark. Dr. Shao has published many articles, several books, and has served as a business consultant for many companies, including Nissan Corporation, Coca-Cola Company, NFL’s Carolina Panthers, NASCAR’s Hendrick Motor Sports, HSBC and Wells Fargo Bank.

2015 Big South Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterﬁnals March 6, 2015 First Round March 4, 2015

#8 Presbyterian #9 Longwood

Semiﬁnals March 7, 2015

#1 Charleston Southern

Championship March 8, 2015

#8/#9 Winner

#4 Radford #5 Winthrop

#7 Gardner-Webb #10 Campbell #6 UNC Asheville #11 Liberty

#2 High Point

#7/#10 Winner

#3 Coastal Carolina

#6/#11 Winner

2015 Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterﬁnals March 5, 2015 First Round March 3, 2015

#1 Liberty

#8 UNC Asheville

#7 Gardner-Webb

#4 Winthrop

#10 Longwood

#5 Campbell

Semiﬁnals March 7, 2015 Championship March 8, 2015

#6 Presbyterian #11 Charleston Southern

#8 UNC Asheville #9 Coastal Carolina # 7 Gardner-Webb #2 Radford

#3 High Point

#6 Presbyterian

Both Winthrop basketball teams will be competiting in the Big South Tournament this week, and The Johnsonian will have nonstop coverage from the Grand Strand. Our special preview edition is available as a digital exclusive on issuu.com/mytjnow/docs/bigsouthedition.

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Finalists for WU president job visits campus Mahony • from front The survey gauges how first-year students as well as seniors rank their college experience; many of those surveyed rank their college experience as good or excellent, while also being very positive about the diversity of the institution. He cited financial challenges as the bad. He said while this challenge wasn’t unique to Winthrop, he believes the state funding is a part of the issue. “It’s not all bad, but I think the financial challenges makes things a little bit more difficult,” Mahony said. “Yet not unique to Winthrop by any means but there is a relatively low amount of state funding and a lot of it has to come from other sources.” Mahony thinks the ugly has been the institutions leadership changes over the past four years. ”I think the ugly are the things I’ve talked about related to morale issues, just the difficulties of four presidents in four years. That creates some unique difficulties here, but I think you can come out of all of those on the

positive end,” Mahony said. Mahony earned his masters and doctoral degree in sports management and wasn’t surprised when he received a question from a student about what he called the f-word: Football. For Mahony, football at Winthrop depends on both what the short term and long term impacts would be. “You have to look at the financial impact both long and short term, and not just the short term which people do and what are the other potential impacts for the university and do they justify any degree a financial attention,” Mahony said. When asked about what he does in his spare time, he mentioned spending time with his family and working out but also mentioned he enjoyed playing fantasy football and was really excited about Winthrop’s intramural fantasy football league. “I’d love to play and would enjoy playing. It’s a good stress reliever,” Mahony said. Mahony is the second finalist for the job to visit the campus this week, following Dr. Jeff Elwell.

Carolyn Rennix/ The Johnsonian Jacob Hallex sits down with Mahony and discusses his methods to improve recruitment and enrollement if selected as the 11th president.

Shao • from front Shao said that the “A” in GREAT is the ability to analyze. “I’m talking about being able to analyze different situations in whatever area you’re in. We need to get people thinking,” Shao said. The final letter, “T” is for technology. Shao believes students should have an understanding of what top technology can do in their different fields of study. “If you can have all of that you’re going to have a heck of a graduate,” Shao said. Shao focused on the fact that 10 percent of Winthrop’s student body came from out of state, comparing it to that of other institutions across the state of South Carolina. “For every one percent of students that we add to our student body, assuming there is a base of six thousand students on this campus, for every one percent that we add, we add $1.6 million of revenue to campus.” Shao said if Winthrop increased

to 20 percent of its students coming from out of state, the university could add $16 million in revenue. “One of the shortcomings we have on this campus is that we don’t have enough money to do what when want to,” said Shao. “We need to use out-of-state revenue to create in-state scholarships,” said Shao. Shao said that he would bring stability to the university in that he would hang around. “I can assure you that if I were to come here as president I would not be a one and done. My plan is to be here for the long haul,” Shao said. I want to see this university be transformed. I want the ability to enhance the value of education, I want the ability to enhance the value of your diploma once you graduate.” Shao said he would be transparent in the decisions he would make if he were named president. He said that he believes in engaging with those who will be affected the most by those decisions.

Michael Owens / The Johnsonian College of Charleston Dean of the College of Business Dr. Shao sits down with The Johnsonian to discuss graduate preparedness and effective recruiting.

Movement to end sex slavery Catherine Lowe lowec@mytjnow.com

The End It Movement is a national day of awareness in support of victims of sex trafficking. The event took place last Friday where everyone around the world wore red X’s on his or her hands in support of these victims. The Social Work Club held their annual event in Dina’s Place in support of the national day. The event, organized by vice president Krystal Frisbie, educated many students about what sex trafficking and how to stop it. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world today. The industry is worth more than $32 billion and has made more than Nike, Starbucks and Google combined in a year. According to the nonprofit organization Justice Ministries in North Carolina, has been ranked in the top 10 states for human trafficking in the United States and Charlotte is the No. 1 city in the entire state. Mark Blackwell, owner of Justice ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina, spoke about how he started his business and how he helps victims get back on their feet. His mission is to provide a hotline for young girls to call 24/7 if they need to be picked up out of the situation that they’re in. After Blackwell attended the Passion Conference in 2010, he learned about sex trafficking and how prominent it was. It was at the conference that his eyes were opened and he realized he needed to do something about it. Once the organization was established, girls started calling the hotline saying how they were in an awful situation with their boyfriend

and needed help. In 2012, Justice Ministries had approximately 10 clients and today they have 157. “This organization has gone well above my expectations and when I started this I thought, ‘how cool would it be to have 12 girls a year,’” said Blackwell. “It’s really showed me how big the need is and I’m very happy that young women are taking advantage of the wonderful opportunity that we’re giving them.” In the lifestyle of human trafficking, many young women are forced to do illegal things and the idea of calling the police is impossible. Justice Ministries provides a non-law enforcement option that someone can call 24/7. “When I first heard about the issue of sex trafficking, one of the first things that stuck out at me was the idea that there is a 12-year-old girl in my hometown of Charlotte sold for sex and being raped dozens of times a night,” he said. “As a man, it brought a rage in me and made me want to help these young women, because they need to be rescued.” As soon as Winthrop’s Social Work Club heard about Blackwell’s mission, they knew they had to get him to speak at Friday’s event. Vice president Krystal Frisbie said that she loved Blackwell’s story and that he inspired her to do more in her field of work. “He inspires me because of his strong trust in God, and he wouldn’t be able to do it without God having his hand in the midst of it all,” Frisbie said. “I am excited to help those who are lost or in need of the true source of love.” For more information go to www. justiceministries.org.

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Graduate creates successful career IMC alumna returns after 10 years Winthrop interior design alumna is inpired to design furniture By Claire Kuhlkin Special to The Johnsonian Winthrop University offers a very wide array of majors for students to choose from. Some of the most creative and diverse majors attract incredibly creative people from all around the country. Courtney Sipes, a Winthrop alumna with a degree in interior design, was one of those people. Originally from Kentucky, Sipes took her love for design and made that her goal in life. After graduating, she paired with her mother and created her company Millie & Marge. “We originally focused on design and wanted to refurbish and sell furniture,” Sipes explained. Because of time restraints and her mother moving to Greenville, South Carolina, Sipes took over the business and transformed it into a jewelry compant. She found inspiration in the American West, and now tries to design unique pieces people hadn’t seen before. “In the design program, you learn to fill a void, to create something different and create your own trends. I feel like there was a void with leather goods, so I took that idea and ran with it,” Sipes said. Filling a void wasn’t the only thing that Sipes learned during her time at Winthrop, she also gained much of the business knowledge she needed from the marketing and basic business classes she had to take. “We didn’t just learn about color and design. A lot of the things we focused on had to do with business and how to interact with people,” Sipes said. “It’s not enough to know how to put together a beautiful room, or create interesting jewelry. If you can’t reach your audience and stick to a budget, you won’t have a

successful business.” While Sipes currently only sells her jewelry through her Millie & Marge Instagram account, the popularity of her jewelry is rapidly spreading far outside the Rock Hill area. One of her customers, Hayley Doby, said she loves supporting local business people and designers. “I work at a boutique in North Carolina called Bevello, and we sell a ton of handmade jewelry, but I haven’t seen anything like the pieces from Millie & Marge.” Doby said. “I always love to see the new designs she creates and love how unique they make my outfit look.” That uniqueness is something that Sipes wants to keep consistant in her business. “I always want to have that handmade feel, no matter how popular my company may become. I don’t want it to become so commercial, I really want to focus on staying unique,” Sipes said. This is a common focus of many jewelry makers. Another Winthrop alumna, Delilah Akers, graduated with a degree in jewelry and metals and respects Sipes’s concept. “You can really tell that she has a creative background through her designs. It’s nice to see someone making something original instead of just trying to copy some of the larger brands,” Akers said. Overall, Sipes’s main focus is just being able to support herself doing what she loves. “I never actually wanted to be one of those people who wants to be uber famous. I just want to be able to support myself, and have Millie & Marge be the only thing I have to do,” Sipes said. These aspirations come with plans to expand her variety of products to other types of leather accessories, and eventually return to her passion of furniture and home goods. These aspirations come with plans to expand her variety of products to other types of leather accessories, and eventually return to her passion of furniture and home goods.

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Zebra Technologies communications head speaks at mass communications week Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com

“A cab driver in San Francisco once told me, ‘You have to make your own excitement,’ and I think that has really been my motto and goal for the last 10 years,” Bethany Senkowsky, Winthrop alumna said to an auditorium of mass communication students. Carolyn Rennix/ The Johnsonian Senkowsky graduated from Bethany Senkowsky talks with current IMC Winthrop in 2005 with a degree students about her experience after WU. in Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) and has since “It’s funny to think about. This then traveled the world, returned was about eight years ago, when I to Winthrop for a career and furactually had to call Facebook to get thered her education. them to work with us and set up Senkowsky started her journey in our group,” she said. Aiken, South Carolina, where she After her five years working at attended Aiken High School. When Winthrop, Senkowsky decided she was a senior in high school, she to apply at her dream graduate visited Winthrop on World Wide school, Northwestern University. Winthrop Day, which is when she “I get a little antsy every now and first learned about the IMC major. again and I started looking at my “I fell in love with the school, and life. I was 27 and I thought back to I knew right then that I had found that promise that I made myself my home in IMC,” she said. when I was sitting in my introducWhile studying at Winthrop, she tion IMC course,” she said. said she made a promise to herself Northwestern University is one to attend graduate school at North- of the top 10 universities in the western University, where IMC United States, with a highly prestioriginated in the Medill journalism gious journalism and IMC graduate school in Chicago. programs. In her senior year at Winthrop, “I was extremely nervous to even Senkowsky took a semester off apply because I thought, ‘Are they and landed a fulltime internship going to even notice me, someone at BMW Manufacturing in Greer, from South Carolina?’” South Carolina. After her acceptance, Senkowsky “This internship really further spent the following 15 months takcemented my love for the path I ing exams, attending classes, workhad chosen,” she said. ing on internships and spending Senkowsky said how interning hours on group projects. As if this for BMW was also the first time she wasn’t enough on her plate, the lived on her own, which she recom- program was set up into quarters mended each young adult should (10 weeks) with a semester’s work consider. crammed into each period. “I highly, highly recommend that “It is the craziest 10 weeks you every single one of you goes out can possibly go through,” Senand lives and supports yourself, kowsky said. because you are going to learn so Senkowsky graduated from much about yourself,” she said. graduate school in December 2012 After her internship, she came and received the position as head back to Winthrop to finish her of internal/employee communicadegree in IMC. tions at Zebra Technologies. Immediately after graduation, According to Zebra Technologies’ the 22-year-old moved to Charlesofficial website, they are “a global ton, South Carolina, where she leader respected for innovation and worked for Blackbaud Inc. as the reliability, which offers technolocommunications specialist. Blackgies that give a virtual voice to an baud is a company that makes organization’s assets, people and database software for non-profit transactions, enabling organizaorganizations. tions to unlock greater business “You are going to be amazed at value.” what you know when you graduate. Zebra Technologies was the first It may not feel like it today when to invent the barcode (used to scan you are sitting in your classrooms, items in stores and postal services) but when you get to your first job, and since then transformed their you are going to be amazed at how brand into a $3.5 billion company. prepared you were when you left As a Winthrop alumna, Bethany here,” Senkowsky said. Senkowsky is a positive role model After only a year with Blackbaud, and example for current IMC and Senkowsky returned to her home mass communication students. Afand received a job in the alumni ter 10 years and many life-changoffice at Winthrop. ing experiences, Senkowsky said “Winthrop has always felt like she couldn’t believe how quickly home to me, so I was happy to have the years have flown by. the opportunity to come back and “I am still a little in shock that it work here,” she said. has been 10 years. I thought, ‘Oh During her five years working in no I have officially crossed this the alumni office, she began imple- milestone.’ And now here I am, the menting social media as a tool of old one,” she said. communication for graduates.

Violation of drug law

Pedestrian right of way

Odor of marijuana

On the above date at approximately 9 p.m., a reporting officer responded to a phone call about a strong marijuana odor coming from Courtyard. The officer made contact with the residents and could smell a strong odor of marijuana in the room. The officer then asked if there was any marijuana in the room and the student stated that there was marijuana in the top drawer of the dresser. The officer then recovered two cigars containing marijuana and a small plastic bag containing marijuana. The officer then searched the rest of the room and did not find any more drugs. The student was issued a citation for violation of drug law (possession of marijuana) and short form released. A marijuana analysis form was completed as well. The student is being referred to the Winthrop Judicial system for possession of marijuana.

On the above date at approximately 2 p.m., a student reported to the Winthrop University Police Department in order to report almost being hit by a silver vehicle. Upon meeting with the police officer, the student said that he was crossing over Myrtle Drive towards Withers when a silver vehicle approached the crosswalk and proceeded to drive through it. The student advised that he followed the vehicle to the Meadows parking lot and attempted to make contact with the driver. The driver was a student and did not realize that he almost hit the other student. The student was able to identify the driver while walking in front of the Winthrop University Police Department. The police officers in the building made contact with the driver and questioned the subjects. Afterwards, both the student and driver were both released from the scene.

On the above date at approximately 2 a.m., a reporting officer was dispatched to Richardson Hall due to a complaint about a strong odor of marijuana on the third floor. While arriving, the officer could smell the odor of the drug and knocked on the door and was greeted by two male students. The officer entered the room and began to ask the residents about the odor of marijuana in their room. Neither student answered and then the officer conducted a search with their consent. Both subject’s denied having any marijuana in their residence so the officer then started searching their room. After completing a thorough search of the residence, no physical evidence of marijuana was found. The officer then notified both subjects that they would be referred to the Winthrop University’s Judicial Affairs for violations of the Student Conduct Code.

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FCC votes in favor of net neutrality, regulating the Internet as a utility neutrality through the famous John Oliver segment that has gained over one million views on YouTube alone, but what does the 3-2 decision mean? To answer that question, you have to look briefly into what net neutrality actually does. Without net neutrality in place, companies to institute “fast lanes” in which users could pay a premium fee for Deborah Crocker \ The Johnsonian faster access. For example, New rules prevent companies if you’d want to watch the from controlling their consumers latest season of “House of Cards” on Netflix in HD, you would have to pay Michael Owens extra on your Internet service per owensm@mytjnow.com month. Providers could also block access to sites and applications “No one should control free and that do not comply with bandwidth open access to the Internet.” requirements, or for other reasons. These were the words The FCC’s ruling now treats emphatically stated by the chairman cable and telecom companies of the Federal Communications that provide Internet the same as Commission (FCC), Tom Wheeler common carriers (i.e. telephone) last week as the commission voted through Title II classification. The to regulate the Internet as a utility, classification simply reaffirms the which kept the principles of net Internet’s position of being a utility neutrality in place. and stricter rules that helped protect You’ve probably heard of net the free and open web.

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It means that, for the foreseeable future, Internet in the United States will not be under the direct control of media companies (Verizon, Comcast, Cox, etc.) or the government. Wheeler even made a point to compare the FCC’s ruling to the First Amendment, stating that they both stand for the same principles of “openness, expressions and an absence of gatekeepers telling people what they can do, where they can go and what they can think.” Commissioner Migon Clyburn, a long-tenured supporter of Title II and graduate of the University of South Carolina, echoed Wheeler’s views that no one should be able to dictate Internet in the U.S. "Providers here in the United States have, in fact, blocked applications on mobile devices, which not only hampers free expression, it also restricts innovation by allowing companies, not the consumer, to pick winners and losers," she said. Unlike the last net neutrality rules placed in 2010 the FCC stands a much better chance in a legal battle

Lenovo exposes customers to adware Deborah Crocker crockerd@mytjnow.com

On this day in 1963, the Hula-Hoop, a hip-swiveling toy that became a huge fad across America when it was first marketed by Wham-O in 1958, is patented by the company’s co-founder, Arthur “Spud” Melin. In 1948, friends Arthur Melin and Richard Knerr founded a company in California to sell a slingshot they created to shoot meat up to falcons they used for hunting. The company’s name, Wham-O, came from the sound the slingshots supposedly made.Melina and Knerr were inspired to develop the Hula-Hoop after they saw a wooden hoop that Australian children twirled around their waists during gym class. Wham-O began producing a plastic version of the hoop, dubbed “Hula” after the hip-gyrating Hawaiian dance of the same name, and demonstrating it on Southern California playgrounds. Hula-Hoop mania took off from there.

Recently “The Order 1886,” Sonys latest’s triple A game, has faced some controversy due to the game length. I borrowed the game from a friend and I can honestly say it took about seven hours to complete the game. Mind you it’s not a bad game, in fact it’s great. But it did make me wonder would I have bought the game at $60? Honestly no, but if the game were priced at $20 or $30, I would buy it. Video games are expensive hobby and with the price tag of many games being at $60, many gamers can feel like they are not getting their money’s worth if they buy a game at full retail price and only have about 7 hours worth of content. I can understand why because once you beat a 7 hour game, that’s it. I feel like I did not get my money’s worth. Unless the gamer is a completionist, they may go back and try to complete 100 percent of the game. Personally, I usually never buy games that only have a single player and about 7-10 hours of gaming content. Unless it’s an

in the users’ browser security, opening the computer to several threats. Along with allowing browser hijacking, the Superﬁsh program: • Hijacks legitimate connections; • Monitors user activity; • Collects personal

2014 and January 2015. “The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; our goal was to enhance the experience for users," Lenovo said in a statement. "We recognize that the software did not meet that goal and have acted quickly and decisively.” Lenovo is in the process of attempting to solve the problem, according to Cnet.com. Because the Superfish program is difficult for Regan Martin \ The Johnsonian consumers to information and locate on their systems, uploads it to it’s the company is also servers; working with McAfee • Injects advertising and Microsoft to have in legitimate pages; the program quaran• Displays popups tined or removed. Both with advertising Lenovo and the Departsoftware and ment of Homeland • Presents users with Security have released its own fake cerdifferent versions of a tificate instead of Superfish removal tool. the legitimate site’s Current users of certificate. Lenovo computers can The company has take the recommended not revealed the exact steps by Lenovo and number of computers other companies to reaffected by the software, move the adware using but 16 million computthe removal tool or by ers were sold in the reinstalling the operatfourth quarter of 2014, ing system. according to a press “We're not claiming release by the Internait wasn't a mistake," tional Data Cooperasaid Lenovo spokestion. It was installed on man Brion Tingler. "We more than 11 different do due diligence and it types of Lenovo laptops wasn't good enough in sold between September this case.”

A recent discovery has revealed that owners of Lenovo laptops were intentionally exposed to malicious advertising software, according to security researcher Marc Rogers. “Lenovo is installing adware that uses a “manin-the-middle” attack to break secure connections on affected laptops in order to access sensitive data and inject advertising,” said Rogers in a blog post. “As if that wasn’t bad enough, they installed a weak certificate into the system in a way that means affected users cannot trust any secure connections they make – to any site.” Since September 2014, Lenovo has shipped Windows laptops with a pre-installed adware program called Regan Martin \ The Johnsonian Superfish, which injects ads into the users’ search results while RPG like “Final Fantasy X”(loved browsing. The program, the remastered version) or story run by a company of the heavy games like “Danganronpa” same name, was intendor “Persona,” or if a game has some ed to analyze images form of multiplayer such as “Grand seen on the Internet, Theft Auto.” Games like these add presenting similar prodsome longevity of the game and ucts with lower prices. can entice a player to go back to Unfortunately, the the series. program also rips a Though games are expensive, there significantly large hole are other games that are not only cheaper but can feel as though I got my money’s worth. TellTale Games, known for their hits such as “The Walking Dead” or “The Wolf Among Us” release episodic games with each chapter costing $5 or the whole game at $25. Indie games definitely give me more satisfaction. Not only are they cheap, they also add some replay ability. And in some cases, Indie games are more fun to play than the AAA games out there. Winthrop University In the end, it really boils down to the consumer, whether you buy Any Purchase a single player game that can be At Regular Menu Price beat in a day or another game with multiplayer. I would rather play a Coupon Code: Winthrop15 game that has more to do after the campaign instead of wasting $60 Price before tax and delivery. Not valid with and have nothing to do after the other offers or deals. story.

Gamers’ Corner: When is a game too short? Philip Rucks Staff Writer

should service providers sue in an attempt to overturn the decision because of the Title II standing. Providers won’t be alone this time as Republicans on Capitol Hill have already made claims that the FCC, and speciﬁcally Wheeler, have bent to the will of President Barack Obama in their minds. Obama made waves with his support of net neutrality back in November, and Wheeler insisted recently that the President had nothing to do with the vote. So where do we go from here? As of now, the Internet remains how it’s always been: free and open. No throttling, no slow lanes and nothing seems to be changing any time soon. No doubt it will be a big talking point in the upcoming presidential elections, and it should prove interesting on how politicians feel about such a modern issue. For the moment, Americans can celebrate a win for the First Amendment, and they can thank a former cable lobbyist for making it possible.

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Winthrop first baseman Clay Altman reaches for a catch during warmups at The Winthrop Ballpark.

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Eagles look for second straight sweep against visiting Hawks Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com EDITOR’S NOTE: The results of Wednesday’s game at USC Upstate were unavailable at press date. Stats are as of 3/4/15. The Winthrop baseball team has been on quite a roll as of late. Following a home sweep of the Jacksonville Dolphins last weekend, they upset a Clemson team on the road as they came off taking two of three from South Carolina.

Now the Eagles are looking for their secondstraight sweep of the season and their third series win as the Hawks of Maryland Eastern Shore visit The Winthrop Ballpark. The series starts at 4 p.m. on Friday followed by games at 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Establishing Contact One thing the Eagles have done particularly well so far this season is hit. Most of their wins this season have come when they get 10 hits or more, like they did against the Tigers on Tuesday. Anthony Paulsen and Brad Kaczka have led

the way in hits, while Kyle Edwards has been key in scoring runs. New faces have also made an impact for Winthrop as well, such as transfer Roger Gonzalez. His three-run home run was the catalyst for the Eagles’ 5-4 win over Clemson. The Visitors The Hawks come from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and have dropped four of their last five, including an 8-0 loss at Campbell. UME produced 10 hits in their last win, an 8-3 road win over George Washington.

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Women’s lacrosse dominates St. Francis The Eagles took control from the onset in their first match since defeating Michigan as they hosted the St. Francis Red Flash on Sunday. Shannon Gallagher and Jenna Kasmarik each scored three first-half goals as Winthrop took a 12-1 lead at halftime.

Men’s tennis bests Battling Bishops

The Winthrop men’s tennis continued their march toward conference play with a 5-2 win over NC Wesleyan at Memorial Courts on Monday. The combo of Dylan Comerford and Peter Nagovnak won the No. 1 doubles position (8-1) while Steven Patrick and Tremayne Mitchell won at No. 2 (8-1), giving Winthrop the doubles point.

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In singles, Mitchell won at the No. 1 position in three sets while Comerford took his match in staight sets at No. 2. Winthrop wrapped up the day with Patrick and Michael Chen both winning in straight sets at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, respectively. The Eagles hit the road for their next match on Friday against East Tennessee State at 10 a.m.

The offense continuied to thrive in the second, as Kasmarik ended her day with a team-high 6 goals in the Eagles’ 19-7 win over the Red Flash. The win was the third-straight for the Eagles, who next face Vermont at home on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Eagles Andre Smith (left) and Keon Moore (right) were both honored before the team’s regular season finale vs. Presbyterian. Winthrop won 80-53 with a combined 27 points from Moore and Smith.

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Seniors in both Winthrop basketball programs were honored recently before each team’s final home game. Both players and managers alike received special gifts for their time dedicated as Eagles.

Senior manager Brenae Williams (left) was honored along with Taylor Calvert (center) and Samiya Wright (right) before Winthrop’s 81-68 win over Coastal Carolina on Feb. 21.

March 5, 2015

Author says students’ actions have global impact TIMMERMAN • from front Timmerman also shared the stories of Reshma Begum, a former factory worker, who miraculously survived the factory collapsing on

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her and Solo, a slave he met and befriended on the Ivory Coast. “Stories are heavy… There are so many untold stories out there, and there’s a lot of responsibility that comes with our own stories,” Timmerman said. Timmerman advocated the education of women globally and spoke about the unfortunate necessity of child labor for some families around the world. He also expressed his disturbance by the existence of slavery in today’s world. “Guilt is not useful. It’s not going to change anything… it’s your responsibility to exploit the opportunities you have,” Timmerman said. Timmerman explained what he referred to as the Axis of Awesome, which consists of three questions that should be asked in order to help people maximize their impact on other people and on the planet.

Timmerman challenged audience members by asking, “What are you curious and passionate about?”, “What are your challenges and life experiences?” and “What skills do you have?” He encouraged students to get involved in on-campus service organizations like S.O.A.R. and to study abroad. “I’ve learned more from people who live in tin houses and mud huts than I ever learned in the four walls of a classroom,” he said. In closing, Timmerman presented a question addressed to the audience, asking, “What will your impact be?” Students were left on that note to reﬂect on the weight of those words with renewed perspectives on their obligations to and impacts on the world around them.

New student-made app creates a new way to connect people

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Christine Buckley buckleyc@mytjnow.com Sometimes it is difficult to find new friends on campus. Students tend to stick with the same group on campus without ever branching out to meet new people. Senior digital information design major Marcus Nesbitt is hoping to close the gap of difficulty to get to know new people. On Feb. 24, and March 3, Nesbitt hosted a booth in the lobby of DiGiorgio Campus Center titled “#TakeASelfieWithMe.” His goal of the event is to encourage students to take photos with their friends or strangers. Nesbitt, The Multi-Cultural Student Life center, and The Diversity center, wanted to see how many students on campus are willing to branch out to find new friends. “I thought it was a really cool concept, and a really good way to network because usually when you are on campus, you stick to your same friend circle. Just randomly walking up to somebody and be like ‘hey, let’s take a selfie’ is an idea that I think is priceless,” said junior integrated marketing major, Ray GreenMcCanic. During the event, students can take a photo with their phone and post the photos on Twitter and Instagram, hash tagging them as ‘Take a Selfie with Me’ and ‘FAIT.’ Nesbitt also takes a photo of the students with a disposable camera to have them printed out. “We wanted to give you a physical feel rather than a digital realm, to show a physical manner of social connection,” Nesbitt said. “#TakeASelfieWithMe” is connected with his new app Nesbitt is working on, FAIT, which aims to connect people with similar interests in the area. He plans on

Photo courtesy of Marcus Nesbitt having the app finished before graduation or over the summer. “One thing that is really interesting about my app is that it gives you opportunities to find people that do the things you do,” said Nesbitt. He also states that the app gives people the ability to meet up with new crowds to help develop new interests. When one creates a profile on FAIT, not only does it state your interests, but it also highlights your talents. This feature shares your talent with the world, but allows other users to connect with you. Some users may want to learn a new skill, such as playing a musical instrument. With the app, they will gain the ability to social network and find someone who may want to teach them that new skill. For those who participated in the event and had their photos taken, photos will be available for pick up next week in 216 DiGiorgio Campus Center. Currently, he is taking email addresses for students to try out the alpha testing of the app when it is released. Students can sign up for the alpha testing at faitapp.co.

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Xi Beta gives Winthrop students a chance to delve into different styles Students experience other cultures and regions of the world through fashion courtesy of the Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Jami Hodgins hodginsj@mytjnow.com The Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority transported an entire audience overseas into a world of style at their fashion show, Heritage: Divided by Water, United by Culture. Hosted in McBryde Hall on Thursday, Feb. 26 the cultural event drew in students and community members for a night filled with fashion heritage and

inspiration. Those who brought in school supplies to be donated to the Rock Hill Dream Center were able to receive a discount on tickets for the event. Plato’s Closet of Rock Hill, JC Penney of Rock Hill, and Yolanda Shelton supplied the attire that made up the looks modeled throughout the night. “We’re going to take a journey across the waters tonight from Africa, to the Islands, to Europe,” announced host Demetri Williams at the beginning of the night. The atmosphere was electric, as upbeat music blasted and the audience cheered in support of the Winthrop student-models.

The first destination in the event was Africa. Models strutted down the runway in a variety of vivid colors and African-inspired prints. Many of the models sported fabulous natural hairstyles, and their makeup subtly and seamlessly complimented the rich colors and patterns in the fabrics worn. The next location of the night was the Caribbean islands. Williams revealed that these looks were inspired by Trinidad, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. A lot of the outfits representing the island aesthetic featured sequins, bright colors, and beachwear. The models shed some layers and revealed a bit more skin

as they showed off these fun looks. “Legs for days... they went on for miles,” Williams joked at the end of this theme’s presentation. During a brief intermission, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” was performed by Kelsey Mikeska as two dancers twirled up and down the runway, stirring up the crowd’s energy. Europe was the final destination of the night. “It’s classy, and it’s edgy,” Williams said of the European theme. The runway featured chic, elegant styles made up mostly of solid colors and lots of fun layers. Throughout the entire night, the models walked fiercely and boldly down

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the runway, never breaking concentration. Glamour is what people expect to see when they head to a fashion show, and the Heritage Fashion Show did not disappoint. Xi Beta presented a night filled with fun and fashion, showing off looks that represented a variety of styles and cultures.

Social Experiment looks at reactions to homosexuality in the workplace Beth West westb@mytjnow.com Homosexuality in the business world is an often overlooked and neglected topic, which is why the Iconic Iota Phi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, Inc. hosted, The New Norm: An Urban Professional and Social Experiment. It was an event that discussed the involvement, expectations and stigmas surrounding openly gay individuals in a professional environment. At the very beginning of the event, Eric Kelley, a senior business marketing major, asked the audience what they thought the expectations of an openly gay co-worker are and whether it is appropriate to ask a coworker if he/she is a member of the LGBT+ community. The majority of the audience stated that they felt as though someone’s personal life is not priority in the work place. “If you are in the workplace, you should be concerned with work not what someone is,” said Winthrop alum Kourtney Pendergrass. After brief discussion, Kelley led the group to begin reading scenarios and how they would react in these scenarios and how should someone act in those types of situations.

Beth West / The Johnsonian Eric Kelley introduces the event and the importance of keeping an open mind in the workplace. Most of the scenarios involve how someone interacts with a open member of the LGBT+ community. One scenario entailed a gay coworker inviting you to lunch, but you are uncomfortable with the idea because you are straight. When Kelley finished reading the scenarios several students were asked to come up and act out the situation. Once, all of the scenarios were acted out, Kelley wrapped up that portion of the event by reminding

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students that business is supposed to be professional at all times. Before the event came to a close, the entire audience was asked to stand up and participate in a survey. Kelley read actions and students either moved to the right or left side of the room, depending on their answer. One of the actions was, “Have you ever said anything unpleasant to or about an openly gay co-worker because they are gay?”

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March 5, 2015

Women’s History Month highlights female struggle

Allegra Payne Staff Writer It’s March, which among other things is Women’s History Month. The time to ponder just how female-kind got to where it is now, and in doing so, study just what separates women from men in certain aspects. Is it clothing? Maybe it’s behavior? Perhaps it’s a certain sense of entitlement? Or even general gender roles in our society. In public, and even in private, there are things that women have to be cautious of, because to not be cautious may send the wrong message and invite inappropriate attention, such as wearing a flattering article of clothing, be it a blouse maybe cut a tad too low, a miniskirt or even a pair of high heels. Some women have reported not wearing certain articles of clothing for fear of too much attention from men. Some have even remarked that they genuinely avoid wearing anything that could be considered “too flirty.” It’s interesting to go down the list of things women worry about because most men honestly wouldn’t think about it the way they do. For instance, going anywhere at certain hours of the night or day, like if you’re going for a late jog and the sun is setting, a sense of foreboding seems to follow until you’re securely locked in your room. Or staying home alone at night incites some kind of freak hysteria until the wee hours of the morning. Or even your body language and way of speech because misleading someone could lead to a confrontation, violent or otherwise. You worry if the guy that makes your coffee is a little too into you, or if he thinks you’re easy because he keeps making horribly inappropriate com-

ments. Some women would tell him to shove it, but there are those who would fear making a fuss because of what he may do or say. Skirts have to be modest or you’re “inviting” trouble — and those heels may be a bit much. If your shirt ﬁts a bit too well, you worry if the guy you’re sitting by you is staring down your chest. Or worry if by wearing your favorite pair of skinny jeans you’re just asking for some guy to harass you. Personally, I don’t go anywhere with my headphones too loud, because I’m scared someone will come up behind me and attack. You don’t give your cell number to any and everyone who asks because you fear they may start stalking you. And you don’t put all your information on your social media page, because that party where you had that whole forty to yourself may be misconstrued as “I love to party hardcore.”

Women have a whole list of worries that most men will never even think of, and it sucks. Because that list lives in the back of the mind of most women, just waiting to point out that you’re walking back to the dorm alone at 11 p.m. Or that your clothes may look cute, but that guy on the corner with his friends is cat-calling you and you’re about one second from freaking out because they smell like hard liquor. Sadly, part of being a woman is knowing that when it comes to certain things, you have to err on the side of caution.

Gender pay gap unacceptable in 2015 fact that men are paid more than women even in female-dominated careers, like nursing. Men also advance into supervisory roles more quickly than women do in such ﬁelds. People also argue that women ask for more time oﬀ than men do in order to care for their families. While this might be the case, it’s important to remember that not all professional women have children. Catherine Hill of the American Association of University Women stated that childless women were still only paid 82 percent of what their male counterparts were earning each year. I have also heard statements that men deserve higher pay, since they do more work than a woman. This argument is dubious, at best, as there are no quantifying measurements that can be made concerning how much work an individual does. As a general statement, women can work on the same tasks as a man, with the same ability, and the same level of competence and speed. Another issue is that our society seems to anticipate the idea that a woman has a man at home who will provide for her when she is in need. This seems to be an outgrowth of traditional American values that emphasizes the nuclear family ideal that we are all familiar with — father, mother, son and daughter. The sad truth is that many American families do not have a male breadwinner to make money and support the household. Some families have husbands and fathers who are unemployed, disabled, or even deceased. There are also single mothers, of course, who have to take on the roles of both mother and father. Some men choose to stay at home with their children while the mother is the one who works, which is the exact opposite of what most Americans would expect. There is no reason for a pay gap between men and women who share the same job title, especially since women are doing the same work both on the job and at home.

Christine Buckley Staff Writer Sex should not be a factor when determining one’s paycheck. As a woman who is planning a future career in the professional world, the gender wage gap has me concerned; and any other woman who has future goals and aspirations should be, too. It is not the 1900’s anymore; woman are not just mothers, we are human, and we have the capability to work. In America right now, the gender wage gap exists. Not only does unequal pay occur on a fairly regular basis, but the gap increases even in high-skill jobs. Women who are CEOs, have tech jobs, pursue medical careers and practice law are also suffering from the injustice of disproportionate pay due to nothing more than their sex. According to Amrita Jayakumar of the Washington Post, Charlotte, our neighboring city, currently has a gender wage gap of 80.8 percent in technology jobs across the board. One of the main counter arguments people present when confronted with this issue is that women choose jobs that pay lower wages than men do, on average. While I do agree with that statement, as many women do wish to balance work and family life, and thus chose jobs with more flexibility, it completely ignores the evidence we find when examining male-dominated careers that also employ professional women. Simply stating that women prefer lower paying jobs does not disprove that the gender wage gap exists between equally qualified individuals applying for the same position and receiving different salaries. It also overlooks the

A brief look back at women’s history at Winthrop

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Women have been instrumental at Winthrop University since its founding in 1886 as a teacher training college. For nearly 90 years, the university remained female-only — until 1974, when it was made coeducational. During those 90 years, Winthrop prepared women for a career in sharing their passion for teaching with children. In 1986, Dr. Martha Kime Piper was inaugurated as the first female president of Winthrop University. According to the New York Times, she was also named South Carolina Career Woman of the Year by the South Carolina Society of Business and Professional Women. Under her leadership, Winthrop established the College of Visual and Performing Arts and began many campus beautification efforts. Piper was also the first college president

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Who can end it? Dave Birley Staff Writer The recent burst of bold statements of “Je Suis Charlie” regarding the murders of staffers at the Charlie Hebdo satiric magazine in Paris, and the postings of horrific videos and images on the Internet, of captives of ISIS being brutally decapitated and one even being burned alive in a steel cage, have aroused an international awareness of atrocities that are among us. The fact is that this is nothing particularly new. Now, please do not interpret that statement to be any sort of acceptance or “understanding” of those crimes, nor of their predecessors. The suggestion by a high government officer of this country trying to parallel these crimes to some committed centuries ago “in the name of God” during the Crusades is of little help in grasping the situation. While I was still in high school what is now called the Holocaust was taking place. During this, about six million people were systematically executed, mostly in gas ovens, for the “crime” of being Jewish. After “the war,” which we now call “World War 2”, emotionally charged statements were made in many areas of the world that “we

must never allow this to happen again”. But it wasn’t a new phenomenon. Beginning in 1927, under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, tens of millions of ordinary individuals were executed or imprisoned in labor camps that were little more than death camps. Perceived political orientation was the key variable in these mass atrocities. And since then? Pol Pot (1925-1998) and his communist Khmer Rouge movement led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During that time, about 1.5 million Cambodians out of a total population of 7 to 8 million died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork. The same cry went up — “Never again.” The Rwandan Genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7, 1994, to mid-July, an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 20 percent of the country’s total population and 70 percent of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda. For some unknown reason, the cry of protest was more muted in this case, but its faint echo could still be heard. Since then, a mere 20 years, there have been other frightening groups who have risen up without active control from outside, like Boko Haram in Nigeria and now this ISIS. You would think that with the extraordinary expansion of the availability of mass communication with Internet and satellite television transmission, this new awareness by a greater number of members of the world’s populations would lead to more effective outcries and actions. Instead, the world seems to be

willing to lie meekly and quietly in its own little network of “fraidy-holes” and allow the horrors to continue. How I wish that I could think of an actual, practical suggestion of what to do next — but not only can I not, many people much better qualified, better informed and better equipped than I appear to be unable to find any practical and meaningful way to stop these cycles either. Here at Winthrop we have a rising generation of young people receiving a great education. They are being taught how to read, think and write critically. My only wish to extend would be that they would also decide to act sensibly, decisively and effectively to stop the outrages. As Susan Powter used to shout on her series of infomercials many years ago, we need to “Stop the Insanity!”

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The world seems to be willing to lie meekly and quietly in its own little network of “fraidy-holes” and allow the horrors to continue.

Lack of female presidential candidates disappointing

Adarrell Gadsden Editor-in-Chief After what seems to have been a very tedious and tumultuous search for Winthrop’s next president, a search committee charged with separating who they believed could lead Winthrop and who could not returned with three finalists.

While all the candidates offer their own unique qualities and experiences, it was somewhat disappointing to see the search committee not return with at least one female finalist. If we include the acting president, three of Winthrop’s presidents have been females — Dr. Debra Boyd, Dr. Jamie Comstock Williamson and Dr. Martha Kime Piper. Each of these women brought distinct qualities to the office and set forth goals for the university to accomplish. Piper, who passed away during her second year in office, brought a new school, which is now the College of Visual and Preforming Arts.

Williamson pushed fundraising, raising over $1.2 million in her first year as president through her Dare to Rise campaign and pushed an enrollment growth imperative. Boyd, while serving in an acting role, brought stability to the campus after a summer of turmoil following the departure of Williamson. Boyd also continued to push the enrollment imperative while also making faculty pay a priority. While the board did ask Boyd to consider applying for the position, which she declined, she served the university well, and in under a year has united the campus. Winthrop, a school originally founded to educate young women, still has a majority of female

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MKTG381 MKTG483 MKTG680 MLED600 MUST298 NUTR227 PEAC502 PHED242 PHED380 PHIL101 PHIL575 PHYS101 PLSC201 PLSC351 PSYC101 PSYC314 RELG101 SCWK624 SOCL201 SOCL227 SOCL305 SOCL314 SPCH201 SPED510 SPED561 SPED663 THRT385 THRT386 WMST305 WRIT465

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3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

rmation. Course Title

Consumer Behavior Sales and Relationship Market ing Marketing Management Phil, Organ/Curr of Middle Sch Music Appreciation Medical Terminology Social Movements US Since 196 0s Motor Learning and Control History of Sport Intro to Philosophy Business Ethics Everyday Physics American Government Ancient/Medieval Political Tho ught General Psychology Theories of Personality Intro to Religious Studies Psychodiagnostics & Social Wo rk Principles of Sociology Intro Criminal Justice Systems Marriage and the Family Race and Ethnic Relations Public Speaking PBIS for the Classroom Teache r Child with Learning Disabilities Advanced Academic Intervention Theatre History and Literature I Theatre History Literature II Marriage and the Family Prep Oral & Written Reports

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03/15TJ 窶｢ 2014-281BP