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September 18, 2014

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WU to freeze ten percent of operating budget Acting Winthrop president announces ten percent budget freeze By Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com

Winthrop’s acting president announces 10 percent budget freeze across all areas of the university, to all operation budgets. Acting Winthrop University President Dr. Debra Boyd sent out campus-wide emails to faculty, staff and students informing them of her asking each area across campus to freeze their operating budgets. The freeze, however, will not include personnel budgets. “You have likely read that the State of South Carolina is looking at ways that all its agencies, but especially universities and colleges, can be more efficient and effective. As one way to get in front of this effort, I have asked every area to ‘freeze’ 10 percent of each area’s available operating budget, not personnel budget this year,” Boyd wrote. Funds from the current freeze will be Carolyn Rennix / The Johnsonian moved to another account, where the Democratic candidate in South Carolina’s 2014 gubernatorial race Vincent Sheheen met with members of the Winthrop and Rock Hill com- university will analyze the needs of each area of the campus. munity in the DiGiorgio Campus Center Monday, where he discussed his campaign and asked community members to get involved. Boyd does, however go on to say that some funds will need to be spent immediately as a to disinvest in our young people, He spoke about the challenges way to save money. we’ll continue to see college facing South Carolina and spoke “Budget review is a best practice in any tuition rates skyrocket, and to what he believes is poor organization because it aligns resources with instead we should bring those leadership on the part of current priorities. As a result of such a review, we college tuition rates down, so we South Carolina governor Nikki may need to spend more funds immediately can educate our young people Haley. to save money in the long run; we may also in this state,” Sheheen said. He believes that change is “Right now we are one of the few discover that there are some things we no possible and believes that is By Adarrell Gadsden Southeastern states that sees our longer need to do,” Boyd wrote. possible when we all work gadsdena@mytjnow.com Boyd in her email to students assured them young people leave the state and together. that the ultimate goal in all of this was to go other places. We need to keep “Our vision is one that says it build on to the quality of education offered at doesn’t matter if you’re black or you here.” South Carolina Democratic Winthrop. white, it doesn’t matter if you’re When asked about polling candidate for governor, Vincent rich or poor, it doesn’t matter gaps that have him trailing 15 Sheheen, made a trip to campus see FREEZE pg. 3 where you come from, it doesn’t points behind Gov. Nikki Haley, this past Monday, where he Sheheen made it clear that no matter if you’re a democrat or spoke to a few members of republican. What matters is if you poll was going to elect the next the Winthrop and Rock Hill governor of South Carolina. believe we can work together to community. “Polls don’t elect people,” improve this state,” Sheheen said. The Winthrop Chapter of Sheheen said. “We need you, and He spoke to the ideas of Phi Beta Sigma and the York the way you help us close that reforming all levels of education Democratic Party welcomed gap is by making those phone in the state of South Carolina. Sheheen to campus for a brief Whether that was making all sure calls, by knocking on those doors campaign visit. and by spreading the message that four-year-olds in the state of The Winthrop Phi Beta Sigma that we don’t have to put up South Carolina had a chance to Chapter President Cameron attend four-year-old kindergarten with a dishonest, unaccountable Benton introduced Sheheen to or making sure that all eligible governor in South Carolina.” the audience. students can afford and attain a Sheheen spoke briefly to a college degree. crowd in the DiGiorgio Campus Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian see SHEHEEN pg. 3 Tillman Hall on the Winthrop University campus. “Our vision says if we are going Center.

Sheheen believes community involvement is key

Staying safe on the internet can go a long way A common sense approach to online safety By Christina Buckley Special to The Johnsonian Online security has become an issue lately with the recent leaks of celebrity photos. Hackers were able to access private photos from celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton through iCloud, which can automatically store photos, emails and other private information online. The rich and famous are not the only ones vulnerable to hacking. According to The Telegraph, 600,000 Facebook users get hacked daily.

Being cautious online can help lower the odds of becoming a victim. Take note from Jennifer Lawrence’s mistake and turn off any applications that would automatically backup your data such as iCloud and Google+. When content is automatically stored on these applications, it can keep them in the cloud even after you have deleted it from the device. When backing up your data, refrain from placing personal information on cloud software such as Dropbox. Keep personal content backed up offline by using an external hard drive. When using your device in public locations, make sure Bluetooth is turned off. If Bluetooth is left on, hackers will be able to access you phone and download your personal data onto their own device. They

also have the ability to control your phone and send text messages through your phone without your knowledge. Make sure your passwords are difficult to figure out. Use a combination of letters and numbers, and add uppercase letters in random spots. Deliberately misspell your passwords to add extra difficulty to any unauthorized users. If acceptable, instead of using a password, use a passphrase. Keep your passwords different for every account you have online, especially those you use for financial tasks. When using public Wi-Fi, use only encrypted websites and be careful of what information you post on websites. Using an encrypted website can only protect the information you send to and from a website. Making sure HTTPS is in the URL of the

websites you are visiting can help secure information over a computer network. If you can help it, do not go on websites that contain your ﬁnancial data while using a public network. If shopping online, do not store your credit card information on a website. There have been multiple issues of credit card breaches in the past. If you are not familiar with a particular shopping site, do your research. Make sure the website has suﬃcient contact, shipping and product information. A website that handles e-commerce and lacks needed information is an indicator of phishing. Check their reviews. Websites with negative reputation should never be trusted.

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Economic Forecast

Council of Student Leaders

Big South Championship Rings

Wells Fargo and the Winthrop College of Business hosted the annual Economic Forecast Breakfast on the Winthrop University campus. More than 150 business professionals attended the event.

Winthrop’s Council of Student Leaders accepted nine new members to the council after holding annual new member elections. The council had to elect a minimum of five freshmen or new students to the council.

Both Winthrop men’s and women’s tennis teams received their 2014 Big South Conference Championship rings in ceremony Monday.

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SPORTS • 7

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Seabolt soaring to new heights By Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com

said that his first semester at Winthrop was a big adjustment period for him, trying to balance A drive, a swing and putt. For golf and schoolwork. many, a nice day out at the golf “Now that I have a few more course seems like the perfect way semesters under my belt, I to unwind and get away. feel more comfortable to the For Winthrop golfer Zach schedule. It takes some time Seabolt, it’s just another day at the getting used to, focusing on golf office. on the course and school off The sophomore had a season the course, but it’s not terribly for the record books in 2013, difficult,” he said. winning a multitude of awards, With the new season already such as being the Big South underway, Seabolt said that Conference Freshman of the he’s learned much from his big Year, being selected to play in freshman year but tries not to put the NCAA Regional in Raleigh, too much pressure on himself or North Carolina back in May and his teammates. was voted as the Big South Golfer “The most important thing I of the Week for the second time learned is that golf will always in his career last week. just be golf, and you just have to Seabolt said that while his go out there and play to the best accolades are a nice boost along of your ability and the results will the way, his main goal is seeing come,” he said. that the Winthrop men’s golf Those results have already team makes it to the NCAA begun pouring in for the young Regionals. sophomore, as he took home the “Our team was so close to medalist honors at the Northern regionals last year, and I know we Intercollegiate in Sugar Grove, have the team to get to regionals. Illinois, and the team finished The big accomplishment is second overall behind Virginia. making it to regionals as a team,” Seabolt said that the chemistry he said. between the members of the team A native of Raleigh, Seabolt is already great and believes that said his love for the sport was it is one of the primary causes for established at an early age. their early success, but he knows “My dad got me into golf at an when it’s time to go to work early age. I started hitting balls in during tournaments. my front yard about two or three “I am pretty laid back before and have just progressed from tournaments,” he said. there,” he said. “Most of the time I will listen to He also considers his father to some music just to get my mind be his role model, both off and on off of golf before going out to the the course. course. I never get too uptight When it came time to decide or too nervous during any given on where he would spend his round.” college years, Seabolt admitted Seabolt and the Eagles will that Winthrop was not on his look to continue their success radar at first. on Sunday, as they will play “My mom actually noticed one in the Rees Jones Collegiate at day that Winthrop may be a good Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. fit for me, and we decided to look The event, which will run into it. In the end, it was a great through Tuesday, will be played decision. It has been the right on the course at the Haig Point decision ever since I stepped foot Golf Club, which is near Hilton on campus,” he said. Head Island, South Carolina and In the classroom, Seabolt close to Savannah, Georgia.

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WU Council of Student Leaders elect nine new council members

FREEZE • from front “Please know that the ultimate purpose of these initiatives is to strengthen our capacity to provide the high quality education you and your families expect from Winthrop,” Boyd wrote. Boyd said that more will information will come out in the next few weeks as a result of the current situation in her emails to Winthrop community members, but did not go into any more detail.

Carolyn Rennix / The Johnsonian South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen poses with members of Phi Beta Sigma. Adarrell Gadsden / The Johnsonian

Council of Student Leaders Chair and Student Body President Ian Deas preps before annual member elections.

Council of Student Leaders had to elect at least five new members By Jacob Wingard wingardj@mytjnow.com Winthrop’s Council of Student Leaders elected nine new members Monday evening, six of whom were freshman. Sixteen potential candidates spoke their cases in front of the current council. Despite liking all of the candidates, the council could only choose nine. “Freshmen bring the eagerness and rejuvenation to jumpstart any organization or project,” Ian Deas, the CSL president, said. The council was instructed that five of the nine new positions had to be filled by freshmen or new students. Only five of the applicants were not freshmen. Of those five only two were elected, Eliot Cohen, a senior business

administration major and Akchita Singh, a sophomore political science major. “I was definitely pleased by all the applicants this year,” Jarvais Jackson, the vice-president of CSL, said. “I’m ready to see how this year is going to play out, I think we’re going to do great things.” Jarvais did comment that under normal circumstances there are usually 25 applicants and that this year there were more available positions than on average. Students who were not elected to the council will still be given a chance to serve on one of the councils committees. Following elections the council went into open floor session of their meeting, where the main focus was the attendance of their last town hall session. The council discussed ways to better promote similar events in the future. After ending their weekly meeting the council held a brief session to discuss their retreat which will take place this weekend. The council will meet next Monday in the DiGiorgio Campus Center in room 114.

Carolyn Rennix / The Johnsonian Cameron Benton (left) welcomes Vincent Sheheen(right) to campus.

SHEHEEN • from front Sheheen’s visit was brief, as he had to also make a trip to another county but he did invite everyone to join him when he believes he will be sworn in as the next governor of South Carolina. “Everyone of you is invited to join me, Jan. 15, 2015. That’s not that long away, but on that day we’re going to swear in a new governor of South

Carolina, and on that day we are going to change this state,” Sheheen said. The gubernatorial candidate did stick around and take time to meet with a few students and faculty members and pose for a few photos. Election day is Nov. 4, and Sheheen believes this race will be close but believes involvement and making sure all members get out and vote is key.

Teaching passion and grace through movement Assistant professor Kelly Ozust fills out Winthrop’s theatre and dance department By Jacob Wingard wingardj@mytnow.com Kelly Ozust, a new assistant professor of dance in the department of theater and dance, is join the Winthrop community, bringing with her years of dance and choreography experience. Ozust’s main desire is to help the theatre department to continue its growth. For example, the musical theatre concentration is fairly new, and Ozust wants to help define that concentration. “It is exciting to come in while something is new and starting to grow,” Ozust said. Ozust’s experience in the field started when she began working for the Oconee Youth Playhouse while studying at the University of Georgia, Athens. She first enjoyed theatre through high school but didn’t believe that she could do anything with it and gave it up. Ozust missed it so much that she began studying at the college level. “It was the first time I started studying contemporary and modern dance seriously. I started taking a lot of ballet classes, just really getting into the nuts and bolts of rigorous training,” Ozust said. The Oconee Youth Playhouse needed someone to choreograph and direct their plays following Ozust’s initial participation and put her up to the job. Ozust transitioned into teaching dance shortly afterward. Ozust’s first production was,

“Crazy for You,” a tap-dance spectacle that was adapted from the 1930’s musical “Girl Crazy” by George and Ira Gershwin. “It is one of my favorites, because it got me started and got me really interested in musical theatre,” Ozust said, “but I’ve done so many over the years that I don’t really have a favorite anymore. You can do so many different things with musical theatre and dance.” Ozust claims that she came to Winthrop because it is tricky to find colleges where the dance and theatre departments work together for musical theatre productions. “If they do, they usually aren’t very serious about it,” Ozust said. When Ozust realized that she wanted to teach at this level, she got a master’s degree at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. She worked with two more companies, one in theatre and one in opera until Winthrop opened up her current position. “The job here at Winthrop was perfect,” Ozust said. “Winthrop has a musical theatre concentration, which is growing. There are lots of dance classes and a musical theatre dance forms class.” Ozust has not yet attended any productions at Winthrop, but she looks forward to seeing “The Seagull” and “Project One.” “I haven’t been here long enough to really experience anything but am looking forward to it,” Ozust said. For her first production Ozust is

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working with two female dancers and going back to the basics. The duo is going to perform a dance while wearing cameras, so the audience can get the experience from the dancers’ points of view. She also wants to get other students involved to provide a voice for the danc-

ers and interact with the audience further. “I want to see what happens when we combine the two departments of dance and theatre.” The event is scheduled to open Nov. 13 in Johnson Theatre as part of the Winthrop Dance Theatre Concert.

Kelly Ozust displaying her abilities as a dancer. Photo Courtesy of Kelly Ozust

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Students show concern toward minor options Catherine Lowe lowec5@winthrop.edu Winthrop University has a student population of nearly 6,000 students and offers just 54 minor choices. Many of these students show concern that there are not enough choices in minors. With the small number of minors, many undergraduates struggle to find the correct program to settle into. Sophomore international business major Eric Smith said he wishes he could minor in sports management. “I could have the basis of all sports around the world and know how to effectively run them,” he said. Smith said he believes that this minor would compliment his future career choices. “I could go to international sports leagues and travel the world. This would give me more job opportunities, since my major is so broad,” he said. In retrospect, larger institutions such as the University of South Carolina and Clemson University offer nearly double Winthrop’s list of minors. The USC population of 31,300 offers 73 minors and Clemson’s population of 21,300 students offers 74 minors. College of Charleston has approximately half the number of students as USC and Clemson, but offers nearly the same number of minor options for students.

If Winthrop offered more minors, it would give should have more minor programs so they won’t students a better opportunity to do what they have to settle on one that is offered. This will give love. them a chance to have a successful career in the Sophomore math and Spanish major Julia Pop- future. pell said she wishes she could pursue a minor in international relations, which would compliment her possible future career at an international corporation. “Not only would I be able to speak another language, but I could also interact with the clients in a more respectful, cultural and knowledgeable way,” she said. Vice President of Academic Affairs Tim Drueke explained that minors are approved like any other academic program. “A department will generally propose an idea that is then reviewed and approved by the college curriculum committee, the full faculty of the college, the college dean, the committee of university curriculum, academic council and then the faculty conference,” he said. This lengthy approval process could be a reason for the smaller list of minors available in comparison to the nearly 120 majors offered at WinAlthea Holenko / The Johnsonian throp. A comparison graphic comparing South Carolina universities’ Many students feel that Winthrop populations and minors offered.

Constitution lecture more than a cultural credit

Winthrop professor of Political Science Dr. John Holder shows off U.S. Constitution tie following cultural event lecture. By Jacob Wingard wingardj@mytjnow.com The West Forum in conjunction with Dr. John Holder, professor of political science, produced the lecture, The Constitution and the Right to Vote Tuesday. The event was held in honor of Constitution Day Wednesday while insuring that Winthrop remains eligible for federal funding. “There is actually a federal law that says schools that receive federal funding must observe the anniversary of the Constitution in some way,” Holder said. Winthrop has held a lecture series the past few years to meet this requirement. “We would lose our eligibility for federal money, like Pell grants and research funding, if we didn’t do this,” Holder said. “Students wouldn’t be able to apply for financial aid,” Katarina Moyon, co-director of the West Forum said, if these requirements were not met. “That’s another reason why you, students, should vote,” Holder said in response. The lecture focused on how voting laws have evolved since the Articles of Confederation. Holder explained to the audience that “if you

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weren’t a white land-owning, protestant male, you couldn’t vote.” He also explained the changes that the 14th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th amendments made to voting rights and how laws still exist today that disenfranchise groups of people, typically the poor. When the lecture ended, Pi Sigma Alpha set up a booth outside of Dina’s Place offering students a chance to register to vote. “Winthrop University students register and vote at rates that are about average in the United States,” Karen Kedrowski, dean of the college of arts and sciences and codirector of the West Forum, said. Kedrowski also said that while registration numbers vary most years, the Council of Student Leaders in conjunction with the presidential election performed a voter drive. At the end of the drive, over 1,100 Winthrop students had registered to vote. “We don’t know how many of those are new registers or how many just registered for York County, nonetheless it is an impressive number,” she said. Kedrowski, Holder and Moyon see room for improvement though. All three admitted that they wanted to see increased turnout from students. “I

would love to see topics like these draw so many students that we could fill the Richardson ballroom,” Moyon said. Kedrowski is currently determined to advance the political involvement of students on campus. “I would like to see Winthrop become better than average in terms of voter participation, registration and awareness. I’m willing to try anything to improve upon this,” she said. Some students came just to receive a cultural credit but ended up improving themselves. O’Brien Sutton, a sophomore athletic training major, is one such student. Sutton said that the event originally was just a way to get a cultural credit but Holder inspired him to become more involved in politics. Sutton plans on attending more political events in the future and to vote in order to do so. Holder appealed to students stating that the November elections were for the governor and House of Representatives positions. “These are the people who decide how much money goes to state universities, which decides what your tuition is,” he said. “Whoever gets elected in November decides how costly it is to attend school.

Police Blotters

9/15/14 On the above date, the reporting officer was dispatched to the Winthrop Police Department in order to meet with the victim, a Winthrop student, in reference to the theft of his MacBook Pro laptop in Bancroft Hall. According to the police report, the student advised the officer that on Sept. 15 at approximately 10:30 a.m., he entered Bancroft Hall and sat in the student lounge. The victim advised the officer that he placed his laptop on the table next to him. At about 10:45 a.m., the victim left the student lounge to go to his professor’s office, leaving his laptop unattended in the lounge. The victim stated that when he returned to the lounge at about 12:00 p.m., the laptop was missing. The victim immediately checked with several faculty, staff and other students about the missing laptop; however, all parties stated that they did not know where the laptop was located. The

victim also advised that he has the “Find My iPhone” application downloaded and activated on the missing laptop; however, he did not receive any alerts about the laptop because it had not been connected to the internet. The reporting officer then issued the victim a victim notification information form and released him from the scene. The incident report has been forwarded to a detective for further investigation and follow-up.

Violation of drug law and possession of wine under 21 9/15/14 On the above date, two officers were dispatched to Richardson Hall to make an investigation of possible possession of marijuana. According to the report, the officers made contact with the RA in the lobby, who then escorted them to the

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seventh floor dorm room. The 18-year-old male student advised the officers that when he returned to his room at approximately 7:25 p.m., he could smell marijuana and observed a “blunt” on his roommate’s desk. The student immediately informed the seventh floor RA. The officer then received the roommate’s number and advised him to return to his room. Once back at his room, the 19-year-old male explained to the officers that he recently found the blunt outside and that he was planning on turning it into the RA. Both of the residents then gave the officers verbal consent to search the room. The officer then found a bottle of champagne in the second resident’s closet, who stated that he received it as a gift when he visited home this past weekend. The officer then issued the resident a South Carolina traffic ticket for possession of wine under 21 and a uniform traffic ticket for possession of marijuana. The student was then referred to Winthrop’s Judicial Affairs for violations of the student conduct code.

September 18, 2014

Nance male visitor policy unfair

Stop griping about residence life

Freshman girls should be trusted to make their own decisions

On-campus housing is not as terrible as most students think

Rachel Schaffer Special to The Johnsonian Ah, Margaret Nance. Known to be the homiest of dorms, and also the place where girls’ dreams of their boyfriends sleeping over on Fridays are squashed. Margaret Nance is the only dorm at Winthrop that does not allow boys to sleep over on Friday nights. Two of the other freshmen dorms on campus, Richardson and Woﬀord, allow the opposite gender to sleep over on both Fridays and Saturdays. Originally, boys weren’t allowed to spend the night at all in MN, thus giving this dorm the name “The Virgin Vault.” I think part of the refusal to allow girls to have male overnight guests more than once a week is a continuation of this tradition; this is the dorm where boys have always had the least amount of access, so why change now? Well, that and the fact that ambassadors can ease some of the anxiety of touring parents with daughters by telling them that at Margaret Nance boys can only stay overnight one day of the week. Very few girls are rooting for this rule to stay. Those that are argue they don’t want to see boys in their dorm all of the time. I think I know where this complaint is coming from. Since there is only one night reserved for girls in MN to have boys over, the dorm is completely packed with men on Saturday nights. Turn to your right and you’ll probably see at least one sitting on the couch. Turn to your left and you’ll probably see three more. Look up at the ceiling, and there might even be one or two hanging from

the pipes. If there was more than one night to have boys over, there would not be so many at once. It would be more of a steady stream of boys than a giant hurricane raining men. Since this is a freshmen dorm, I’ve heard the argument that the girls in MN can’t handle the responsibility of having boys over more than once a week. The freshmen girls are said to be too “immature” to handle such accountability and should focus on their grades. I ﬁnd this argument patronizingly arrogant at best. Firstly, I’d like to point out that the majority of people in college are at least 18. In other words, the girls in MN are adults. Part of being an adult is knowing how to manage time well. If any of the girls’ grades drop, it would be for more reasons that simply being allowed to have boys over for more than one night. Secondly, what makes the girls of Margaret Nance any less equipped to handle the responsibility than girls in other freshmen dorms? Here’s something that bothers

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If there was more than one night to have boys over, there would not be so many at once.

me: people automatically assume the girls wanting to have boys sleep over more often are bringing their boyfriends over for “booty calls” or whatever else you want to call them. There are other situations. I personally have a good friend that is hosting a concert on a Friday night in Charlotte and doesn’t have the money for a hotel room. I would oﬀer to let him crash on my ﬂoor, but I can’t because I live in Margaret Nance.

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Trey Stokes Chair

Jacob Wingard Assistant News Editor

Debra Crocker Science & Tech Editor

Michael Owens Vice Chair

Jacob Hallex Director of Digital Information

Lexi Lutsky Freshman Representative

Two-year on-campus residency req’t ridiculous The Johnsonian would like to voice its dissatisfaction with the current residence life policy of requiring most freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. Although there are exemptions for married and non-traditionalaged students, traditional freshmen and sophomores must be living with a parent or guardian within ﬁfty miles of campus to qualify for the exemption. While we agree that living on campus during one’s freshman year is entirely beneﬁcial, applying the same requirement to sophomore year is needlessly expensive and paternalistic. The Department of Residence Life says on its website that “by living on campus, students have a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to establish lifelong friendships, to participate in exciting activities and to feel truly connected to the university.” We can understand their point — for freshman year. However, after a year at Winthrop, most students have established plenty of friendships, have discovered their own

interests outside of forced residence hall activities and have more or less found where they belong here. In terms of cost, the fact remains that several off-campus housing options are cheaper per month than almost all of the residence halls, with the notable exception of Roddey. For example, the basic room in the Courtyard costs about $3,000 per semester, which would equal a rent of about $750 per month. Moreover, we find that the requirement as applied to sophomores is a bit overreaching. With very few exceptions, all sophomores are over the age of 18 and would therefore be able to legally rent an apartment if they were not registered at Winthrop. We concede that living on campus during one’s freshman year provides the opportunity to dive headfirst into college life. However, for the reasons stated above, we do not believe that the same policy should apply to sophomores over 18, and therefore urge the Department of Residence Life to review this policy.

Trey Stokes | Opinion Editor stokest@mytjnow.com

Jacob Wingard Assistant News Editor For four years I’ve heard the same complaints about residence life. Four years of moaning and groaning about the quality of the rooms, the prices, the shared bathrooms and about the lack of hygiene. Four years of people griping, and you know what — I disagree with you. I can’t make an argument against the cost of Winthrop’s room and board versus an apartment. I have never had to contemplate buying an apartment oﬀ campus, nor can I speak much for those who live in Courtyard, seeing as I have never lived there either; I can only talk about my experience. I’ve lived in Thomson, Richardson and Lee Wicker, and in each of these halls I’ve never experienced much of what other students speak of. I might just be lucky that way, but the rooms suited both my and my roommate’s needs with little issue. We both kept the area clean and aside from the rare instance of a spider, nothing entered the room aside from us. In order to speed this up, let’s discuss the three main issues that most people have with the residence halls beyond the price. First, many students complain about a lack of space, or that the rooms are simply too small to ﬁt

two people. Looking at the room dimensions and what you should actually be bringing to college, that is probably the complainers own fault for over-packing. There are washing machines on campus, so you don’t need a month’s worth of clothing. Likewise, students shouldn’t expect to come in and bring hordes of personal belongings and have it ﬁt. When applying to Winthrop, applicants are clearly told the dimensions of the room. If you’re unable to communicate with your roommate and decide the best way to make space, blame yourself. Second is hygiene or cleanness. People, I don’t care how clean your house is, we live in the south —so whining because a roach or a spider got into your room is idiotic. It is a humid state with land that is ripe for their breeding. It happens, and it is gross, but that’s why we have exterminators. Mold in some of the buildings is absolutely inexcusable, so to those of you who do have that issue, you get sympathy since there is nothing that you can physically do about it. For the rest of you, just clean your rooms, take the time to vacuum and dust, and you won’t have any problems. Most of the hygiene issues in the halls come from the residents themselves being lazy or just disgusting in their own right. You’re not at your momma’s house anymore; clean up your own mess. In any case, the residence halls are not as bad as people make them out to be. Like anywhere else, you get out of on-campus housing what you put into it.

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September 18, 2014

Athletes reveal pregame rituals

Cross Country takes fifth and sixth in Big South Preview Meet

By Allen Ownley Special to the Johnsonian Many factors go into being a great athlete: hard work, discipline and proper nutrition are among a few. For some athletes, it is little superstitious quirks that give them that extra edge. From professional athletes to athletes here at Winthrop, these people have one thing that helps them on the field. One of the greatest athletes of all time, Michael Jordan relied on superstition. The five-time MVP winner wore his UNC shorts under his uniform while playing for the Chicago Bulls. After leading UNC to the NCAA Championships in 1982, he believed the shorts brought him luck. Colby Coulter, a junior who runs track at Winthrop, took some tips from the legend himself. “On the day of a meet, I wear my uniform shorts under my regular clothes all day. That way, I get into the mindset of racing, and I feel good,” Coulter said. Coulter has achieved a successful track career in high school and continues it in college. Senior Ellis Coe, another track athlete’s superstition is a bit more off the wall. “First I scope out the field and find the best looking women’s team. That way, when I see them, I have more motivation to run well to impress them,” Coe said. Coe has run consistently well for Winthrop while impressing the ladies at the same time. Sophomore Maddie Antone, takes a more traditional approach. “After our warm up, we huddle up and pray together.” The team then rallies together and performs a special cheer. The successes these athletes have with their superstitions begs the question: Do these crazy rituals athletes perform really bring them luck. We can all agree that doing a certain task or wearing a certain piece of clothing before a game or a meet does not bring luck. It does bring a level of security and boosts their confidence. The general rule for most sports is they are 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical. Some could argue the mental part is even higher. If one’s head is not in the game, they will not perform well. Remember athletes, never forget to wear those lucky socks or do that silly stretch routine before the big game. It might make all the difference.

By Tanisha Terrell terrellt@mytjnow.com The women’s cross country team finished sixth while the men finished seventh in the Big South Conference Preview Meet Saturday at Gardner-Webb University. Freshman Hannah Lopez, finishing first for the Eagles, came in at 20:27.73. Freshman Christine Cunningham finished 30th with a time of 20:40.71. Cunningham has high expectations for herself and the team. “The expectations I have for myself this season is to always train my best and improve anyway I can as a college athlete and overall person,” Cunningham said. “The expectations I have for my team this season is to work together as a team and encourage one another to improve and perform at their best ability.” Freshman Emily Sparrow came in 45th with a time of 21:21.86. Freshman Samantha Cunningham finished 53rd clocking in at 21:40.25. Freshman Jessica Van Cleave finished 64th with a time of 22:14.81. Senior Sarah Devaux came in 68th with a time of 22:46.88. Junior Alex Miller came in 71st with a time of 22:57.17. Sophomore Jaclyn Baker finished 72nd with a time of 23:25.63. Just as in the last meet, the majority of the finishers for Carolyn Rennix / The Johnsonian the men were freshman. Junior Colby Coulter at 2013 Freshman Sam DiBridge Winthrop Invitational. clocked in 28:36.83. Freshman Loftin Bridges finished 37th at 28:47.81. Senior Ellis Coe came in 41st with a time of 29:13.64. Freshman Cameron Ruppe finished 49th, clocking in at 30:00.12. Sophomore Matthew Egbert clocked in at 31:12.49. Sophomore Eric Hammett finished 58th with a time of 31:39.57. The Winthrop Eagles will be hosting the Winthrop Invitational Saturday, Sept. 20 at 9:30 a.m. at the Winthrop Lake Course. Photo courtesy of clipartbest.com.

WU Crew increases membership fee By Lexie deMoya Special to the Johnsonian

Winthrop University has many organizations and clubs that fit those interests of the students on campus. WU Crew is a student-led organization that promotes support for all Winthrop athletic events. The focus for the organization is to boost student involvement at sports games and other on-campus events. The organization helps promote support for all of the student athletes on campus, while also showing school spirit. The price this year went up $10. From $15 to $25 for new members and $10 to $20 for renewing members. “As of this year, we had 139 renewals and 522 new members joining WU Crew,” said assistant athletic director Daniel Hopper. Although there has been an increase in the number of members participating in WU Crew this year compared to last year, many of the rising numbers have been new students or freshman at Winthrop who joined not realizing the price had increased. “I was a part of WU Crew my freshman year, and I do not think I will join again however, because the price went up,” said sophomore Catherine Lowe. “I went to a good amount of sporting events and never won anything. It just was not worth the price this year

since the price went up.” Many Winthrop students claim that once you join WU Crew you, do not get much out of it, especially for the price you pay.

Photo courtesy of WU crew twitter page.

“I finally decided to give in my last year at Winthrop to join the WU Crew,” said graduate student and former cross country runner Jeanne Stroud. “I saw many students walking around

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campus with the WU Crew shirts on while I was there all four years, so I would say a lot of people joined, but I do not think many people actually ended up being dedicated fans.” Having the WU Crew organization at sporting events allows student athletes to have more fans and support at their games. With the rise of price, students have been dropping this organization, because they do not want to have to pay more than they did last year to either join or renew their memberships. In the past, funds have been used to purchase WU Crew shirts, pay for trips to certain games and reward students for attending a certain amount of games. This season WU Crew will still be doing limited rewards but wants to focus more on what the students want. For example, some students have suggested tailgating at numerous games throughout the year, while others have suggested doing an alternate WU Crew shirt. This is what the rise in price is going toward. “At the end of the day, this is the student’s organization, and we want them to take ownership and have a say in where they would like to spend the funds,” said assistant athletic director Daniel Hopper. “When students get loud and involved, the rest of our fans follow their lead, and that’s when it becomes a tough place to play for opposing teams.” For more information please email rockthehill@winthrop.edu.

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7 September 18, 2014

Photo Gallery Winthrop Tennis Ring Ceremony

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The Winthrop men’s and women’s tennis teams both received their Big South Conference Championship rings on Monday night in Richardson Ballroom.

Eagles tame Wildcats

By Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com The Winthrop Volleyball team hit the .500 mark Tuesday night, with a 3-0 sweep of the visiting Davidson Wildcats at Winthrop Coliseum. Davidson led early on in the first set, but Winthrop responded with a 7-1 run to retake the lead, only for the Wildcats to tie things at 15 later in the set. Winthrop closed things out later on, scoring five straight points after the 15-15 tie and then taking eight of the final 11 points to win 25-20. The second set was dominated by the Eagles, but the visitors kept it close early on, trailing by as much as two. Then Winthrop got on a roll and led by as much as 10 on their way to a 25-16 set win. The home team finished the

job in the third set after falling behind early, as a 9-2 run gave them the momentum needed to secure the match win with a 25-15 set victory. Winthrop hit .353 on the night and was led by Alina Sopizhuk’s 12 kills and Brianna Gray’s .625 attacking percentage and ﬁve blocks. Sophomore Kelly Scott also got into the mix, tallying up 35 assists in the absence of usual assist leader Jessie Vicic. The Eagles (6-6) will head to Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the Demon Deamon Classic hosted by Wake Forest University. Winthrop will play against Wake Forest Friday at 7 p.m., and both Elon and Western Carolina Saturday at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

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Cross-Country 9/20 - Winthrop Invitational, 9 a.m.

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Students comment on low student-section turnout in early fall By Daniel James jamesd@mytjnow.com Decline in student turnout at college games is a concern aﬀecting schools across the country. This concern is due to various reasons including the funding given to college sports programs, loss of home-ﬁeld advantage due to decline in a lively student section and loss of income from lack of ticket and concession purchases. At many recent games, the student section has had little attendance. Senior Shawn Houlihan said that one reason for this is that many students prefer to attend when a major game is anticipated. “I think the games where they get the greatest turnout are the ones where they give out T-Shirts and the Coastal Carolina games,” Houlihan said. Junior Cary Reynolds said that rivalry games such as Coastal Carolina are often so heavy that stands are full to capacity. Reynolds said that this presents a crowding issue in the student section at major games. “Soccer doesn’t have big enough stands. If you throw in another bleacher, more could show,” Reynolds said. Aside from games against rivals, attendance is still low at games against less anticipated op-

ponents. Many students said that Winthrop could better advertise games around campus. While it is true that schedules are available online for games, more could be done to inform students in dorms, lunchrooms and student centers. Reynolds suggested that Winthrop advertise upcoming sporting events in a newsletter or in the daily announcements in order to inform a greater number of students. Senior Andrew Miles suggested that Winthrop place more sports flyers in DiGiorgio Campus Center, because many students go into the building each day. These ideas could help with not only official sports but also club sports. Announcements through email, daily announcements and flyers could inform students of upcoming tournaments and special events offered by Winthrop club sports. Freshman Sierra Woody said that Winthrop should host more events like Rock the Globe to get students more interested in campus sports. Rock the Globe is an annual event that was first introduced in August 2013, where first-year students are greeted by Winthrop athletic teams and coaches. She said that Winthrop’s hosting such events throughout the year would be a great way to

bring students together and increase both excitement and anticipation for sporting events. This is especially true if opened to all students, not just those in their first year. In addition to low attendance resulting from a lack of knowledge of sporting event dates, other issues that contribute to low attendance are cost and workload. Many students have financial concerns while attending college and many work jobs in addition to focusing on their studies. While this is a valid concern, there are many sports on campus that can be attended without having to purchase a ticket or season pass. Several sports like cross country, golf and lacrosse may be attended free of charge. Those that do charge for tickets are also quite affordable at only $5 for a single game. Regarding students who are too busy with classes to attend games, attendance does not necessarily have to be regular. In college, studies and preparation for life after college should take priority. Despite this, it would be helpful to our athletes, as well as our college as a whole, to try our best to attend games, cheering the Eagles on in non-rivalry games as well as major season games.

September 18, 2014

Time to tango, students spice it up Latin American culture dances its way to Winthrop By Anna-Marie Hayward haywardam@mytjnow.com Each year, National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated, from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. It’s a national observance that started in 1968 that celebrates contributions Hispanics and Latino Americans have made to the U.S. and celebrates their heritage and culture. As a prelude to National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Latin Dance and Cultural Experience event was held Thursday night and sought to teach the audience diﬀerent Latin American dances. The guest dancers and teachers were from the R&W Latin Dance Company hailing from Charlotte, the largest dance studio in the city, run by Rodrigo and Wendy Jimenez. Rodrigo and Wendy Jimenez, who have been married for a little over a year, have many years of Latin American dancing under their belts. Rodrigo, from Chile, began practicing Latin Americans dances at a young age and has been living in the U.S. for 20 years. He toured throughout the U.S., Europe and South America before moving to Charlotte in 2003, where he teaches dance and performs at a variety of festivals and shows. Wendy is from El Salvador and moved to the country when she was 11; she later moved to Charlotte when she was 14, where she would later start up her own dance company with Rodrigo. She didn’t begin dancing until 2006 but quickly picked up the dance steps

and became a top dancer. She, along with her husband, teaches classes and performs at different venues. Both are renowned dancers and choreographers throughout the world. After introducing themselves, the couple took the stage, showing the audience how to do three Latin American dances: the Bachata, the Salsa and the Tango, dancing to Latino music while they did so. Once they showed the rhythm and the steps for the dances, they invited the audience to come onto the floor and try it out for themselves. Guest dancers from the company intermingled in the crowd, dancing with the people that lacked a partner. The Jimenez’s were up on stage, leading the dances so that the audience could follow. The audience seemed to have a good time, partnering up with friends and laughing as they tried out the dances for themselves. After a while, the audience formed a large circle and a few couples, including those from the dance company, came out on the dance floor to dance while the others watched. Once they finished, there was a dance performance put on by five female students from the company, dressed in black leotards with pink and black fabric on the back and pink

The art of music: By Anna-Marie Hayward haywardam@mytjnow.com Most people when they go to a classical music recital don’t expect to see portraits of the composer the performer is playing on stage. But that is what pianist John Kenneth Adams did for his “Piano Portraits” recital Sunday night in Barnes Recital Hall. John Kenneth Adams is a distinguished professor emeritus at University of South Carolina. He started his piano studies when was 11, though he learned how to play the piano by ear when he was only three. He studied music at diﬀerent schools, including the University of Kansas City, the Yale School Music and also internationally at the Royal Academy of Music in

London. Adams created the “September Concerts” in 1976 at USC, which to this day are still held each year at the university. His “Piano Portraits” were another one of his creations, and the performances he has done number into the hundreds. In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the State of South Carolina by Governor Nikki Haley. The “Piano Portrait” program he gave Sunday was called “The Young Debussy,” focusing on Claude Debussy, the French composer who is widely considered the father of modern music. Adams started off the recital by showing pictures of Debussy from his childhood on a projection on the stage before playing the first

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headbands. The dancers introduced themselves after they finished dancing, telling how long they’ve been dancing with R&W. Some said they have been there since 2011; other said they came as recently as February. Throughout the event, the Jimenez’s gave out door prizes for ticket holders, each audience member getting a ticket when they first walked in. At the beginning, they gave out T-shirts from their company, but at the end, they began giving out coupons for a free lesson at their company in addition to T-shirts. Wendy encouraged the spectators to practice Latin American dancing in the future. “We’re not the only dance studio in Charlotte,” she said. “There are others, so you can go around to different ones and find the one that fits you.” After the event was over, Wendy said she and the rest of R&W would be having a social dance until 10:30,

“Piano Programs” entertains audience with Debussy’s finest works and facts about his life

piece. Throughout the recital, Adams would show pictures of Debussy throughout the years and explain to the audience what was happening in his life at that time, providing a brief biography on the composer. He also showed pictures of Debussy’s family, friends and the inﬂuential people that were in his life, such as poets and painters whom he spent much time with.

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so the audience was free to stay as long as they wanted to continue dancing. The lights were dimmed as some couples took the ﬂoor as the night rolled on. Rodrigo and Wendy Jimenez have been very active in the Hispanic community, promoting Latin American dancing and spreading it around to a wide variety of people. Their goal is to bring down stereotypes and misconceptions people have about Hispanics and show them a new side to their culture. For National Hispanic Heritage Month, try out some Latin American dancing to see what it’s all about. You don’t have to stay committed to a weekly schedule, but open your eyes to the diﬀerent opportunities they may be around you. The next time the Jimenezes come back to Winthrop for another Latin Dance and Cultural Experience, bring a friend and embrace Hispanic culture.

Adams also showed pictures of paintings that Debussy drew inspiration from for his music, such as the famous Japanese woodblock print by Hokusai, “The Wave,” for his piece called “La Mer” meaning “the sea.” The music Adams played was very relaxing. Debussy composed during the Romantic era of music, making very expressive works.

Adams’ fingers seemed to glide over the keys as he played difficult rifts, after which he would lift his fingers completely off the keys into the air in a dramatic fashion. He finished the concert with what is arguably considered Debussy’s greatest work, “Clair de Lune,” receiving great applause from the audience when he bowed towards them. Adams showcased Debussy’s life from childhood to death, not only playing his music, but educating the audience on his life. It’s not every day when you go to a concert and have the performer impwzart knowledge about the composer of the music he or she is going to play.

September 18, 2014

The swing of things By Frances Parrish parrishf@mytjnow.com

The Swing Dancing Club oﬀers students a chance to learn new dance moves. It started with a dare from Morgan Armstrong’s friends in high school to go swing dancing. “I had never been dancing before in my life,” Armstrong said. After that night, Armstrong, a current sophomore chemistry major, was hooked on swing

dancing. Emily Gill, a sophomore mass communication major, also fell in love with swing dancing. For the rest of their senior years, Gill and Armstrong took swing dancing lessons at the same place in Greenville, but they ﬁnally met at Convocation their freshman year. Realizing their connection, they decided to start a swing dancing club on Winthrop’s campus. Swing dancing in Charlotte was inconvenient for Gill and Armstrong, “so we thought why not start a club at Winthrop,” Gill said. They began the process just two weeks after school started last year and by October, they were an oﬃcial club. Now Gill is president and Armstrong is vice president. One of Gill’s favorite dances is Mary’s Wedding. It is a line dance where partners dance in a double lined circle around the room. Her favorite swing dancing move is an aerial.

“Aerials are the best!” Gill said. She enjoys doing the can opener. She explained one move as the princess dip, a simple aerial where the girl swings on the guy’s right hip. But not all aerials go according to plan. “I’ve fallen a lot,” Gill said. Gill said that height matters a lot in aerials, and it’s important for the partners to be proportionate with each other. “A lot of people are scared to do aerials, because they are scared to be dropped, but I love it,” Gill said. Gill and Armstrong teach the basic moves to students and hope to teach Frances Parrish / The Johnsonian more intermediate level Morgan Armstrong and Emily Gill demonstrate a swing dancing aerial. to the regularly returning students. A year later, they continue The club will be hosting They teach a lesson to hold events and swing a Halloween party and a covering basics and then dancing classes for students. masquerade ball during the after the lesson, students Armstrong hopes to year. can practice those moves on keep attendance up at the The next meeting dance the dance ﬂoor. session will be Oct. 3, at 7 “It just became my release meetings throughout the semester. p.m. in the West Center 206. for me,” Gill said.

Winthrop celebrates 50th anniversary of its integration with new art galleries Artistic presentations about racial tension, stereotypes, identity and cultural differences still present in today’s society

By Deborah Crocker crockerd@mytjnow.com Winthrop will open two new art galleries to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the school’s racial integration on Sept. 29. The season will run from Sept. 29 to Nov. 14 in the Rutledge and Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick galleries, with sculpture and photography pieces from artist Michaela Brown and Question Bridge: Black Males. The galleries are free

cultural events and open to the public. Michaela Brown’s exhibit will focus on cultural beauty hierarchies, along with feminine beauty stereotypes and how race, gender and history play into them. Her most recent work features her idea of home as both a physical place of dwelling and an intangible place for memories. In the past, Brown’s work has been described as provocative due to the mature nature of her art. Brown also received the

2014 Artists’ Ventures Initiative from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Michaela is also scheduled to give an artist talk Monday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. in 119 Rutledge Building. The content for this exhibition is for mature audiences. Question Bridge: Black Males is a transmedia art project focused on representing and redeﬁning the black male identity in America. Artists Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Kamal Sinclair and Bayete Ross

Smith have collected more than 1,500 question and answer videos from over 150 men throughout the country. The media project has been exhibited at over 30 museums, festivals and institutions, and Winthrop will be one of six institutions participating in the project this fall. Winthrop students and the surrounding community will also have an opportunity to connect with a wider audience, engaging the Question Bridge project’s

interactive platforms. “The exhibition Question Bridge: Black Males’ and the work by Michaela Pilar Brown provides an exciting opportunity for the Winthrop campus and surrounding community to continue an important conversation about what still faces today’s society in terms of racial and gender equality issues 50 years after the ﬁrst African-American student entered Winthrop,” said Karen Derksen, galleries director.

International students take to the virtual gridiron

study,” Jenny said. “We want to know, to what extent, you can learn American football by playing ‘Madden,’” he said. Some Winthrop international students are part 18 participants showed up to play as they all of new research being done by the department gathered for the first session of games at the of physical education, sport and human DiGiorgio Campus Center. performance. The group will meet twice a week for the next The research, being led by Seth Jenny, four weeks, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ph.D., looks into how students from other Subjects’ countries of origin ranged from all countries learn about American culture through over the globe, including France, China Australia, unconventional methods, in this case, learning Saudi Arabia, Norway and Puerto Rico, among American football by playing the popular others. “Madden NFL” franchise. Multiple game stations were set up for the “When I interacted and talked with them study, and both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One [participants in the study], they said that they platforms were used. knew nothing about American football, which Those who participated also took a pre-test is why they were the target population for this before playing the game and will be tested again on what they have learned near the end of the study. “The main areas we were looking at [during the pre-test] were NFL football rules, positions, terminology, field layout and official signals,” Jenny said. The study contains 36 participants in total, with a control group not doing the gaming sessions in order to get comparative results. One of the biggest challenges for Jenny and his assistants was actually finding students interested enough to want to participate. “It started out a little bit rough,” said graduate assistant Candice Cobb. “Just Michael Owens / The Johnsonian doing the leg work and trying to go to By Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com

meetings where international students would be. So it was trying to track people down, calling them, emailing them, but then we were able to get a fairly good number.” The team did eventually get a solid number of subjects, thanks in part to speaking at the International Center, going to events such as Causal Friday and even the incentive of an iPad Mini giveaway to a randomly selected participant. As for the subjects themselves, they seemed to have fun being part of the project, even if they had little to no prior knowledge of the game. “I had no idea what I was doing,” said Georgina Hyett, a native of Australia who played against the computer rather than a human opponent. “I felt like if I was playing bad, there was no real person winning against me, so it was fun,” she said. Meanwhile, business major Othman Aldakheel, a native of Saudi Arabia, did play against a human opponent, and said that this study helped open up his interest of the sport. “One day I went to Buﬀalo Wild Wings and they had this game on and everybody was so excited about this game and I had no clue what was going on. I was clapping with people and I had no idea what was going on.” Aldakheel also added he has experience with video games and said he is a big fan of the annual “FIFA” soccer games. Jenny said that this study is being conducted alongside a counterpart at the University of New Mexico and says that the results of both studies will be combined once they come in.

 ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS CALENDAR 

Sept 18 G

Mixed Media Drawing III Lewandowski Student Gallery 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Cultural Club General Meeting DiGiorgio Campus Center 222 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2 Ring Circus Tillman Auditorium 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; &5 w/ ID; $10 w/o ID; FREE w/ Fall Pass

Sept 19 G