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Issue 6 September 26, 2013

WINTHROP UNIVERSITY

WU cleansweeps Lake Wylie see SCIENCE & TECH pg. 5

NEWS

Scubadiving professor dives into Winthrop work By Brittany Rauch Special to The Johnsonian

Get the 411 on meal plans in Thomson see OPINION pg. 6

WU peaces out internationally see NEWS pg. 3

ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA

Winthrop University’s new faculty member has taken to his co-workers and students like a scuba diver takes to water. Dr. Scot Rademaker, or “Dr. Rad,� as he likes his students to call him, joined the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Before coming to Winthrop, Rademaker applied to universities across the nation. From New York

to California, Dr. Rademaker traveled all the way to Winthrop in as student-oriented as he preferred. After earning his bachelor’s degree in school psychology from Miami University (Ohio), he went on to obtain his master’s degree from Barry

University in Fla. Rademaker completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern Florida. Rademaker

Scot Rademaker

Assistant Professor in Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy

in what he claimed that his professor’s deemed “record time.� After earning his bachelor’s degree, he worked for a short time as a wine salesman in

SPORTS

Lady Eagles secure two wins at home court tournament

California. Rademaker explained that his extreme dislike of the job led him to believe that he needed to go back to school. He met his wife, Sandra Gonzalez, a Spanish specialist teacher, in graduate school. As his education progressed, Rademaker went from being a student, to a school psychology intern, to a graduate assistant to a teacher’s assistant.

see PROFESSOR pg. 8 SPORTS

Eagles remain undefeated on the field

By Emily Goodman goodmane@mytjnow.com

Winthrop men’s soccer team remains undefeated at home after a 6-0 win over Brevard College last Thursday. play, the Winthrop Eagles put three points on the board. Senior Adam season. Senior forward Achille Obougou made it 2-0 with an assist from Josh Choice. As Obougou advanced for the ball, he beat out the Brevard College goalie for his third goal of the season.

SCIENCE & TECH

Senior bio major captures prestigious award By Casey White whitec@mytjnow.com

the season within the ninth minute. An assist from Max Hasenstab fed the ball over to Barnes who then shot the ball into the goal, giving the

Lady Eagles celebrate their win on their home court. 1IPUP CZ $BSPMZO 3FOJYY t 4QFDJBM UP 5IF +PIOTPOJBO By Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com

Each year, the American Society of Microbiology awards the Raymond W. Sarber Award to a student who demonstrates potential and excellence in research. This year, senior biology major Kara Hardwick was the only undergraduate student in the nation to receive the award. In order to be considered for the award, Hardwick had to be nominated by a member of the American Society of Microbiology. Her nomination came from Dr. Victoria Frost with two support nominations from Dr. Matthew Heard and Dr. Heather EvansAnderson. After receiving the nomination, application and write a personal statement about the research she has done. From there, the ASM looked over all of the nominations from across the country and selected the winners. Hardwick will take a trip to Boston in May 2014 for the annual American Society of Microbiology meeting to be honored for winning the award. Winning the award comes with a $2,000 prize, which she was excited about.

see AWARD pg. 5

the middle and towards the end of the set before the Wildcats clawed their way back with two four-point rallies.

The Winthrop Lady Eagles volleyball team won two out of their three matches of the Winthrop Invitational tournament last weekend. The team took a Friday night match-up against Bethune-Cookman before losing a Saturday afternoon match against UNC-Wilmington and bouncing back later that evening against The Citadel. Winthrop played in the second game of the tournament Friday night, as they swept a Bethune-Cookman team that had only one win prior to the tournament. The Lady Eagles swept the match (25-21, 25-21, 25teams go back and forth, as both teams managed to score more than four points in each rally. The second saw more of the same, with Winthrop pulling away in

more rallies from both sides, the largest of which being sophomore Rachel Lenz. Bethune-Cookman, with Alina Sopizhuk and Irene Ojukwu leading the team in kills with 14 and 12, reassists, and freshman libero Maria Volstad led with 12 digs in the match. The Lady Eagles then faced their toughest test of the beaten the likes of UNC-Asheville and Western Carolina. see VOLLEYBALL pg. 7

Comstock walks on sunshine at WU By Sara Workman workmans@mytjnow.com Earlier this week, President Comstock addressed eight topics that stemmed directly from her opening by telling the audience she feels like she is “walking on sunshine� and is proud of everything Winthrop is doing. Over the course of three town hall

style meetings, Comstock opened the students to discuss their thoughts on moving forward as a university. Comstock was quick to mention that discussion regarding a football program at Winthrop will be paused until more information can be gathprogram will have at the institution other than the large expense. Comstock also mentioned that Winthrop

will aquire data from other schools with new football programs to use as a reference tool. Access and enrollment: Comstock said that it is important for Winthrop to focus on increasing both traditional and post-traditional populations. The audience agreed that raising awareness of Winthrop University is vital.

see MEETING pg. 4

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Hasenstab gave the Eagles a 4-0 advantage at the end of the half. In the second half, Winthrop had two more goals as freshman Jose Mencia and sophomore Max DavidNick Nova passed to Mencia as he bent the ball around a Brevard College defender and goalie into the goal from several yards out. The last score of the night came from Davidson as Choice passed behind the Brevard defense to Sean Comer. Comer then passed to Davidson, who was in front of the goal and shot it in from six yard away. the game with 21 shots taken while shots taken. The Eagles advanced to a 5-0-1 season (W-L-T) and have won their seventh home opener game. The next home game is Oct. 1 with a 7

The men’s soccer team gathers on the field before their match against Brevard. Photo by $BSPMZO 3FOOJY t 4QFDJBM UP 5IF +PIOTP nian


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