The Great Tate

Winthrop Sanitary Issues Tate Walden 9/7/19 Fall 2019, began as usual with a new class of freshman. Class of 2023 is amongst the largest class compared to its previous years with the total of students being around 1100. With the boy to girl ratio being 60 to 40 as opposed to its usual 70 to 30, class of 2023 had high hopes. However, problems in the residence halls of the freshman class became the talk. Margret Nance is one of the two all girls Residence Halls on campus. A student found human waste in one of the shower terminals and reported it to her RA late August. The staff decided to discuss things in a floor meeting to address this situation. However, the incident spread across social media and became a campus wide joke. Margret Nance Residence Assistant Muntaria Blanding said that the matter of social media was talked about in a staff meeting. "We are trying to make a community and you're just making fun of our residence halls and we really try hard to make these...

Sunset Yoga Walden 9/9/19 Winthrop DSU hosted a sunset yoga event to help students unwind while watching the sun fall to usher in the new semester. The event was held on campus green on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and was open to all who wished to unwind as the sunset fell. Ticket prices were $5 for students, faculty and staff, $7 for locals of the Rock Hill area and free for anyone who purchased a DSU Pass. Students joined Cherilyn Heinz, certified yoga instructor, on campus green. The grass was nearly completely covered in the yoga mats of the attendees and DSU provided free water to those of attendence. Photographer Kevin Seabrook said, "The people were very focussed while the instructor spoke and it was really cool, honestly I was surprised at how many people were out there. I didn't expect Winthrop students to be interested in yoga as mush as they were." Cherilyn began with soothing words to help the participants calm down and reassured them to breathe to rest their...

Rock Hill city council votes to offer free youth health club memberships to children ages 8 to 15 in order to combat child obesity. A Rock Hill police officer dies after being struck by lightning while directing traffic, even after the attempts of a Winthrop University student performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. According to The National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C, 90% of all heart attacks have one or more classic risk factors. 3 high school students injured in car accident after rolling over a Jeep Wrangler. Authorities the driver had just gotten her license. An incident last month in which a student brought a loaded handgun on school property inspires Gary Hubard, superintendent of schools, to announce the "Tattle-Tale Program" to prevent future incidents. Studies show that 1 in 37 adult Americans was or had been imprisoned at one time The immense heat levels kill 3 elderly adults in the downtown area, authorities encourage locals to stay indo...

A house and its contents were lost in a fire whilst the owners Christina Shattuck, 43, and Dennis Shattuck, 45, were away on shopping trip with their three children.  An armed student made way on school grounds on Friday and parents demand to know why they were uniformed. Gregg Hubbard, Superintendent of Schools, addressed the incident in a meeting held Tuesday night.