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Former General Counsel Todd Hagins Files EEOC Complaint Against Winthrop University Alleging Discrimination and Retaliation

6May

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Former General Counsel Todd Hagins Files EEOC Complaint Against Winthrop University Alleging Discrimination and Retaliation

By: Ravyn Rhodes, Managing Editor and Sera Crookes, Guest Writer Todd Hagins, former general counsel of Winthrop University, announced Monday in a press release issued by Hagins’ law firm that he has issued a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against Winthrop University. Hagins joined Winthrop University’s Office of the President as the university’s general counsel on Feb. 16, 2023. Before his time at Winthrop, Hagins served as the director of compliance with the University of South Carolina, an adjunct professor at the USC School of Law, director of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s general counsel and federal prosecutor. “This is not about whether something like DEI should exist in 2025, but whether Winthrop protects blatant racism,...

Headline: CSL loses authority over chartering new organizations over Winthrop Students for Life

17Apr

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Headline: CSL loses authority over chartering new organizations over Winthrop Students for Life

Byline: Chase Duncan, Guest Writer The Winthrop Council of Student Leaders (CSL)has lost its authority to charter new student organizations after it denied chartering to a Winthrop chapter of the pro-life advocacy organization Students for Life America (SFLA), following an unanimously approved resolution by the Board of Trustees. Winthrop President Edward Serna announced in a campuswide email message sent out on April 7 that after looking into CSL’s review process for multiple new student organizations, including the denied charter request from SFLA, he rescinded the denial of WSFL on February 17, 2025. The email included a link to the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees that removed chartering privileges from CSL. “On April 4, 2025, the Board of Trustees una...

Rock Hill Socialist Activist Banned From WU Campus for Life for Graffiti Vandalism

17Apr

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Rock Hill Socialist Activist Banned From WU Campus for Life for Graffiti Vandalism

Howard “Buddy” Beck was indefinitely trespassed for placing a sticker on a parking sign in front of Tillman Hall Byline: Chase Duncan, Guest Writer Rock Hill socialist community activist Howard “Buddy” Beck has been trespassed indefinitely from Winthrop’s campus after being charged with graffiti vandalism for placing a sticker on parking signs in front of Tillman Hall. Many students at Winthrop might not recognize him by name, but Beck has been a familiar face at Winthrop for the past several years as a tabling vendor inside the DiGiorgio Campus Center, where he would sell Marxist literature and merchandise to students. He also served as a third-party advisor to the now-defunct WU Socialist Student Union. Beck said he was protesting the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil on Oa...

South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act

28Mar

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South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act

Abortion and Miscarriage Could Classify as Homicide Under Proposed SC Bill 3537 The Prenatal Equal Protection Act is a currently pending bill in the South Carolina House, and is in the Committee on Judiciary. This bill, if passed, will redefine “person” to include unborn children. This would mean that if a pregnant person intentionally or unintentionally ended their pregnancy they could be charged with homicide. It would also be changed so unborn children would be protected under assault charges as well. Miscarriages, according to the National Institute of Health, occur in 15-20 percent of pregnancies clinically recognized. A miscarriage is considered an unexpected ending of a pregnancy within the first 20 weeks of gestation. Miscarriages can happen for ma...

28Mar

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Trump’s Parade of Executive Orders

: Byline: Meghan Miglorie, Staff-Writer 47th President Donald Trump continues his parade of executive orders, creating a poignant impact on American Society. From orders that restrict Americans from expressing themselves fully, to orders that shatter America’s ideals of representing a diverse population, Trump is not afraid to impose ideologies that negatively impact the majority of the United States. On January 20, 2025, multiple unprecedented orders were implemented, beginning with an Immigration policy titled, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” This policy states that a person will lose their U.S. citizenship if, at the time of their birth, their mother was either in the U.S. illegally or on a temporary visa, and their father was not a U.S. c...