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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,...

What Makes People Interested in Fashion?

17Apr

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What Makes People Interested in Fashion?

Online Only Article By Lanie Cauthen Fashion is an important part of today’s world– grabbing the attention of Winthrop University students for a variety of reasons. “Well, the fashion industry is about people,” Cognitive psychologist Carolyn Mair said in “Speaking of Psychology: Psychology of fashion” – a podcast with the American Psychological Association. “It employs millions worldwide and everyone wears clothes. Clothes are the closest thing to our bodies, they're our second skin.” According to Uniform Market, the global apparel market accounted for 1...

The 62nd Anthology Showcase; The Power of Poetry and Prose at Winthrop University

17Apr

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The 62nd Anthology Showcase; The Power of Poetry and Prose at Winthrop University

Byline: Meghan Miglorie, Staff-Writer On Thursday April 10th, I had the privilege of reading one of my personal poems, “My Mother Was Once Nineteen-” at The Anthology Showcase hosted in Dina’s Place. The Anthology is Winthrop’s only literary journal other than The Patchwork Soup, a literary society run by Winthrop Professor of English, Dustin Hoffman. For 62 years, The Anthology has recognized the talented writers and artists on campus. Editor-in-Chief Gwen Pregnall and Professor of English Amy Bagwell worked tirelessly to prepare the event and acknowledge the talented students. Naziah Foster, the graphic designer for The Anthology, beautifully laid out this year’s edition. The Anthology showcased visual art featured in the edition and provided free copies to students and staff after...

Winthrop Fashion Club Challenges “Corporate Americana”

17Apr

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Winthrop Fashion Club Challenges “Corporate Americana”

By Lanie Cauthen Pinstripes and graphic t-shirts lined the runway at “Corporate Americana” – a fashion show from Winthrop’s Fashion Club. The event, held on March 13 in Rutledge Gallery, celebrated Black culture by defying the fashion of the American workplace. The pieces worn by the models were styled by Winthrop senior Carrie Vaughn. “In corporate America, I think of standards,” Vaughn said. “I think of norms. I think of boundaries. I think of hatred against creativity, against who we are as people, against individualis...

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...