A recent suicide attempt on campus leaves Winthrop with eight to 12 suicide attempts or serious threats this semester alone, a range that is not uncommon, said Bethany Marlowe, dean of students. "It's about depression, feeling hopeless, the feeling of things piling up and falling apart," Marlowe said.
Students without cars are no longer confined to bumming rides off friends. Council of Student Leaders is working with Carolinas Cab Company to offer affordable transportation to students without cars. The Council recently recognized students' needs for transportation and created a committee addressing the issue.
Students who live on the Winthrop campus can feel a little safer this year thanks to sprinkler systems installed in campus residence halls. The university is one of the first of South Carolina's higher education institutions with older residence halls to have all of its dorms equipped with sprinklers, said Walter Hardin, Winthrop associate vice president for facilities and management.
Picture war veterans as battle-scarred, war-battered, rambling-on old men? Then take a look at Melissa Knudstrup, a philosophy major at Winthrop. You might be pretty surprised. She keeps an unexpected secret, well barred behind her fierce and challenging green eyes.
Every morning, Brady Darity performs the usual "get ready for class" tasks. He brushes his teeth like every other student. He puts on clothes like every other student. He grabs his book bag and heads for class, like every other student. But there is one thing he does differently from a typical student: he picks up his fourth generation iPod with 20 gigabytes of space, sticks it into his Logitech mm50 speakers and perches the set on his shoulder, blasting his music for all of campus to hear.
Ask any Winthrop alum and they'll probably tell you, the campus changes every minute. Look out for the school's new official logo, unveiled at a recent board meeting, intended to give the campus some consistency with its changes. The logo will show up soon among the new West Center outdoor seating area, pedestrian walkways, awnings, banners and memorabilia at the Bookworm.
Here's a recap of this year's most ridiculous incidents, voted "Best of" by The Johnsonian staff. We'd like to thank all of our award-winning suspects for keeping readership high each week. 11/19 Vandalism of property JOHNSON HALL After parking his car in the Johnson Hall parking lot, a male student returned to find trash on the windshield.
