I met my husband (Roger "Lane" Lovegrove) on the front steps of Dinkins in February 1996 at a fraternity cookout. We were both sophomores. After sharing a few shy smiles, he asked for my phone number so we could "get together for coffee sometime." I thought that he looked a lot like John Cusack, so I figured I would give him a chance.
Habitat for Humanity, a relatively new program at Winthrop, was founded in 2007 and works to raise awareness about poverty housing and to build homes for the less fortunate. Nadine Riffel is the advocacy and education chair for the organization. She's been involved since it was brought to the university.
Psychology club holds first meeting The Psychology Club will hold its first meeting of the semester 5 p.m. Feb. 12 in Kinard 115. Non-psychology majors are also welcome. Progressive students get together The Progressive Student Network will meet 9 p.
2/8 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE A 19-year-old student was arrested for a DUI after police stopped him for a three-point turn he'd made in front of Wofford. While making the turn, the student hit the curb and sped off, spinning his tires. Police stopped him, and the student said he'd hit the curb because other vehicles were honking at him to turn around.
Juicy Campus, the Web site that launched thousands of slanders, shut down last week due to decreased revenues. Matt Ivester, the creator of Juicy Campus, said the site became more popular than he had ever expected in an open letter to the press. On the site, students at university students could post comments about other university students with 100 percent anonymity.
Charges have been dropped against a man implicated in an assault last year on a Winthrop student, according to the 16th Circuit Public Defender's Office and The Rock Hill Herald. Loyd Alan Price, 51 of Rock Hill, was charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in March of 2008.
ore databases, such as Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier, by later this year if the state legislature continues to cut funding for PASCAL. PASCAL (Partnerships Across South Carolina Academic Libraries) connects 57 higher education libraries' and the state library's resources to provide access to numerous databases.
Mark Hamilton was all set to represent the state in an art exhibit at the University of South Carolina in January 2008. The associate arts professor sent in information about himself to Winthrop's University Relations so that they could run a story on the exhibit.
Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of human evolution, had a sponge between his ears: He was able to soak up an enormous amount of details and information. At a meeting last Thursday sponsored by WOOF (Winthrop Organization of Freethinkers), biology professor Bill Rogers lectured on the importance of Darwin and his theory of evolution in honor of the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth on Feb.
None eat meat; some do not ingest milk, eggs or cheese or wear wool. The newly formed Winthrop Vegetarian Society is a group of students determined to "break the stereotype" of vegetarians, said Sarah Ruth Hoffman, senior human nutrition major and the society's initiator and treasurer.
The West Center became the first environmentally friendly building on campus in August 2007. The 137,000-square-foot building serves as a reminder that Winthrop is going "green." For the past 16 years, the university has implemented eco-friendly construction that uses technology within buildings and ultimately conserves energy.
On his birthday, Dihn Son from Vietnam used to spend the night talking to his mom. But this year when he turned a year older in October, he was halfway around the world from her. "I really missed her on my birthday," the freshman computer science major said.
Amanda Jackson works in an area where the top priority at the kindergarten is a fence to keep the children from wandering off. Jackson, a Winthrop graduate, joined the Peace Corps in 2007 and now serves in a village in Mali called M'bepossa. Inhabitants of the village have no electricity or running water, Jackson said.
Young Indian couples sit by a lake every Valentine's Day in Yashwant Pulumati's home city of Hyderabad, India. But these couples can't enjoy their time together peacefully. Hindu extremist groups attack pairs who show their affection in public. It happens in his city every year, said Pulumati, a freshman business finance major.
