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THURSDAY September 1, 2011 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY Issue 2

No salary raise for DiGiorgio, trend of past three years.See News, page 4

Unique major explains science to the general population.See S & T, page 6

SPORTS

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NEWS

See EAGLES page 10

See WORK page 3

Lack of funding reduces Work-Study grants available to eligible students

Work Study Woes

On-campus jobs, such as office assistants, computer lab monitors and library assistants are available to students participating in the Federal Work-Study program. Angel Carswell, junior psychology and sociology major, works part-time at Dacus library as part of her Work-Study employment. Photo by Aimee Harman • [email protected]

Federal Work-Study Program funds will not be able to support all eligible students this year, Leah St-urgis, director of financial aid, said.An increase in student population has increased the demand for funds from the Work-Study Program at Winthrop, Sturgis said.

More than 3,000 schools, includ-ing Winthrop, participate in the Work-Study program, she said.

Work-Study is a federal govern-ment program that provides funds to universities to help students pay for college through part-time student employment, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s website.The U.S. Department of Education calculates the level of funding for each school, Sturgis said.

“(The funds are) contingent upon the total amount of federal funds

appropriated for each campus-based program in the annual federal budget process,” she said.

“Work-Study is considered cam-pus-based funding, which means limited federal funding is provided to each school, and the school determines the manner in which it will award those funds.”

Since the amount of funding to support campus-based programs varies from year-to-year and school-to-school, the university’s financial aid office has to figure out each year how to award the funds equitably based on the amount of funding and the number of qualified applicants the school has, Sturgis said.

If the same number of Pell Grant-eligible students enroll this aca-demic year as last year, the amount required to provide just these students with an annual award of $1,200 in federal Work-Study funds would be $2.4 million, Sturgis said.

“Our average annual allocation from the federal government is less than 10 percent of that amount,” she said.

Winthrop has been allocated $220,000 per year in federal Work-Study funds over the past five years, Sturgis said.

Work-Study is available, not only to Pell-Grant recipients, but to all eligible students with ‘unmet finan-cial need,’ she said.

“Even more federal Work-Study funding would be needed to award students who do not qualify for a Pell grant, but who are otherwise eligible for Work-Study funds,” St-urgis said. “(This is) at a time when Congress is reducing, not increas-ing, spending across the board.”

Since funding is limited, and due to the economy and growth in stu-dent population, Winthrop has had to reserve campus-based federal

AMANDA PHIPPS

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What’s with the musical frog statues in front of DIGS?See A & E, page 8

Winning start for Eagles’ soccer teams

The month of August ended brightly for both Winthrop’s men’s and women’s soccer programs with convincing victories against Brevard and Georgia Southern (3-1), respectively.

After an undefeated preseason, the Lady Eagles made no lineup changes last Friday against their foes from Statesboro, GA. Despite the teams’ last matchup in 2008 ending in a 1-0 loss for Winthrop at Eagle Field, Coach Spencer Smith’s squad came out strong in the early stages.

Freshman phenom Krystyna Freda came close in the 11th minute after midfielder Kylene Babauta slipped her a pass into the penalty box, while early pressure led to four Winthrop corner kicks in the first half alone.

Trouble arose four minutes later when left-back Kjersti Traaen went down under no contact after her right iliotibial (IT) band tightened up.

“That’s never good when that happens,” Smith said. “But I think [Devin] Puckett was a good replacement for her. We’ll have to see about

DAVID THACKHAM

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Kambrell Garvin is a busy man these days.

Only a few minutes into a scheduled interview with his visitor, the junior political science major ignored text messages, put off phone calls and explained that he had an-other scheduled interview in almost an hour.

Classes in the morn-ing and meetings in the evening make a typical week for Garvin, with office hours sprinkled in between.

When he’s not in his

office or meeting with ad-ministrators, he’s appear-ing before the university’s board of trustees, talking with students across cam-pus or facilitating Council of Student Leaders (CSL) meetings.

Then there’s social interaction with friends, community service with his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, membership with Winthrop’s NAACP (National Association for the Association of Colored People) chapter and 15 semester hours.

Then again, what can one expect from Garvin, who this semester steps

into a role that places him at the lead of 7,000-plus students.

What could be de-scribed as a decade-in-waiting came to fruition last semester when 832 students voted in the first democratic student-wide election in 10 years.

By a 71-vote margin, Garvin was elected as the chair of CSL—Winthrop’s student body president—with his running mate, junior integrated market-ing communication major Kaitlin Sapp, winning the bid for vice-president.

Campus wide elections originally ceased in 2001

when a lack of student involvement led univer-sity leaders to disband the democratic election process.

Instead, in-house members of CSL voted on their chair and vice-chair, who in effect served as the student body president and vice president respec-tively.

Until recently, student interest and involvement in CSL was sparse, with weekly meetings being attended only if certain controversial issues—like a proposed smoking ban

Elected student leader promises democracy, ‘communication’JONATHAN MCFADDEN

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Elected in April 2011, Kambrell Garvin, junior po-litical sci-ence major, is the first democrati-cally elected student body president in a decade. Photo by Aimee Har-man • [email protected]

Nappy Roots, the R&B quintet who had the best selling hip-hop album of 2002, “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz,” which featured many popular hits including “Awnaw” and “Po’ Folks,” brought their urban, soulful act to Winthrop on Friday, Aug. 26.

According to Callie Boyer, Contemporary Music Chair for the DiGiorgio Student Union (DSU), the organization responsible for bringing Nappy Roots to campus, the show was slated to begin at 8 pm but was slightly delayed because of the steady flow of people trying to get in.

The show opened up with comedian Dean Ed-wards doing just over an hour of comedy. “He was hilarious and everyone loved him,” said Boyer.

Around 9:05 pm, Nappy Roots’ manager, Dre’ Jackson, came out to get everyone hyped, and the

R&B group rocks Winthrop

JOSHUA JOHNSON

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See ROOTS page 8

By Jonathan [email protected]

Six million or more pieces of Winthrop history moving off campus won’t be the only shift rocking Dacus Library in coming months.

In addition to relocating reference ma-terials online or in compact shelving, and offering a textbook reserve system, library staff hope to soon give students 24/7 ac-cess to the library’s facilities, in addition to:• A new paint job• ‘Techno-booths’ allowing users to

plug their mobile devices to interac-tive screens

• Group study rooms• A circulation commons that elimi-

nates the current circulation and reference desks

• And, maybe a cafe’.The changes stem from ideas submit-

ted by students, who library staff surveyed last semester about the top five changes they’d like to see at the library, said Mark Herring, dean of library services.

“…Those are the top five the library is doing,” he said.

But before students can start sipping Mochas while reading Tolstoy, the library’s staff will have to complete another major project, one that includes packing up 1,600 crates of manuscripts and artifacts and moving them from the library’s basement to their new home on Cherry Road.

Beginning last spring, library staff began the process of relocating all of Winthrop’s Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections to its newest location—the old Bookworm building on Cherry Road.

Though he wanted the entire process to be completed by the onset of fall semester, Herring said the new archives hub should be up and running by mid or late October.

To prep the archives’ new home, the building has to undergo extensive remodeling to make room for the comprehensive collection, Herring said. Some of that remodeling includes ordering custom-made air con-ditioning units, which will preserve the integrity of all artifacts at a set temperature.

Currently, the archives occupy space in Dacus’ base-ment, as well as various storage spaces in the library.

Once the move is made, the library plans to bolster its archives collection and collaborate with local clubs, organizations and newspapers to begin a digitalization process that will make the archives available online, Herring said.

The library also wants to digitize microfilm pieces, some of which are fading in certain spots and are inac-

cessible for people to examine.“I think people would be very, very surprised at some

of the things we have in our archives,” Herring said. “We have one of a kind artifacts, but we also have quite a number of rare books, some of which are worth thou-sands of dollars.”

Books on reserve Concerned about the rising costs of textbooks, the

library applied for and received a special grant enabling them to purchase textbooks for “big” classes, such as Human Experience 102 and certain survey classes, Herring said.

Only books for classes with 65 students or more are immediately available, Herring said.

“If we tried to purchase every book for every class, it would cost more than $20,000 and we just didn’t have that kind of money,” Herring said.

That doesn’t moot the possibility that books for classes with fewer than 65 students will be available sometime soon.

Library staff members have asked any faculty who receive review copies of textbooks from publishers to donate them to the library, Herring said.

All textbooks on reserve are on a “first come, first serve” basis, Herring said, and can be checked out for a total of three hours.

Students should go to the Dacus Library webpage, click on Course Reserves and type in the class name or professor’s name to gain ac-

cess to the reserve material. Academia on demand The days of trekking to the li-

brary for books may soon come to an end.

With Ebrary, students can access over 70,000 academic books that are electronically delivered and can be read on almost any mobile device with Internet access.

Some perks include “no boxes to open” and no late fines, Her-ring said.

The library is also using “Demand Driven Acquisition,” a process that allows library staff to monitor electronically offered materials and discern which ones are in high demand.

If a student or faculty mem-ber searches a certain book for less than 10 minutes, there is no charge to the library, Herring said.

“That means going in, clicking on them and reading them for

10 minutes,” he said.If the click, search and read process occurs two more

times, the library will buy the book.“So now we’ll be buying the materials people use in-

stead of guessing what people might use,” he said. “This could create a tremendous savings for us.”

There is a downside.“You can’t hold the book in your hand,” Herring said.

“You can’t smell the paper.”Winthrop’s Board of Trustees voted on Aug. 22 to

issue $2.6 million in bonds for maintenance projects, $900,000 of that money going to library upgrades.

THURSDAYSeptember 1, 2011

JONATHAN MCFADDENNews Editor

[email protected] AMANDA PHIPPS

Assistant News [email protected]

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Big changes on tap at DacusTextbooks on reserve, new iPads, Ebrary tech now available

Library tech treats: • 20 new laptops provided

by a grant• 8 new iPads added to

the other two• 70,000 academic titles

for grabs on Ebrary

Part of the shift in Dacus included library staff either making some reference materials available online or placing them in compact shelving. Photo by Aimee Harman • [email protected]

CSL members: College ID sufficient for student voteBy Jonathan [email protected]

By a 20-1 vote, members of the Council of Student Leaders approved on Monday a resolution voicing their opposition to a law requiring South Carolina residents to present a photo ID at the polls before casting their vote.

That same voter ID bill will exclude col-lege and other student IDs as valid forms of identification, the resolution says.

The issue, which sent S.C. Republicans and Democrats into major quarrels in the last two years, is currently sparking debate among legislators and advocacy groups in the state’s capitol, where law-makers are waiting for the U.S. Justice Department to give its yea or nay on the bill.

Set to arrive at the York County Leg-islative Delegation and the U.S. Justice Department by the week’s end, CSL’s resolution says that the bill:

• Adds unnecessary hurdles in the way of college students who should be encouraged to vote

• May potentially encourage stu-dent apathy in the election process

The resolution also calls for the state to consider college and other student IDs as valid voting IDs and for the U.S. Justice Department to thoroughly review the bill to ensure fairness among all groups.

Currently, voters only have to display their voter registration card, which is devoid of a photo, to cast their ballot.

If the bill is passed, voters will have to show a South Carolina driver’s license, a military ID or passport to vote. Out-of-state college students who have tempo-rary residency will not be allowed to vote at local precincts if they have no in-state identification, the resolution says.

The resolution also suggests that money used to implement the law could be better spent on funding “institutions of higher education.”

Since the issue was taken up on the Senate floor, state Republicans and Dem-

ocrats have been divided on how much enforcing the law would cost taxpayers. Supporters of the bill further claim it will eliminate voter fraud, something CSL Chair Kambrell Garvin said is as likely to happen as “being struck by lightning.”

Only one case of voter fraud has oc-curred in the last decade, taking place in Beaufort, S.C., according to the State Election Commission.

Opponents say the bill only exacerbates the state’s history of discrimination, as a number of individuals without valid photo identification are minorities, the elderly or the poor.

In May, Gov. Nikki Haley signed the bill into law, leaving the U.S. Justice Department to make the final decision by Aug. 29. But the federal agency’s of-ficials said they needed more information before deciding if the state could proceed with the law.

In recent weeks, several groups—in-cluding the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Women’s Voters of South Carolina and S.C. Democratic Caucus—have moved against the bill, openly vocal-izing their disapproval.

When Garvin presented the resolution during CSL’s first meeting Monday, some members expressed initial concerns.

Annual member Christine Counts-Davis wondered how poll workers will be able to know if people at the polls with photo ID’s are legitimate voters.

Nevertheless, she was among the num-ber in support of the resolution.

If the law wins approval from the fed-eral agency, it will go into effect Jan. 2, 2012.

CSL Briefs• DSU Board President Keyara

Donna told CSL members that a Fall & Fall movie pass combo is now available for $15.

• Several seats are currently open in CSL. Members are targeting fresh-men and transfer students. All ap-plications are due Sept. 2 by 5 p.m.

THURSDAY September 1, 2011 3

Bundling him in a blanket, she strug-gled to keep him warm and give him a chance at life.

Senior English major Stephanie Bartlett is an animal caregiver at the Forestbrook Animal Hospital in Gasto-nia, N. C.

Right before she left work on Aug. 23, a veterinary technician told her that a client was bringing in a baby squirrel. The squirrel had fallen out of a tree and had scratches on him, she said.

The hospital was short-staffed and had to call someone else to take him.

When Bartlett got the call, she had no idea how young the squirrel was.

“He was only about one-two weeks old at max,” she said. “I thought he would be bigger.”

Bartlett said the staff did not have high hopes of him pulling through, but Bartlett took him anyway.

“I wanted to give him a chance of sur-viving,” she said.

Beth Dellinger was the vet technician who OK’d the squirrel to come to the hospital . She told him, “You got lucky Homie.” That’s how the squirrel got his name, Bartlett said.

“I try to name all of (the animals) that come in,” she said.

Bartlett brought Homie to school to care for him.

“He was so small and needed heat,”

she said. “He stayed in my hand.”Bartlett said her professors were okay

with it as long as Homie was not a dis-traction.

“Most of the teachers announced that there was a squirrel in class, so no one was freaked out,” she said. “Most people also saw him before class, so they got their excitement out.”

Bartlett said she tried to keep Homie in a box, but he didn’t like it.

“He kept climbing out of it,” she said.Bartlett said she bottle-fed Homie kit-

ten food, but struggled to keep him alive at first because he wasn’t eating.

“I thought he wouldn’t make

it,” she said.Homie

finally started nursing and got to the point of eating enough for his age, Bartlett said.

Bartlett could only keep Homie for a day.

“My mother told me I couldn’t keep him,” she said.

Bartlett has had her share of experi-ence with animals. She started vol-unteering at the Forestbrook Animal Hospital at 12 years old. She worked there from 15 to 17 and then started back

when she was 19. She still works there on the weekends and during the summer, she said.

Bartlett said the hospital treats animals and then sets them loose.

“We try to get them back to their normal habitats,” she said.

The hospital has taken in everything from humming birds to crows and geese, Bartlett said. Homie was a new challenge for her.

“I’ve never taken in a squirrel before,” she said.

The hospital gave Bartlett the chance to help animals and to test her dream.

“I wanted to be a vet when I was younger,” she said. “But I passed out during surgeries.”

So she majored in English, but Bartlett has never let go of her pas-sion for animals.

“I love English,” she said, “but I love to work (at the hospital) still as well.”

Bartlett doesn’t just rescue animals; she lives with them.

She has two horses, two goats, one of

which is pregnant, three cats and a dog.This also isn’t her first run-in with an

injured animal that she had to bring to school.

Last year, Bartlett found a goat nick-named Checkers. Checkers was sold at five weeks old to a woman who had moved to a barn where Bartlett took care of horses, she said.

Checkers was half-dead from mal-nutrition when Bartlett found him, she said. He hadn’t been fed properly and was five weeks old.

“That is too soon to be taken away from his momma without bottle-feed-ing,” she said. “I wanted to give him a chance.”

Bartlett took Checkers to the vet, where he was given fluids and his condi-tion improved some.

Bartlett kept Checkers with her con-stantly for the next few days and brought him to campus for 20 min to pick up a paper, she said. When confronted by a professor who asked what she had, she replied, “Oh, it’s a goat.”

Checkers had to be with her at all times because he needed feeding, Bartlett said.

Despite everything she did, Checkers condition was too critical to help and he crashed a few days later and passed away, Bartlett said.

Though he didn’t live, Bartlett has had successful rescues at the hopsital.

Bartlett did what she could for Check-ers and learned something about herself.

“I fell in love with goats after that,” she said. “I never considered owning a goat until I met Checkers, but I got my first goat later that month.”

Homie went to stay with a receptionist at Bethel Animal Hospital in Lake Wylie, S.C., Bartlett said.

The receptionist told Bartlett Homie had eaten enough for his age and should survive falling from a tree.

“The plan is to raise Homie until he is older and can feed himself and then re-lease him back into his natural habitat,” Bartlett said.

Bartlett said that she knew Homie would either make it or not, but that she would try.

“I thought I could at least give him the best shot,” she said. “I was excited when he started eating and (the vets) told me I did everything right.”

Unfortunantly, Homie passed away a few days later.

“It was probably stemming from trau-ma of a fall at the young age,” Bartlett said.

Bartlett said that with these rescues, the animal may not always survive.

She said she felt she did everything she could to give Homie a good life.

“At least I know I gave him a chance to hang in there,” she said. “I would do it again in a hearbeat.”

By Amanda [email protected]

Baby squirrel ‘Homie’ visits Winthrop for a day

Senior English major Stephanie Bartlett kept Homie the squirrel in her hand during school on Aug. 23. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Bartlett.

I would do it again in a heartbeat. Stephanie BartlettSenior English major

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No money, no work

Graphic by Courtney Niskala • [email protected]

Bartlett found Checkers the goat half-dead last year.She cared for him, but he was too critical to survive.Photo courtesy of Stepha-nie Bartlett.

for the students in most need of it, she said.

The students who are eligible to receive Work-Study funds but haven’t this year have been put on a waiting list. Financial aid officials did not disclose how many students are on this list.

This has been a trend across the nation.

In 2003, 1,200 Univer-sity of Minnesota students lost their Work-Study jobs due to budget cuts, ac-cording to The Minnesota Daily’s website.

In 2010, the number of Work-Study jobs de-creased by 162,000 to

768,000, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s website.

Work-Study is only a small part of student em-ployment at Winthrop, Sturgis said. She said Work-Study employment

makes up 10 percent of the total student employment earnings each year. Most student employment is in-stitutionally funded by the Winthrop employment of-fice through the Winthrop budget.

Our average annual allocation from the federal government is less than 10 percent of that amount. Leah SturgisDirector of Financial Aid

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WORK • from front

or frustrations with the university’s administration—were put on the agenda.

Splinter groups, like the Winthrop Student Congress or TSA (Think! Speak! Act!), have been involved in fer-reting issues with student government, whether their approach was agreeable or not, Garvin said.

Now, CSL plans to usher in change by initiating a campaign that will publicize and actively promote CSL gatherings.

Every Monday outside of DIGS 114, a sign indicating the meeting locations and times will be posted.

Fliers will also be stationed around campus and in residence halls, encouraging students to “come on out” and “have your voice heard,” Garvin said.

And, voices will definitely be heard, Garvin said. The way history tells it, women and blacks would not “have a seat at the table” if complacency and fear robbed them of their desire to speak for change, he said.

As for Sapp, Garvin’s self-proclaimed “right-hand woman,” hard work during the summer will pay off with more attendance at CSL meetings and improved communication with the student body.

“We’re going to see people actually coming to the office, [students] coming to the meetings that aren’t generally elected members, just people coming to see what’s going on and kind of give their input,” she said.

More than that, Sapp said students can feel free to come to her or Garvin regarding any issues, big or small, if they feel uncomfortable airing concerns at open meetings.

“The most important thing is just communicating with us,” Sapp said. Promises, promises

With the election’s momentum dwindling and a new semester dawning, Garvin is readying himself to make good on his campaign promises.

For 10 days last spring, Garvin and his running mate, Sapp, canvassed on a platform promising government transparency, discerning resolutions to parking issues and lobbying state legislators regarding the consistent increase in higher education costs.

Garvin said he is currently in talks with administra-tors regarding parking, a long-standing issue on Win-throp’s campus.

Already, five students have been appointed to a Park-ing Appeals Committee meant to identify the trouble spots on campus where students receive the most tickets.

As for lobbying legislators, Garvin said he and his classmates recently discussed the loss of PELL Grants and student jobs, he said.

“I think students will see this is something we must actively get engaged in,” he said.

Keeping students involved is also paramount.“Students should continue to vote in the years to

come,” Garvin said. “This is the test year. If we don’t do what we’re supposed to do this year as a student gov-ernment, then students will get disheartened and the numbers we saw 10 years ago in lowly student partici-pation will slowly creep back up.”

In the spring, Winthrop saw an 18 percent voter turnout. Compared to other universities, which usually see eight to 9 percent voter turnout, Winthrop did well, Garvin said.

Now, students should expect to see leadership from CSL, Garvin said, and not a top-to-bottom pecking order.

“I’m the people’s president,” Garvin said. “The people put me in place and the people are who I represent.”

New alliancesGarvin’s contenders

have been busy as well. Senior political sci-

ence and economics double major Timothy Kroboth will chair a newly formed Political Action Committee.

Two main objectives for the committee include voter registration drives geared towards motivating students to get involved in the primaries and a letter-writing campaign that will garner student support on letters sent to the S.C. General Assembly and legislative lead-ers in Washington D.C., Kroboth said.

Kroboth, who this semester will also lead the College Republicans, said the committee may also collaborate with the College Democrats and College Republicans for political events, but no ideas are set in stone.

One thing Kroboth is sure of is that his activities with the College Republicans and Political Action Committee will not overlap, nor strut any particular political party bias.

“I’m not endorsing any kind of political ideology whatsoever,” Kroboth said.

Kroboth snagged 21 percent of the votes last spring.One of Garvin’s other opponents in last semester’s

election won 7 percent of the votes and siad he would be willing to stp up to the platform again if the need arises.

Cliff Totherow, senior philosophy and psychology double major, said he has been putting a “great amount of time and sweat” into training for the 2012 XTERRA off-road triathlon race series via the Active EAGLES Club.

But, if the need arises, Totherow said he’s willing to step up to the platform again.

“If Kambrell is doing an outstanding and proper job representing the Winthrop community, then I fully

encourage him to keep his momentum rolling with the following term,” he said. “However, if this is not the case, I will gladly pick up the slack to ensure that the job is being utilized to its full potential in service of all Winthrop students, faculty and staff.”

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By Jonathan [email protected]

Taking home an an-nual $157,380, President Anthony DiGiorgio—the longest serving public uni-versity president in South Carolina—will not receive a salary increase for the 2011/2012 academic year.

The decision, originally discussed by Winthrop’s Board of Trustees dur-ing a June 10 meeting, is commonplace in a rough economy and leaves the president and other state agency heads to contend without a raise for the third consecutive year in a row.

The reason why remains the same: “Budget con-straints,” said Lindsey Kremlick, public informa-tion officer with the South Carolina Budget & Control Board.

Board members are not responsible for set-ting salary levels for the president, according to a Winthrop University press release. Instead, the board’s recommendation goes to the Agency Head Salary Commission, which

may forward a salary increase recommendation to the state budget and control board.

This year, the Agency Head Salary Commission opted not to forward a salary increase recom-mendation for DiGiorgio, Kremlick said, something not granted since 2007.

Still, all was not glum for the university’s 71-year-old president.

Board members gave DiGiorgio a rating of “ex-ceeds expectations” dur-ing his formal evaluation, according to a university press release. They also prolonged his contract for another year, extending his tenure as Winthrop’s president to June 30, 2017.

DiGiorgio entered his 23rd year as Winthrop’s ninth president this aca-demic year.

Also going without a raise this year is Randall Peele, the university’s men’s basketball coach, whose name appears at the top of the list of employees at Winthrop who make over $50,000 annually.

In fact, Peele, who’s coached men’s basket-ball since 2007, makes $165,000 a year--over $7,000 more than DiGior-gio.

Board members have no influence in setting the athletic coach’s salary, said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs. Instead, the General Assembly provides state operating funds for all agency head salaries, she said.

Variables, such as the specific kind of sport, gender of the sport, ath-letic conference involved and the experience of the coaching candidate, all have to be considered and are factored into wage decisions, she said.

“For all those reasons, many collegiate coaches’ salaries in certain sports exceed that of the uni-versity chief executive,” Masters said.

Individuals who coach are more “vulnerable to review and replacement for cause in a highly com-petitive environment,” when compared to regular employees, she said.

Budget constraints, economy grip DiGiorgio’s salary for third year

‘I am the people’s president,’ Garvin says

–– POLICE BLOTTER ––DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION/

PROSTITUTION (8/19/11) At 9:13 p.m., a Winthrop University

reporting officer observed a silver Saturn speeding on Cherry Rd., according to the police report. The officer stopped the ve-hicle and asked the subject to stay in the car and produce his driver’s license. The subject replied he did not have a license. The reporting officer cuffed the subject after he became unsettled. The officer ob-tained an ID card from the subject, which identified that he was a habitual offender. The officer also noticed a female passen-ger in the car, who did not have an ID. She said she did not know the subject, but that he picked her up. The officer, sensing illegal activity, asked her if she was committing prostitution. After deny-ing it once, the subject said yes. The of-ficer asked her how much she was going to be paid. She said she didn’t know and asked not to be arrested because she just got out of jail for prostitution. The offi-cer arrested her for prostitution. The of-ficer arrested the male subject for driving under suspension and soliciting a prosti-tute, according to the police report.

POSSESSION OF LORTAB/ DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION (8/23/11)

At 8:52 p.m., a Winthrop University reporting officer observed a 1985 green Chevrolet going the wrong way on Win-throp Memorial Circle, according to the police report. The reporting officer and another officer stopped the vehicle in front of Byrnes. The reporting officer ob-served an open bottle of Budweiser beer in the passenger floorboard. After asking for the subject’s driving license and run-ning it through SCDMV, the officer found

that the subject’s driving privileges were suspended. The officer took the subject to jail and while inventorying the subject’s property, found one pill of Lortab in his left front pocket. The subject did not have a valid subscription for the drug. The of-ficer found nine more pills wrapped in tissue in the back of the officer’s car. The subject was arrested for driving under suspension and possession of Lortab and trespassed from Winthrop University in-definitely, according to the police report.

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA (8/27/11)

At 8: 39 p.m., two Winthrop police of-ficers responded to a reference that stu-dents were possibly smoking marijuana in Wofford Hall room 212, according to the police report. The officers met with the resident assistant in the lobby. The officers knocked and identified them-selves to try to get someone to the door of the dorm room. A student opened the door and the officer advised him they had received a call about marijuana being smoked in her room. The officer asked the student for consent to search her room. The student’s roommate returned later and the officer asked her consent to search her side of the room. She did not want to give consent. The officer advised her that he would obtain a warrant to search the room. He asked the student for consent again, which she gave. The officer asked the student if she had mari-juana in her room, to which she replied she had a small bag in her top desk draw-er. The officer found the marijuana and issued the student a ticket for possession of marijuana. The officer told the student she would be referred to the Winthrop Judicial System, according to the report.

CSL • from front

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CSL members gather during their first meeting on Aug. 29 as CSL Chair Kambrell Garvin and Vice Chair Kai-tlin Sapp facilitate discussion about the upcoming student clubs and organizations fair and the CSL retreat. Photo by Claire vanOstenbridge • [email protected]

Students should continue to vote in the years to come.

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I would gladly take Sanford back as South Carolina’s governor just to get rid of Nikki Haley. Governor Haley is a money-grubbing backstabber to put things lightly. Every Neo-Tea Party conservative is. Not only has Nikki Haley lied on her federal income tax, according to The State (Colum-bia, S.C.), but she is now increas-ing health insurance costs for retired government employees as well as lowering their monthly pensions. Wait, it gets better! She increased her gubernatorial staffers salaries to $110,000 per month. Money that they so obviously worked hard for. Money they deserve, right? Money we shouldn’t be allocating to college students or relief programs. The whole mantra of America’s conservatives is that they want to keep their hard earned dollars. They don’t believe in income tax or any kind of “big” government; but, strangely enough, the people they tend to elect are miserly, upper-echelon gentry who increase the salaries of those around them and oppose any kind of taxes on the wealthy and help for the poor. The Tea Party and indeed the majority of the Repub-lican party is geared toward beguiling simple-minded people into believing they too can become rich, while the select group at the top pockets everything. They use Christianity to further their control of this country and hypnotize the masses like they used racism in years before. Republicans are not politicians. They’re business-men, crooked, racketeering amoral businessmen. Washington refuses to allow the president to increase taxes on the rich. Oh sorry, the new terminology is “job makers” or “innovators.” Somehow, they believe tax-ing the rich will harm our economy, which is complete nonsense. It’s part of Regan’s “trickle down” theory: Give the money to the rich and the wealth will trickle down. Any college economist will tell you it doesn’t work that way. The rich don’t pump money back into the economy, they lock it away and only buy crap rich people can af-ford.

The middle-class is the greatest consumer and stimu-lator of an economy. A society without a middle-class is an unstable so-ciety. We’ve seen this time and time again throughout history. Just look at Brazil. It was once very poor in its metropolitan areas and infamous for its instability and danger. But a new middle class is forming, and the country has never been more prosperous. Now look back at the U.S. We’ve lost a huge chunk of our middle-class. Now we’re screwed. This is a society. We are a community. Our members

must participate. If the “rich” don’t want to pay income tax, I say we offer them a one-time payout contract where they pay one tax period’s worth of money and then agree to leave the country forever. I hope that in the future voters from my generation won’t elect people like Nikki Haley into office. Politi-cians should be civil servants, not controllers. Until conservatives understand that they’re losing and being manipulated by their own party, nothing is going to happen.

Connor de BrulerOpinion editor

Gov. Haley cheats the stateEditor explores the implications of Nikki Haley’s governership and sneaky money practices

I’m calling you out, pan-cake lovers. The gauntlet has been thrown.

Cover your ears in batter if you must, but I’m going to say it: Waffles are better than pancakes.

When a food has just as much cultural relevance today as it did in 1300, you know it has to be good. Over the years, America’s favorite old-time breakfast has undergone little change, yet remains one of the most iconic symbols of the kitchen table.

In fact, the etymology of “waffle” comes from the Middle English (Wafre) or wafer, which were very light thin crisp cakes baked between irons. Sound familiar to a double Belgian waffle maker?

The waffle’s simplicity is its attraction. It can be enjoyed with toppings and fla-vors. Norwegians tend to choose cheese on their waffles, while the Belgians are partial to adding sugars and vanilla their creations.

Waffles have always been the hip choice. After Thomas Jefferson brought home a waffle iron from France, waffle “frolics”, or parties, became popular in the 18th century. I’ve never heard of a pancake party.

Unfortunately, the waffle has been slandered in recent times. Much like the “Santorum” debacle (try Googling that with Safe Search off), the word “waffle” has been cruelly twisted into a term meaning to flip-flop on issues or to endlessly drone for hours on end. In April 2004, Ken Jacobson, a Duquesne

University law school student, launched the “waffles” Google bombing of 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry, which en-couraged linking of “waffles” to Kerry’s official site. Regardless of your political slants, there is no reason to throw your favorite breakfast friend under the bus.

But through it all, one relic lives on: The Waffle House. In his column for the Nash-ville Scene, “The Mysterious

Mundane Magic of Waffle House,” Jim Ridley said, “The Waffle House is every-where in the South. Regular customers speak of its employees, its customs, and its food with near reverence. And yet the Waffle House is so pervasive it’s invisible. It doesn’t advertise; it hides in plain sight.”

So pancake lovers can have their national-chain restaurants of IHOP and The Original Pancake House, while we in the South can enjoy the true, home-cooked fun that comes into cooking the perfect waffle. It takes a little longer, but it tastes just so much better.

Waffles have always been a hip choice.

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Editor draws line in the sand, waffles better than pancakes

Illistration by Courtney Niskala • [email protected]

Our Say

Last year’s democratic election of a student body president marks a monu-mental time for Winthrop students. For the first time in a decade, students elected their voice to the administration, to Winthrop’s Board of Trustees and to President DiGiorgio.

So far, Kambrell Garvin, junior politi-cal science major, has shown himself an advocate for students.

Making appearances around campus and Winthrop events, Garvin has worked on something uncommon to Winthrop leadership: visibility. However, we’re only two weeks into school and there’s still much work to be done.

In order to promote and protect the democratic rights of students, the Coun-cil of Student Leaders (CSL) must expose itself to the Winthrop community. Many students are unsure of the role CSL plays in administrative decisions, and some are even unaware of its existence.

Though some efforts are made to ad-vertise CSL meetings and membership, greater endeavors are necessary for the student body’s health. Many institutional decisions are influenced by student opinion, which CSL measures through meetings and carries to the administra-tion. But without your participation at the meetings, decisions affecting your life are made without your input.

Therefore, publicity for CSL is impor-

tant to Winthrop’s campus. If students do not know how or where to voice their opinion, student democracy is meaning-less.

The historic election of a student body president is meaningless.

Non-appointed leadership on campus is meaningless.

Become involved in your university’s future; attend and participate in student government, and make your voice heard. Write columns expressing your views on important issues here, and send them to The Johnsonian. Discuss current events with your friends and peers, informing others of significant problems concern-ing Winthrop.

Be a part of Winthrop’s present and future.

While hopeful about Garvin’s leader-ship abilities, The Johnsonian is still a watchdog entity; we’ll continue attend-ing CSL meetings and inform students on imperative issues.

Interested in attending a CSL meeting? Meetings are held every Monday at 7 p.m. in DIGS 114 or email [email protected] for more information.

CSL must provide better publicity, promotions

David ThackhamSports editor


CATHERINE ZENDEScience & Technology Editor

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Trying Trendy TechnologyNew iPads, laptops available in Dacus

Rather than spending over $500 for a new laptop or iPad 2, students and fac-ulty can now check out the trendy technology from the Dacus library. Thanks to a technology refresh, 20 new laptops are now available. In addition to this refresh, Dacus now has 9 new iPads available for checkout. The Dell laptops run on the new Windows 7 operating system and include features like widescreens and built in webcams. In addition to the updated laptops, Dacus now has 9 iPad 2 devices ready for check out. These personal mobile devices have preloaded applications and a built in camera. To check the equipment out, Winthrop students and faculty need to present their I.D. to the Circulation Desk. Laptops are not allowed to leave the library, but iPads can be checked out¬¬ for 7 days. Students should be aware of the strict late fees for iPads ($2 a day) and a replacement fee of $500 for the broken or lost technology. The technology upgrade was part of a technology rotation plan on campus, accord-ing to Carrie Volk Johnston a Reference & Systems Librarian in Dacus. “We’re finding new ways to provide information to users via technology,” Johnston said.

In addition to providing advanced technology, the equipment also provides privacy and security. The laptops and iPads clear themselves of stored information so personal information is not compromised. “We wanted to make sure we protected user’s privacy because it’s very easy to leave personal information on this technology,” Johnston said. One of the nicest features of the new laptops, according to Johnston, is the built in webcams, which are perfect for Skype

sessions. In addition, Johnston believes the technology provides students and faculty with a unique opportunity. “This gives students and faculty the opportunity to test drive these devices,” Johnston said. However, some students already do not plan on checking the iPad 2 out. “I would honestly not check it out for fear I’d keep it. I wouldn’t feel like it’s mine,” Junior Norie Young said. But other students are excited about having access to the new technology. “It would be fun to play around with and see if it’s a good investment,” Sophomore Jessica Taylor said. This technology update will not be the last new thing for Dacus, according to John-ston. “There will always be new tecnology to try,” Johnston said.

Google’s summer in the sun As far as tech companies go,

Google is always up to some-thing, but this summer in par-ticular has been host to many changes by the internet search giant.

Noticeable changes starting rolling out with the entire +1 campaign, a combination of Google’s highly anticipated spin on social networking Google Plus as well as in the Plus One Button, a tool that allows web

developers to promote there site on the web (essen-tially Google’s play on the Facebook “like” button). In addition to the “plus project” changes, the very look of core Google services, such as Gmail, have begun to move towards a new look seen in the new Gmail themes “Preview” & “Preview dense” respec-tively. This new theme has also migrated to the Gmail login screen. A new “omni-bar” spans across the top of the screen while accessing core Google services, giving the user more of a “combined experience”, where you can update status, and check notifications all from the bar rather than switching from Gmail to Google Plus etc… Finally, Google’s acquisition of Mo-torola Mobility rounds out a summer of big changes at the company. What does this all mean? Well for starters all this change signals the fact (which may be somewhat ob-

vious) that the company is doing very well despite the economic situation, a fact solidified by Google’s $12.6 billion dollar purchase of Motorola Mobility. It also shows that what was once a humble search engine is constantly moving to propagate the technol-ogy market across the board. So what are my thoughts? Well I’m glad you asked!

Google Plus:

Although it joins the world of “yet another social networking site”, Google Plus is a very nice setup indeed. Its simple layout is familiar to anyone who has used Facebook, yet it does not fall short on the privacy aspect. Final verdict: thumbs up.

Google Plus One Button:

For the everyday user, the Plus One Button allows users to promote content and share with their friends.Final verdict: thumbs up for developers, maybe not so much for the average user.

Google new “preview theme”:

From changing the background of Google.com and putting a fresh spin on your Gmail page, Google has been pushing themes for quite a while.

Final verdict: new is good, but it’s never good when new is also ugly. Thumbs down.

If you want to see more of my ratings of each one of Google’s new services, go to www.mytjnow.com/science-technology Questions, comments or concerns? Got something to add? Let me know via email: [email protected]

Learning to talk science

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A total of 20 new laptops and 9 new iPads were part of a scheduled technology refresh designed to help students and faculty gain greater access to the new trendy technology. Photo by Aimee Harman • [email protected]

Google’s summer expansion could mean it is becoming an even more dominant force on the Internet. The new features give users more options and ways to socialize.Graphic courtesy of Google search

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SCOM major offers a unique approach

– Windows 7 Operating System– 15” screen– Built-in webcams– Up to 8GB memory– Spill-resistant keyboard

– compatible with Mac & Windows– 9.7” screen– built-in camera– 10 hour battery life

– pre-loaded apps

iPad 2Dell Latitude E6520

Tech Specs

$759

Starting Cost

Starting Cost$499

Sources: Dell.com and Apple.com

A leaf is a leaf. Unless it’s a leaflet. Or a modified stem. Or something else entirely. To the some, it’s hard to tell the difference.

That’s where science com-munication comes in. Science communication (SCOM) is a major offered at Winthrop University that teaches students to under-

stand, translate, and report scientific information to people with varying levels of

scientific background. Many jobs stem from this ma-jor, including writing for technical manuals, scientific publications, and research labs. The SCOM major first appeared at Winthrop in 1993. This incredibly unique major is very rare, found in only a select few Universities.

According to Dr. Josephine Koster, Dr. David Rankin founded the major and oversaw it until his de-parture to Midland State University in Texas several years ago. Until recently Koster was the advisor for the SCOM major. “There are no faculty assigned to the program,” said Koster. Currently, there are only three students enrolled in the SCOM major. One of these students is Kate Rishebarger, a junior at Winthrop. “Honestly, I didn’t even want to go to Winthrop,” said Rishebarger. However, the allure of a major that combined Rishebarger’s interest in English and biol-ogy was hard to pass up. “It was a such a perfect fit I stopped looking anywhere else,” said Rishebarger.Rishebarger, however, is a rare case. The SCOM major has never had more than two graduates in a year, and some years there are no graduates at all. According to Dr. Gregg Hecimovich, Chair of the English Department at Winthrop, the

SCOM major may be in danger of being discontinued.“The number of students who are enrolled in the program are very small,” said Hecimovich, “Because the program is a unique academic program, it re-quires an inordinate amount of reporting and accred-iting administration -- for such limited credit hour production.” Students already enrolled in the program have nothing to worry about though. Even in the event that Winthrop must discontinue the SCOM major currently enrolled students will be able to finish their required internships and the degree. Despite the threat of discontinuation, both Koster and Hecimovich agree that SCOM is a unique and promis-ing major. “It may find a better fit in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies,” said Hecimovich. Is this small, unique major worth it? “Absolutely,” Kate said, “I’d get bored with anything else.”

THURSDAYSeptember, 1 2011

MONICA KREBERArts & Entertainment Editor

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Yo Momma’s Big Fat Booty Band

A live show by Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band turns a concert into an experience. The nine-year old band from Boone, NC has been defi ned as “refresh-ing in this age of oh-so-serious music,” with “shoot-ing anthemic lyrics, crowd pleasing antics and a booty shakin’ brass section.” Their high-octane on-stage antics have gained them a cult following both in the Southeast and across the country. The band combines elements of hip-hop, reggae, ska and latin soul to bring the ultimate “funkifi ed” performance.

Friday, September 2The Edge-DiGiorgio Campus Center

8 p.m.$5 with Winthrop ID, $10 without,

Free with Fall Pass

Winthrop grad self-publishes bookWhen 2010 Winthrop

graduate Jeremy Gatlin was in the sixth grade, he started writing a short story that slowly progressed into something bigger.

The inspiration came from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” a popular televi-sion show when Gatlin was still in sixth grade. Add some storytelling technique from the “Saw” movie series, a backstory intrigue from “Highlander,” and Gatlin’s short story be-came a novel.

Gatlin has now self-pub-lished a book called “God’s Chosen: Stand and Fight.”

As the title might suggest, Gatlin said his biggest inspiration came from God.

“I believe the focus of the book is to show the

intense battle between good and evil – or, to be more specifi c, God and the Devil,” Gatlin said. “The novel also shows how God uses people in unique ways. With that being said, my novel may be about how God uses a young man to protect mankind from evil until the Second Coming, but it’s not preachy.”

Gatlin said most of the characters in his novel are Christian, but the objec-tive of the story is not to convert.

“It (the novel) contains a certain edge to it because it presents characters that aren’t perfect and deals with touchy subjects head on,” he said.

Gatlin self-published his book for free using a site called Unibook.com because getting published the traditional way was too hard. He sent query

e-mails to several literary agents and they all shot down the idea because they said the timing was not right, or it was not marketable, or “some other excuse,” he said.

Gatlin said he learned very quickly that getting published was diffi cult business.

“I didn’t want this to stop me, and I knew that I had to fi nd another way to get my book out there,” he said.

One thing that helped was his experience writing newspaper articles dur-ing his college career at Winthrop; this taught him how to conduct research.

“Another thing that comes into play is criti-cal thinking,” Gatlin said. “I know everybody hates to hear those two words because it’s pushed so hard at Winthrop, but it helped me churn out ideas for the

novel and mold them and shape them until I felt like they were perfect.”

Gatlin is now slowly trying to get the word out about his novel.

“People have been sup-portive about it,” he said. “I am confi dent that word of mouth will help my book.”

Gatlin believes the novel can appeal to anyone, not just Christians.

“People should read it because it has a little bit of everything for everybody,” he said. “There’s ro-mance, suspense, mystery and action. It’s not com-mercialized, meaning that everything that went into the novel was decided by me and not a publisher.”

Gatlin said he would encourage other col-lege writers who wish to produce novels to not give into frustration.

“If writing is what you

want to do then do it, don’t stop,” he said. “If you stop writing for a long time and try to go back to it then you’re going to have a diffi cult time. It’s like a muscle; if you neglect it for a long time then it’s

going to get weak.”“God’s Chosen: Stand

and Fight” is available in paperback on Unibook.com. A Kindle version is also available at Amazon.com.

Winthrop graduate Jeremy Gatlin’s book “God’s Cho-sen: Stand and Fight” is now available online. Photos provided by Jeremy Gatlin.

Two years ago con-victed arsonist, paganism advocate and heavy metal artist Varg Vikernes was granted parole from prison. The Norwegian musi-cian and sole member of the legendary music project Burzum is responsible for burning down sev-eral historic churches in Norway in protest to the Judeo-Christian infl uence on modern Scandinavian culture and the murder of his own manager. After his release, he quickly returned to the studio to record “Belus,” which was not the best album I’ve ever heard (to put it lightly). It was true to the black metal form,

but many avid listeners felt let down. His latest 2011 release, “Fallen,” is a completely different story. Vikernes has outdone himself in everyway imaginable, including pushing the black metal form to new creative frontiers. First off, black metal isn’t the most widely accepted, understood or even known musical genre outside of the main-stream. It was started in New Castle, England and later perfected as a distinguished genre and cultural movement within French druid and Scandi-navian pagan societies. Black metal is a harsh,

lo-fi and ba-roque form of music, focusing most of its con-tent on low-oc-tave guitar riffs and exaggerat-ed, animal-like vocals. Basi-cally, its hair-metal’s satanic older brother whose been listening to Beethoven and holding a battle-axe all day. Vikernes, however, takes the form to new territory in “Fallen” with the incorporation of much more sophisticated mixing and high-fi delity sound

recording. His riffs are still shrill and stac-cato, but the complicated, almost-classi-cal notations are inspiring. Several black metal rules are also broken, as the vocals no

longer rely on a growl-ing, Man-sonesque

Halloween masquerade. Sure they’re still there, but Vikernes uses his soft, almost angelic alto voice for the choruses. As always, many of the themes circle around the

importance of nature and the acceptance of death as a necessity to propagate life. Though many black metal artists are criminals, they are also hardcore envi-ronmentalists. My favorite track, “Jeg Faller” (pronounced: Yie faller, meaning I’m falling), is a beautiful meditation on the nature of knowl-edge and understanding: epistemology. It is also a redemptive song, con-cerning the serious crimes Vikernes committed in his late teens. If you’re into Ameri-can and British metal, this music may still turn you off as a listener. It’s much more minimal and

shoddily produced (on purpose, of course). Think of it as the indie-punk of metal subgenres, though the musicianship is far more demanding and strict. I would urge anyone who is interested in giving Black Metal a go to listen to “Fallen” before trying the waters with the older, more famous tracks of Burzum and other art-ists. Though this album is more accessible to the virgin ear, it is still shock-ing and abrasive. After all, this is a genre of music that fewer people listen to than opera and calypso combined.

I have “Fallen” for Black Metal

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Amphibian infestation: new frogs on campusThe donated Amphibian Quartet now the face of Winthrop’s annual Come See Me Festival, displayed at DIGS

Returning students have probably noticed the new dancing frogs that have been bestowed upon the lawn outside the DiGiorgio Student Center.

The Amphibian Quartet was a gift to Winthrop donated by Irwin “Ike” Belk over the summer, said Joanna Key, as-sistant director of donor relations at Winthrop.

“Belk’s been very involved on campus,” Key said.

Belk is the same philanthropist who gave Winthrop the bronze eagle statue on the lawn in front of Bancroft and Kinard. He is also the namesake for the running track at the Farmhouse.

“Mr. Belk is very interested in the arts,” Key said, “and he is very involved in pro-viding higher education.”

Key said Belk commissioned the statue from a bronze artist that he works with “quite often.” The connection between the frog statues and the campus is that the Quartet will serve as the face of Win-throp’s Come See Me Festival.

“(Belk) saw a direct connection and wanted to give back through an art piece,” Key said.

Students have taken notice of the stat-ues and have mixed emotions toward the

new art pieces by the amphitheatre.Senior political science and econom-

ics major Tim Kroboth said he did not immediately understand the connection between the frogs and the Come See Me Festival.

“It’s the Winthrop Eagles, not Winthrop Frogs,” he said. “I love how they’re called The Quartet but there’s five of them.” (The five statues consist of one female dancing frog and four male instrumentalists).

Senior biology major Chantelle Van Nosturn said she did not find the statues to be appealing.

“I think they’re very ugly,” she said. “Why would someone donate them?”

However, not all students find the statues to be undesirable. Sophomore el-ementary education major Amanda Kelty said she did find them ugly.

“I think they’re cute,” she said. “I’ve only seen (the Quartet) from afar…maybe I should go look first.”

Key said she really just wants to convey the fact that Ike Belk is very involved with Winthrop and likes finding ways to be involved.

“Glen the Frog is the face of the Come See Me Festival, and he was trying to grasp that whimsical (concept),” she said. “He is a person who is very involved and just wants a way to bring the community and campus together.”

crowd really excited. The curtain was pulled back, and the sounds that made the group multi-platinum record sellers covered Byrnes Auditorium to the noticeable pleasure of an engaged audience.

The evening consisted of several medleys of the group’s original songs as well as covers of songs made popular by other artists.

After over an hour of music, the band wrapped it up. Giana Jenkins, a member of DSU’s movie committee enjoyed the

way that the band con-nected with the audience, “They got the crowd really pumped and were recep-tive to meeting their fans and taking pictures after the show.”

Nappy Roots has stepped away from the mainstream they once basked in to focus on building themselves independently. Among other things, they show-case themselves at the National Association of Campus Activities con-vention which is where Raven Gadsen, DSU chair of performing arts, first saw them. “I knew that they would be recogniz-

able and have audience appeal. I think DSU made a great decision in bring-ing them,” said Gadsen.

DSU has been com-mitted to bringing acts that appeal to Winthrop’s diverse student body for many years.

Popular hip hop quartet performs at Winthrop

Below right and left: Nappy Roots performed last Friday as part of Winthrop’s Welcome Week events. Skinny DeVille, right, is one of the vocal-ists for the band. Below, left, is Fish Scales, Skinny DeVille, B. Stille, Ron Clutch and Big V. performing in Byrnes Audito-rium. Above right: The performance began at 9 p.m. in Bynres Audito-rium. The group performed after comedian Dean Edwards. Photos by Claire VanOsten-bridge • [email protected]

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I knew that they would be recognizable and have audi-ence appeal. I think DSU made a great deci-sion in bringing them. Raven GadsonDSU chair of performing arts

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Mr. Belk is very interested in the arts, and he is very involved in providing higher education. Joanna KeyAssistant director of donor relations

“”The quartet consists of four instrumentalists: two violinists and two trumpeteers (above), and La Frogette, the dancer (below). Photos by Claire Byun • [email protected]


ALISON ANGELCulture Editor

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“Super Senior”makes sacrifice to study abroadBy Alison [email protected]

For one student, an added semester in exchange for a lifetime experience was without hesitation

Studying abroad is one of the highest recommended college experiences and promises to rock your world.

So much so that students often spend months work-ing out the details with counselors in order to guar-antee them the experience of a lifetime. And perhaps so fulfilling that some students, like Jennifer Zack, senior, decided that nothing would get in the way of that experience.

The majority of students that study abroad do so between their sophomore and junior years in college, according to the Winthrop Interntional Center. Fi-nancial restraints are a key factor in deciding when to go; and, as a result, some four year programs may be forced to extend into four and half years or more.

In Zack’s case, money was the deciding factor and determined the timing: “I knew I wouldn’t be able to study abroad until fall semester of my senior year due to financial reasons…[but I also] knew I would probably never get another chance to live in another country and go to school after college.”

Zack spent a semester in Dublin, Ireland in the fall of 2010, what would have been the first semester of her senior year at Winthrop. But it was a tradeoff: for the chance to immerse herself in Ireland, more time on her own country’s college campus was required.

So what was a girl to do? “Living abroad is some-thing that I wanted to experience and graduating a semester late to live abroad is definitely worth it.”

There was no hesitation: she chose to tack on anoth-er semester to her senior year and booked the flight.“When I found out I would be graduating late, it really didn’t affect any of my thoughts about going abroad,” Zack said. “…since freshmen year I knew studying abroad was something I wanted to do.”

Zack spent three months taking marketing and

management classes in Dublin and traveling Europe. Stops in spots like Venice and London offered just as much of an education on European lifestyle as the Dub-lin Business School.

“Being able to throw yourself into a different cul-ture and learn about their views and lifestyle was very interesting,” Zack said. “I not only learned a lot about the Irish culture, but about the French, German, Span-ish and [Underweight]…It was a great way to see the world.”

Zack will be graduating with a bachelor’s in Inte-grated Mass Communication in December after a three semester senior year and a bevy of new friends from all over the world.

“The best part was all the people I met,” Zack said. “I now have lasting friendships with people from all over. It is an experience that you will never forget and can change your view on so many things. I mean, when will you ever have the chance to actually live and not just visit abroad?”

Senior IMC major Jennifer Zack poses for a picture in Venice, Italy. Venice was one of many stops on her international tour while studying management in Dublin, Ireland. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Zack For information about study

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WU adds global events, global emphasis to touchstone classes for future growthThe tide is changing when it comes to global experience on Winthrop’s cam-

pus: global events, which add much more emphasis on global content, now join cultural events in broadening student experience.

Karen Kedrowski, the chair of the department of political science, said that while cultural events have traditionally had a lot of global content in the past, deeming them global learning cultural events would highlight the influence.

“Hopefully that will continue to raise the profile of the global learning initiative on campus,” Kedrowski said. “It communicates to the campus community that the global learning initiative is happening and that faculty are taking it seriously and participating in it.”

Now when an event comes before the cultural event committee it can apply for dual credit: cultural and global.

If a cultural event is deemed to be global, cultural event applicants only have to go through one channel and fill out one application.

The introduction of global events is just one of several moves by the university in an attempt to create more global awareness for future students. One of the most evident changes is in the ACAD 101 class for freshman.

ACAD students will now have to attend a cultural global event in addition to a regular cultural event and will now be shown a video about the international cen-ter via Blackboard to learn about study abroad opportunities as early as possible.

Even the peer mentors this year bring a special global emphasis to the class-room, Kedrowski said.

“We have 12 peer mentors that have some significant global experience, studied abroad or lived abroad, so they are bringing their personal experiences into ACAD to hopefully encourage other students to get out there and learn more about the world,” Kedrowski said.

Even the traditional ACAD service learning experience is now geared specifi-cally on global implications. She said that the focus this year is on literacy, an opportunity to tie the service project into both the Rock Hill community and to see the broader global issue.

“Literacy is a global challenge,” Kedrowski said. “Even people within our com-munity might not be literate in English…so it’s an opportunity of understanding the diversity of experiences in our community as well as to think about the impor-tance of literacy.”

The results of the increased global emphasis on campus overall will be mea-sured in years to come. Kedrowski said that half of the freshman class recently took a global learning evaluation, an assessment tool designed to measure global knowledge. The idea is to see what they know before they’ve even had a global experience on campus, and to later have them retake the test to see how much they’ve learned.

These results will be measured year after year and compared to current senior’s evaluations to determine the effect of this year’s changes.

By Alison [email protected] “Hopefully, future seniors will end up with more global knowledge than current

seniors,” Kedrowski said. Another way the university hopes to increase global awareness is by incorporat-

ing new global learning components to many touchstone courses. So far, Kedrowski said, all touchstone courses have enacted at least one topic that’s different or global that wasn’t there previously.

Courses such as Human Experience, for example, have a textbook with two ad-ditional readings that are global in nature and the textbook committee is meeting regularly to add even more global readings within the human experience classroom.

Even future common books are being planned along these lines:“All books being reviewed for next year’s common book in ACAD have a global

theme to them,” Kedrowski said. On September 17 the global learning initiative will host a one day conference open

to faculty and staff for the purpose of bringing them together to explain what has been done to globalize their courses; faculty can share their experiences globalizing their courses, and students will be given a voice as well:

“I am recruiting students who studied abroad, international students who have come to the United States so they can talk about their experiences,” Kedrowski said.

The idea is to hear the different global perspectives from people who have been through it first-hand and can share how education in the United States differs from education in their own country.

Above all, however, Kedrowski said that the purpose of increasing the amount of exposure to global events both in the classroom and at campus events, as well as hearing stories from Winthrop’s own faculty and staff, is to become more aware of the world within our own little community.

“The whole purpose of this is that we can learn from each other,” she said.

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Sports Briefs

Big South announces preseason poll for cross country

The Winthrop men’s cross country team has been picked to finish fourth in the Big South this year, while the women’s team has been picked to finish sixth.

The High Point men’s and Liberty women’s team were picked to finish first in the upcoming season.

Winthrop opens the 2011 season on Sept. 3 at the Campbell Invita-tional in Buies Creek, NC before hosting the 22nd annual Winthrop Invitational on Sept. 17. The Big South Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Conference Championships are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29, and will be hosted by Coastal Carolina.

Schippers named Winthrop’s Athlete of the Week

Women’s soccer player Sarah Schippers has been named the Athlete of the Week by the Winthrop Athletics website.

Schippers, a junior from Solon, Ohio, earned her second career victory for the Eagles in their 3-1 season-opening victory against the Georgia Southern Eagles on Aug. 19.

She snagged four saves in the con-test including two on wide-open shot attempts, both within 10 yards of the goal. GSU could have tied the game both times.

WU volleyball players earn Big South weekly honors

Winthrop senior Becca Toor was named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Player of the Week, while teammate Jennica Mullins earned the Freshman of the Week honors for the opening week of the 2011 volleyball season.

The pair helped the Eagles win all three of their matches in last weeks Winthrop Classic.

This marks Toor’s second Player of the Week award and Jennica Mullins first Freshman of the Week award.

The Winthrop volleyball team will return to action on Sept. 2 when they travel to Kennesaw, Ga. for the Ken-nesaw State Tournament.

WU baseball to hold walk-on tryouts

The Winthrop baseball team will hold walk-on tryouts on Monday, Sept. 19 at The Winthrop Ballpark.

The tryout will begin at 4 p.m., and all walk-on participants are asked to meet at the first-base dugout.

All individuals will have to pro-vide two items when reporting for the tryout. Players have to complete a physical and fill out the walk-on form, and turn them in prior to the tryout beginning.

The tryout form is available on the Winthrop baseball page of www.winthropeagles.com.

Women’s basketball holding open tryouts

The Winthrop women’s basketball team will be holding open tryouts to all eligible students.

The tryouts will be held Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Win-throp Coliseum.

You must be a full time Winthrop student and complete a physical.

All who are interested should con-tact Coach Hamilton at [email protected].

Men’s and women’s soccer snatch season opening wins

Winthrop soccer teams off to a fast start to the young 2011-2012 season

[Traaen.]”Winthrop responded by

pouring on the pressure, through shots by Freda, Megan Pritts and last year’s team top scorer, Courtney Durbin. The breakthrough finally came in the 43rd min-ute when redshirt freshman Kelly Clark directed a header goalward from a long, loop-ing 45-yard long free kick by Ashley Herndon.

“Anything could have hap-pened,” she recounted after the game on her first career goal. “I got my head on the ball and when it went in, it was so awesome.”

Winthrop’s joy doubled when freshman midfielder Tori Davis added a second headed goal just before the halftime whistle, from an Ariel Kunde cross on the right side.

“[It was] absolutely amaz-ing,” Davis said. “I was really looking for the goal and I crashed into the box and it got in there.”

Although Georgia South-ern’s Alex Murphy pulled a goal back for the visitors in added time, Winthrop led 10-4 in first half shots, going into the break with much confidence.

The second half saw a four-year veteran take con-trol of the tempo. Durbin went desperately close with a 61st minute header that hit the crossbar before finally opening her scoring account eight minutes before the close with a sublime goal.

The senior forward shook

off GSU defender Lindsey Vasher in the box before controlling a well-timed Rachel Webster pass in the 6 yard area and steering her shot high into the net, just above the fingertips of goal-keeper Katie Merson.

“I made my run across the box and Webster made a great cross and that’s what happens,” Durbin said. “It was a total team effort, hard fought every minute.”

“We’re just wanting to prove ourselves every time we go out on the field,” head coach Smith said. “I think we’ve done that today.”

This is the first opening season win for the Lady Eagles since Aug. 29, 2008 when Winthrop defeated Tennessee Tech by a score of 3-2.

Winthrop men’s soccer head coach Rich Posipanko crouched down on a dark corner of Eagle Field Friday night with his team sur-rounding him and shook his head slowly.

A 2-0 win over South Atlantic Conference Brevard College notwithstanding, Posipanko was looking for much more in his team’s performance.

“I would have quit today if we’d lost,” he said to the team. “If you think that was good soccer, you’re in for it this season.”

The night began brightly for the Eagles as Winthrop (1-0-0) showed liveliness in the opening stages despite a decimated backline that included a freshman at center back. The home team

capitalized their advantage in the 20th minute when the Brevard defense struggled to clear a shot from Adam Brundle. The ball shot up in the air for freshman Mpu-melelo Matutu to quickly control, steer and finish a quick shot to the keeper’s right to score with Win-throp’s first shot on goal.

Precious little excitement occurred in the next hour of play for either side despite increasingly frayed nerves between the Tornadoes and the Eagles. Both teams com-mitted 34 fouls between each other and received a yellow card apiece.

However, the real concern for Winthrop was that while they penetrated the Brevard half with relative ease, the shots were either ineffective or poorly planned.

“The real thing that’s af-fecting us,” said Matutu, “is that we have a lot of indi-vidual talent, but not a lot of team unity.”

The slender one-goal ad-vantage was finally doubled three minutes before full time when Alex Mantchev and Matt Sluga combined on the edge of the Brevard penalty box. Sluga played a slide-rule pass to the Tor-nado penalty spot where Mantchev muscled out sev-eral Brevard defenders and knocked home the insurance goal.

After the match, Posi-panko remained unforgiving toward his team’s uncon-vincing play.

“We’re maybe the most fit team out there, but there’s

still a lot of work to do.” There’s little doubt within

the team camp that once injured stalwarts Daniel Di Biagio and Matt Horn return (both ankle injuries), Winthrop’s non-conference chances can dramatically improve.

“I think we’ve got a lot of key people out here,” Posi-panko said, “but everyone has to give more now.”

UPCOMING GAMESHome games in bold

Men’s soccer9/1 vs. Georgia Southern - 7 p.m.9/3 vs. Wofford - 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer9/4 @ Francis Marion - 4 p.m.

Volleyball9/2 @ Kennesaw State - 7 p.m.9/3 @ Oral Roberts - 12 p.m.9/3 @ UT-Chattanooga - 5 p.m.

Men’s cross country9/3 (Campbell Invitational)

Women’s cross country9/3 (Campbell Invitational)

I would have quit today if we’d lost. If you think that was good soccer, you’re in for it this season.Rich PosipankoMen’s soccer coach

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Winthrop’s Ariel Kunde kicks a ball past a Catawba defender before nearly being taken to the ground. Photo by Jeff Brodeur • [email protected]

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The bar has been raised for the Win-throp women’s volleyball team as they prepare for their upcoming season.

Led by first year head coach Julie Torbett, the Eagles hope to improve on a 14-16 overall record in 2011 (10-6 in the Big South).

“I have very high expectations for our team this year,” Torbett said.

“The polls predicted us to finish fourth in the conference, but I see no reason why we cant win the Big South.”

Torbett, the winningest coach in Big South history during a 17-year career at UNC-Asheville, has always been a defensive minded coach. She looks to continue that trend with a Winthrop squad that is a “beast” on the front row, according to sophomore defen-sive specialist Carly Debruhl.

“It’s a whole new technique on de-fense,” Debruhl said. “It’s easier to get to the balls in front of us whereas last year we had a lot of difficulty with that. It’s starting to kick in and we’re getting used to it.”

Despite major changes in the defensive scheme and coaching department, the Eagles hope that the play of middle hitter Becca Toor remains the same. The 6-foot-2-inch senior from Rotonda West, Fla. was voted the Preseason Big South Player of the Year after tallying 336 kills and 100 blocks last season.

“I know she will live up to her expectations, and I believe she will be the Big

South Player of the Year by the sea-son’s end,” Torbett said.

Entering her final year at Winthrop, Toor is looking to add a Big South Championship to her already impres-sive career as an Eagle.

“Im ready to win and I fully expect to win the big south this year,” she said.

“It’s not going to come at first, but it’s going to get there.”

The potential Achilles’ Heel for the team this season could be the fact that they are such a young group of players.

Sporting a roster that includes seven freshman and Toor being the lone senior, the Eagles are coming in as the youngest team in the conference.

While this may cause Winthrop to be overlooked by the competition, the team doesn’t believe flying under the radar is such a bad place to be.

“I think other teams see [our young team] as a weakness, but we expect to come in and surprise teams this year,” sophomore Stephanie Palmer said. “A lot of our freshman have really stepped up and into their roles.”

Coach Torbett agreed, saying that her team may be young be they are

“only going to get better with time and practice.”

“We’re going to be the hardest working team in the conference,” she said.

The Winthrop vol-leyball team will travel to Georgia for the Ken-nesaw State Tourna-ment starting Sept. 2 against tournament host Kennesaw State at 7 p.m.

New coach, attitude has Winthrop volleyball excited for upcoming season

Above: Senior Becca Toor hopes to follow up an impressive 2010 campaign in which she tallied 336 kills and 100 blocks. Photo by Jeff Brodeur • [email protected]

Women’s lacrosse builds from the ground upTHE ROAD TO 2013

By David [email protected]

With 18 months to go until the first draw of the Winthrop women’s lacrosse program, head coach John Sung has al-most everything he needs for the spring of 2013. An office near the entrance of Winthrop Coliseum, a veteran assistant coach, even an X-Box a few feet from his desk. The only thing he needs is a team to coach.

“It’s all just a matter of getting the right players to come here,” Sung said. “The school does a very good job of recruitment.”

The former coach of D-III Adrian College has already snagged 25 recruits to come to Rock Hill, four of whom are already on campus, while the others will enroll in 2012. Samantha Estrin, Mary Accomando, Taylor Moreau and Jessica Ressler will all be redshirted until 2012, as to keep their eligibility years.

“It’s very important to get a year under us and adjust,” said Sung. “Hav-ing a full year before competition gives us a chance to do it right. But we have to make sure it’s the right start, because you can’t have a second chance to start something.”

Although Sung has lived in Rock

Hill about three months in total, he’ll have confidence in familiarity. Assis-tant coach Emilia Ward worked with the Troy, MI native for three years at Adrian, while redshirt-sophomore Ac-comando played last under Sung with the Bulldogs.

“[Ward] knows how I like things orga-nized and done and executed,” he said. “It’ll really help the easy transition.”

The program is still in need of help, however. Sung said he needed manag-ers, trainers and anyone to assist in getting the fledgling club off the ground. An informational meeting on Tuesday at the DiGiorgio Campus Center was held to attract any interested student staff. Tryouts for walk-ons are scheduled for Sept. 6.

“We need all the support we can get,” Sung said. “We’re really building the program from nothing.”

It’s still a toss-up on where the Lady Eagles lacrosse team will be playing in 2013. Sung says the squad may be work-ing on the soccer field, which is unused after the men’s and women’s soccer teams play in the fall. But given the effects of putting a third turf sport on Eagle Field, it may become more likely that the intramural fields will become the team’s home.

To Coach Sung, building the Winthrop program is like running a business. From the right marketing, to public-ity, to promotions, he is the CEO and head cheerleader of women’s lacrosse not only in Rock Hill, but in much of Upstate South Carolina.

“When women’s soccer came to Win-throp [in 2003],” he said, “the students already saw men’s soccer and it wasn’t as much of a transition. This is an entirely new sport coming in now. We need to create our own identity.”

Sung stressed that a big push will be taken to connect with and educate the student body about lacrosse. Win-throp students may get a double dose of knowledge from the nearby Charlotte Hounds, a new Major League Lacrosse franchise that is scheduled to begin play in 2012.

“By creating a relationship, it’ll be good for both of our fan bases to stay cohesive,” he said. “The game is growing and that’s a really exciting prospect.”

Once Sung gets the bulk of his team next year, the real work begins. Exclud-ing the travel and games, the coach said he would keep 2012 “like the real [sea-son].” By this time next year, Winthrop will invite D-I, D-II and D-III teams to play scrimmages as a warm-up to the

inaugural season. “We’ll invite anyone we can, anybody

who’ll come to Rock Hill,” Sung said. “Until then, we’re going to be doing a lot of training and learning how to be good leaders, on and off the field. We’ll be ready.”

Early Recruits

Samantha Estrin (Midfield) - Greer, S.C.Mary Accomando (Midfield) - Beverly, MATaylor Moreau (Attack) - Glastonbury, CTJessica Ressler (Midfield) - Strongsville, OH

I’m ready to win and I fully expect to win the Big South this year Becca ToorSenior

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