Last year, Winthrop an-nounced the decision to suspend the bachelor’s degree in speech commu-nication disorders, mean-ing after spring 2011, faculty teaching speech courses associated with

that program will be af-filiated with another de-partment in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Debra Boyd said the decision was made in April 2009 after the Speech Depart-ment conducted a self-study to get a clear picture of the state of Winthrop’s

speech communication disorders degree pro-gram.

“All Winthrop degree programs conduct self-studies periodically to make sure that our pro-grams are offering the most effective programs of study to our students,” she said.

The Speech Depart-

ment study included an analysis of the program’s current structure, re-search into other suc-cessful programs, survey data from our program graduates, and general program recommenda-tions from the American Speech-Language-Hear-

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Talent show, float competition & car smash.Homecoming 2010 calendar.See News, page 2

Want to try fencing?Read about the club. See Sports, page 11

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SPORTS

See SPEECH page 3

See SOCCER page 10

BY DAVID THACKHAM

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Soccer teams’ success split

Winthrop women’s soc-cer coach Spencer Smith likes to lighten things up for his players the day be-fore a big game. For ex-ample, after a small train-ing session of one-on-one dribbling, the side that scores the least amount of goals must stand on the goal line facing the net, bend over and be a target for the winning side to shoot at.

The side has put on a phenomenal run of six straight wins in their latter half of the season to put themselves in first place of the Big South conference and set up an easy path through the playoffs.

“The locker room is buzzing,” forward Tricia Vensel said. “We like to win and we want to keep going with that. We have many seniors who want to get a (championship) ring.”

The first half of the season put Winthrop up Midfielder Matt Stinson and defender Jordan Osborn battle for possession

in the match versus Marshall University. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • ea-tons@thejohnsonian.com

Blackboard will replace WebCT as Winthrop’s pri-mary online course man-agement system next se-mester.

WebCT, an online sup-plement for classes that was implemented at Win-throp in 1999, will slowly be phased out starting this spring, until it is com-pletely gone by fall 2011.

The reason: the version of WebCT Winthrop now uses is 4.1, while Black-board has been updated to version 9.1, currently its latest and greatest course management system ver-sion.

Once Blackboard is in use during the spring, stu-dents will be able to use its interactive journal tool

and virtual classroom op-tion, which allows class-room meetings online in real time.

“Everyone will be online at the same time and can collaborate that way,” said Kimarie Whetstone, on-line learning coordinator at Winthrop.

Students can also post blogs and videos that re-late to their classes.

Erika Patterson, a grad-uate assistant working in the Instructional Tech-nology Center in Withers, said some of her profes-sors have used Ning, a course management site offered through the search engine Bing.

Blackboard to replace WebCT

See WEB page 2

Students who want to teach can earn their mas-ter’s degrees in one year thanks to a new graduate program, the Master’s of Arts in Teaching Five Year Option (MAT5).

Graduates who want to teach math, political sci-ence, biology, social stud-ies, English, French and Spanish will be able to walk across the stage with a master’s degree within a year after they walked the stage for their bachelor’s.

“The program is open to anybody who has a major in one of those areas,” said Mark Dewalt, department chair of counseling, lead-ership and educational studies in the College of

Education.The program allows stu-

dents to take a full load of courses in the summer, fall and spring and then graduate.

The MAT5 has 33 credit hours, opposed to the tra-ditional MAT program’s 45 hours.

To be eligible for the program, students must have a 2.75 GPA or higher and must pass the PRAXIS exams available in those particular subject areas.

One such area is social studies, which is not a ma-jor offered at Winthrop but is available to students majoring in history, politi-

Graduate program allows education majors to earn master’s degree in 1 year

NEWS

NEWS

BY JONATHAN MCFADDEN

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See MAT page 2

Speech Department suspends communication disorders degree to make revisions to program

NEWS

BY MONICA KREBER

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DSU Eagle FlicksCatch these movies in Dina’s Place at the DiGiorgio Campus Center this week.

Time: 8 p.m. When: Wednesday

Times: 8 and 9:30 p.m.When: Saturday

Women’s team triumphs in regular season; men’s finishes below par

While crossing the road, a student was hit by a PT Cruiser in front of the West Center on Wednes-day, Oct. 27.

Shelby Presnell, sopho-more psychology major, was concious and not bleeding when she was loaded onto a stretcher. A brace was placed around her neck.

The driver of the ve-hicle, 19-year-old Jeremy Emanuel Durham, was ar-rested and charged with

driving under suspension and failure to yield, said Winthrop Police Officer Scott Rockholt.

He was taken to Rock Hill City Jail and later re-leased.

Durham is not a Win-throp student, but told po-lice a friend had asked him to drive her car from cam-pus to her house, Rockholt said.

The subject hit Presnell when she was already in the crosswalk. State law mandates vehicles must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk.

BY ANNA DOUGLAS

douglasa@thejohnsonian.com

Student hit by car in stable condition

See CROSSING page 4

Dance professor’s ballet training led her to a famous dance company.See A&E, page 7

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MAT5 gives students opportunity to teach

cal science and sociology.To sweeten the pot, students who

complete their master’s in one year will be paid at the master’s level on their first teaching contract, De-walt said.

Professional faculty who have a lot of experience in the public school system will teach in the pro-gram and will be able to talk with students about the history and phi-losophy of education, Dewalt said.

Interest in the program has been relatively positive, Dewalt said.

“…I’ve probably talked to 15 stu-dents since September,” Dewalt said. “Some are seniors, some are as young as freshmen.”

Math and science students can have their education funded through the WISE (Winthrop Ini-tiative for STEM Educators) grant, which provides scholarships and stipends for undergraduate and graduate students seeking teacher certification.

Beth Costner, department chair of mathematics, was one of sev-eral faculty members instrumental in making WISE available to stu-dents.

She said a large number of the WISE scholarships will go to stu-dents in biology, mathematics and chemistry who are pursuing the MAT5 program.

Five MAT5 scholarships will be available this summer for math and biology, while chemistry is awaiting approval for summer 2012, Costner said.

The first group of five students who receive the $5000 scholarship for the summer, and then again in the fall and spring, will also be sup-ported in their senior years with a $2500 scholarship.

“After graduation, students will be expected to teach in high-need

schools in exchange for the schol-arship support,” Costner said.

The MAT5 program is currently awaiting approval from the Com-mission on Higher Education but is set to begin in the summer of 2011 with the first group of students.

“We are confident that we are going full speed ahead in the sum-mer,” Dewalt said.

Among that first group will be Tremayne McCray, a senior politi-cal science major and history mi-nor, who is planning to teach and possibly delve into educational policies and the school board.

For McCray, the five-year option has come just in time.

“I always wanted to do a five year master’s program anyway, but Winthrop didn’t have one,” Mc-Cray said.

Still, McCray planned on re-maining at Winthrop to complete his graudate degree, with or with-out MAT5.

Finishing undergrad in May and heading to graduate school in June isn’t too much of a bother for him. In fact, he’s pretty used to it.

“I’ve been to summer school ev-ery semester I’ve been in college,” McCray said.

McCray said the program pro-vides an advantage because two de-grees can be gained in the amount of time it takes some education majors to complete one.

Some education majors have remained at Winthrop for five to five-and-a-half years to finish their bachelor degrees, McCray said.

“…I might as well get two [de-grees] by the time I could get one,” McCray said.

Students will be able to talk with education faculty about the new program during common meeting time in the DiGiorgio Campus Cen-ter on November 4.

MAT • from front

Homecoming 2010Tuesday, Nov. 9:Tipoff Banquet, guests must RSVP by Nov. 4 • Campus Center Ballroom • $20, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 10:Volleyball, WU vs. Presbyterian College • $5 general admission, $3 seniors/children, 6 p.m.Student Talent Show, Homecoming Court will be announced • Tillman Auditorium • FREE, 8 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 11:Dinner in the Cafe, birthday bash dinner with games and prizes • Thomson Hall Cafeteria, 4-7 p.m.Float Construction, watch campus clubs build homecoming floats • Campus Green, 6-11 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 12:Garnet & Gold FridayFloat Viewing Dodgeball Tournament, open to all students and faculty • West Center, 1 p.m.Car Smash & Spirit Gear Creation, show WU spirit by smashing a car and creating spirit gear • President’s Circle, 2:30 p.m.WU Classic Women’s Basketball Tournament, N.C. vs. Central Michigan, 5 p.m. • Winthrop vs. Belmont University, 7 p.m.Campus Center Tours for Alumni, FREE, 6 p.m.Campus Center Affinity Group Reunion, a get-together for all former student leaders • Campus Center Ballroom, 8 p.m.Homecoming Party, featuring live music, caricatures, photos and free food • Campus Center Ballroom, FREE, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 13:Wesley Foundation Reunion, register by Nov. 5 • FREE, 11 a.m.Tailgating, Coliseum parking lots, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.Volleyball, Winthrop vs. Gardner-Webb • Coliseum, 1 p.m.DSU Reunion, open to all alumni and current students • Campus Center room 114, 1-2 p.m.Cravin’ Melon Concert, outside Coliseum • FREE, noon-2 p.m.Alumni BBQ, outside Coliseum • FREE, noonMen’s Basketball, Winthrop vs. Queens University • Homecoming court winners, float and banner winners will be announced • Coliseum, 4 p.m.Eagle Flicks: The Other Guys- Dina’s Place, FREE, 7 and 9:30 p.m.NPHC Step Show, reserve tickets by Nov. 12 at noon • prior o Nov. 4 tickets are $8, after Nov. 4 tickets are $15 • 8 p.m.

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WebCT fades away, Winthrop adopts BlackboardBlackboard replaces WebCT as Winthrop’s course management system in spring 2011

Patterson’s professor for her writing 501 class assigned her students to post videos, websites and writing assign-ments online using Ning, which made the class more interactive.

“I got to hear not only what my pro-fessor was saying, but everything my classmates were saying,” Patterson said. “The interaction with my class-mates was great without having to wait for the classroom time.”

Patterson, who helped provide many resources for students on the site, is confident Blackboard will be more helpful than both WebCT and Ning.

If professors used both WebCT and Ning, students would have to post their assignments on Ning but view their grades on WebCT—using two different systems for one class.

Blackboard eliminates the hassle by combining everything into one site.

“Having everything in one place is going to be very effective,” Patterson said.

Students needing accessibility can also incorporate JAWS (Job Access With Speech) into Blackboard.

Blackboard also allows students to

submit papers online. Similar to Tur-nitin.com, Blackboard has the plagia-rism protection feature.

But this doesn’t necessarily mean Turnitin will go out of style; Black-board just provides another option.

“It’s something that’s available if the instructor wants to take advantage of it,” Whetstone said.

Work on WebCT’s conversion to Blackboard began back in February, Whetstone said. A big chunk of that work has gone into training professors for its use next semester.

“Some teachers have started pre-paring now for their courses for the spring,” she said.

WebCT will be officially offline for Winthrop after summer 2011.

Whetstone advises students to check with their instructors next semester to see which course management system will be in use.

A “Blackboard for Students” page is now available on the WebCT tutorial page. The page provides videos and podcasts instructing students on how to take tests on Blackboard, navigate the site, check their grades and submit assignments.

WEB • from front

The current “Blackboard for Students” web page allows students to take tutorials and watch videos that will help them learn how to access their grades, submit as-signments and take tests. By summer 2011, all traces of Winthrop’s current online course management system, WebCT, will be gone. • Screeshot taken from the “Black-board for Students” web page.

THURSDAY November 4, 2010 3

Compiled by Jonathan McFadden

LARCENY OF IPOD (10/26/10)

At 2:25 p.m., a reporting offi cer met with a student to investigate a missing iPod. The student said she was in class working and had the iPod on her work table.

She left the room briefl y and, while she was gone, a group of art students from Clinton Junior Col-lege toured the room.

The group was on a planned tour escorted by their art professor.

When the student came back into the room, she noticed her iPod was missing, although the earbuds

were still left on the table.The offi cer spoke with the group

of students and asked if they would volunteer to be searched.

Most did.The art professor and student

then searched the bus in which the group of Clinton students had ar-rived. The iPod was not found.

The reporting offi cer then asked the professor to search the bus once the group returned to Clin-ton.

The iPod did not turn up.

OPEN CONTAINER OF BEER (10/27/10)

At 10:15 p.m., a reporting offi -cer observed a student sitting in the driver’s seat of a 2011 Mazda that had a red cup and a Four Loco beer on the ground outside of it in Dinkins parking lot.

The offi cer approached the stu-dent, saw other red cups in the ve-hicle and smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the student.

The student handed the offi -cer one of the cups. The offi cer smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the cup and saw a small amount of beer inside the cup.

The student said the cups be-longed to his friends who had just boarded the “Party Bus.” The offi -cer had the student step out of the vehicle and began a fi eld sobriety test.

The student passed the tests. However, he did admit he drank from one of the cups because his friend told him it was legal to drink in a vehicle as long as it was not from an actual beer can.

The student was cited for open container of beer in a vehicle and then released.

The student picked up all the empty cups and the beer can lit-tering the ground in the vicinity of the vehicle and threw them away in a nearby trash can.

POLICE BLOTTER

By Claire Byunbyunc@thejohnsonian.com

Winthrop will keep a valued faculty member after the search for a Louisiana univeristy president comes to an end.

Tom Moore, vice president for aca-demic affairs, was a presidential nominee for the Univeristy of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM). Though the college appointed an-other candidate, Moore is thankful to be back at Winthrop.

“The experience was very enjoyable, educational and valuable,” Moore said. “I’m very glad to still be at Winthrop do-ing a job I love.”

The presidential search committee named three semi-fi nalists on Wednes-day, Oct. 13. These included one man from Texas and one from Louisiana, and

the Louisiana veteran was appointed president.

Along with visiting the university, Moore traveled to other cities in the area.

“I had a very good trip to Monroe, La., and then to Baton Rouge,” he said.

A popular candidate in the state, Moore has much support from students and staff at ULM. A Facebook page, created by a graduate student and titled “Dr. Thomas Moore for ULM President,” contained al-most 200 members, according to a Mon-roe newspaper.

“I saw and received several expres-sions of support, which I appreciate very much,” Moore said.

The vice president might have another chance at president after current Presi-dent DiGiorgio’s contract expires in 2016.

La. presidential semi-finalist will remain at Winthrop

Health care, because it’s going to determine Barack Obama’s future and how he is remembered, whether or not he gets the health bill passed.

Will AndersonSenior management major

The most important issue in this election is educational funding. Amber HarrisSenior early childhood education major

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Education is the future of America.

Kirby CenterSenior early childhood education major

“”What’s your take?

Students give their opinion on the most important issue in this year’s state elections:

Crop Walk 2010

Covering 6.2 miles surround-ing the Winthrop community, students partici-pated in the Crop Walk by donating canned goods and raising money. With 864 walk-ers and 1,523 cans, the East-ern York County Walk raised $18,911.85. Proceeds benefi t world hunger, and 25 percent of money raised stays in York County. Photos by Bryson Baxter • Special to The Johnsonian.

The Police Blotter: the only time it’s not fun to be

mentioned in the paper.

www.mytjnow.com/police-blotter

After self-study, Winthrop suspends communication disorders major, no new students admitted to major

ing Association (ASHA), which is the association for communication disor-ders professionals, Boyd said.

From that study, the department learned that the program needed some revisions that would require “substan-tial time to enact properly,” Boyd said.

“With all this information in mind,” she said, “we made the decision in April 2009 to suspend – not eliminate – the program and stop admitting new students.”

However, Boyd also said any stu-dent who was already in the program would be allowed to fi nish it and any new freshmen or transfer students who had already been admitted as speech communication disorders majors at that time would be allowed to com-plete the program. These students have been met with to plan out a course of study so that they will be able to fi nish required speech courses by Spring Se-mester 2011.

Although the students have already been met with to plan out their courses, faculty has yet to secure where they will be working in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“I will consult with those faculty

(members) regarding an appropriate departmental home for them,” Boyd said.

Vice President for Academic Affairs Tom Moore said the reason the reason for the revisions that need to be made with the program rest with the lack of equipment Winthrop needs, and it is a large investment, which would affect the budget.

“It has become a more and more high-tech professional area of equip-ment,” Moore said. “The alternative seemed to be to put (the program) on hold.”

Moore said Winthrop is not alone in suspending the program, and the en-rollment the university had of the ma-jor was not large.

“We had accepted a small number of students and they were committed to complete the program,” he said, “but we didn’t have a large number of ma-jors.”

Moore said what is being done with the program right now, under revi-sions, is letting Boyd manage the pro-cess of course offerings to students, and trying to meet Winthrop’s budget.

“Last year as we were facing severe budget issues,” he said. “It’s all been handled very smoothly.”

SPEECH • from front

By Jonathan McFaddenmcfaddenj@thejohnsonian.com

As soon as clubs and or-ganizations moved out of Dinkins, University Col-lege moved right in and made itself at home.

Off the heels of displace-ment after the Owens fire last semester, University

College has found a new home in Dinkins, once the center for clubs and orga-nizations.

Gloria Jones, dean and associate professor of University College, has claimed the office of what was once the Office of Student Life, and said she loves it.

In fact, she doesn’t miss

Bancroft too much, which once housed University College in its basement.

“I was in Bancroft from 1991 until 2010; that’s a long time,” Jones said.

Jones said, with all of University College based in Dinkins, it gives the different offices a chance to work more closely to-gether.

“That gives a feeling of continuity, of closeness and togetherness that we have not had before,” Jones said.

One perk of clubs and organizations now being located in the new campus center is the opportunity for locker use.

Stanley Jackson, assis-tant director for student clubs and organizations, said student clubs and organizations who hold meetings in the campus center can use the lockers as storage space for any pertinent materials they may need.

With the lockers, stu-dents won’t have to lug any materials from their apartments or resident halls, Jackson said.

He said it’s especially convenient for clubs or organizations that hold meetings every week.

In early October, stu-dent organizations were

given the opportunity to apply for locker space.

Students had to sign an agreement form, which detailed usage terms, such as a prohibition against storing firearms or any-thing else that may pres-ent a danger to other stu-dents.

They also had to get their adviser to sign the form and consent to the maintenance of the lock-ers.

While the time frame for locker use is this entire academic year, in future years students may have to reapply each semester to claim a locker.

The reason for this stems from the misuse of lockers in Dinkins.

“People would put stuff in them (the lockers) and they would leave it in there for three or four years,” Jackson said.

For Jackson, the lockers idea is as new to him as it

is to students.“It’s one of those things

that’s kind of nontradi-tional,” Jackson said.

Still, he said it’s a great resource.

For senior biology major Tiara Moore, also presi-dent of Delta Sigma Theta, using the lockers has been useful.

While the sorority just received its locker assign-ment, Moore said they’ve already placed supplies used daily or weekly, such as a glue gun and materi-als for fliers.

“Especially when you have Clubs and Orgs. Festival, we don’t have to bring it from our homes; we just go to our lockers and get it,” Moore said.

Moore said since the so-rority was one of the first clubs to apply, they are keeping their current lock-er for the rest of the year.

THURSDAY November 4, 2010 4

University College moves to Dinkins, student organizations offered locker option

Locker space proves to be of great use to clubs and organizations, allowing students to store craft sup-plies and other paraphanelia on campus. Delta Sig-ma Theta sorority keeps supplies for fliers in their al-loted space. Photo by Jonathan McFad-den • mcfaddenj@thejohnsonian.com.

Offices such as the Department of Residence Life and Department of Clubs and Or-ganizations have moved into the new student cen-ter, allowing for the International Center to occupy Dinkins. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@thejohnso-nian.com. Graphic by Shate-sha Scales • sca-less@thejohnso-nian.com.

Office switches, space savers

By Jonathan McFaddenmcfaddenj@thejohnsonian.com

Walk2Campus Proper-ties purchased a building at University Place and renamed it Campus Walk.

Walk2Campus bought the building’s mortgage from a regional bank this past June, said Brad Hast-ings, Rock Hill develop-ment manager for Walk-2Campus.

The off-campus hous-ing group was able to ex-change the mortgage for the deed to the building in September.

“…We had to jump through a few more hoops to purchase the building than a traditional pro-cess,” Hastings said.

Now with a new apart-ment-style Walk2Campus property, students can either choose to live in a house or the apartment-style suites.

Walk2Campus has also instituted a loyalty pro-gram, which gives stu-dents who live in any Walk2Campus property a guaranteed lease rate when they renew.

“So they could try apart-ment living their junior

year and, because they are a Walk2Campus tenant, get the preferred renewal rate in one of our houses for senior year,” Hastings said. “…Or vice-versa.”

Walk2Campus bought the building because of its long-term commitment to providing student housing near Winthrop, Hastings said.

“The building has a great location and is a direct neighbor of WU,” Hastings said.

Hastings said that when the management team first discussed purchas-ing the building, they all believed Walk2Campus could manage the building in an accountable fashion that would enhance the area around Winthrop University.

As a private owner, Walk2Campus ensured the building would remain in the local tax base for Rock Hill, Hastings said.

“Our business philoso-phy says we serve four dis-tinct customers: students, parents, universities and towns,” Hastings said. “This building was a per-fect opportunity to serve all four.”

An open house was held last week to garner feed-back from students on how to improve the prop-erty and their own living experience.

“We heard some great feedback,” Hastings said. “We are working on a few changes and improve-ments based off this feed-back.”

Walk2Campus currently owns 40 buildings, which represent about 250 bed-rooms, in the Rock Hill community.

Another Walk2Campus property deal, the Win-throp Lodge, is still in the works.

Hastings said Walk-2Campus has spent a lot of time and energy designing the project and coming up with a plan for the build-ings.

“It’s a challenging time to undertake new develop-ment projects,” Hastings said. “But we are looking for a way to make it work and considering all an-gles.”

Hastings said Walk-2Campus is hoping to make the Lodge project work, as it would boost the area around Winthrop.

Walk2Campus purchases UP building, renames it Campus Walk

Safety Tips from the Chief of Police:• Payattentiontoyoursurroundings;talkingonyourcell

phoneisdistracting,andheadphonescanceloutcaution-arynoise.

• Onlycrossthestreetatthecrosswalk;accordingtostatestatute,apedestrianonlyhastheright-of-waytoavehicleiftheyareinthecrosswalkwhenthecarapproaches.

• Unlessyouarealreadyinthecrosswalkwhenthevehiclebeginstomove,youmustwaitforthevehicletopassorstop.Ifanaccidentoccursinthatevent,thevehicleisnottoblame.

• StudentsareencouragedtocallCampusPoliceduringanysignsofdangeroriftheyneedtoreportanaccident.323-3333.

Campus Walk, formerly part of University Place Apartments, is now part of Walk-2Campus’ 40-build-ing property. The apartment building was bought from a regional bank this past June. Photo by Jonathan McFadden • mcfaddenj@the-johnsonian.com.

Witnesses say Durham was exceed-ing the speed limit on Heritage Lane, which is 20 mph.

Becca Rose, senior special educa-tion major, witnessed the accident.

“I think people need to pay more attention when they’re driving,” Rose said. “This shouldn’t have happened.”

Presnell’s condition is stable, and The Johnsonian contacted her for an interview. Due to time restrictions, Presnell was unable to give an inter-view by press time.

To ensure student safety, Police

Chief Frank Zebedis encourages stu-dents to hang up their cell phones while crossing the street.

“They may believe they are multi-tasking, but actually they are running the risk of getting struck by a vehicle because they are not paying attention or they can’t hear what is going on around them,” Zebedis said.

If not currently in the crosswalk when a vehicle approaches, students should wait for the vehicle to pass before walking. If the student doesn’t yield, the vehicle is not to blame.

“In that situation, the pedestrian will be at fault for the accident,” Ze-bedis said.

Psychology student hit by vehicle while crossing road; incident brings light to pedestrian safety

CROSSING • from front

THURSDAYNovember 4, 2010

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I would much rather be a werewolf than a vampire.

I’ve often thought about what life would be like if I were to become a mythical crea-ture and I have often weighed the pros and cons of each lifestyle.

In my opinion, being a vam-pire would be a horrible fate. Not only is the entire persona and image of the vampire based on an intrinsic sexual-ity, but it seems to me that most vampires, such as Count Dracula, Carmelita and Mr. Cullen, are quite vain. I try to expel as much vanity from my life as I possibly can. I don’t think seducing victims in a castle or making sure my hair is properly moussed would suite me.

Another downside to vam-pires is the constant need for blood. How much blood do

they need on a nightly ba-sis? I imagine it’s similar to being a heroin addict. The only thing they can think about is from whom their next quart of hemo-globin is coming.

That sounds like a ter-rible existence.

Vampires can only come out at night. Everything’s closed at night. How do

they time their shopping? I couldn’t go to the bookstore, the comic shop or the skating rink.

Being a vampire would be a drag.

Werewolves, on the other hand are allowed to live normal lives as exemplary citizens. Things would only be complicated during waning and waxing gibbous moons.

I’m also attracted to the slightly woodsmen-like, pasto-ral image werewolves perpetu-ate. I could live in a cabin in Alaska and dress in flannel shirts. I could get into fights with bears in the wilderness.

In a way, we are all were-

wolves. Unlike vampires, humans are not consistent in our goals and needs. Sometimes a wave of emotion or energy can spur behavior we think to be out of our control. We’ve all woken up wondering where we were the night before.

There are many different creatures to choose from: mummies, zombies, witches, demons and human resource directors. But were-wolves and vampires are the most poi-gnant because they illustrate the con-stant struggle within ourselves between instinct and desire.

At one point folklore, were-wolves and vampires were the same myth. Even in the clas-sics, such as “Carmelita” and “Dracula,” the vampires pos-sess the power to transform

into wolves and bats. I’m not sure there’s much

of a point here, but in a world where “Twilight” has earned billions of dollars, I suppose every writer is obligated to

cash in on age-old folktales. I’m just doing it in my own ridiculous way.

I hope you had a happy Hal-loween.

Connor de BrulerOpinion editor

When I pay $1225 for something, I expect it to have certain qualities, one of which is cleanliness.

The type of sanitary issues at Thomson Cafeteria that have come to my attention during my college career is unprec-edented. Winthrop University is supposed to be home away from home for many college students. Well, does the kitchen at your house prepare food in an environment infested with cockroaches? I think not.

Cockroaches are known to

live in filth and spread diseases with their legs. According to aerias.org, cockroach feces contain many diseases, such as Salmonella, Staphylo-coccus and Streptococ-cus. Cockroaches can even trigger allergic reactions in humans and have been known to

cause asthma.The reason I have stated the

danger of having cockroaches around human beings is be-cause I have discovered several instances in which cockroaches have been sighted in Thomson Cafeteria.

• Sept. 13, 2010 at 4:19pm, Jonathon Willis, a sophomore Winthrop student, saw a very large cockroach on a wall in Thomson Cafeteria.

• Sept. 23, 2010 Brittany Se-rago, a freshman Winthrop stu-dent saw a cockroach climbing up a wall in Thomson Cafeteria.

• Oct. 2, 2010, 6:07pm, I found a dead cockroach under a drink dispenser in Thomson Cafeteria.

In my opinion Thomson Caf-eteria has a cockroach problem. Inadequately cleaning dirty dishes causes this problem. Ac-cording to aerias.org cockroach-es are attracted to dirty dishes.

Recently two students have complained about the cleanli-ness of the dishes at Thomson Cafeteria on Sept. 24, 2010 and Sept. 26, 2010.

Thomson received an 89 out of 100 on a recent South Carolina Department of Health Services and Environmental Control inspection but the re-port did not mention anything about cockroaches.

Although Thomson Cafete-ria workers claim they clean the plates thoroughly, they do not deny the existence of dirty dishes.

One comment card posted in the cafteria says, in response to

a student complaint, “Sorry if you have found some (dishes) dirty.”

Another comment card claims the employees will “watch out better” for dirty dishes but I do not buy it.

A comment on the DHEC report stated dishes were being stored on the floor.

I am not trying to be Upton Sinclair, but I think there are serious sanitation violations frequently occuring in Thomson Cafeteria. These violations need not occur anywhere, especially in the place we eat.

Matthew AbrahamGuest columnist

Vampire lifestyle appears uncomfortable

Student disillusioned with WU cafeteria

Lack of education can lead to Christians giving our religion a false reputation...

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Letter to the Editor concern-ing Jared Epps’s column pub-lished on Oct. 25.

I’d like to address some of the statements made by a guest colum-nist in “Student offers fun religious viewpoint.” After reading this article, I’m sitting at my desk feeling like I just got punched in the gut. It makes me so distraught to read how students view Christians as a bunch of finger-pointing vampires (my words, not his). I’m sure there are finger-pointing vampire ‘Christians’ out there, but is that the only type of encounter people are having? Stop by

any campus ministry and I bet you’ll find something much different. Now I’ll move on to some specifics. Epps says his advice to a friend resulted in his being deemed a “heathen, or whatever Christians call unbelievers of their religion.” Yikes! Do people think Christians sit around denouncing people like that? If you’ve witnessed this from Christians, point them to the book of Luke in the Bible where Jesus tells us, “Judge not…condemn not.” It’s a clear com-mand, but lack of educa-tion can lead to Christians giving our beliefs a false reputation, which then leads columnists such as Epps to feel justified in describing Christians as ridiculous bigots.

Epps also asks, “Why do [Christians] feel the need to do God’s work and judge the rest of us?” Like I just pointed out, judg-ing is in no way the job of Christians. However, we are called to be disciples and to spread God’s mes-sage and way of life. I’m sorry if the Christians you know got this mixed up with passing out tickets to hell. It upsets me, too, that fear tactics are used. However, I would like to point out that you keep throwing all Christians into a very ugly bag.You accuse Christians of discrimination, but is your article much differ-ent? Lastly, I find it inter-esting that you pose the question that if a god really exists, does he (or she, as you put it) “even care what happens on our tiny, inconsequential blue speck of a planet?” The answer is yes, he cares! Isn’t that so amaz-ing?

Jamie SweatmanJunior elementary educa-tion major

Some people blame crazy walkers. Some people blame crazy drivers.

No matter who is to blame, The Johnsonian thinks that standoffs between pedestrians and drivers on Winthrop’s campus are too frequent, especially considering that a stu-dent was hit last week while using a crosswalk.

Winthrop’s campus is mostly conducive to pedestrians. Although people say they don’t like walking from the Dinkins commuter lot, the gravel faculty lot or the Legion Lot, the isolation of those parking lots is important to keeping pedestrians safe.

When sophomore psychology major Shelby Presnell was hit by a car while walking between the West Center and Johnson last week, the driver was exiting an area not suited for student vehicle traffic.

The vehicle involved had a resi-dent parking pass on the window but the driver was not a Winthrop student.

Witnesses say the driver exceeded

the posted 20 mph speed limit, but The Johnsonian could not confirm with police that speed was the cause.

Even when adhering to speed lim-its, distracted drivers can still cause accidents.

And, pedestrians on campus shouldn’t assume drivers will notice them and stop.

South Carolina law mandates drivers yield to pedestrians already in the crosswalk, but they do not have to stop for jaywalkers.

The Department of Motor Ve-hicles’ website also states, “A driver should always be willing to give the pedestrian the right of way, regard-less of whether he has it or not.”

The Johnsonian would like every-one to be more courteous while driv-ing around campus. Don’t increase your speed just to beat a pedestrian to a crosswalk.

One student hit by a car is one stu-dent too many.

The Johnsonian is very thankful the student is not seriously injured.

WU needs better walkers, drivers

THURSDAYNovember 4, 2010

AMANDA PHIPPSHealth & Science Editor

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CORRECTION: In the Oct. 28 issue of The Johnsonian on page six, the story “Students wear pink to support breast cancer,” said the chairman of the AKA breast cancer program committee was Arieal Bernadette; her name is Arieal Mack. The story also said the event raised money for Susan G. Coleman for the Cure. The organization is named Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

By Amanda Phippsphippsa@thejohnsonian.com

Populations that depend on snow for water may need to find a new meth-od of water attainment thanks to climate change, which has resulted in warmer temperatures globally, geology professor Marsha Bollinger said.

Whether it is a normal change in weather or re-lated to global warming, climate changes have re-sulted in a change in the timing of snow in certain areas that depends on snowmelt for their water supply, she said.

“We assume that when we go to a water fountain, water will be available and suitable for drinking,” she said, “but other parts of the world could be in trou-ble if the availability of wa-ter changes.”

Northern California cur-rently has reservoirs that are engineered to catch snowmelt that will be used to supply water during dry periods, Bollinger said.

The National Resourc-es Conservation Service (NRCS) maintains a sys-tem to collect snow called SNOTEL (Snowpack Te-lemetry), which measures the snowfall in the western mountains and uses that

information to forecast water supply, according to the NRCS website.

Places such as Califor-nia, Washington and Or-egon have already begun to experience a change in the amount and timing of snowfall, Bollinger said.

The conclusion is that climate change is caus-ing this, but the question remains if this is normal climate change or change related to human-induced global warming, she said.

Climate change may also affect the world’s food supply, she said.

“Water impacts where plants grow,” she said.

If there is a change in the amount of water an area gets, it may result in certain crops not being able to thrive there, she said. This can affect over-all food supply and public health.

Climate change can also affect rain patterns, which can brimg more water to dry areas of the world and less in areas that are used to having a steady wa-ter supply, she said. This causes a change in the dis-tribution of water and can affect how people main-tain a water supply.

“We would have to adapt to it,” Bollinger said.

People in certain areas may have to move else-

where due to a lack of water because of global warming, political sci-ence professor Christo-pher Van Aller said. Cer-tain countries will lose the availability of water if the time and amount of snowmelt changes due to warmer temperatures. These people may become environmental refugees and create overcrowding in refugee camps, further threatening public health.

“Refugees are going to want to move to areas bet-ter for life,” he said, “but other countries are al-ready there.”

Psychology professor Jeffrey Sinn said most wars are fought over land and resources. As the arc-tic ice caps continue to melt, the problem will be-come figuring out who will own the oil beneath that area.

If climate change makes some areas unable to sup-port the same amount of resources and the popula-tions continue to rise, ten-sions between territories may increase.

“It will be a whole new level of chaos,” he said. “Countries will act in their own interest. We will not be together on this.”

Climate change may also result in an increase of dis-eases, Van Aller said. An

increase in insect-spread diseases, such as malaria, may be a result of warmer temperatures, causing changes in water levels in certain areas.

Climate change can lead to an increase of mosqui-toes, which can carry ma-laria, because they thrive in warm weather, accord-ing to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website. Insects can also spread other vector-born diseases, including yellow fever and dengue fever.

Overcrowding of refu-gees can increase the spread of disease, Van Aller said.

Diseases depend on in-sects, such as mosquitoes, for transmission between hosts, biology professor Paula Mitchell said.

“The disease organism is usually transmitted in the saliva when the insect feeds on the host’s blood,” she said.

Malaria is a disease that is caused by a protozoan and is evolutionarily tied to very few mosquito spe-cies, Mitchell said. The species will not thrive in temperate environments.

“The disease organism cannot complete its devel-opment in the mosquito at low temperatures,” she said.

The vector that carries

the disease in the mosqui-to and the mosquito itself will do better in warmer conditions, Mitchell said. This will result in an in-creased abundance of mosquitoes.

Global warming may re-sult in an increase in tem-perature that will make the environment more tropi-cal, and mosquito species will move from Central and South America to the U.S. and be able to popu-late and spread disease, Mitchell said.

Dengue and yellow fever may also be able to spread with the increases in tem-perature, causing more regions to be able to hold the vector Aedes aegypti, a mosquito species that car-ries the disease, she said.

Extreme temperatures can directly result in glob-al loss of life, according to the EPA website. Changes in climate can cause eco-logical disturbances, such as “changes in the range of infective parasites,” which can indirectly impact health through the spread-ing of disease. Warm tem-peratures can also harm public health through an increase in air and water pollution.

Van Aller said some benefits exist to climate change, but each one also affects something else.

Certain areas normally too cold for crops to grow may become available, and longer growing seasons may be a result of climate change, but other areas will be affected.

“You can’t pretend that changing one massive thing will have no other effects,” he said.

Van Aller said the prob-lem with global warming is that it causes change too quickly.

“It takes a long time for a biological system to adapt to a new environment,” he said. “If it changes too quickly, it can have ad-verse effects.”

Sinn said it’s hard to tell exactly what climate change will result in.

“There has never been this big of a shift (in envi-ronment) in human histo-ry,” he said. “It’s hard for social scientists to predict what’s going to happen.”

Warmer temperatures could endanger public health

Whether you prefer Windows, Mac or Linux, the one thing people have in common is the use of a web browser. However, this one commonality leads to many different avenues in terms of what makes the “best browser.” So to help ease some of the frustration, let me give you a quick overview of what a browser is and what makes one better then another.

For all intents and pur-poses, a web browser is a program that is able to ac-cess and read HTML files and displays them to the user. The web browser is, therefore, responsible for your interactions with the World Wide Web. How-ever, all browsers are not created equally, and there are clear front-runners in the battle for browser supremacy.

To make it to the top of my list, we must look at a few things: the engine used, ease of use and visible page area. The “engine” is what drives the program and what al-lows it to read the HTML code, process it and then display the final output to the users’ screen. Some

engines are obviously fast-er than other engines, and that all comes together when talking about page- load speed.

“Ease of use” is an obvious trait we look for, and all boils down to how comfortable the user is with getting the full func-tionality out of the brows-er. “Visible page area” is how much of the page the person is able to see without having to scroll. Ideally, a browser should maximize the display area of the content in order to minimize scrolling and overall screen clutter.

So, which browser is the best? Well, to start off, let me go ahead and trash both Internet Explorer and Safari. Personally, both browsers just can’t keep up with the Google Chrome’s and Mozilla Firefox’s of the world, both in ease of use and speed. Coming in a close second is the fabled Mozilla Firefox. For many of us, Firefox is nothing new, but Mozilla has been consistent in putting out a fast, easy to use browser. Another pro of Firefox is the ability to customize it. From themes to widgets, the options are endless.

My personal favorite browser, the browser everyone should be us-ing by the way, is Google Chrome. In terms of page-load speed, you would be hard-pressed to find another option that can keep up. Chrome isn’t just fast, it’s mind-numbingly

fast. Also, in more recent distributions of Chrome, Google has now given the user the ability to add widgets and apply themes. Also, Chrome minimizes the need to scroll. Finally, Chrome does away with toolbars, integrating the Google search feature right into the URL bar. Now there is no need to navigate to Google.com. You can

simply type in your search query and hit enter.

In terms of a safe browser, you start split-ting hairs. There is no such thing as a “safe” browser. The best way to stay safe on the In-ternet is by being proac-tive. Keep your browsing safe by minimizing the “remember password” features and don’t ever send personal information

(social security numbers, bank account informa-tion, etc.) unless you’re sure of what you’re doing (keep in mind there are people who “spoof” bank web pages to steal infor-mation).

Have any questions or comments? Want to learn more about the best browser? E-mail me at joshid@thejohnsonian.com.

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THURSDAYNovember 4, 2010

JESSICA PICKENSArts & Entertainment Editorpickensj@thejohnsonian.com

ALISON ANGELAsst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

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CROSSWURD PUZZLE

Across1. What number Harry Potter movie is coming out on Nov. 19?2. Who is the assistant director of campus programming? (two words)4. Last name of the director of the International Center6. Where will the winning homecoming float be displayed? (two words)7. What building is the International Center being moved to?9. Last name of the Johnsonian’s web master.10. Last name of the department chair of counseling, leadership and educa-tional studies.11. Name of the gallery where the Winthrop silent auction takes place. (two words)

Down1. What is the name of Winthrop women’s soccer coach? (two words)3. What is replacing WebCT? (two words)5. What is the name of the student center’s movie theater? (two words)8. Which residence hall is being transformed into Hogwarts?

Gallery Up auctionsstudent, faculty artBy Alison Angelangela@thejohnsonian.com

Winthrop University is set to host the fifth an-nual Silent Art Auction on Nov. 10.

The auction will last three days, and Nov. 13 is the last day to place bids on any items.

The gallery features work done exclusively by Winthrop students, fac-ulty and alumni.

This year’s auction dovetails with an inaugu-ral arts celebration called Muse Fest, which takes place on East Main Street in downtown Rock Hill.

The Muse Fest, which also runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, features live mu-sic and a wide variety of art exhibitions, including a photography show by senior Winthrop students and an outdoor graffiti

wall.This is the first time the

auction of Winthrop art has taken place so early in the year.

Stephanie McCloud, Gallery Up employee, said the auction usually takes place during the Christmas holidays.

This year’s Silent Art Auction moved in or-der to be included in the Muse Fest.

McCloud said the auc-tion was adopted by Gal-lery Up after originally being started on campus.

“It (the auction) used to take place on cam-pus,” McCloud said. “It was started by a union of student artists, but they disbanded, so we (Gallery Up) adopted it.”

While the number of entries in the auction is still up in the air, a good number is expected, Mc-

Cloud said. Last year alone the auc-

tion received more than 200 entries from various artists.

Artists who are interest-ed in submitting work can submit up to four pieces of work and must provide information about the piece at drop off.

The maximum size of work is 40 inches.

Artists will receive 60 percent of the final bid on their art work, according to the Gallery Up website.

If you are interested in submitting a piece and would like more informa-tion on how to participate in the silent auction, visit galleryup.com or e-mail Gallery Up at info@gal-leryup.com.

When they were young

Then Now

Your Arts and Entertain-ment editors have started a new feature where stu-dents can see what their professors looked like dur-ing their college days.

This week, we have mass communication professor Justin Brown.

Want to give your

co-workers a good laugh? Want to see what your professors looked like when they were younger?

Send us professor ideas or your college photos to pickensj@thejohnsonian.com.

Professors you can submit photos of yourself too.

Professors’ background impresses studentsBy Jessica Pickenspickensj@thejohnsonian.com

Sandra Neels left home as a teenager to follow her dreams and now commemo-rates the choreographer who gave her success.

“Ever since I can remember I’ve always wanted to be a dancer,” said dance pro-fessor Neels.

For 10 years, from 1964 to 1974, Neels danced with Merce Cunningham’s dance company, the choreographer who influ-enced modern dance.

“I read an essay Merce had written and was interested,” Neels said. “I am trained in tap and Russian ballet. I couldn’t see myself growing in ballet, but wanted to stay in ballet.”

Neels went to New York and caught Cunningham’s attention by taking every class he taught and helping to make the

costumes, she said. When the Cunningham Company was

going on a six-month world tour in 1964, Neels suggested he take her along as an understudy.

“Merce told me to come to rehearsals but not let anyone know I was an under-study. I took notes wearing street clothes because he didn’t want anyone to feel threatened,” Neels said.

The 1964 world tour took teenager Neels and the Cunningham Company to places such as France, Tokyo and behind the Iron Curtain.

She had the opportunity to travel around the world. Neels said you really see the culture of a country when you are there as a worker.

“Dancers got sick in places like India, but everyone was always expected to dance,” she said. “It was hard to find food the that we needed in order to dance well.

One evening I did an entire performance on an orange.”

Neels started the tour as an under study with only one role, but ended the tour with several more after dancers left the group.

“My roommate got married so I got her parts,” Neels said.

After leaving the company, Neels taught at colleges in Canada before mov-ing to North Carolina.

“It was so cold in Canada and I thought I’d freeze to death if I stayed there any longer,” she said.

Neels came to Winthrop the same year as President DiGiorgio and choreo-graphed his inauguration.

She hasn’t performed since 1980, and is now interested in reviving and restag-ing Cunningham’s work.

The Lincoln Center asked her to restage two of Cunningham’s works in 2002.

Since then Neels has reconstructed eight pieces.

Neels is one of five people in the world qualified to teach Cunningham’s work, she said.

“I was hungry to learn from him, and I am still learning from Merce all the time.”

Sandra Neels

Arts Ball 2010:‘Curse of the Creole’

This year’s Arts Ball held on Oct. 29 focused on New Orleans and Creole culture. The play centered around hurricane’s rampage through Louisi-ana brought on by a voodoo witch doctor. Funds raised at the Arts Ball went to schools in New Orleans that are still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Photo by Claire VanOstenbridge • Special to The Johnsonian

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Upcoming on-campus films:

Saturday, Nov. 6: “Inception”- The complex and popular Leonardo DiCaprio movie about dreams.

Wednesday, Nov. 13: “The Other Guys”- Dis-graced New York City police detectives take on a high-profile case.

November 2010Music

Winthrop Clarinet Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, in Barnes Recital Hall.

Hanson will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, at Amos Southend in Charlotte. Tickets are $25.

Motion City Soundtrack and Say Anything will perform at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, at Amos Southend in Charlotte. Tickets are $23.

Winthrop Chorale, Chamber Singers and Jazz Voices will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, in McBryde Hall. Cultural Event

DSU (Events are $5 with student I.D., $10 without and free with Fall Pass. Movies are $2 for students)

Indie band “Barefoot Truth” will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, in the “The Edge” in the DiGiorgio Food Court.

Box office hit “Inception” will be showing at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6, in Dina’s Place Theater.

Watch Winthrop talent at the Homecoming Talent Show at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, in Tillman Auditorium. Free event

Rock band Lloyd Dobler Effect will perform at the Homecoming Party at 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, in the DiGiorgio Banquet Hall. Free event

The detective comedy “The Other Guys” will be showing at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, in Dina’s Place Theater.

Documentary about football player and soldier Pat Tilman, “The Tilman Story,” will be showing at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Dina’s Place Theater.

Singer/songwriter Tyrone Wells will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, in the DiGiorgio Food Court. Pianist Tim Brantley is opening for Wells.

The comedy “Lottery Ticket” will be showing at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, in Dina’s Place Theater.

The crime movie “Takers” will be showing at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, in Dina’s Place Theater.

Off-campus movies

Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey all star in the latest Pixar movie “Megamind.” The film premieres on Friday, Nov. 5.

Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford star in “Morning Glory,” written by the same author of “Devil Wears Prada.” The film premieres on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Denzel Washington and Chris Pine stop a runaway train in “Unstop-pable.” The film premiers on Friday, Nov. 12.

The long anticipated “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1” premieres on Friday, Nov. 19.

Christina Aguilera and Cher team up in the musical “Burlesque” pre-miering on Wednesday, Nov. 24.

Dance and plays

The Winthrop Dance Theater will perform at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, through Saturday, Nov. 13, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14. The performance will be in Johnson Theater and tickets are $8 with student I.D. and $15 without.

The Fall One-Act Plays will be at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20. The performance is in Johnson Theater. Tickets are $8 with student I.D. and $15 without.

Guidelines:

--Images used must be owned by the artist or labeled for reuse by the owner. --Artwork should be in JPEG, TIFF, or PDF format.--The artwork does not have to be a traditional hand turkey. We will gravitate more towards artwork that is related to the Thanksgiving holi-day though.--Group submissions will be accepted but only one prize will be given. Only one piece of art-work will be accepted per artist. --Hand outline must be drawn but can be scanned and combined with images.E-mail submissions to Jessica Pickens at pickensj@thejohnsonian.com

Deadline to enter is Nov. 15, 2010

Groups make floats to receive place of honorBy Alison Angel angela@thejohnsonain.com

Colorful paper and vi-sions of school spirit.

Homecoming this year marks a change at Win-throp as groups around campus compete to make floats.

The homecoming com-mittee and facilities man-agement teamed up and decided to make floats for this year’s homecoming.

The winning float will receive a place of honor on the Campus outside of the new DiGiorgio Center.

Mike Rapay, assistant director of campus pro-gramming, is in charge of helping to coordinate

the event and competition with the floats.

Rapay said in the past Winthrop has allowed student groups to make floats for events but this year is different.

“There have been floats in the past, but not like this,” Rapay said. “We have told each group to create something that will allow the Winthrop community to know who made it immediately.”

The student homecom-ing committee came up with this theme for the competing groups.

“We wanted to make it a little different than the banners which are more about our basketball team beating the other team,” Rapay said.

Each float will be judged based on artistic

appeal, as well as use of a fence piece provided by the committee and spirit of the organization who built the float.

If you are interested in having your club or organization participate and build a float for this year’s homecoming, visit the homecoming website to register.

The deadline to register is November 4.

Homecoming week starts Nov. 9 and ends Nov. 13.

Float with school spirit

THURSDAYNovember 4, 2010

ALEXIS AUSTINCulture Editor

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MICA Institute students undergo cultural immersion

Street Talk English you didn’t learn

from your professors

International students, you probably didn’t learn these phrases in your English classes. Here are a few that might make your coversations more interesting. Test your friends

and see if they can correctly define them.

Tongue-in-cheek- not to be taken seriously Example: The comment about his boss’ weight was tongue-in-cheek.

Two cents-someone’s personal advice or opinion Example: She always puts her two cents in when no one is talking to her.

Compiled by Alexis Austin

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Above and left: MICA Institute graduate students chat with Winthrop students at the Culture Club’s ice cream social on Oct. 27. The graduate students visited Winthrop as a part of cultural immersion experience. Photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

By Sigourney WoodforkSpecial to The Johnsonian

Winthrop University was given the opportunity to host six students from Ahmedabad, India from Oct. 17 to Oct. 30. Originally, the students from the Mudra Institute of Ahmedabad (MICA) were composed of eight students. Postgraduate MICA student Anshual Bafna said two students had visa complications and were unable to participate in the cultural immersion.

Dr. Padmini Patwardhan, Winthrop mass communication associate professor, arranged the students’ cultural immersion. The four-week trip was divided into two weeks spent in Illinois visiting Southern Illinois University, and two weeks here.

Patwardhan said, while at Winthrop, the MICA students attended classes across campus, met with professors within their areas of interest and were provided with opportunities to interact with Winthrop students both within and outside of class.

The MICA students attended an ice cream social held by the Culture Club, an on-campus organization established to educate and explore different cultures from around the world. The event was held on Oct. 27 in the lobby of the DiGiorgio Campus Center. Winthrop students were invited to meet and talk to the MICA students to better understand the similarities and differences of American and Indian culture.

Fashion, food and everything in between were just a few of the topics students discussed. The MICA students described all the sightseeing and shopping adventures they had while in the Rock Hill and Charlotte area, including their trip to Concord Mills shopping center about 12 miles from downtown Charlotte.

“We love Concord Mills,” said Sheena Agarwal, MICA grad student who plans on working in the image consulting field.

During the MICA students’ visit, the group also went to Charlotte Media (Fox), NASCAR

Hall of Fame and Discovery Place.

Food was a common area of interest of both Culture Club members and the MICA students. During the cultural immersion trip, the MICA students had many opportunities to try an assorted variety of American cuisine.

“Wild Wings was really great. I especially liked the spicy mango wings,” Agarwal said. Popular Indian fast food, such as Pav Bhaji and Panipuri, was discussed in great detail. Panipuri is described as “bite-sized balls of flavor,” said Ritika Singh, MICA grad student who is in the process of creating a social media platform that connects parents and their children. “When we say we are homesick, this is what we miss—the junk food.”

The MICA students compared Winthrop’s integrated marketing communication (IMC) curriculum to the IMC program at the Mudra Institute.

“The classes are basically the same, just from a different perspective,” said Shweta Ravandran, MICA grad student who is focusing on irradicating childhood illiteracy with stimulating audio and visual children’s books.

A major difference between the two programs is the entrepreneural aspect the Mudra Institute requires. The highly selective admission process requires applicants to devise a plan for a business that would better the surrounding community and ultimately the entire country of India. For his business plan, Siddharth Nakai is in the process of creating an eco-friendly consulting company that helps produce films in an earth-friendly way.

“Big budget films, such as

Bollywood movies, use many of resources for building sets and for lighting. My company will help production teams waste less,” Nakai said. “This is something even American production companies could use help in.”

Another riveting topic discussed at the ice cream social—cultural perceptions. Culture Club members wanted to know what the students from India thought about America before they came and if their expectations of Americans were met or shattered. “We weren’t surprised, that surprised us,” Agarwal said.

Due to the media and other forms of communication, the

Indian students’ idea of America and its citizens was reinforced with the cultural immersion experience.

Nakai, however, felt that “you can only have a blurred image until you actually go see a country.”

The MICA students were curious to find out what Winthrop students knew about India and how Indian culture was view from an outside perspective.

“I was surprised at how non-conservative they were,” Hien Dang, a finance major and president of the Culture Club said.

“I didn't think they would be as outspoken as they were. I

guess I thought they would more quiet because that's how I would be in a foreign country, but they were so much fun,” broadcast major Norie Young said.

Young met the students from India when they sat in on her International Communications class.

Overall, the cultural immersion trip went well for both the MICA students and the Winthrop students who were able to interact with the visitors.

“I believe it was a valuable experience for both sets of students,” said Dr. Patwardhan.

against a demanding non-conference schedule, which swept the Eagles off their feet. Despite keeping the score close (six losses were by just one goal), the women found themselves 0-7-1 by the end of Sep-tember, rooted to the bot-tom of the table.

“It was a mental thing,” Vensel said. “We were go-ing 0-7 into conference, but we were always able to keep mentally strong, to keep working hard in practice for one another.”

To finally get back into the win column, it all start-ed with Gardner Webb.

Realizing his team could work better in a different shape, Smith shuffled his midfield and changed the formation from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3, adding a striker and more balance to the top of the attack.

“It took a little while to get used to [the new for-mation],” leading goal-scorer Courtney Durbin said, “but when we did, we sure liked it.”

Winthrop scored nine goals during their hot streak of five straight wins.

The Eagles had a goal difference of -11 coming into the Gardner Webb matchup, but goalkeepers Kelsey Weavil and Sarah Schippers have now re-corded five straight shut-outs between themselves.

“It was definitely hard to get scored on,” Weavil said, “but we hang in there and work on our mistakes that happen because of the goals so we’re able to fix them and prevent them, and that feels great.”

The story of the wom-en’s soccer team is one of redemption, to bounce back from last year’s woes of finishing last in confer-ence play to potentially picking up the top spot for 2010.

But for the men’s side, the tale is much different.

Adam Skonicki is famil-iar with success. After all, it runs in the family. His brother, Matt, who gradu-ated last year, is a Win-throp soccer legend, aid-ing the Eagles to two Big South championships and achieving the tournament MVP in his junior year.

But this year, the sopho-more forward and his team

have been more likely to end up on opposite side of the spectrum, currently struggling in sixth place out of nine teams.

“It’s disappointing be-cause the one thing I hate the most is losing. It takes the fun out of [the game] when you’re not winning,” Skonicki said.

Unlike the women, the men have been unable to win two matches in a row this season.

Skonicki accredits the inconsistency to youth.

“We’re a young team,” the forward said. “Not all the experience is there, so [while] we all want to go out there and win, we still don’t know exactly what we’re doing and what line-up we need. It’s an adjust-ing year.”

For this season, how-ever, Winthrop must ad-just quickly. The Big South tournament starts on Nov. 11 in High Point, N.C., the home of the conference champions, who clinched their top seed berth last Thursday with a 2-1 vic-tory over Coastal Carolina. Unfortunately, the Eagles have been far from effec-tive as visitors, with a 1-5-1 record on away turf.

But for a team that has struggled so much during the regular season, there is nothing to do but look to the future.

“We’ve got to stay work-ing hard,” Skonicki said. “We’re here now and we have to put the season behind us. To get the re-sults in the tournament, we have to go into it well and we’ll be looking at ourselves as champions again.”

Whether this season turns out to be a banner year, it will be fascinating to see the rise of Winthrop men’s soccer throughout the next four years, es-pecially with the proven

talent of freshmen Matt Stinson and Tinotenda Chibharo already making an impact.

“I know this team is go-

ing to get better and better,” Skonicki said. “It’ll be exciting to see a win streak again because once we get on that, it’ll last for

a while.”Maybe it will all start

with Gardner Webb. This past Thursday against the Bulldogs, Winthrop got back in the win column with a gritty 2-1 win at home, boosting them up from the bottom spot.

“We were lucky to get [the win],” coach Richard Posipanko said, “but we’ll take it.”

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CHRIS McFADDENSports Editor

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No.1 seed for wom-en’s soccer team

After a slow start to the season, the women’s soc-cer team earned the No. 1 seed in the Big South Conference Tournament.

The Eagles, who won five of their last six games, will play the number eight seed VMI. The game will be Thurs-day, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. The tournament is being played in Radford, VA.

Under new head coach Spencer Smith, Winthrop posted a 6-2-1 conference record. In last year’s tour-nament the Eagles made it to the championship round before losing to High Point University.

Golf’s fall season comes to an end

The men’s golf team finished in 15th place and the women 17th place in their final tournament of the fall.

The men were paced in the Humingbird Intercol-legiate Tournament by sophmore Kamito Hirai who scored a 150 over 36 holes.

Junior Kayla Cline led the Eagles at the Lady Paladin Invitational. She shot a 241 over 36 holes.

Cross country teams finish season

Junior Adam Freud-enthal finished in fifth place and led the men’s cross country team to a 4th place finish in the Big South Conference Tour-nament.

The Lady Eagles finished in 7th place with Liberty winning the women’s title.

Freudenthal and sophomore Jennifer Schofield were named to the All-Conference Aca-demic team. Freudenthal also was named to the All-Conference team

Volleyball team ends losing streak

The volleyball team beat the Liberty Flames in straight sets.

The victory brought the Eagles their conference record to 8-5 with three games remaining in the season.

Junior Becca Toor led the Eagles with 10 kills, while senior Kaley Viola had 13 digs.

The Big South Confer-ence Tournament will be-gin in Nov. 18 and will be played at the Winthrop Coliseum.

SPORTS BRIEFS

SOCCER • from front

Soccer teams prepare for Big South Conference Tournament

Men’s, women’s teams will attempt a run at the Big South title

The men’s soccer team was picked to finish second by conference coaches. However, the team has struggled to overcome the youth and inexperience on the roster. The team has lost four of their last five games. The Eagles will play in Big South Confer-ence Tournament which begins Nov. 11 in High Point, N.C. The Eagles won last years tourna-ment and advanced to the NCAA Soccer Tourna-ment.

Winthrop’s women’s soccer team ended their season winning five of their last six games. The Eagles earned the number one seed in the Big South Conference Tour-nament being held

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Winthrop athletes do more than just work hard on the field.

As part of the Eagles in Action pro-gram, the student-athletes make a differ-ence off the field as well.

Eagles in Action: Goals for Leader-ship, Education and Service was cre-ated by Norma McDuffie, director of the CHAMPS/Life Skills program.

It consists of all of the community ser-vice done by Winthrop Athletes.

“We try to get our student-athletes en-gaged in the community doing different types of projects,” McDuffie says.

She added that the 250 student-ath-letes at Winthrop have performed more than 4,000 hours of community service over the past 2 years.

For the past two years, Winthrop athletes have won the Kallander Cup, an award given to a Big South university for its outstanding service.

Last year, the Eagles took part in a yearlong contest to help Samaritan’s Feet, a non-profit organization that dis-tributes shoes around the world to those in need.

In a friendly contest between fellow Big South Conference schools, Winthrop competed against the other universities to see who could collect the most shoes.

The Eagles won the “contest” by col-lecting 1340 pairs of used shoes, 289 pairs of new shoes and over $2300 dol-lars earmarked to the organization.

One of the ways Winthrop was able to collect so many shoes was by going to lo-cal schools and challenging the classes.

The winning classes received a “field day” in which the athletes went to the school and spent time playing games with the kids.

“I would say that throughout the year, all of our student-athletes do something,” McDuffie said.

Students from every team have been involved with projects such as Eagle Week through the Boys and Girls Club.

The student-athletes spent five days playing sports and making crafts with local children.

Other projects Winthrop athletes have been involved in include building houses for Habitat for Humanity, reading in local schools and visiting retirement homes.

CHAMPS/Life Skills is a program im-plemented in 1994 by NCAA institutions that helps to enhance the experience of student-athletes in their universities.

It consists of five goals: Commitment to Academic Excellence, Commitment to Athletic Excellence, Commitment to Personal Development, Commitment to Career Development, and Commitment to Service.

The Eagles in Action program allows Winthrop in general and its student-athletes in particular to provide a link between the school and the community.

The effort shows that Winthrop consid-ers itself to be a part of the community and not a seperate entity oblivious to what goes on outside its walls.

Also, athletes are able to learn what it means to be selfless, a lesson they can take with them when their Winthrop experience is over.

They hold their weapon of choice as they practice techniques that will help them in their next battle.

Later, the sound of metal striking metal fills the air in the West Center as they try to integrate the techniques they just learned into their strategy to defeat their opponent.

These Winthrop stu-dents are engaged in an activity that can be seen in movies and TV shows, such as the Zorro televi-sion series.

Fencing is one of the club sports offered by the Office of Recreational Services. The season lasts for the whole school year with fencers participating in tournaments through-out the year, according to fencing club member Josh Lindower.

The club practices Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. in the West Center.

Even though the club does compete in tourna-ments, the club, according to its club sport charter, is more interested in “hav-ing fun while improving our minds and bodies.

Lindower, a mass com-munications major, is one of the 17 members of the

club coached by Micheal Edgecomb.

“Michael is a Winthrop alumni and a part of the Charlotte fencing acad-emy,” Lindower said.

Fencing is a sport not many people are familiar with, other than what is portrayed in movies and on television.

Unlike those portray-

als, there are rules to the sport.

“There are three, three minute periods that go to 15 points. Points are earned by hitting the target area with the tip of their blade on their op-ponents body,” Lindower said. “The target area is literally from the bottom of the foot to the head.”

Fencing is an Olympic sport that has been a part of the modern games since their beginning and uses three weapons, the foil, epee and the saber, the USA Fencing Organi-zation explained.

Immigrant Germans brought the sport to the United States in the late 1800’s, according to the

United States Fencing As-sociation.

Recently, the club com-peted in the Tiger Open at Clemson University where some members advanced through the bracket, Lin-dower informed.

The grace and the focus needed to participate in the sport is evident as fencing club continues its

practice. Just as evident is the fun the members are having.

Anyone interested in joining the club just needs to attend a practice on Tuesday or Thursday and bring with them a pho-tocopy of their insurance card.

Winthrop fall sports schedule

Team Opponent Location Date

Men’s soccer TBA Big South TBA Tournament

Women’s soccer VMI Radford, VA 11/4/10 Big South Tournament

Volleyball UNC-Asheville Away 11/5/10

Volleyball Presbyterian Home 11/10/10

Volleyball Gardner-Webb Home 11/13/10

Men’s tennis Alabama Invitational Away 11/5/10

Men’s basketball UNC-Pembroke Home 11/6/10

Women’s basketball North Greenville Home 11/6/10

Winthrop athletes work hard in the community

Club gives students a stab at fencingFencing club gives members a chance to compete, make new relationships, have fun while participating in sport

By Hannah SchwartzSpecial to the Johnsonian

By Chris McFaddenmcfaddenc@thejohnso-nian.com

Fencing club member Josh Lindower competes with other students in tournaments nearby. At the Tiger Open at Clemson Uni-versity, mem-bers advanced through the tournament bracket. Photo by Kath-leen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com.

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