april 11th, 2013

By Shamira [email protected]

Memories of checking into Rich-ardson Hall as a freshman and room-ing with Todd Lassiter still linger in Chad Steele’s mind although it was 20 years ago. While the food at Thomson Hall proved to have the same “uh” factor it currently does to students and the campus’ beauty was ever apparent, Steele’s Winthrop ca-reer was overall a “liberating experi-ence.”

Receiving a full-ride from a basket-ball scholarship from Winthrop led Steele to become a leading rebounder for the team and occupied the major-ity of his free time. With school and basketball being two of his top focus-es, Steele learned the valuable lesson of hard work and discipline.

“I’m a military brat. Just balancing school and basketball was my most valuable lesson,” he said. “The teach-ers were good at realizing I had re-sponsibilities outside of school.”

A former integrated marketing communications major and the cur-rent director of media relations for the Baltimore Ravens, Steele did not always want to have a career in me-dia.

It was when the Carolina Panthers trained at Winthrop Coliseum dur-

ing their inaugural season that Steele recognized his interest in media. Having a chance to interact with the players and to see what went on be-hind the scenes added to this inter-est, he said.

His combined interest in sports and media landed him an internship with the Carolina Panthers. While doing “administrative stuff” such as getting food, picking up players from the airport and writing press releas-es, his training for this internship prepared him for his current career.

Steele said he would wake up early in the mornings in search of finding every local newspaper rendering sto-ries about the Panthers. After finding all related stories, he was then given the task of physically cutting and pasting these stories in a way that they could be used as a visual aid for the staff.

After two internships with the Pan-thers and one with the Ravens, Steele went on to work for ESPN and the San Francisco 49ers before begin-ning his position as a media relations manager with the Ravens. He com-pleted four years as a manager before being promoted to director. It has now been six years that Steele has been the director of media relations for the Ravens.

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Lady Eagles score victory against rival

This Sunday the Lady Eagles lacrosse team defeated Big South rival Coastal Carolina in a tight 10-8 victory in Conway, S.C.

Alyssa Blevins tied her season high of four goals as she as-sisted the Eagles to yet another victorious win. With the win, Winthrop improves to a 9-6 overall record (3-2 in the Big South) while Coastal falls to 4-9 overall (1-3 in the conference).

This victory against Coastal marks the first win for the la-crosse team against heated and historical rival.

Whispered rumors of lawsuits. Phone calls from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Educa-tion (FIRE). Articles published by the Student Press Law Center (SPLC). Threats from Board of Trustee members. Cancelled in-terviews and unreturned phone calls from administrators. Accu-sations of factual inaccuracies.

These sorts of escapades are not uncommon among news-rooms. The existence of FIRE and SPLC proves that in and of itself.

But as a small weekly paper, it seems that as we look back on this past semester we have been greedy.

SPORTS

OUR SAY: 1st Amendment locked out of Winthrop

OPINION

DSU earns national spotlight with award

4see NEWS pg. 4

WU’s IT warns of cell phone hackings

4see SCIENCE & TECH pg. 5

Are you man enough?

4see OPINION pg. 6

4see LAX pg. 7

4see AMENDMENT pg. 6

By Shelby [email protected]

By TJ Staff

Medal of Honor to show at end of week

4see ARTS & CULTURE pg. 8

April 11, 2013

ARTS & CULTURE

NEWS

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Future Winthrop Eagles and their families tour the school and enjoy a day catered to their futures at Winthrop. Photos by Claire VanOstenbridge • [email protected]

WU alumnus follows media relations dream

African dance group opts out of Arts CrawlBy Allie [email protected]

The Ngoma dance group from Benedict College is known for their energy, smiles and unique global ex-perience.

Curtis Boyd, a graduate student in the Masters of Arts Teaching pro-gram (MAT) for music, was plan-ning the Ngoma dance group event for the Arts Crawl as part of the in-terdisciplinary arts and production class with professor Jill O’Neill. Boyd said that this class has been a great avenue for him because he is chang-ing to a program for a master’s in arts administration next fall.

Ngoma is a student run African dance group that travels and per-forms all over the state. The group is also ran with academic professor and artistic director Dr. Rodney Hopkins of Benedict College.

The group originated at Norfolk State University in 1994 with Dr. Hopkins, and he brought it to Bene-dict College when he transferred his education in 1998.

Boyd wanted to bring the Benedict Ngoma group to Winthrop’s Arts Crawl because he used to be a stu-dent artistic director at Benedict col-lege during his undergraduate study.

The Ngoma dance group was also of particular interest to him when

helping to plan the Arts Crawl be-cause of his love for dance in the arts.

“Artists love to be heard and to be seen and so I’m just trying to help them out and have them be seen,” Boyd said.

“It was my idea to get them to per-form here, to get them around to as many places as possible. The stu-dents (of the Ngoma dance group) like to go around and travel to show people what they are doing, so it’s in-teresting for them too,” Boyd said.

Boyd said that there is always a lot of energy from this group with “smiles, maybe some freestyling with about four or five drummers, males and females, freshmen, sophomores and alumni” as regular occurrences.

There are at least 17 performers in the group from Benedict College. Boyd said that they used to travel to Africa to perform and a group came to Benedict from an African country to perform as well.

Speaking on the African origin of the Ngoma dance group, Boyd said that while he thinks that many groups come from Eastern Africa, many styles have merged between the groups from various African countries.

The Ngoma dance group is open for anyone in the community to join, “as long as you’re willing to learn,” Boyd said.

4see DANCE pg. 84see STEELE pg. 3

Women’s tennis rally with perfect season

4see SPORTS pg. 7

Faculty member walks for Juvenile Diabetes

4see SCIENCE & TECH pg. 5

Spartanburg band set to rock out for Arts Crawl

4see ARTS & CULTURE pg. 9

4see WINTHROP pg. 4

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NEW STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT NAMED FOR 2013-2014 • see NEWS pg. 3

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NPHC fraternity hosts health fair for peers

see SCIENCE & TECH pg. 5

The ‘Madness’ � nally ends

see SPORTS pg. 7

Iraqi immigrant follows her dream to the mall

see ARTS & CULTURE pg. 8

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At least 12 people were sent to the hospital Tuesday morning after a student at Lone Star Community College went on a stabbing spree, ac-cording to the Associated Press.

Dylan Quick, who later was sub-dued and arrested, stabbed at least 14 people, according to the Associ-ated Press. Many of the victims were stabbed in the face or neck.

Quick apparently made his way through multiple buildings, swiping at people as he passed them, accord-ing to the Associated Press.

Two people are in critical condi-

tion at a local hospital, according to the Associated Press.

According to the Associated Press, a police offi ce used a stun gun to subdue the 20-year-old student.

Lone Star Community College is located approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Houston.

Three months prior to this stab-bing incident, a school shooting oc-curred at a different Lone Star Com-munity College campus in which two people were injured, according to the Associated Press.

Stabbing incident at Texas college follows 2 months a� er shooting

An Afghan woman has spent the past three months in jail after she pulled the gun on an attacker killing him, according to the Associated Press.

Mariam fl ed to Kabul in order to escape beatings from her husband that had grown increasingly vicious, according to the Associated Press.

According to the Associated Press, Mariam called her husband’s cousin, the only person she knew in Kabul, once she had escaped the north-ern Kunduz province. This cousin, unable to make the trip to Kabul himself, sent a friend in his place.

This man took Mariam to a house where he reportedly held a gun to her head before raping her, accord-ing to the Associated Press.

Mariam took a gun from an end table and shot her attacker in the head before turning the gun on her own head, according to the Associ-ated Press.

After a brief hospital visit, Mariam was then transported to the women’s prison where she has been awaiting

an indeterminate trial, according to the Associated Press.

Mariam resides in the prison along with 202 other women, many of which are kept there for the crime of leaving their husbands or running off with a man of their own choos-ing, according to the Associated Press.

Another woman, Adia, is jailed for leaving her husband as well. Adia’s husband reportedly is a drug addict, according to the Associated Press.

Adia fl ed to her parent’s home un-til they pleaded with her to return to her husband. Adia instead escaped with a man who promised her help but then deserted her, according to the Associated Press.

Adia went to the court in order to make a case against that man as well as her husband but instead was jailed for a moral crime, according to the Associated Press.

Adia, who is seven months preg-nant, will have her baby while still in jail, according to the Associated Press.

Afghan women jailed for moral crimes

One man’s worst nightmare be-came a reality in New York.

According to the Associated Press, Paul Marinaccio Sr. was forced to face his biggest fear—frogs—after a nearby development created runoff water.

Marinaccio owns a 40-acre prop-erty which was turned into more of a wetlands atmosphere due to the runoff water, according to the Asso-ciated Press. Along with more damp features, the water fl ow brought with it a plethora of frogs.

Marinaccio claimed to not be able to even get into his garage because his property was that overrun with the bane of his biggest fear, accord-ing to the Associated Press.

Marinaccio sued the Buffalo suburb of Clarence where he used to peacefully reside. Marinaccio also fi led a suit with Kieffer Enterprises,

Inc. which was in charge of building the nearby new development, ac-cording to the Associated Press.

While the developer was found to have not acted maliciously, the court did fi nd that Marinaccio had been wronged, according to the Associ-ated Press.

Marinaccio was granted $1.3 mil-lion from the town and $328, 400 from Kieffer Enterprises, Inc., ac-cording to the Associated Press.

The town of Clarence has also been told to dig ditches around the town to help dry out Marinaccio’s property, according to the Associ-ated Press.

According to the Associated Press, Marinaccio has plans to put cows out to pasture on his land once every-thing has been restored to normal order.

NY man gets $1.6 million with frog infestation

Several York Co. churches were targets of theft as one Rock Hill woman made her way through fi ve churches on Sunday to steal money, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

Police arrived at Kori Jaynell Wilson’s home after members at the churches described the woman as wearing a pink top and riding away in a burgundy Chevrolet with a handicapped license plate, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

Wilson, 24, apparently started her Sunday robbing spree at Liberty Baptist Church where she is accused of stealing cash and two credit cards from a 63-year-old woman who had been teaching a children’s class at the time, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

A man at Southside Baptist Church in Rock Hill reported see-ing the woman during the church’s evening service before leaving in a hurry, the Rock Hill Herald report-ed. That same man said that Wilson stole $40 in cash from the youth fund.

At Harvest Ministries Wilson is accused of registering her three children for a summer camp through the church before stealing $60 from a woman’s purse, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

Wilson is accused of stealing $15 from a United Pentecostal Church woman’s purse after breaking into her car. She also supposedly stole $30 in cash from a person at Neely’s Creek Associate Reformed Presbyte-rian Church, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

Wilson is charged with one count of giving false information, one count of escape, one count of violat-ing probation, once count of posses-sion of cocaine, three counts of forg-ery and six counts of petty larceny, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

Wilson is charged with resisting police as well, according to the Rock Hill Herald. According to the Rock Hill Herald, Wilson will wait for her bond hearing while being held at the York County Detention Center.

Rock Hill woman goes on Sunday stealing spree

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Winthrop alumnus shares experiences, renders advice to students “My favorite aspect is just getting to know the players and coaches on a different level,” Steele said. “To become friends with people like Ray Lewis and Dion Sanders, to see them as men.” Steele said being able to “see behind the face mask” with guys such as Lewis and Sanders makes his job that much bet-ter. As director of media relations, Steele writes press releases, biographies and is the intermediary between the players and media. “Any interviews go through me,” he said. Over a course of four days during Super Bowl XLVII, Steele said he received about 150 to 160 requests for interviews with Ray Lewis. “There’s just not enough time,” he said. It is obvious that a job such as Steele’s requires a substan-tial amount of time. During the NFL season, he said he works seven days a week. His least favorite aspect of the job is the amount of time he is away from his wife and young daughter. “It takes time away from your family,” Steele said. “A lot of time.” There are only a select number of people who have a job such as Steele’s. To receive a job of this stature, an internship is vital, he said. “It’s such a hard industry to get into,” he said. “There’s only 32 other people in the world who do what I do. There’s a cer-tain amount of knowledge we expect people to know when they come in.” Steele said if the individuals looking for media jobs with the Ravens lack the necessary experience, they can not even look at their resumé. “That’s the unfortunate part of this job,” he said. “Learning

is imperative.” As advice to all aspiring media professionals, Steele encourages one to “study your craft.” The business is ever changing and always seeking out knowledge is important. “Take advantage of your time in school,” he said. “It’s time to have fun, time to grow. When you get out in the real world you won’t be able to roll over and press the snooze button on your alarm.” Although his sports media career has granted him much success in the industry, Steele has remained humble and remembers the small southern university which gave him his start. “I think I was well prepared both from Win-throp and from internships,” he said. “I continue to learn and evolve everyday.” It has been fi ve years since Steele has been back to Winthrop. It was a time when the Ravens played the Panthers that he took a drive around campus. Although he did not have much time to stay and mingle, he nevertheless came back to the place where he fi rst discovered his passion. It is his plan to come back this sum-

mer when he has more time to show his wife and daughter the “beautiful” campus.

STEELE• from front

Chad Steele, director of media relations for the Baltimore Ravens, shows his Winthrop pride while posing with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Photo courtesy of Chad Steele

Take advantage of your time in school. It’s time to have fun, time to grow.Chad SteeleClass of ‘97

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Aubrie/Deas to lead CSL during 2013-2014 school yearBy Tori [email protected] In last week’s student body elections, Chris Aubrie and Ian Deas were elected as the president and vice president of the Council of Student Leaders (CSL) for the 2013-2014 school year. “Our experiment in democ-racy at Winthrop is no longer an experiment but a success. Congratulations to each ticket on their efforts and I look for-ward to a smooth transition,” said current CSL President Kambrell Garvin. After two weeks of cam-paigning and two days of vot-ing, nearly 800 students voted, amounting to approximately 16 percent of the student body. Aubrie and Deas ac-counted for 51 percent of the vote. “CSL is pleased with the increase of voter turnout. The candidates showed enthu-siasm through campaigning and promoting their platform and vision,” said CSL Election Commissionaire Christine Counts-Davis. Other presidential and vice presidential candidates were Dillon Donolds and Ali Jensen with 35 percent of the total turnout and Kevin Johnston and John Barrera with 14 per-cent. “I’m very happy about the debate turnout. The more, the merrier,” Johnston said. This is the fi rst time that CSL only held one debate. For future elections, three debates were suggested, with separate debates for presidential can-didates and vice-presidential candidates and one joint debate. Aubrie said that there

should be ‘I voted’ stickers, like in national elections. During their campaign, Aubrie and Deas focused their platform on the healthier meal options for on-campus students, promoting more involvement with CSL and in-creasing attendance at athletic events. Aubrie and Deas take offi ce July 1 but will offi cially begin after the May Commence-ment. Aubrie is a junior inter-national business major who previously served as CSL vice president with President Garvin and as the chair of the

Student Empower-ment Committee. He is also involved

with Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), the TRiO SSS Leadership Council and Kappa Sigma. Aubrie wants to help fi rst-gen-eration univer-sity students and foreign exchange students with encouragement and success, according to a university press release. Deas, a junior

biology major, has held lead-ership roles in The Gentle-men’s League and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, tutored at the Academic Success Cen-ter and was an Eagle STEM Scholar. He served as co-chair of the Public Relations Committee for CSK and as a representative for the Student Allocations Committee. In his off-campus activities, he has volunteered through Adopt-A-Highway, Rolling in Rock Hill and the Boyd Hill Community Center S.C.O.P.E., according to a university press release.

Our experi-ment in de-mocracy at Winthrop is no longer an ex-periment but a success. Kambrell GarvinChair of CSL

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The Johnsonian • April 11, 20134

POLICE BLOTTER

4/2/13 4/4/13

Found wanted person

A parking enforcement officer was writing a parking ticket for a vehicle in front of Joynes Hall when the suspect, a Win-throp student, approached the officer. According to the po-lice report, the suspect claimed he was not a student and was moving the vehicle for a friend. The suspect advised he did not have his driver license on him and instead showed the of-ficer an old military I.D.

According to the police report, a reporting officer overhead the suspect’s name on the radio and advised she had knowl-edge that the suspect’s driving privileges had been previously suspended. The suspect’s license status was ran, showing that the suspect’s license was indeed suspended. According to the police report, the suspect was also wanted out of Greenville County for two counts of assault and battery and one count of failure to appear to Greenville County Police Department.

The dispatch confirmed the hit and Greenville County ad-vised they would extradite. The suspect was transported to the Rock Hill City Jail where a hold was placed, according to the report.

Possession of marijuana

An officer pulled over a vehicle for not having on its head-lights. While getting the driver’s information the officer noted a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, accord-ing to the police report. The driver was asked to step out of the vehicle and to the rear.

According to the police report, the officer then frisked the suspect for weapons, but noticed no smell of marijuana on the suspect’s clothing. When the officer asked about the smell, the driver stated the smell was coming from his clothing and that there was no marijuana in the vehicle.

The report states that the officer then asked to search the vehicle. The subject replied he could not. The officer advised the driver he could search the vehicle due to probable cause because of the strong odor. The officer proceeded to search the vehicle in which he found a cigar containing the mari-juana under the driver seat. The subject was arrested and transported to the Rock Hill City Jail, according to the police report.

Driving under the influence

Around 3 a.m., an officer pulled over the subject for driving without headlights. According to the police report, the officer came in contact with the odor of marijuana when he arrived at the vehicle. The subject appeared im-paired in her speech and looks. The police report states the driver then searched a long time to find her driver license.

The officer then asked the subject to get out of the vehicle and go to the rear of the car. The officer performed sobri-ety tests on the subject. The subject failed each test. After denying it a few times, the subject admitted to smoking marijuana earlier that day.

According to the police report, the officer found four bot-tles of Tussin cough medicine in the vehicle, three of which were almost or completely empty. The subject advised she had taken a 1/2 bottle of cough medicine. The subject was arrested for driving under the influence and transported to the Rock Hill Law Center for testing, according to the police report. The car was towed and other passengers were released to their parents. A breathalyzer and evalua-tion confirmed the subject was under the influence of the marijuana and cough medicine. A urine test was submitted for SLED testing and the subject was booked into the jail.

4/5/13

By Tori [email protected]

Campus Activities Magazine has awarded the 2013 Campus Program Board of the Year to Winthrop’s DiGiorgio Student Union (DSU). DSU has previously been nominated for this award 11 times and has won four times.

“Clearly Winthrop continues to separate itself, both in doing great programs and treating the people who perform them great. Artists and agents repeatedly praise Winthrop as one of their favorite places to perform,” Cam-pus Activities Magazine wrote on their website.

DSU President Brett Wilson says that DSU stands out from other campus programs because of the relationships that they cre-ate.

“I think what makes us stand out the most is that we aren’t here just for booking performances or to have a show every night. We actually make those personal con-nections with the artists and with the students that come out to our events,” Wilson said.

Part of DSU’s mission is to expose the college community to new ideas, activities and forms

of entertainment. This academic year, DSU has scheduled events ranging from a Jamaican reggae band to Chinese acrobats.

“DSU is not only just the enter-tainment crew. We also do a lot of educational events. We do a lot of service to the campus. A lot of times people think they’re coming to a concert but leave knowing something different than what they did when they came,” Wilson said.

On April 12, DSU is hosting the third annual Eaglefest, Win-throp’s end of year celebration, on the Campus Green.

“Eaglefest started out two years ago, and each year it’s grown big-ger and bigger,” Wilson said.

As a reader’s choice award, fans, artists and agencies that DSU has worked with select the winner.

“We don’t do what we do to win awards, but in the end when we win, it’s kind of like a thank you from everyone we get to work with,” Wilson said. “We’re trying to take the greatness that DSU has been for the early 2000’s and make it last until 2020.”

DSU wins award for campus programming

“Ten little fingers, Ten tiny toes, The sweetest of smiles And a cute little nose. All these add up To a very special thing...A BABY ---The greatest of gifts That life can bring”Author: Unknown

The Johnsonian is having a baby! Well not the actual newspaper per se, but one of our editors. This will be the first staff baby in the history of the newspaper and we are delighted

to welcome little Adam Neal Hinson to the world.

Alisha Kennerly, arts and culture editor, is expecting her eight pound bundle of joy to arrive on April 20 and is anticipating him to have “big lips” just like his dad Bryan.

Happiness is the most impor-tant thing she wishes for him while

believing the joyous environment he will be born into will turn the wish into a reality.

“I hope that he is a happy baby,” Kennerly said. “My boyfriend and I are bringing him into a happy envi-ronment so I hope that helps. I just hope he enjoys life like Bryan and I do.”

TJ welcomes new member to the familyBy Shamira [email protected]

Current and future WU students participate in World Wide Winthrop Day activities. Photos by Jacob Hallex • [email protected]

World Wide Winthrop Day brings admitted students to campus

By Shamira [email protected]

From popcorn to bouncy houses, World Wide Winthrop Day provided something that almost anyone could enjoy. With over 600 newly admitted students and their families on campus, this year’s WU Day had a record breaking turnout.

Prospective students were given tours of key places on cam-pus as well as an opportunity to engage with professors in their prospective degree programs. During the end of their Winthrop Day experience, the newly admitted students were able to par-ticipate in a student life showcase where they had the chance to talk with members of several clubs and organizations on campus.

Kameo McFadden, a prospective psychology major said she enjoyed her first Winthrop Day experience and was impressed with how informative it was.

“I definitely felt like it was a success overall,” McFadden said. “Instead of having to venture out and ask questions, they came to us.”

McFadden’s mother, Christine, said she appreciated how the staff translated all information to a “parent’s perspective.”

“Some of us have been out of college for a number of years,” Christine said.

She said she was impressed by the majors, the McNair Schol-ars program and the ID card access into residence halls.

“That may be a deciding factor on why she comes here,” she said.

For Lauren Metcalf, a junior music major who did not have the chance to participate last year, she made it her business to participate in as many activities as she could.

“It took a while to get started but once it did, it was good,” Metcalf said.

In addition to having an Italian flag painted on her right hand and an American flag painted on her left hand, Metcalf had the opportunity to take a trolly ride during the festivities.

“The trolly took us to Richardson and Scholar’s Walk and then back to the West Center,” she said. “It made three stops.”

While this year’s World Wide Winthrop Day proved to in-crease in numbers and success it only creates a sense of hope and anticipation for next year.

The Johnsonian staff is awaiting the newest addition to the family, Alisha Kennerly’s baby Adam.

TJScience &Tech

Casey White |Science & Tech [email protected]


History of the Week

Information compiled from history.com

Tech Tip of the Week

Adarrell Gadsden |Science & Tech Editor [email protected]

April 12, 1961 On this day in history, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gaga-

rin became the first human being to travel into space. Gagarin traveled to space aboard a spacecraft called Vostok 1. While in space, Gagarin also became the first person to orbit the planet, which his space capsule did in 89 minutes. Gargin became a worldwide celebrity after his mission was complete.

The Soviet Union’s space triumph put them ahead of the Unit-ed States in the “space race.” The United States had previously planned to send their first space flight in May of the same year. It wasn’t until February 1962 that the United States was able to match the Soviet Union feat of orbiting the Earth.

With as many social networking sites and email addresses people have, it can become difficult to remember the many passwords that they have created. Because it is difficult to keep up with so many passwords, many people use the same password time and time again or create simple passwords that they can easily remember. However, it is unsafe to use the same usernames and passwords multiple times or to cre-ate simple passwords.

LastPass is an app that was created to manage the many usernames and passwords that people create. Once a person logs into LastPass, all they must do is select any website they have connected to the LastPass account to log in safely and securely. LastPass has been recommended by Fox News, The Economist and Associated Press.Information compiled from http://techtips.district287.org

By Casey [email protected]

The amount of people who have smart phones has increased drastically in recent years, es-pecially on college campuses. With the rising amount of smart phones being used comes an increased risk, so it is important for students to take steps to protect their personal information when using smart phones.

Juliana Harris and Tiara Suber, of the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, re-cently wrote about the risks of identity theft and hacking through smart phones. Their writ-ing warns users about using public Wi-Fi, shar-ing too much information and phishing.

James Hammond, associate vice president for information technology at Winthrop, believes that while smart phones have become more difficult to hack since their inception, there is always a risk of having a phone hacked. Ham-mond also believes that new forms of hacking could be formulated in the future, which is why people need to protect their phones.

“We are just kind of waiting for the next wave of exploits to be found,” Hammond said, ”be-cause the bad guys are always at work trying to find something like a weakness in the phone and once they do, it’s going to be exploited.”

Hammond said that there are four simple steps that students can take to protect their phones and the information inside of them.

First, Hammond suggests that students change their default voice mail password after

buying a phone. Hammond warns that voice mail hacking is more prevalent than many stu-dents realize.

Hammond’s second piece of advice is for stu-dents to treat their smart phones as a piece of property that needs to be kept safe.

“The phone itself, think of it as an important piece of property,” Hammond said. “Put your pin on there to lock the phone and also treat it with respect, in that you always know where it is. Once you lose that device somebody has the potential to get into your contacts or get any confidential information you have in there.”

Not storing confidential information in a smart phone is Hammond’s third piece of ad-vice for keeping information safe. Hammond warns anyone who does have anything confi-dential, like passwords and credit card num-bers, saved in their phone, to at least use en-cryption so that others will not be able to get that information easily.

The fourth step that Hammond believes smart phone users should take is to sign up for location services so that they will be able to track their phones if lost.

Although Hammond believes that apps like this can be useful, he warns students about the amount of information certain untrustworthy apps can take from your phone.

“Make sure that you are only installing apps that you thoroughly trust,” Hammond said.

Harris and Suber warn about public Wi-Fi, because many people use it to cut down on data usage, especially on college campuses.

They warn that even though the Wi-Fi is free, smart phones are more vulnerable to malware and hacking when connected to unsecured net-works and can cost the user in the long run.

Hammond agrees with the sentiment and even feels that secured networks can be dan-gerous if a person that is trying to steal infor-mation is controlling the secured network. His advice is to be aware of who is running the net-work being used by the smart phone.

“Try to have some degree of faith in whose

network you’re using,” Hammond said. “The more knowledge you have about that network, the better.”

While smart phones allow the user to do a great deal while on the go, it is important for users to understand the risks involved in using them. Steps can and should be taken to pro-tect personal information while using smart phones. For more information on identity theft and hacking through smart phones, visit www.consumer.sc.gov.

Smart phone users must take steps to prevent hacking and identity theft

By Kaitlyn [email protected]

Winthrop students will get the opportunity to peruse a room full of doctors, dentists and more this Thursday in the Richardson Ball-room.

Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. is choosing to celebrate more than just their fra-ternity this week as they concentrate on health initiatives as well by put-ting on a health fair for Winthrop students. Tim Mention, a business administration major and presi-dent of Kappa Alpha Psi, said that the fraternity is focused on “helping those in the community and on Win-throp’s campus.”

The health fair will feature ap-proximately 23 venders ranging from chiropractors to massage ther-apists and from general doctors to dentists. Representatives from Key-stone Substance Abuse and the Red Cross will also be in attendance.

“The health fair promotes local doctors instead of going home,” said Mention.

Mention, who lived a few hours away from campus before attend-ing Winthrop, used to have to drive a few hours in order to make ap-pointments at his local doctors. He hopes that the fair will make doc-tors’ appointments more convenient for students who live far away from Winthrop.

The fair, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will give students a chance to meet with various health representatives during the event. Students may also pick up coupons and certificates for free massages from local places.

Kappa Alpha Psi is hosting the health fair during “Kappa Week,” a week which promotes their orga-nization as well as one of their phi-lanthropies—St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

By Frances [email protected]

For Grant Scurry, director of the West Center, the fight against diabe-tes is a personal one.

“My brother was diagnosed at 18 and he passed away at 37,” said Scur-ry, who also serves as the recreation-al services assistant dean of students.

Scurry’s brother was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. Scurry is now involved with the Greater West-ern Carolinas chapter and volunteers with the Walk to Cure Diabetes.

“It only took me 20 years to get in-

volved,” Scurry said. The Greater Western Carolinas

chapter is hosting the Charlotte Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sat., April 27.

Scurry is working on putting to-gether a team from Winthrop for the walk. According to the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation (JDRF), the organization was founded in 1970 for helping to improve research for curing, treating and preventing Type I diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that attacks the body’s cells that make insulin.

Approximately 24 million people

in U.S. are currently diagnosed with diabetes with 1.9 people newly diag-nosed each year.

A new case is found every 30 sec-onds.

After the walk, Scurry is planning to help JDRF in his own way. In the future, Scurry would like to host a disc golf tournament in honor of his brother.

“My brother was the one who intro-duced me to disc golf,” Scurry said.

For more information about JDRF, visit http://www2.jdrf.org/ or con-tact Scurry at [email protected].

Kappas promote local doctors byproviding health care fair for peers

James Hammond, associate vice president for information technology, warns students to make sure they keep track of their smart phones at all times. Photo by Coleman Krietemeyer • krietemeyerc@mytjnow

Winthrop faculty gets involved with fight against diabetes

By Adarrell [email protected]

Almost a year after General Mo-tors pulled around $10 million in ads from the popular social network Facebook three days before it’s high-ly publicized initial public offering in May of 2012, it was announced re-cently that the carmaker would once again advertise through the social network as reported by Ad Age.

The move by GM has many scratch-

ing their heads. When the company originally pulled their ads in May of last year, it was thought that Face-book ads did not result in any addi-tional sales an early 2012 study re-ported. The study also reported that users of the social network rarely clicked on ads that were advertised on the sidebar according to CNET.

“Chevrolet is testing a number of mobile-advertising solutions, in-cluding Facebook, as part of its ‘Find New Roads’ campaign,” Chevrolet’s

U.S. VP of marketing, Chris Perry, told Ad Age. “Chevrolet is launching an industry-first, ‘mobile-only’ pilot campaign for the Chevrolet Sonic that utilizes newly available target-ing and measurement capabilities on Facebook.”

GM has not explained specifically why it’s returning advertising dollars to the company now, or how much they will spend in advertising on the social network.

General Motors will advertise on Facebook once again

What is a man and what does it mean to be ‘manly’ per say? Over the last few years media has attempted to defi ne this concept and illustrate what a masculine

persona is. Yet, what this always seems to boil down to in most mainstream ideas is a hyper-violent, unexpressive (aside from blood cur-dling anger and angst), misogynistic caricature of a human being.

Anyone who has played a video game in the last decade will likely understand this statement. Charac-ters such as Marcus Fenix of Gears of War fame, Duke Nukem from the self-titled game and Kratos from the God of War series have been a staple from the early 2000s till today.

Moreover, the comic book in-dustry provides more than enough examples of this as well: Marvel has Wolverine, The Punisher and let’s not forget the plethora of angst fi lled X-Men or better yet Tony Stark. Whereas DC spawned Lobo, prob-ably one of the most violent and poor examples of what makes a man a man that exists.

On their own, these characters are entertainment. Little more than snuff fi lm action characters that are put onto the screen for the audience to tune in, turn off and be ‘shocking’ for their political incorrectness or over the top antics. What makes it awkward is when these characters are being heralded as representa-tives of what it truly means to be a man.

Is everyone growing up just ex-pected to believe that all it takes to be a man is literally to scream just about every word, treat women like second or third class citizens and do little more than use violence to resolve every issue?

Men are not defi ned by their animalistic side, ultimately they are defi ned by their integrity, depend-ability and determination. Real masculinity not only comes from strength of the body, but from strength of character and the will-ingness to admit a mistake. In that willingness, comes growth and the chance to fi x the errors that were made in the past.

Manhood and adulthood in general is simply growing out of the selfi shness of the past; then growing into a more reliable state of mind.

As children, people often lie to cover up mistakes, resort to vio-lence as a means of answering their problems and simply cannot be depended on for anything more than the simplest of tasks. Masculinity is not being so strong that no one can oppose a tyrannical rule; there is no might makes right within the world.

Masculinity, true masculinity, is being that person whom others can look up to and admire realistically. It is the formation of character and work ethic that make those whom know the man to be proud to know that much.

Thus, the minds of the young should not be so readily swayed to-wards these violent fantasies; rather, they should be ready to accept the wisdom that comes from patience and experience.

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Jacob Wingard | Opinion [email protected]


North Korea. It has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. Will they actually attempt to go to war with the rest of the world, do they really have nuclear weapons capabilities, is Kim Jong-un as crazy as he is portrayed?

Over the past year, the military dictator of North Korea has released statement after statement against the

Western World, pushed out propaganda in order to insight fear and to portray himself as a power-ful leader and in general followed in his father’s and grandfather’s steps.

While Kim Jong-un’s actions have put the world on edge, there are still a great many questions that remain unanswered due to the isolationist policies of the country. What is known is that North Korea is suffering from a severe shortage of food, a dismal economy and probably the largest discrepancy between lower and upper classes in the world.

Above this, any pleas for aid that North Korea sends out are being rejected as even China, North Korea’s largest backer, has refused to send an ambassador to the country when a request was made.

Furthermore, most of the support that North Korea did have prior to 1991 came specifi cally from the Soviet Union; with their collapse the fi nancial sector of the country took a huge hit.

While the country has remained on every-one’s radar, North Korea is now impoverished aside from the ever growing military which takes anywhere from 14.5 to 16 percent of the annual budget.

Putting this into perspective, the United States, who spends the most on their military in any given year only spends about 4 percent of its gross domestic product. Granted these numbers are only in relative terms, the U.S. outspends North Korea by leaps and bounds.

Some maintain hope that the North Korean ideology of Juche will prevent them from ex-panding into a true threat rather than a simply a loud-mouthed nation seeking attention. While the ideal asserts that North Korea is an indepen-dent nation and should be completely self-reliant, believing in one’s own power rather than relying on another nation.

Despite North Korea’s claims to be following the Juche ideal, this is likely little more than a political front in order to justify war-like procla-mations and hostile stances towards other races.

It is well-documented that North Korea is both xenophobic and has shown racist tendencies

in the past. Not to mention a complete brain-washing of society who feel that South Korea is tainted by outside infl uences and wishes to rejoin with the ‘dear’ leader.

Looking at North Korea and their actions, there is no sense of true logic being applied; instead, viewers are left with a corrupt, communist inspired environment. Due to the numerous fac-tors and the lack of information on the country, it is hard to pinpoint what North Korea’s plans truly are.

Personally, given what has happened in the recent days, including North Korea’s requests for outside assistance and talks with China, not to mention the obvious fear of retaliation from either South Korea or the United States, I have a hard time believing that Kim Jong-un or any military offi cial would dare lash out.

Smarter men than I have said the same thing about Hitler and Saddam Hussein. In this in-stance, it is best to let discretion be the better part of valor as neither the United States nor China could properly care for the North Korean people should the regime fall. At the moment, the world is stuck in a catch-42 with North Korea and one can only hope that a natural revolution will take place.

Jacob WingardOpinion Ediotr

It’s a well-known fact that, in most cases, teachers do not like cell phones. Every school has differ-ent rules for them, and it’s up to the students whether or not those rules are actually fol-lowed.

But this isn’t going to be a revolution-ary statement about allowing the usage of cell phones in schools. The question is, why are they such a big deal, when there are bigger threats to worry about, such as weaponry?

The question is an easy one to an-swer. Cell phones are distracting, and it’s disrespectful and rude to text while a teacher’s giving a lecture. Unless it’s an emergency, you really don’t want to be taking calls during class time, either, and this goes for both high school and college.

The rules are also in place to prevent cheating. Courtesy and respect are good, valid reasons as to why cell phone use in schools should be regulated to

an extent, but over the years, schools have taken this a bit far. There should be no reason for cell phones to take such priority over weapons and drugs in schools.

A quick look at the rules and regula-tions page for the Bronx High School of Science shows rather strict electronics policies. “Students may not have cell phones, laptops, ipods or other elec-tronic devices within the school, or on school property, at any time.

Cell phones or electronic devices that are seen, heard or found will be confi s-cated and brought to room 213D.” It isn’t said how the student is supposed to quickly contact a parent or guard-ian in times of emergency, nor does It explain why the rule is so strict. What drew me to this page was the fact that there is no mention of a weapon/drug policy, and the section for cell phone/electronic use takes up a good third of the page.

There is something wrong with a school system who will search for and confi scate a cell phone in nano-seconds, but pay no attention to the fact that students do bring weapons to school.

Students manage to bring knives,

guns, drugs, and other forms of illegal materials into school without being detected, unless the school has metal detectors or frequent searches.

However, there are schools that allow teachers to search students’ cell phones as well, and the cell phone search poli-cies seem to be put into use much more often than searches for things that are far more harmful.

So….what makes cell phones such a carnal evil? One can easily say it’s an abuse of power; cell phones can be a problem when it comes to cheating and paying attention in class, but schools don’t have to take advantage of that fact by making the rules unreasonable.

It would be far better and safer in the long run to spend more time on educat-ing students about what they should do if they see a weapon or evidence of drug use at their school, not attempting to scare them into not bringing their phones to school.

Safety takes priority over ethics, and with the way things have been going, schools need to take better measures in protecting their students than hunting down their cell phones.

Deborah CrockerSophomore

psychology major

Jacob WingardOpinion editor

Check for weapons, not cell phones

Masculinity is more than mindless violence and constant sex

North Korea’s actions are impossible to read

Finals are fast approaching and the world as we know it is about to be in the hands of the graduating class. The future is ours as our generation will eventually be those commanding. It is possible for our leaders to soon be running their own corpora-tions and for the rest of us to be leading the pack in the business world. Still, where do you see yourself in fi ve years? Will you be resting off the struggles of a hard earned degree or will you be passionately pursuing an even higher education? Regardless of your decision, The Johnsonian wants to know your plans for the future. Send a message to @tjopinion on Twitter!

But as a small weekly paper, it seems that as we look back on this past semester we have been greedy. We have racked up on these formida-ble events and more in just one lone semester.

The offi cial motto of Winthrop is “Live, Learn, Lead.” If we pay atten-tion enough on campus and in our classes we can hear that motto reiter-ated so many times until it becomes practically redundant.

However, there is another less of-fi cial theme that tends to resonate around Winthrop’s campus. This whispered motif seems to fl it around the campus green, curl around the halls of the arts and sciences depart-ment and sing along with the notes in the music conservatory.

It is the almost tangible annihila-tion of transparency and the First Amendment.

I guess we shouldn’t be too mad that our university president refused to sit down with one of our editors due to “time constraints.” After all,

President DiGiorgio was vitally need-ed in Atlanta for the NCAA tourna-ment as Winthrop’s support for the former men’s head basketball coach who recently compared his time at Winthrop to “indentured servitude” was clearly detrimental.

Oh. Gregg Marshall’s Wichita State Shockers lost that night?

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The Winthrop administration was thoughtful enough to forgo resur-recting yet another ambiguous metal sculpture and instead plant a tree not too many years ago to honor that First Amendment which, if we recall correctly, protects and celebrates the freedom of speech and the press among other probably unimportant rights.

The tree, albeit its dead appear-ance, crouches in a forgotten corner of Winthrop’s campus hidden be-tween two voluptuous magnolias and Oakland Ave.

Despite the (hopefully) living tes-tament to all that which is sacred (writing), this semester has proven time and time again that not every-one appreciates student press.

Is it too much to ask that the ad-ministration’s respect for the First Amendment and the freedom of the press be as easy to fi nd around this praised campus as that scrawny tree?

At Winthrop we might as well change from the student press to the student oppressed.

At this point it shouldn’t be a sur-prise to the student body that a new president has been elected unani-mously by the Board of Trustees to re-place retiring president DiGiorgio in the fall (thanks to our student news-paper). It also shouldn’t be a surprise that President-elect Jayne Comstock brought with her overwhelming fan-fare for all things garnet and gold a cloud of carefully placed words, convenient misconceptions and fab-ricated details surrounding a Butler University lawsuit against a student disguised as an anonymous blogger (again thanks to our student news-paper).

The future administration brought up an intriguing question to The Johnsonian. They asked if a person who hides behind anonymity still deserves protection under the First

Amendment.Despite the near impossibility of

overlooking that clear lack of knowl-edge of how the Internet operates with a substantial dash of simply pure ignorance, The Johnsonian crit-ically thought that question out even further.

Why take up protection with mere constitutional rights when we can follow in the administration’s omni-present shadow and hide behind fab-ricated and thinly veiled perceptions.

As one of the longest and most try-ing semesters in the history of The Johnsonian comes to a close, we want to say that while we are battered and at times afraid, we are still here. Our passion, although dampened and suppressed, is still fl ourishing (better than the First Amendment tree) and overfl owing with questions to ask.

Winthrop may keep the First Amendment locked outside of its 29733 area code but The Johnsonian is ready and able to fi ght to break down those walls and allow for trans-parency to be as infi nite as the supply of new mulch.

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Food for Thought

TJSports

Shelby Chiasson | Sports [email protected]


UPCOMING GAMES

April 12

Men’s tennis at Presbyterian

2 p.m.

Men’s track and fi eldCarolina’s Cup

Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina

6 p.m.

April 13

Women’s tennis at Coastal Carolina

10 a.m.

Softball vs. Coastal Carolina

Double Header - 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina

3 p.m.

Women’s golf Big South Conference

Tournament

In 23 days, I will be able to call myself an alumna of Winthrop Uni-versity. Honestly, I’m still not sure how I feel about that just yet. My fi ve long years here have been a combination of the best and hardest times of my life so far.

Despite the hardships, I have met some wonderful peo-ple who have made a positive impact on my life and who will stick with me as I progress into the slightly terrifying world of adulthood. Yes, the inevitable job hunt is looming. The wonderful refund checks have come to a close, but I can say with confi dence that Winthrop has taught me everything that I need to succeed in the future.

Being the Sports Editor at The Johnsonian has prepared me for life as a journalist. I have had the honor of speaking to legend Chipper Jones, of sitting alongside our Eagles on the sidelines covering their hard work and efforts and most impor-tantly, making long lasting friend-ships with my fellow editors and journalists.

As many of you may be able to tell from my articles or if you know me in person, you know that I bleed garnet and gold. I still stick to my guns on my philosophy that school spirit is a necessity. If you take any-thing from my columns or my per-sonality, please let your school spirit grow. Go to games! Support your fellow student athletes. Be proud to be an Eagle. You attend one of the best higher education institutions in the state. Boast. Own it. Work it.

I honestly don’t know what it will be like to sit in an offi ce and NOT have Nerf gun ammo shot at my head. Is that what the real world is like? I’m sure I will adapt. Or run out to Target and buy Nerf guns for myself and my new co-workers.

Though I hate the thought of leaving Winthrop in the hands of the inexperienced, I am positive that students will continue to grow academically and personally under the tenure of the excellent profes-sors, faculty and staff that roam Winthrop’s campus.

I am proud to say that I am a student at Winthrop University, and I will be ecstatic when I can offi cially say, “I am a Winthrop alum.”

� is Eagle is ready to leave the nest

Louisville defeats Michiganfor NCAA title By Shelby [email protected]

The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines with a 82-76 nail-biting victory Monday night in Atlanta fi nally ending this chaotic post-season tournament.

The fi rst half left Louisville sup-porters concerned. Michigan started the game with a stellar lead, and at one point led the Cardinals by a double-digit difference. One of Louisville’s stars of the night, Luke Hancock, successfully led the Car-dinals to close the defi cit and clinch the victory in the second half of the game. As a result of his phenomenal playing, Hancock was awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

For Louisville, Hancock was the top scorer, earning 22 points and making all fi ve of his three pointers. Hancock was followed in scoring by Peyton Silva, who earned 18 points for the Cardinals. Trey Burke, the top scorer for Michigan earned 24 points. Michigan freshman Spike Albrecht also made career-best goals that night, earning 17 points and trailing behind Burke. For the Wol-verines, this appearance in the title game is the fi rst since the Fab Five’s back to back title game losses in the early 1990’s.

Kevin Ware, the famous Cardinal who suffered a gruesome injury during the March 31 game against Duke sat on the benches with his teammates during the champion-ship, cheering on his friends as his crutches stood beside him. As the team entered during warm-ups, they wore t-shirts over their jerseys that were emblazoned with “Ri5e to the Occasion,” offering their support to their fallen teammate. If Ware was in pain, he did not show it during the game or when he hobbled onto the confetti-fi lled court after the win.

This victory marks Louisville’s head coach Rick Pitino’s second na-tional title, winning in 1996 with the Kentucky Wildcats. Pitino is the fi rst coach in history to achieve this feat. Last week, Pitino was also named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame which honors excep-tional athletes, coaches, referees and executives.

How does Pitino and the Cardinals plan to celebrate the win? The play-ers apparently told Pitino that if they won the title, they would all receive tattoos. Pitino replied to the press Monday night with, “Hell yes, I’m getting a tattoo.”

Love Chick-Fil-A? Love Baseball?Hate Coastal?You can have it all!By Shelby [email protected]

This Saturday the Eagles will host Big South rival Coastal Carolina at Eagle Field at 3 p.m. for a regular season match.

This is where the chicken comes into play. Up until Friday, anyone can purchase an adult combo meal at the Cherry Rd. Chick-Fil-A and be entered to win a chance to make the fi rst pitch at Saturday’s game. All you have to do is write your name and phone number on the back of the receipt to enter.

In addition to making the pitch, the winner will receive a Chick-Fil-A tailgating package for themselves and 10 friends.

LAX triumphs over Coastal Carolina

Alyssa Blevins rushes past Coastal Carolina in a heated battle agaisnt the Eagles’ arch enemy this past Sunday. Photo courtesy of Win-throp Athletics.

Normally the Lady Eagles show-case their persistent aggression early in the game, but this match started a little slow for both Winthrop and Coastal Carolina. Neither team scored within the fi rst ten minutes of the fi rst half, with Coastal earning two goals before Winthrop respond-ed. Freshman Shannon Gallagher scored her fi rst two goals of the game with 18:49 on the clock, according to Winthrop Athletics.

The Chanticleers responded to Gallagher’s goals with two more of their own before Blevins and fresh-men Claire Feeney and Logan Mc-Carthy each earned one goal apiece, putting the score at 4-3 with a little less than ten minutes left in the fi rst

half. At this point, the game became a battle of back and forth scoring, as Coastal responded with two goals. Thanks to yet another score from Blevins, the score was tied as the fi rst half ended.

As soon as the teams returned from halftime, Blevins and the Lady Eagles continued to show their dom-inance and persistence that the con-ference has seen all season. Blevins scored only three minutes into the second half. Coastal fought back to tie the game yet again, and with an-other goal pulled the Chanticleers ahead.

With 13:31 minutes left in the game, McCarthy scored her second goal of the match, and then almost immediately assisted freshman Me-gan Wallenhorst to push Winthrop ahead, according to Winthrop Ath-letics.

Despite Winthrop’s efforts, the Chanticleers weren’t fi nished just yet. Not a minute after Wallenhorst’s score, Coastal scored tieing the game yet again.

With 7:31 minutes left the in game, Blevins scored her fi nal goal of the game, giving Winthrop the lead yet again and clenching the victory for the Lady Eagles. Soon after, Galla-gher scored her second goal of the game to up the score to the fi nal 10-8.

Gallagher ended the game with two goals while McCarthy earned two as well. Freshman Camille King earned eight saves, according to Winthrop Athletics.

The Lady Eagles will next host Lib-erty at Eagle Field on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m.

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Fitzsimmons leads the Eagles at Florida Relays

Junior AJ Fitzsimmions runs in the Florida Relays. Photo courtesy of Winthrop Athlet-

ics


The cross country team excelled this past Sunday at the Flordia Re-lays in Gainsville, Fla.

The Florida Relays, a competition hosted by the University of Florida, has various schools throughout the southeast and even some schools in the midwest and pacfi ic coast participating in one of the largest meets in the nation.

Junior AJ Fitzsimmons shined in the competition, fi nishing fourth in the steeplechase in nine minutes and eight seconds. The Charleston native also took off 13 seconds of his own school record, according to Winthrop Athletics.

With this accomplishment, Fitzsimmons is now ranked 24th on the NCAA East Region rankings.

In addition to Fitzsimmons re-cords, Winthrop gained top awards for individuals and in relay perfor-mances.

Sophomore Mark Britton earned eighth in the discus tournament

with a throw of 48.98 meters, while sophomore Tristan Langley ran a personal best time of 11:06.36 in the women’s steeplechase, accord-ing to Winthrop Athletics. With this time, Langley improves to second in the Big South. The men’s sprint relay team consisted of sophomores Zach Miller, Carlo Raeteri, fresh-man Dylan Brennan McClemont and junior Sammy Livingston. This group fi nished ninth with a time of 3:27.38.

The women also performed well, with the distance medley relay team fi nishing third behind Tennessee and Indiana with a time of 12:26.79, according to Winthrop Athletics. This particular team consisted of Langley, sophomores Shalace Rose, Sarah DeVeux and junior Lisa Nichols.

The teams will host and complete next in the Carolinas Cup, start-ing this Friday at 5 p.m. Visiting schools include The Citadel, David-son, Gardner-Webb, Radford and Savannah State.

Men’s and women’s tennis swing victories against UNCA

Left: Senior Giovanna Portioli rallies during her match against UNCA. Right: Freshman Corey Decandia delivers a striking forehand during his match against UNCA. Photos courtesy of Winthrop Athletics


This Sunday, both the men’s and women’s tennis team hosted UNCA at the Winthrop Memorial Tennis Courts, with the men winning 4-3 and the women winning 7-0.

With the wins, the men advance to 4-1 in the Big South while the women improve to a perfect 7-0 in

the conference.For the men, sophomores Peter

Nagovnak and Dylan Comerford defeated a pair from UNCA 8-4, while freshmen Corey Decandia and Juan Pablo Boada defeated an-other UNCA pair 8-5. In the singles round, freshman Ivar Aramburu defeated UNCA’s Matt Waissan 6-4, 6-4.

As for the women doubles, senior

Giovanna Portioli and freshman Alice Garcia earned the second position of the match with a win of 8-5. Freshman Caitlin Cridland and sophomore Ekin Gunaysu defeated a UNCA pair with a 8-4 win.

The women will next travel to Conway to match up against Coastal this Saturday at 10 a.m., while the men will travel to Clinton to take on Presbyterian this Friday at 2 p.m.

Shelby ChiassonSports Editor

TJA&C

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Alisha Kennerly | Arts & Culture [email protected]

The youngest participant he has seen in the group was about fi ve years old.

This Ngoma group was scheduled to perform during the Arts Crawl around 1:45 p.m. in Byrnes Audi-torium, but have faced unforeseen circumstances and will no longer be able to make it to this year’s Arts Crawl.

On a positive note, the Ngoma dance group is just one example of the caliber of artistic performance and display that students can expect from the Arts Crawl.

Speaking on the global experience that this group is known to bring, Boyd said that it is always good to have, “more culture to digest, more alternative ways of dancing, differ-ent moves than may have seen from the normal popular culture dance moves - sometimes when students get in there we have like a freestyle session and sometimes they might add a popular dance into the African dance just to mix it up.”

Boyd thinks that there is some-thing inspiring about live perfor-mances.

“Live performances are so raw, you can’t go back and press rewind, once it’s out there it’s out there - its a life in motion kind of thing,” Boyd said.

Boyd said that the group’s pres-ence would be an interesting com-parison for many African students at Winthrop.

“I talked to a lot of international students here from Africa and they

speak of a different kind of dance,” Boyd said, “Some students from Nigeria said its a different type of dance, different body parts are used more in different styles. One might use their hands, one might use their hips more, some might use their chest more - there’s a lot of things that differentiate the different types of dance.”

Boyd’s interest in music in the arts comes from his appreciation of his view as art as a part of everything.

“I think of everything as art, from the way you talk,the way you walk, the way you write,” Boyd said, “We just don’t put everything on the same level - if I could fi nd a painter to paint every element in the period table and write a song about it or something, that’s what I imagine, art is always interesting.”

Boyd said that art in the context of educa-tion can inspire more enthusiasm in the way that people perceive art because an educa-tional context makes relevant connections throughout the ex-pression.

“This is a greater way to teach - every-thing is brought out more in the arts,” Boyd said.

Boyd wants to work as an arts administra-tor because he wants to be an advocate for the arts.

“I want to sit on educational boards

and tell them you can’t take funding away from this program,” Boyd said, “Once people get in certain positions like that they kind of forget about the arts and the fun of learning and they start putting things in a box and arts can not be put in a box - art is always changing and always evolv-ing, people get new ideas through creativity.”

Boyd said that there are open-ings for last minute performers who might get inspired and decide to perform something that day.

“I’m looking forward to seeing people that say ‘I got inspired by this’ or people that decide they want to read their poem, even if its only thirty seconds long - I’m looking forward to seeing who it inspires,” Boyd said.

By Allie [email protected]

Ibrahim Almunive is a freshman computer information systems major from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Almunive has also lived in Cairo, Egypt for about three years.

Almunive said that one of his favorite memories from living in Riyadh is going camping every weekend with his friends from high school. He said that he loves camping because he loves to cook.

While living in Egypt, Almunive said that he enjoyed the simple things such as going on weekend trips with his parents to Alexan-dria, Egypt and just having lunch and getting coffee.

Almunive said that he decided

to study in the United States because of the advice of his uncle who received a Ph.D. in Portland, Oregon.

“My uncle said that it is impor-tant to be here (the U.S.) and that the people are friendly,” Almunive said.

Something peculiar that Almu-nive has experienced in the United States these past two years is that “people can say ‘hi’ by just waving their head, not even waving.”

Almunive said that he is think-ing about applying his degree in some form of law enforcement and is excited about what a major in computer information systems can bring him.

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Ngoma African dance group o� ers unique global perspective

By Frances [email protected]

The American Dream--a house, a picket fence and a stable job--is something that can be almost intangible and diffi cult to obtain. The movies and history books make it seem so glamorous, but for one couple it was not so.

Paul Hamu and his wife ,nick-named Noor, opened up their busi-ness just seven months ago. One of their daughters named it Best Eyebrow.

Noor and Paul moved from Iraq to seek asylum in America in 2008 because of Iraqi political unrest.

However, it was not easy getting their business started. In Iraq, Noor was an elementary school English teacher, and in America, she didn’t think she would have a great op-portunity for a teaching job because of her English speaking skills. Her husband had a job in Columbia, S.C., and after his contract ran out she decided she would get a job as well.

She explained that her 7-year-old daughters depended on her, so she found a place in the Rock Hill Gal-leria Mall to start her business.

“I’m sure God helped me,” Noor said.

During the fi rst six months, Noor didn’t have any customers at her beauty salon. She lived by herself in an apartment in the city and slept on the fl oor with a blanket and two pillows for four months to keep her cost of living down until her business picked up.

Her husband and two daughters had not moved up to Rock Hill with her.

Noor’s store is a beauty salon spe-cializing in threading and sugaring. “In the big city, it is popular,” Noor said. “Here it is not so popular.” According to Best Eyebrow’s web-site, threading is the use of a thread twisted around the hairs. The pro-cess is less painful than waxing and it does not irritate the skin as much.

Sugaring is a form of waxing. According to the website, sugaring does not use heat and therefore will not burn the skin. The paste is made of sugar, water and lemon juice.

Both practices are from ancient Middle Eastern times and were used by the Egyptians.

Paul, Noor’s husband, said that she has a smile on her face for the customers.

“I don’t worry about the tips. I like what I’m doing,” Noor said.

Noor explained that the road to fi nding your dream job is not always easy, and that one must keep fi ght-ing.

“We have to start with a job, then fi nd what you want,” Noor said.

Family threads their way in America

Noor demonstrates threading on a customer. Photo by Frances Par-rish • [email protected]

Ngoma dance group from Benedict College. Photo Courtesy of Curtis Boyd

DANCE • from front

Across2. One way to protect against ___________ theft is by changing the de-fault voice mail pass-word after purchasing your phone. 4. ____________ is a password manager to organize all your passwords.7. This dance group was scheduled to per-form at the Arts Crawl.8. Family that moved to Rock Hill and is originally from Iraq is in the ___________ business. 10. Last name of the cross country runner that led the Eagles at the Florida relays. 11. Ibrahim

__________ is from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 12. Professor Jill O' Neill is teaching an interdisciplinary arts and production class and her students are planning the ____________.

Down1. This fraternity is hosting a health care fair for peers. 3. Winthrop will host a walk to cure this disease.5. Hometown of “Kid Flies Private.” 6. Who won the NCAA national title for bas-ketball? 9. Winthrop's biggest rival that WU defeated in Lacrosse.

C R O SS W U R D

By Jacob [email protected]

The college of visual and per-forming arts will be handing out its annual Medal of Honor in the Arts Awards. The ceremony will be held April 12th in Johnson Hall.

According to the website for the awards, the medal “recognizes the unique roles of individuals and groups who have made a signifi cant contribution to the arts, as well as those who have positively impacted the quality of the cultural life in communities across the Carolinas.”

This year the recipients of award are Karen Collins, Larry Barnfi eld, Jerry Helton, and Brookgreen Gar-dens.

Karen Collins is a Winthrop Alumna and is being recognized for her Emmy nominated television productions that focus on life in the Carolina’s. She is also known to hire students to help on fi lm sets, includ-ing the 2008 horror fi lm “Asylum” shot on campus. Recently she has delved into photography and cur-rently is the director for the Under-

exposed Film Festival hosted by the York County Art’s Council.

The work of the Brookgreen Gar-dens was America’s fi rst sculpture garden and a national landmark. The operators are being recognized for their continued investment into teaching history of the Lowcountry through art.

Larry Barnfi eld is the director of fi ne arts for Dorchester County School District Two. He has made efforts to expand arts education not only around South Carolina, but also the nation. His efforts have been rec-ognized by the Kennedy Center on three separate occasions. Barnfi eld also started the “Rising Stars” pro-gram for the Spoleto U.S.A. Festival. “Rising Stars” features gifted and talented South Carolina middle and high school students.

Jerry Helton is professor emeri-tus of music at Winthrop. He began teaching in 1970. Through his guid-ance as an instructor many students have achieved success at district, regional, and even national voice competitions. Students of his have performed well in competitions

hosted by the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera. Through Helton’s guidance many students have gone on to perform with re-spected opera companies from all over the globe, including the New York Opera and Metropolitan Opera. Helton has achieved success himself as a singer. He has performed with opera companies from Cincinnati, New York, Charlotte, and even in Barcelona.

The ceremony will also include the awarding of a Medal of Honor schol-arship to a deserving student whose work and community involvement goes beyond what is expected of them. This year the winning student is Rhiannon Bode. She is a junior design student who was chosen for her hard work in her major and her skills in illustration. She also works in the RVRC lab and volunteers as a Winthrop Ambassador.

The medals and scholarship will be awarded Wednesday in Johnson Hall. A reception will follow with performances from members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

VPA Medal of Honor ceremony this week


By Alisha [email protected]

Kid Flies Private is an Indie/Alternative band from Spartanburg, S.C. They will be performing Friday at the Arts Crawl at 2 p.m. on the front steps of Byrnes Auditorium. Members include Nicholas Cunningham on guitar and lead vocals, Maxwell Alexander on gui-tar, Cole Gainey on bass and Brad Munoz on drums.

The Johnsonian: Can you think of any bands that you would say you might relate to or sound similar to?Nick: Honestly, it’s hard to pinpoint our sound and fi nd a band we sound similar to. We sound most similar to Manchester Orchestra, but with some hints of My Morning Jacket and an underlying funk like Red Hot Chili Peppers.

TJ: Who are your biggest musical infl uences or idols?Nick: Mine are Jesse Lacey (Brand New) and Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes).Max’s are Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders) and Andy Hull (Man-chester Orchestra). Cole’s are John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Pep-pers), John Entwistle (The Who) and Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies). Brad’s are Joshua Eppard (Coheed & Cambria), Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket) and Steve Clifford (Circa Survive).

TJ: Can you give me a background of how the band formed?Nick: We’ve actually not really been a band all that long, just over fi ve months or so. We started back in December. Max and I were really good friends and he had started a Prog band with Brad on drums, and I started this as an acoustic project just to occupy time. Eventually I showed Max some things I’d written, he liked it, so we took it to Brad and it kinda started then. We practiced around their other band and eventually this just took precedence over it. We real-ized it was getting serious, so we posted a status on Facebook about needing a bassist. Cole messaged us, which was weird because he is a guitarist, but he said he wanted to give it a shot on bass. I had known him since high school, so we had him come over and jam, and that was that. We all just fi t really well together and it’s been us four at Brad’s house ever since.

TJ: I found two songs available to listen to online. When can we expect to hear some more from you guys, such as the entire EP? Is there a theme or message?Nick: We are working on our EP, “As Good as Gold.” We can’t say exactly when the whole EP will be released, but we’re aiming for the beginning of summer. We also will be putting up more songs as soon as we decide which ones to put up off the EP and which ones to keep under wraps until we release the EP. I wouldn’t necessarily say that there is a conscious theme to the EP; I’d say it’s more of an underly-ing theme of change because at this age, that’s something I’m see-ing all around me and something I’m dealing with constantly and I know other people my age are as well.

TJ: How did you come up with the name for your band?Nick: I am a really big Will Ferrell fan. In the movie “The Other Guys,” he plays a cop, whose partner is played by Mark Wahlberg. In one scene Mark Wahlberg’s character tells Will Ferrell’s, “Just stay outta my life okay? The kid fl ies private.” I heard that line and told myself I’d make it a band name one day. It took a little convincing, but eventually the rest of the guys liked it too.

TJ: What infl uences you guys to write? You know, like Taylor Swift couldn’t possibly write anything if it wasn’t for all those darn break-ups.Nick: I am the primary lyricist and songwriter for the band. I usual-ly think about something I’ve gone through or something that seems like it’s really prevalent in my life right now or at the moment when I’m writing the song. Like I said about the EP, I write a lot about change because right now I’m 20 years old, so I just ended the “teen-age” years. I write about the way my feelings are changing and the way my life is going. Sometimes I put myself in the place of another person to write a song, to get a different side to the emotion I’m try-ing to put into it. Then I bring the lyrics and sometimes a rhythm riff to the band and let everyone put their own pieces to it.

Kid Flies Private


Andy the Door Bum has a phrase he came up with and lives his life by: “Life is a war. Art is the war. Cre-ate or perish.”

Andy is a performance artist in Charlotte, N.C. and will be performing at the Arts Crawl on Scholar’s Walk this Friday.

“I want everyone to pres-ent art without fear. People should say, ‘These are my innermost feelings, wheth-

er you like it or not,’” Andy said. “Be shameless in the art you put into the world.”

Andy believes everyone is an artist because even just being an individual is art. To him, the art is rep-resenting yourself.

“It is through the cre-ation of art that we sustain as humans,” Andy said.

Andy said his goal with art is to get other people’s attention and “as the fl ow-er blossoms, show them things are not always what they thought originally.”

Andy the Bum is set to perfom on Scholar’s Walk this Friday. Photo Courtesy of Jacob Hallex • [email protected]

Andy the Door BumBy Alisha [email protected]

If you enjoyed seeing the movie “The Hangover,” then swing by Byrnes Auditorium Friday afternoon during the Arts Crawl to watch the dance piece “Sing, Sing, Sing.”

“The dance style is based off of the ‘20s era,” said Hil-ary Gay, a junior environ-mental studies major. “It’s a story about the night before. It starts with us waking up and we don’t know where we are. We hear music and it all comes back to us and turns into one great big party.”

Allie Nunweiler, a junior dance major, said perhaps the group should have called the dance “Slur, Slur, Slur.”

The dance features Gay; Nunweiler; Sarah White, a senior forensic science major; A.J. Sims, a senior sociology major; Danielle Cannon, a freshman dance major; and Montana Housand, a junior biology major. Each member of the group helped to cho-reograph the dance.

Gay described the dance piece as fun and upbeat. The group came up with the idea together after deciding they wanted to use a prop with their dance.

“We knew we wanted to use a couch,” Gay said. “It’s diffi cult to use a prop with a dance, but we wanted the challenge.”

Housand said the group faced another challenge.

“We come from different backgrounds since we are all different majors. It’s not something we are used to. We got to be creative in a differ-ent way,” Housand said.

There is not really a deep meaning to the dance. Gay said it is just purely for enter-tainment.

“I want the audience to walk away with smiles on their faces,” Gay said.

The dance is fun and up-beat with the idea of working backwards with fl ashbacks.

“It’s a feel-good thing,” Housand said.

“Sing, Sing, Sing”

WU students create � lm “Disillusion”

Local band will be among the performances at the Arts Crawl this weekend. Photo Courtesy of Kid Flies Private

April 11 April 12 April 14 April 16 April 17 April 18 ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS CALENDAR

F G D T MFor Fun Cultural Event Film Galleries Dance Theatre Music

Body Image, Self-Esteem and Culture: How Chang-ing Standards of Beauty and Attractiveness Impact Self-worth, Identity and PersonalityDina’s Place; 11 a.m-12:30 p.m.

WUG Artist Talk - Jonathan HoffmanRutledge Gallery, Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery; 8 p.m.-9 p.m.

25th Annual Undergraduate Juried ExhibitionRutledge Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

CVPA Arts CrawlByrnes Auditorium; 12 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

25th Annual Undergraduate Juried ExhibitionRutledge Gallery; 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Casual Friday - Native American CultureDinkins Auditorium; 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

WUCycleStudent Activity Center Gym (SAC); 8 a.m.-5p.m.

Writing Our Lives: Poems Honoring Women’s History MonthLittle Chapel; 5 p.m.

Walking On The Other Side...Can You Stand The Heat?Owens G01; 8 p.m.

Student Choreography ShowcaseJohnson Theatre; 8 p.m

Spring One-Act Play FestivalJohnson Theatre; 8 p.m

25th Annual Undergradu-ate Juried ExhibitionRutledge Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

HERPS ALIVE Interactive Repile/Amphibian DemoCampus Concourse; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Ensemble Series: Symphonic Band, Wind SymphonyByrnes Auditorium; 7:30 p.m.

Student Choreography ShowcaseJohnson Theatre; 8 p.m

Spring One-Act Play FestivalJohnson Theatre; 8 p.m

25th Annual Undergradu-ate Juried ExhibitionRutledge Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Earth Day FairWest Center (if rains)11 a.m.

Ensemble Series: Winthrop ChoraleByrnes Recital Hall7:30 p.m.; free

Student Choreography ShowcaseJohnson Theatre; 8 p.m.



Ensemble Series: Out of Bounds EnsembleBarnes Recital Hall; 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

25th Annual Undergraduate Juried ExhibitionRutledge Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Ensemble Series: Out of Bounds EnsembleBarnes Recital Hall; 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Due to sizing restrictions, this calendar may not represent all events on campus. More detailed

calendar coming soon at mytjnow.com

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Marcus Nesbitt believes that as a society, we should challenge ourselves to ques-tion our perceptions, instead of relying on what we initial see and hear to form our opinions.

Nesbitt, sophomore digital information design major, and Christian Coley, sopho-more sociology major, are hoping their fi lm “Disillu-

sion” forces their viewers to do exactly that.

“We want them to ques-tion if what they’re seeing is actually what’s happening,” Nesbitt said. “In doing this, we take on the role of child-hood.”

Nesbitt said that as a soci-ety, we don’t take the time to think about if what we show children is right or wrong. We simply assume that since it was acceptable for us, it’s acceptable for them.

“We never realize how much of an impact we truly have on children,” Nesbitt said. “They always watch us and learn from us, good or bad.”

The fi lm features Coley’s seven-year-old sister as her-self and Hannah Strong, freshman mass communica-tion major, as “Barbie.”

“Essentially what we did was fi lm his sister play-ing with dolls and real-life-Barbie is seen mimicking

what the little sister is doing. Eventually, the little sister is admiring real-life-Barbie and trying to be as perfect as she is,” Nesbitt said.

The point is that as chil-dren, we learn a lot through play.

“It’s fun to play with dolls, but we need to offer a variety of different looking dolls. We need to take time to break boundaries of what one is supposed to look like,” Nes-bitt said.

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