FRIDAYAugust 20, 2010

CLAIRE BYUNNews Editor

byunc@thejohnsonian.comJONATHAN MCFADDEN

Assistant News Editormcfaddenj@thejohnsonian.com

2SURVIVAL GUIDE

I’m a renowned expert on cupcakes, fake moustaches, Michael’s craft stores, crooning and horrible, horrible puns. But I know very little of anything else.

You know how there are some people who know a whole lot about two or three subjects, such as Norse mythology and guitar riffs? And then there are others who know a little about a wide range of things, from old movies to mathematical derivatives?

And then, of course, there are those who pull facts and information from whatever source they can find and act as if they know everything about it?

But I digress.What I’m trying to say is, column writing is

a struggle for me, and you can probably tell.But maybe that’s why I’m the news section

editor and not part of the opinion section.This is why The Johnsonian needs you. Be

a writer, photographer, web designer, colum-nist or an advertising sales rep.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not a mass communication major or graphic design student or know anything about writing. We’ll help you.

Are you a music major? Write a column on the outrageous number of recital credits needed to gradu-ate.

Pursuing a career in education? Snap some pictures of your service learning adventures (get permission first) and get it in the paper.

Planning on an accounting track? Sell advertisements to local businesses and gain experience, all while keeping track of finan-cial records.

Now you might be one of the many people who find writing, boring, irritating and es-sentially useless for your future career. Well, you may be right.

But you may be wrong.Solid writing skills are pretty much

necessary for many careers, even if they don’t involve interviews or the prestigious AP Stylebook.

I don’t mean to sound similar to ETV propaganda, but writing can be fun.

You just have to write about your passions, such as dance, music, con-troversial issues or whatnot.

And your writing can be creative, funny and conversational. It doesn’t have to sound similar to the business page of the Wall Street Journal.

Now that kind of writing is boring.So ask me anything about cupcakes, croon-

ing and false facial hair. I can’t promise I’ll know the answer but I do know this: working with us will definitely not be a bore.

Join TJ’s staff. You’ll be glad you did.

I don’t mean to sound similar to ETV pro-paganda, but writing can be fun.

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CONSUMPTION OF BEER UNDER 21 (8/02/10)

At 1:06 a.m. on Aug. 2, a Cam-pus Police officer was stopped by a man in the front of Lee Wicker, at the corner of Park Avenue and Cherry Road.The officer approached the

man as the man said he had a warrant for his arrest and want-ed to turn himself in. He said the warrant was with the Rock Hill Police Dept. for possession of marijuana because he had failed to attend Keystone Sub-stance Abuse Services.The officer checked the man

for warrants with Rock Hill City and York County. Both agencies said they did not have a warrant for the man.The officer told the man he was

free to go, but the man insisted on being taken into custody. He said he had been drinking beer and wanted to go to jail in order to “straighten this out.”The officer noticed the man’s

eyes were glazed and he had an odor of alcohol. The officer placed him in custody for con-sumption of beer under the age of 21 and took him to Rock HillCity Jail.

DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION —1st OFFENSE (4/30/10)

At 2:10 a.m., a Campus Police officer observed a gray 2004 Nissan Maxima traveling north-bound on Cherry Road at Char-lotte Avenue without any lights on.The Campus Police officer

stopped the driver and a li-

cense check revealed the driver’s license was suspended. The driver was arrested and

taken to the Rock Hill Law Center Jail. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and came to the scene, where the vehicle was released into the owner’s possession.

Each week TJ prints incident reports filed through Campus Police. Here is a sample of past incidents:

Journalism: it’s who we are, it’s what we do

The news is kinetic. It doesn’t stop and it never ends. The beginning of 2010 itself was a dynamic semester of newsworthy events for Winthrop.

When there weren’t ice storms blanketing the campus, there were fires practically burning down buildings. When reno-vations weren’t closing down residence halls, tuition hiked 4.9 percent and budgets were cut.

Who knows what fall 2010 will bring? Hopefully, it will be something exciting.

After all, Winthrop is a community - a body of people from different places and cultures, holding onto different beliefs and morals, studying different majors and aspiring to different goals.

With so much potential, there have to be dedicated individuals who are in the mix; those who desire to report the news and events occurring on campus as accurately and fairly as possible. This is where your friendly student journal-ists come into play.

Journalists are servants of the people. At Winthrop, it’s no different. We, at The Johnsonian, are your student jour-nalists and we’re here for you.

We’re here to inform and not to judge. We’re here to report, not neces-sarily scathe (unless it’s on the opinion page). We’re here to help and not to hurt.

Last semester, such revelation became all the more apparent when, during the end of my sophomore year, I found myself breaking more and more into news writing.

To my surprise, something I was told would be a hard skill to master became fun and challenging.

Sure, sometimes the interviewing, information gathering and writing can

be time consuming and physi-cally draining.

Yeah, situations arise where one’s ethics and morals will be questioned.

And yes, times exist when your dedicated journalists make painful mistakes.

But, at the end of the day, all the sweat, tears and frustration constitute a labor of love.

The satisfaction of sniffing out and hunting down a story, constructing a readable masterpiece and then seeing one’s byline under that masterpiece is all worth it.

Now, entering my junior year and holding the assistant news editor posi-tion at The Johnsonian, I look forward to not only chasing after more stories and creating more masterpieces, but exploring the dynamics of newsroom management, investigative and, hope-fully, enterprise reporting.

More importantly, I look forward to serving my dear community.

For those who may have read my love letter to Winthrop last year, you know Winthrop and I have had a rocky relationship.

But things are better for the time be-ing. I’m ready to start anew. I’m ready to serve again.

Know something happening around campus you think is newsworthy? Shoot us an e-mail. Have an idea of your own you think is worth seeing in print? Don’t hesitate to contact us.

Want to write something? See us at a meeting: every Sunday at 8 p.m. in room 104 in the DiGiorgio Campus Center.

Want to make a complaint? Contact Claire Byun.

Whoever you are Whatever you do : we want you

Chair’s CornerInterested in student government? Want a candid conversation with the CSL chair?

Check out the CSL topic page on mytjnow.com for stories about and pictures of student government

Jonathan McFaddenAsst. News Editor

Claire Byun News Editor

FRIDAY August 20, 2010 3SURVIVAL GUIDE

I bet you’re a smart person.You’ve already made one

smart decision - you came to Winthrop.

I thought about writing 500 words on networking and how to succeed in college, but I figured that there’s plenty of time for that later.

Right now, you’re just start-ing out.

So, I’ll offer you some “fun” advice that will be icing on the cake once you figure out what you want to major in and what pictures not to post on Face-book.

Make Winthrop your own personal Disneyworld.

Rock Hill may not be the flashiest city in America, but this campus can be the happiest place on earth if you take in everything it offers and are willing to give something back.

Disney may have us beat with its Animal Kingdom park, but our grounds crew is great at creating a jungle on campus with pine needles. If you don’t know what that means, just wait until you find yourself wading through pine needles in front of Kinard in the coming months.

We come close to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon with Winthrop Lake, but I wouldn’t recommend getting in the water.

Winthrop gives Epcot a run for its money. Students from all over the world come to Winthrop - some for a semes-ter, some for four years.

Thomson Cafeteria even tries to get in on the international mix periodically with speciality foods. Its “international” cuisine is usually less than impressive, but Fiesta Night isn’t bad.

You don’t have to go to Hollywood Studios to see a performance; plays in Johnson’s Black Box Theater and DSU events always provide quality entertain-ment.

Take a stroll down Main Street, USA aka Scholar’s Walk, and you will surely notice our brand spanking new Magic Kingdom attraction.

You can dine in the DiGiorgio Cam-pus Castle. If you’re lucky, you may run into members of the royal administra-tion.

The president’s office does feature a balcony, but I’m not sure you’ll be seeing Tinkerbell take flight from there anytime soon.

And if you think Woody from Toy Story is a good sheriff, wait until you see Campus Police in action. Every week we’ll run the antics of students and visi-tors in our police blotter, and you’ll see just how busy the men and women on

the Winthrop force stay.You may not appreciate the parking

tickets they write, but all jokes aside, we have good cops.

Disney’s “It’s a Small World” ride is almost the perfect match for the culture at Winthrop; the Winthrop world is a relatively small one. You should find it very easy to get involved in organiza-tions on campus and take part in mean-ingful class discussions.

The best advice I received as a fresh-man (I think Frank Ardaiolo said this) was to leave Winthrop a better place for me having been here.

It’s been a philosophy that has served me well, and I hope you will find some meaning in it as you make Winthrop your home away from home.

If you aim to make Winthrop the hap-piest place on earth and find small ways to better the community, you will have an unforgettable college experience.

Make Winthrop the happiest place on earth

Welcome home. Well, not quite. The waxed tile floors and cin-derblock walls of Wof-ford or Richardson may not feel very homey. But for the next four years Winthrop will be your home away from home. I’m sure you’ve heard it at least 20 times already: “Wel-come to Winthrop!” But nothing will make your dorm or this campus feel more welcoming than making new memories. Think about it: When you walk into a new house, an empty house or a house that isn’t yours, do you feel overwhelmingly welcomed? It’s the memories and the good times that make home feel like home. It’s the people you’re with who make a place feel good. So put aside all preconceived notions that Winthrop is a “suitcase school.” It won’t be unless you make it one. During my three years at Win-throp, I have discovered favorite places and favorite things to do on campus and in Rock Hill. Here are some of the things I’m going to miss the most about Winthrop:• Eating in Thomson. And no,

not for the food. Eating in that cafeteria was never a lonely meal. I’ll miss sitting at four tables pushed together with students from all over the world. I’ll miss sitting with a roommate and discussing the grades we got on papers. I’ll miss the late night breakfast meals with friends before finals, but not the food.

• Winthrop’s history. I love Winthrop’s old and twisted trees. I love how on a rainy day you can walk from Rutledge to Margaret Nance without getting wet. (In the old days, it wasn’t proper for women to get their shoes or hair wet.) There’s always a piece of history to discover at Winthrop, even if it’s just admiring the ar-chitecture of the old buildings.

• The basement of Bancroft. The moldy carpet and secret tunnels of the old Johnsonian office will always be full of memories for me. I’ve eaten a lot of pizza there and met some of my best friends in that office.

• The friendly faces of the card-scanners in Thomson. Their welcome was always a great start to a meal.

• The couches in Margaret Nance. Although most of the

rooms are smaller, Margaret Nance is the only dorm that has wide staircases and couches in front of fireplaces – a place where I met some of my first Winthrop friends.

• Walking by the theater work-shop in Johnson. I always walk by and wonder what the theater students are crafting. And then I get to see the wonderful end result.

• Student Choreography Show-case. As a former dancer, I love watching other Winthrop students share their talent. The shows are always exciting and fun to watch. And it’s a reason to get “dressed up” and go out.

• Eating at Waffle House at 2 a.m. after finishing an issue of The Johnsonian; there’s nothing more rewarding than a greasy Waffle House meal with the staff. What else could keep us going to finish the papers and assign-ments due the next day?

This is just the beginning of my list of memories. Now, slap the best decorations you can find on your cinderblock dorm walls, cover them with pictures and memories from home, and start making memories at Winthrop. Welcome to your new home.

New home,new memories

Tillman Hall has created many memories for students since its construction in 1962. Con-victs built it, and prisoners’ stocks still remain in the basement. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@thejohnsonian.com

Who’s the latest bad boy on campus?

Find out now atwww.mytjnow.com/police-blotter

Anna DouglasEditor-in-chief

Tiffany BarkleyManaging Editor

SATURDAYAugust 20, 2010

ALEXIS AUSTINCulture Editor

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Diversity defines Winthrop

Welcome to the school that has twice as many girls as guys, two sets of school colors and no football team. Welcome to the school that has its own god named DiGiorgio, a su-perhero/hype-man named Eagle Man and a newspa-per that tells the truth no matter how much trouble it causes—or better known to you as Winthrop Uni-versity. The culture of the university is unlike any typical university you may have visited. While all the new faces may look simi-lar to one big blur at first,

each one is differ-ent. Not everyone is American or Christian or loves pizza. Everone has different sto-ry. Each person’s story is waiting to be told to ears that will listen. In one day you can meet three

different people from three different countries, see a jazz band and learn zumba. It’s not every day you have the opportu-nity to experience these things in one place. And it’s not every day you will be a part of such a unique group of people. This is what makes Winthrop so wonderful. There are more than

50 nationalities repre-sented and even more ethnicities than one can begin to count. Every year this number increases and Winthrop continues to gain recognition for its diversity. Students come from abroad to study and to learn the American way of life. Winthrop is a sam-pler of the world, and you have the chance to taste it. Every student and professor enhances the Winthrop culture in some way. There are more than 200 professors waiting to share their expertise and life experiences with you. Many of them are respon-sible for contributing to groundbreaking research and others have their names written in history

books. For each freshman or transfer student who attends Winthrop, that is one more way this school can be changed. This fall, that’s far more than 1,000 chances for something new to happen here. What will you do? How will you continue to make Winthrop a place unlike any other college in the world? Will you start a new club? Petition for a new student government? Make a mission trip to Haiti? Teach Eagle Man how to fly? Or receive a revelation and write the Word of DiGiorgio? No one can stop you. New friends and knowl-edgeable professors will provide you with the tools

to make your mark on Winthrop. Use your tools carefully because they are rare. Whatever you de-cide to do in your four-, five- or six-year tenure here, make it great,and memorable. Not only will you change Winthrop in some way, but you have the opportunity to change yourself. The bond you create with Winthrop, with your friends and with your professors will last a lifetime. Now, as you embark on enhancing the culture here at Winthrop, this is my promise to you: I, Alexis Austin, do sol-emnly swear to keep you informed as your peers and professors continue

to make a mark on the university, community and the world. As culture editor for the 2010-2011 academic year, I promise to report events that af-fect you, your family and the university in a timely manner. I will use pri-mary sources when avail-able and continue to bug those who take forever to give me the information I need. I will include a vari-ety of stories and informa-tion in the culture section. And last but not least, I will continue to remind readers: You define the culture here at Winthrop. We just write about it.

Student learns lesson about lifeI lost my LIFE Scholar-

ship.Most people lose their

LIFE Scholarship the nor-mal way - flunking all of their classes or commit-ting some sort of illegal act.

Not me.Nope, the

only thing I have to blame is my stupid-ity.

Who knew the LIFE Scholarship only lasted four years? Apparently, that bit is not mentioned in the guidelines. Guide-lines, which to give myself some credit, I never read.

Who does?My thoughts were:

Financial aid is going to give me some free money I don’t have to pay back because I earned it.

Sweet.All I knew and cared

about was that as long as I kept up a 3.0 GPA, I was

set for “life.” How did I get the idea that the LIFE Scholarship lasted more than five years?

Here’s where the stu-pidity comes into play.

For some reason, I fig-ured that because it usually takes students five years to graduate and because it is a “life” scholarship, I’d get to keep it for at least five years.

Yeah, I know, as a freshman I

lacked some common sense.

So, what’s my point? It’s not only to showcase my stupidity, I assure you.

I’m telling you this so you don’t get to the last month of your fourth year and realize everything you bled, cried and worked so hard to achieve may mean nothing because you no longer have the money to finish.

Four years ago, if

I would have just sat down and talked to a financial aid counselor or researched the LIFE Scholarship guidelines online, I could have saved myself many sleepless nights and head-cracking migraines. Instead, I tried to save time and take the easy route by asking the administrative assistant whether she thought LIFE would last for five years; she said, “It should.”

I gambled my “life” around the unstable word of “should.”

Looking back, I’m not sure if she meant the words “it should” as in, “it normally lasts this long and ‘it should’ continue to” or as in, “‘it should be something they offer students.”

Whatever she meant, I don’t blame her (any-more) for my situation.

Because of my blunder, I’m stuck taking out more loans than planned and working extra hours on a

full semester schedule.But I’m lucky.It’s scary to be in so

much debt, but at least I will be in debt with two degrees under my belt in-stead of becoming anoth-er dropout statistic who’s up to her ears in debt.

College is more than just coursework and extracurricular activi-ties. It really is a learning experience. Financial counselors and advi-sors are here to help, but sometimes information falls through the gap. I can’t tell you how many offices I walked by with students literally sobbing because they were one credit short of gradua-tion. Don’t let this be you. If you want to graduate on time and keep your scholarships, you must check and double check the guidelines and degree requirements.

You can only really

rely on yourself, but I can start you off with the basics. For instance, here are some little known facts I found out the hard way:

· The LIFE Scholarship only lasts for eight semes-ters from the first semes-ter you enroll in college. If you didn’t earn the LIFE Scholarship during your first year of college but in your second, it doesn’t matter. The first year still counts as part of the eight semesters. This means you will only really have six semesters of LIFE left.

· If you’re thinking about double majoring, make sure you know the difference between a double major and a dual major. A double major means you must complete 124 credit hours and meet the requirements of two majors with the same degree (i.e. B.A. history and B.A. mass communi-cation). A dual major (i.e. B.S. chemistry and B.A.

political science) means you must complete the requirements for both majors plus an additional 30 hours beyond the 124 required for the first degree. So, for all you remedial math people, that’s 154 hours total.

· Remember to always check to see how many credits above 299 you must complete for your major.

You can find informa-tion about your degree re-quirements in the course catalogue you received at orientation or online at the Office and Registra-tion website. Information about scholarship guide-lines can be found on the Office of Financial Aid website.

Don’t let stupidity be the reason you lose your LIFE. If you’re going to lose it, at least make it a noteworthy loss (illegal acts anyone?).

Get active, make your mark at the Winthrop

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8FRIDAY August 20, 2010 THE JOHNSONIAN

FRIDAYAugust 20, 2010

CONNOR DE BRULEROpinion Editor

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About The Johnsonian

The Johnsonian is the weekly student newspaper of Winthrop University. It is published during fall and spring semesters with the exception of university holidays and exam periods.

OUR SAY

There’s a popular saying in the South: let by-gones be by-gones.

It means transgressions and bad blood should be relinquished and a new, conciliatory mood should replace the former hostile senti-ment.

The Johnsonian thinks this phi-losophy has some merit and would like to apply this thinking as we begin the new semester.

In the past, this newspaper has been critical and outspoken about certain people and procedures on this campus. We will continue to do that.

We will turn over stones and look for dirt. We will analyze floor plans and budgets. We will present to our readers information and entertainment they want and need.

We will do all this in the spirit of allowing by-gones to be by-gones. Criticism from this paper will be given when warranted, not for the sake of grinding a habitual ax.

We will not bash the administra-tion--as some people have called it--just to bash the administration. To continue doing something just because it is a trend is not helpful or interesting to our readers.

We do not promise to be sugary sweet all the time, but we do aim to be thoughtful and responsible with our words.

Subjects like the potential change to the smoking policy on campus and the inability of the faculty to appeal more than just promotion and tenure to the Board of Trustees.

Last year, Council of Student Leaders Chair Sydney Evans said she was willing to work toward implementing aspects of a demo-cratically elected student gov-

ernment. We’d like to see that happen, so we’re going to hold you to that.

We realize President DiGior-gio’s schedule requires him to be off campus a fair amount of time, especially to lobby on our behalf in Columbia, but we do think it’s important that students and fac-ulty see him out and about more this semester. How about eating at the Burger Studio or grabbing a coffee at Starbuck’s in the campus center sometime soon?

It’s a new semester, and we have much to be thankful for.

In addition to new buildings and new faces on campus, The John-sonian is very thankful, especially for its budget.

University publications have not been immune to campus-wide budget cuts. In the midst of cut-ting the budget for many pub-lished items, money was not taken from The Johnsonian this year.

Our publishing costs, staff payroll and operating costs are supplemented by advertising reve-nue but, just as athletics and other student organizations, fundraising doesn’t cover all the bases.

Student publications, which in-clude the enclosed RMR and The Anthology, could have been on the chopping block this year, but our university allocation was not taken away.

To whoever made the decision to maintain our seed money from Winthrop, we are grateful you understand the importance of Winthrop’s student press.

The nature of TJ

College is a won-derful place, but it’s not heaven.

There are exor-bitant fees to be paid. Students’ mornings will at times be groggy and malnourished. More than enough rhetoric is force-fed to the student body concerning their ever-elusive futures.

And far too much pizza is consumed.

Despite all of this, students here are given a gift that many people across the world never receive: the right to think for ourselves and say what we mean.

Attending a university is a unique opportunity to develop into the person we truly are and not just the person our mentors or parents urge us to become.

The superficial glitz of Wel-come Week and Orientation can unfortunately misrepresent the opportunities accessible to every student at this institu-tion.

Some freshman students may feel the pressure of expecta-tions. Parents expect us to per-form. School officials expect us

to get involved. Schol-arship requirements demand we maintain a specific GPA.

We must abandon what others expect of us. We are not here for anyone else but ourselves. If we follow our own passion and set our own goals, our

grades will simply fall into place.

In order to become who we wish to be, we need to be aware of the world around us and form our own beliefs and opinions.

Here at Winthrop, freshman students have an opportunity to develop their own opinions void of parental, religious or political influence. We are free to think as we wish and say what we want.

In college, radical, revo-lutionary and substantive thought is commonplace.

Protesting is a typical sight. Religious witnessing is also prevalent. It does not matter if our ideas are strange or ex-treme.

There is no safer place to

voice an opinion.Winthrop students are also

encouraged to be open to new ideas and the ideas of others. Disagreement doesn’t have to be calamitous or painful.

Starting a new chapter in life can be exciting, confusing and even scary. There’s no reason to be afraid of handling our own lives. That’s what we’re here to learn. We’re here to get jobs. We’re here to study a passion. We’re here to meet people. We’re here to discover the most relevant thing of all: ourselves.

Success is another word you’ll hear all too often at Winthrop. Regardless of what we have been told, success has nothing to do with money or status or even how others see us.

Success is the ability to be happy in any way we choose.

Success is being who we are. Success is being entitled to

our own thoughts.I wish every incoming fresh-

man, as well as every student at this school, success.

We’re free! If you’re interested in

publishing an opinion, don’t hesitate to write a column for my page.

Welcome to Winthrop.

Don’t fear being yourself

EditorANNA DOUGLAS

Managing editorTIFFANY BARKLEY

News editorCLAIRE BYUN

Assistant news editorJONATHAN MCFADDEN

Opinion editorCONNOR DE BRULER

Culture editorALEXIS AUSTIN

Health & science editorAMANDA PHIPPS

Arts & entertainment editorJESSICA PICKENS

Assistant arts &entertainment editorALISON ANGEL

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Letters and feedback can be sent to editors@thejohnsonian.com or

by mail at The Johnsonian, 104 Campus Center, Rock Hill, S.C., 29733.

Comments submitted online at www.mytjnow.com may be printed as letters and may be shortened for space and edited for clarity.

Please include your name, major and year if you are a student; your name and title if you are a professor; or your name and

profession if you are a member of the community.Letters, cartoons and columns reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily the opin-ions of The Johnsonian staff.

CORRECTIONS

Contact us if you find an error in an issue of the newspaper. We will correct it in the next issue.

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Connor DeBrulerOpinion Editor

FRIDAYAugust 20, 2010

AMANDA PHIPPSHealth & Science Editor

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By Amanda Phippsphippsa@thejohnsonian.com

This section is not just for sci-ence majors.

This is my second year as the health and science edi-tor for The Johnsonian and I have learned more than I ever thought I could about profes-sors and their research.

This section allowed me to see experiments firsthand and get to know professors on a more personal level. Don’t worry, they are cool - at least outside of the classroom.

From hearing about head-hunting techniques and how dolphins mate for fun to meeting well-known scientists, I have had experiences that would not have been possible if I waited to have these profes-sors in class.

I have also had a chance to attend events that taught me

important lessons that gave me something to think about. This section opened up many chances to learn some-thing new.

Before I was the section edi-tor, writing for the health and science section gave me oppor-tunities most freshmen didn’t have. I explored buildings that I would have never entered in order to get interviews. I also broadened my knowledge of Winthrop’s campus from the very beginning.

Though things such as keep-ing your dorm room clean and washing the laundry and the dishes, preferably before they grow mold, are all important,

making connections can lead to a better educational experience from the start.

Some teachers may seem intimidating at first, but most are willing to help students who want to learn, and will go out of their way to help you succeed.

As a section editor, I talk to not only science professors, but graduate students, students doing research and health and science professionals. I met people I never dreamed I would meet and learned more infor-mation than a semester’s worth of classes could teach me.

As a freshman, this experi-ence made my second semester at Winthrop interesting and it continues to allow me to grow as a student, and a journalist. So stay healthy, keep up with your work and chores, but also make connections. You never know what will come out of them in the future.

One section, many students

Amanda PhippsHealth & Science

Editor

Important

Numbers

Crawford Building:

Health and Counseling services: 803/323-2206• Services located on the second

floor of the Crawford building.

Disability services: 803/323-3290• Services located on the first

floor of the Crawford building.

Name in lights? How about on paper?

Get a little closer to fame by writing for The Johnsonian.

• E-mail phippsa@thejohnsonian.com for more information.

Students maintain their important information with these safe, portable storage devices. Flashdrives and external hardrives provide a backup for stored informa-tion on computers. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@thejohnsonian.com

By Devang Joshijoshid@thejohnsonian.com

With another semes-ter upon us, I think it is important for you to know how technology will impact you this semester.

For many of us, this means protecting our-selves from the evil of viruses, identity theft and data loss.

As The Johnsonian’s webmaster and a comput-er science major, here are some things I’ve learned about keeping computers protected. These five tips and tricks can hopefully help you keep your com-puter, and more impor-tantly your information, safe (plus it’s all free).

Long story short, keep-ing your browsing and downloads safe, turning your computer off when you don’t need it and making sure you back up your files will keep your computer running in tip-top shape and eliminate the threat of having a term paper disappear be-cause of computer failure. E-mail me any questions at joshid@thejohnsonian.com and remember to enjoy your first semester.

Maintain technology, maintain work

Five technology tips for students:

1. Get a good anti-virus.

It’s required to use Winthrop’s Internet (Remember that from orientation?). There are many free choices out there including AVG, Avast and Avira (I don’t know why they all start with A’s...)

2. Use a good browser:

Firefox, Chrome and Opera are all fine choices. (No-tice Internet Explorer is not on here.)

3. Back up your data.

If you have Windows 7, then there is a built-in back-up manager.

For the rest of us, try Dropbox, a free utility that can give you two gigabytes of online storage for free.

4. Keep track of your plug-ins.

Plug-ins are little programs that “update” a bigger program to allow it to do more stuff. (E.g. flash plug-ins let the computer play flash video).

Although this might seem like a daunting task, a free program such as Secunia PSI can help you update your plug-ins with both “simple” and “advanced” user settings.

5. Be proactive!

Remember that a computer is nothing but a ma-chine, and you should treat it as any other machine. Make sure to turn your computer off when you’re not using it just as you turn off your car when you’re not in it. Also, remember that if you keep your private in-formation off the Internet, no one will be able to find it. If you’re using a Mac, you are no safer. The only reason many viruses don’t seem to be attacking Macs is because PCs outnumber Macs about a trillion to one (Notice my bias here?).

Devang Joshi

Eliminate the threat of having a term paper disappear because of computer failure.

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Got the sniffles?Throat feeling

itchy?

WU can help.

FRIDAYAugust 20, 2010

CHRIS MCFADDENSports Editor

mcfaddenc@thejohnsonian.com11

Freshmen, as you begin to settle into your home away from home at Winthrop, here is a quick piece of advice to help your time at the university be more enjoyable: Come out and support your athletic teams.

From basketball to cross country, Winthrop has a variety of team sports that are sure to peak your interest.

All you need to do is come out and give them a chance.

There is something about cheering, yelling and screaming for your fellow classmates as they represent you and Winthrop on the athletic battlefield that just gets the adrenaline flowing.

Athletes feed off the energy fans provide. In

return for the support, the athletes want to do whatever it takes to not let the crowd down.

As you share in the pain of losses and the thrill of victo-ries, you will gain pride in

your university and build a camaraderie with the athletes and your fellow classmates.

College life should not just be about going to class and writing papers.

It should be an ex-perience that provides memories that stay with you the rest of your life.

Whether it’s the time the team came back from a seemingly insurmount-able deficit or the time the team lost by one point at the buzzer.

When you come out to a sporting event, you

are bound to experience things that will not only enhance your college experience, but will also stay with you well after you graduate.

Above all else, coming out to show support for your team is fun and can be a stress reliever.

Where else can you go and yell at the top of your lungs and have no one look at you funny?

For those two or three hours you are rooting for the home team, you get to forget about the “F” you got on that math test you spent all night study-ing for.

So come on out and show your support. You have nothing to lose and fun and memories to gain.

Information on sched-ules, statistics and rosters can be found at winthropeagles.com.

Upcoming home fall sports schedule

Chris McFaddenSports Editor

File photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

Wanted: cherring, rabid fans

Athletes get a boost in spirits from their fans

File photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

M. SOCCER vs. Furman 8/22/2010 Home 7:00 p.m.M. SOCCER vs. Charlotte 8/26/2010 Home 7:00 p.m.M. SOCCER vs. Elon 8/28/2010 Home 7:00 p.m.

W. SOCCER Kicks vs Cancer 8/24/2010 Home 7:00 p.m.W. SOCCER vs. Marshall 8/27/2010 Home 7:00 p.m.W. SOCCER vs. App State 8/29/2010 Home 3:30 p.m.

Volleyball vs. C of C 9/3/2010 Home 7:30 p.m.Volleyball vs. Clemson 9/4/2010 Home 10:00amVolleyball vs. S.Carolina 9/4/2010 Home 7:30 p.m.

A Winthrop fan shows her support by yelling encouragement, while others watch the Eagles on the court. The universtiy is known as the “Campus of Champions”

The Winthrop Eagles have won numerous conference titles in the past decade

FRIDAYAugust 20, 2010

JESSICA PICKENSArts & Entertainment Editorpickensj@thejohnsonian.com

ALISON ANGELAsst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

angela@thejohnsonian.com

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I started Win-throp as a typical and shy 18-year-old.

My wardrobe consisted of Birkenstocks, Sperry’s, striped polo shirts and jean miniskirts; all very safe and non-cutting edge styles.

Wide-eyed, I looked at all the fashionable and model-esque students around me.

Both boys and girls wore brightly colored eye makeup, skinny jeans, scarves and short dresses with leggings.

One day, I distinctly remember walking behind a girl wearing a bright yel-low short knit dress with a matching beret.

“I could never pull any of that off and will prob-ably stick with my safe and predictable wardrobe for the next four years,” I thought. “I don’t want to stand out too much.”

Little did I know that two years later, I would be shopping to stand out just as everyone else; wearing hot pink tights and space-age sunglasses to class.

It might have something to do with me trying to be Lady Gaga.

As a freshman, I also didn’t talk much. I rarely spoke up in class or talked to people I didn’t know.

No wonder I had a hard time making friends.

Now I work for The Johnsonian and my future career revolves

around talking to strangers. When we enter Winthrop,

we are all relatively main-stream.

We have just exited the safe realm of high school where everyone is virtually the same, wears Hollister or American Eagle and doesn’t do anything that targets them as different.

Once you leave Winthrop, you will probably be any-thing but mainstream.

As you walk through Thomson Cafeteria or across campus, you can distinguish how many years people have been here to see how far they have evolved into a “weird, artsy” student.

Freshmen will still be playing it safe with their fashions. Sophomores are on the edge of diving into being different. Juniors have jumped in and are splashing around in the artsy waters, experimenting and find-

ing out what works best for them. Seniors are sinking to the bottom, lost in their new identities.

High school leaves little room for self-expression.

Not only do you have to follow the dress code rules, but the popular kings and queens seem to dictate their own dress code.

At an arts school such as Winthrop, you could wear a leotard to anthropology class and no one would care.

Winthrop has it all - a guy who walks around with a boom box on his shoulder, an art student who paints naked people on canvases outside of Rutledge and students who wear free hug signs and randomly hug everyone.

We are at a liberal arts college.

Let go and take advantage of it.

Arts school offers fashion experimentation

A liberal arts school allows students to express themselves with crazy fashions. Photo illustration by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

Jessica PickensArts and

Entertainment editor

You could wear a leotard to anthropology class and no one would care.

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On-campus events give quality entertainment

I’ve always been really into the music scene.

Since I was 13, I’ve been going to every concert I could possibly fit in and spend-ing all my money on any show that sounded some-what promising.

I was even a Warped Tour

regular starting at 15 years

old, before it started suck-

ing.So you can imagine what I

was scared of when it came to college. I love Winthrop, but we all know that it is a smaller college.

Eighteen years old and fresh out of high school, I didn’t worry about making friends or classes as most people did; I knew that would come eventually.

No, I worried about one thing: What on earth am I going to do on the weekends for fun?

It took me a while to find out where the entertainment was, but when I did, it pretty much changed everything.

From day one I saw all

the Welcome Week flyers covering every square inch of campus.

They promised everything from comedians and bands to something called the At-

lanta Drumline, which to me, at the time, didn’t sound very promising.

Still young and naïve, I immediately wrote these events off as school-mandated events that wouldn’t bring me much joy.

Typical mindset of a repressed high school kid forced to go to boring school events, I know. Luckily, I had some great friends who wouldn’t hear of me miss-ing the Atlanta Drumline or Tom DeLuca’s hypnotist act.

Still skeptical, I agreed

to go but wasn’t expecting

much. It turns out I was in

for a huge surprise.The shows were the most

top-notch, professional and entertaining shows I had ever spent money on. I couldn’t believe I got to go to awesome shows for only five bucks, especially consider-ing that, previously, a good time had cost much more than that.

I found out the shows that come to Winthrop, all of the bands that play, all the

comedians that come to try and force a laugh, are all a pretty amazing treat.

My only advice to you, freshmen, is this: Take advantage.

You’re never going to get as much entertainment brought directly to your doorstep as in these four years and you’re never going to have a better time for five bucks.

Plus, you’re going to get the chance to make the new friendships you’re so des-perately looking for that will last your entire life.

Throw the mindset of “I don’t want to” away, and just take advantage.

Trust me, you’ll be pleas-antly surprised by what you

get.

Take advantage of campus entertainment

Alison AngelAssistant Arts and

Entertainment editor

1. Indie rock band Brenn

2. Comedian A.N.T.

3. Irish band Screaming Orphans

4. Percussion group Atlanta Drumline

5. Comedian Jeff Dye

6. Hypnotist Tom DeLuca

7. Musicians Natalie Stovall Band

8. Singer/songwriter Vienna Tang

9. Self-defense trainer Erin Weed

10. Beatles tribute band The Return

Alison’s top 10 favorite on-campus WU shows

The shows were the most top-notch, professional and entertaining shows I had ever spent money on.

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FridayPlayfair, an ice breaker event featuring games to introduce fresh-men to each other, will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, in the West Center. This event does not require the purchase of a ticket or Welcome Week pass.

SaturdayCity of God, a Latin hip-hop band, and comedian Buzz Suther-land will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, in Byrnes Audito-rium. Cultural event.

SundayWho’s Bad, a Michael Jackson tribute band, will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, in Byrnes Auditorium.

MondayThe Convocation Picnic is at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, on the lawn in front of Margaret Nance. Students can pick up free items and food. Jenn Grinels and Rebecca Loebe will perform at the picnic.

ThursdayHypnotist Tom Deluca will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, in Byrnes Auditorium.

FridaySlam poetry artist Colin Gilbert and Grammy nominated singers and frequent Winthrop visitors Sam and Ruby will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, in Byrnes Auditorium.

SaturdayThe drum ensemble, Recycled Percussion, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, in Byrnes Auditorium.

SundayRock band SafetySuit will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, in Byrnes Auditorium.

Welcome Week 2010

My family raised the best golden retriever in the world in the best house in the world.

When we sold the house, naturally the dog was coming with us, but my family won-dered what her reaction was going to be. Mom said, “She’s going to be totally confused.”

I pointed out that our furry friend Fergie (no, she is not named after the singer) has moved houses before, but the last time she had to do that was more than 10 years ago, when she was not even 2 years old. After a decade, there really would not be much of an excuse as to why she would not be well-adjusted to our beloved house.

However, undeterred, Mom and Dad sold the house this summer, and we spent all of May, June and July prepar-ing to move to another

neighborhood. We started box-ing things at the beginning of July, and Fergie laid around the house, oblivious. The only time she became con-cerned was when we packed up her toys and she could not find them.

We made arrange-ments to move out of our house on July 16, but we could not move into our

new house until July 23, so a family friend kindly lended us his condo in the middle of town for the week so we would not be homeless.

Although the condo is very well-kept, it is pretty small for a family of four and its big golden re-triever. Nonetheless, the day we left our old house behind, we put Fergie in my car and caravanned through town to the condo.

Fergie was really the biggest challenge that day.

The only times she ever has to get in the car is when she is:

A. going to the vet, orB. going to the kennel

because we’re heading out of town.

Both A and B are a no-no to Fergie, so she promptly started shaking like a leaf in my back-seat and aggressively licked my right shoul-der from behind as if to say, “Please turn the car around!” She took some comfort in sticking her dark red muzzle out of the car windows and lapping her tongue in the wind. Fergie paced across my car’s cushions as I drove. I could build another dog with the amount of red hair she left behind.

Although she cooperat-ed with getting in the car, arriving at our friend’s condo was when she de-cided to become a prob-lem. I parked my car next to my mom’s, and she

and my little brother Zach

went ahead to go unlock

the condo’s front door.I turned off my car and

opened up one of the backdoors to let Fergie out. Fergie, however, had other plans. She glued

herself to my backseat

cushions as I took hold

of her collar and tugged on her to get her outside.

That animal, upset with the unfamiliar surround-ings, must have thought she was about to get euthanized because she would not budge.

Mom came to my aid and ordered Fergie to get out of the car, but all Fergie did in response was furrow her doggy brow, as if she were pouting, and dig her front paws further into my suffering backseat cushions.

Mom told me to go to the other side of my car and push while she pulled. I climbed into my back-seat behind Fergie and pushed on her haunches to move her forward as Mom coaxed her from the front. We physically had

to remove her from the car. Finally, all four paws were reluctantly planted in the grass and Fergie took off down the road, dragging Mom by the leash behind her.

Zach and I went to go hold the front door open, and Mom finally got some control over Fergie and

brought her back to the

condo. The stupid dog put on the brakes again and refused to enter at the front step.

Eventually, we got her to the living room and took the leash off, and Fergie hyperventilated the rest of the day. She would not leave anyone’s side; if you stopped petting

her to try and calm her down, she would breathe all over you and nudge you with her nose until you resumed stroking her silky head. If you got up to go to the bathroom, she would follow you and wait for you in the kitchen until you came back out.

I’m writing this from the living room of our friend’s condo. Fergie is now very tranquil and is laying on the floor next to me. She has not been a nuisance since we arrived. I guess she finally de-cided she is going to live through this.

It is not over yet, though -- Friday is the big move into the new house.

“I believe the new Johnso-nian Web site looks great!” she exclaimed.

If you’re a mass communica-tion student, you’ve probably already noticed five cardinal sins of journalism I’ve commit-

ted in just the first sentence. If not, then you might not have any idea what I’m talking about.

First of all, I shouldn’t have started off this column with a quotation (even though it’s true). Mass communication majors know to avoid quote leads.

In this case, instead of using the word “believe,” I should have used “think.” You use “think” when stating your opinion and “believe” when you want to ex-press your belief in

something.Also, “Web site” was the correct

way to spell out the word last year, but did you know the new-est addition of the AP Stylebook changed it to “website?”

Lastly, journalists know to rarely, if ever, use exclamation marks; it should be “she said” in place of “she exclaimed” (Dr. Timbs won’t let you forget it either).

But enough of my rambling.I’m not here to provide read-

ers with a grammar lesson; I just can’t help myself – this is my job.

I’ve gotten the hang of all this journalism lingo because I’m a senior mass communication ma-jor, but I’m also a returning copy editor for The Johnsonian.

So what exactly does my job en-tail you may be wondering? Well, I edit copy.

But you’d be surprised by how many people still don’t under-stand exactly what I do, and to be honest, at first I didn’t know what copy editors did either. So let me explain.

Basically, I read almost all the articles you see in each edition of The Johnsonian before the paper goes to press. And I re-read them, and re-read them, and correct mistakes and re-read them again.

In fact, I do this so often, I’ve noticed I even break down sentence structures and check for grammatical errors when I read anything now, including TV episode descriptions.

Who knew copy editing would change my life?

Anytime someone in The Johnsonian office has a spelling question, I’m usually the go-to woman (I would rather say “girl” instead of “woman,” but that would be incorrect according to the AP Stylebook because I’m older than 18).

Before the paper goes to press, you can also find me in the office carefully going over the layout of the pages, which means late nights of drinking Starbucks Mo-cha Frappuccinos and “fighting” with Anna Douglas over who gets the last drop of Dr. Pepper.

But what’s important here is that although I usually do my work behind-the-scenes, I’m always present. If you have any more questions about my job, the glorious AP Stylebook or myself, feel free to e-mail me at guilfoy-leb@thejohnsonian.com (please don’t e-mail me your papers and ask me to edit them; yes it’s hap-

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Homesick dog resists new family home

Copy editor explains journalism lingo

I’m not here to provide readers with a grammar lesson; I just can’t help myself – this is my job.

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Fergie sits on the steps in the backyard of our old house prior to moving to the new house in July. File photo by Monica Kreber.

Many people don’tfully understand a copy editor’s job

“”That animal, upset with the unfamiliar surroundings, must have thought she was about to get euthanized because she would not budge.

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Students have a chance to win a $30 Walmart gift card or $30 to spend at the Winthrop book store.

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DiGiorgioCampusCenter

Photos by Stephanie Eaton

Making the moveHere’s a list of some of the offices that have relocated from Dinkins to the DiGiorgio Campus Center.

Residence LifeDiGiorgio Student Union (DSU)

Student LifeMulticultural Student LifeCommuter Student Affairs

Greek LifeCouncil of Student Leaders

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