YouTube in Todays Culture

Youtube in Today's culture

     

South Korean Pop star PSY's Video" Gangnam style"

   The video sharing website Youtube has permeated our culture deeply. Millions of people visit youtube every day, posting, viewing and sharing a plethora of videos. A popular video can go "viral" and sweep across the world in a matter of hours or days.

The Video "GANGNAM STYLE" gained over a billion and a half views. 

Youtube and College students

Youtube sensation, Lindsey Stirling- The Rockstar Violinist

College students are often at the front end 
of current trends and technologies. 
Although Youtube has been around since 
2005 the side is still a tool that transmits 
the most recent trends making it useful for 
so many. Due to college students creation 
of or awareness of trends, their use of 
sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest and 
Youtube enables the nearly instant transmission of information.

Lindsey Stirling is a talented artist who found success through Youtube. Her fans are attracted by her personality, incredible talent and phenomenal video

 This allows trend and what  is popular to spring up overnight and Youtube plays a massive 
role in that phenomonon.

What makes a video viral?

What makes you share or like a video?

What kind of videos attract you?

Following these viral trends is difficult and where the next viral video will spring up is 

largely unknown. When people try to find out what makes a video attractive or even go viral 

they ask a number of questions.  Find out how some college students use YouTube here.

What was the last video you watched?

 What is a video you know all of your friends have watched?

What is the most recent video you watched? 

Halls of Tillman

Cashiers Office

Winthrop's staff cares about your future and want you to succeed.

Sign at the Tillman Building

Everyone complains about the high prices for attending college. Everyone assumes that the staff at the cashiers office want nothing more than to take a students hard earned money. They must be monsters wanting to deprive you of your money and happiness, Right?

Interior of Tillman Building

Wrong. The staff at the Winthrop University cashiers office are a great group of hardworking individuals who care about the students and their future.



The department works hard and strives to solve students problems, and get them where they need to be to further their educations. 

Ever have trouble paying for a semester of College? Ever have difficulty with validating your schedule? The cashiers office are the people who can help. 

Member of Staff at Cashiers Office

Learn more about the office that cares here.


The Winthrop University Cashiers Office  collects and deposit all of the money that comes to the university. They work constantly to see that both the university and students are able to have a future together.

Vox Pop

Winthrop President, A celebrity?

Celebrity on Campus

    As many may know, After a long selection process Winthrop University recently selected Jayne Marie Comstock asWinthrop's tenth president to replace Anthony J. DiGiorgio.

Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman

Ever thought about meeting a celebrity?  Who would you pick to be Winthrop's next President and why? Find which celebrities Winthrop students would like to be the next president of Winthrop. Some student's answers may surprise you, or be completely unexpected.  Find out in this video.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman

The Crawford Building

Winthrop's Hub for Health & Involvement

Entrance to Crawford Building

     If a student at Winthrop University is ever feeling overwhelmed, sick or needs help getting involved on campus or finding a job, the Crawford Building is located just off Scholars walk between Margret Nance Residence hall and The DiGiorgio Student center.

The Crawford building located just off Scolar's Walk

      Constructed in 1896 the Winthrop Crawford Building is home to the Office of Disability Services, health and counseling services and Center for Career & Civic Engagement. The Crawford building is essential to the functionality of the University. Drawing off the Italian renaissance, the architecture and arches of the Crawford building are a refreshing sight amidst the Modern, Neo-georgian and Romanesque architecture scattered throughout campus.
      The first floor hosts the Center for Career and Civic Engagement. The bottom floor contains a main hall with offices on either side and help desk near the entrance. This Office assists students with career preparation, involvement on campus and volunteer opportunities.
      The Second floor is home to the Department of Health and Counseling Services. The Health Center is strategically located upstairs with an elevator at the back of the building, it keeps an 8-hour day to assist students with their physical and mental health needs. The Crawford building serves as a hub for engagement and wellbeing located near the center of Winthrop's campus. Click here for Video

3-D Films: Are they worth it?

Where do 3-D movies fit in?

The idea of making movies in 3-D is a popular trend, But is it really that appealing to audiences?
It is no doubt a controversial issue and 3-D films have to find their niche in cinema.

James Cameron's Avatar, one of the most well received 3-D movies of 2009

Promotion outside West Center at Winthrop University

   Two students at Winthrop University were asked how they felt about 3-D movies and whether they had a future in film.

"It hurts my head" they answered in unison. Both students had trouble focusing on the film because of the headaches.

   Mary Comber, a psychology major at Winthrop said,

   "I remember seeing the preview for spy kids 3 on TV and it looked so exciting, and then when I went and saw it I was really disappointed ."

   Lauren Adams, a sophomore at Winthrop mentioned seeing Spongebob in 3-D at the theme park,  Carowinds.  Although she throughly enjoyed it, she felt that the 3-D didn't add much to the experience.

Dina's Place (the campus movie theater) at Winthrop University

Lauren enjoyed watching Transformers in 3-D and decided that action movies could benefit from the use of the 3-D format.

 Both students felt the headaches and bizarre effect of 3-D distracted the audience, and took away focus from the story.

"Plus", they added "It's not worth the extra money."

Basic News Leads

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1. Two firemen were hospitalized en route to emergency. They were responding to an emergency call when a van struck their vehicle on Post road. 

(Nut graph) The driver of the van, Charles Lyndon was killed in this tragic accident. The van was totally destroyed and there are over $50,000 in damages done to the truck. The fault of the accident and condition of the firemen is still unknown.

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2. Report from Washington: Big cars save money and prevent injuries.

(Nut Graph) Analysis claims that large cars show 50% better claims than average. In contrast, small car are reported to have the worst injury and repair costs. 

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3. Hot dogs can kill kids.

(Nut Graph) It is estimated that every five days someone in the US dies choking on a hot dog. The American Medical Association warns against the dangers of a hotdog blocking the windpipe, It can be especially dangerous for children.

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4. The wrong body was buried at the Belcuore funeral last saturday.

The Belcuore family was devastated by sudden death last week. Over 7,000 dollars spent and 100 friends in attendance and still Kristine's body has not been put to rest.

A relative remarked "We went through the all the pain and everything, all over the wrong body, and now we have to go through it again."

Artsy, soccer playing, journalist

        It was a journey that started in a small retirement town in rural North Carolina. This venture would take a spirited girl on a life-changing trip across the world. The same thirst for life that led from a small college in South Carolina to the ranks of the Peace corp. would take Dakota Fitzgerald to the position of Award winning sports journalist in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. These were just hints of possible plans I gleaned from Dakota during our interview that brisk January afternoon. Her optimism and outgoing personality made me feel like the one being interviewed. 

     When you try to profile someone’s hobbies, likes and dislikes the results can often be a surprising combination, however, when you delve deeper into their past and personality a story unfolds, and this artsy, soccer playing, journalist, has a story unlike most.

Dakota Fitzgerald was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. She moved to Greenville, South Carolina in the third grade. The love of music has been a consistent theme in Dakota’s life, It’s one of the things that gets her through life, she says. Her “no worries” outlook on life extends to her musical tastes. She enjoys anything from Bob Marley and the reggae-inspired group 311, to celtic music that brings out the roots of her heritage. 

Dakota has a unique relationship with the theater that draws from her desire for personal interpretation of stories. She emphasized that plays give you a personal touch that sometimes the silver screen just can’t deliver. Her fondness of theater ranges from comedy improvisation to large musical productions. One of her early experiences with journalism stemmed out of her attachment to theater. She noted, with some fondness that she had the opportunity to interview the set designer for the Broadway production of The Lion King. Growing up she developed an appreciation and talent for making art. Dakota’s journey, like her art took a life of its own soon after It got started.

Dakota developed a an fondness for the sport of soccer in her adolescence and played through high school. The enjoyment of the game forged a lasting love that would live to shape her future.

        Dakota started looking for a college with the mindset of playing for the school soccer team. After visiting and rejecting her more obvious choices, she discovered Winthrop University, and instantly liked the atmosphere the university exhibited.

       The story of this artsy, soccer playing, journalist will only get more exciting as she moves forward in life with optimism.

Dakota’s past and her desire for fresh and exciting experiences has led her to where she is today and maybe someday it will take her around the world.