Red Ventures Designer, Tommy Hines, Is Also Marshawn Lynch’s Beast Mode Designer Charlotte Five, Feb. 2 *Hines is a 2011 graduate. Poet Dorothy Perry Thompson Lends Voice to the Arts Greenville Online, Feb. 1 *Thompson began the African American studies program at Winthrop and taught English. The annual Dorothy Perry Thompson Colloquium is in her honor. Rock Hill Wants Stormwater Issue, Knowledge Park Separated The Herald, Feb. 1 *Mentions Winthrop. Silent Reading Party My Carolina Town Magazine Feb.-March 2015 edition *Author Karan Moses Robinson is a 1997, 2006 graduate. Straight Talk: Greg Bell WRHI, Jan. 30 *Bell is an assistant professor of history. Moore’s Childhood Travels Prepared Him to Lead Winthrop Men’s Basketball The Herald, Jan. 30 Winthrop Gets Physical With Video Games The Herald, Jan. 29 Winthrop Students Involvement CN2, Jan. 29 One Columbia Announces a New Piece of Public Art on the 1600 Block of Main Street The State, Jan. 29 *The art is by fine arts professors Shaun Cassidy and Tom Stanley. Winthrop Women’s Lacrosse Picked to Finish Second in Big South The Herald, Jan. 27 Arrested for Sit-In, ‘Friendship 9’ Convictions to Be Overturned NBC News, Jan. 28 *One of the Nine, W.T. “Dub” Massey, is a 1974, 1976 alumnus. The late Robert McCullough ’75, ’76, was also a graduate. Professor of Political Science Adolphus Belk is also quoted. *Stories on the Friendship Nine’s overturned conviction ran in media outlets throughout the week, including The New York Times, Reuters, NPR News, Fox News, CBS News, WCNC, CN2, The Herald, WRHI, WLTX, WBTV, WSOC, Fox 46, The Charlotte Observer and more, and was picked up by the Associated Press. Search for Next Permanent Winthrop University President Progresses WRHI, Jan. 27 Local Composers Tackle Bechtler Museum’s Firebird Charlotte Viewpoint, Jan. 20 *Interviews Ron Parks and Mark Lewis, associate professors of music.