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Emily Schumacher named top female athlete

Emily Schumacher named top female athlete

Erika Marion, Assistant Sports Editor March 11, 2019

Being noticed for hard work is a goal a lot of people want to accomplish. Emily Schumacher from the women’s basketball team has done just that, as she was voted the best female athlete in this year’s...

SweetSpot captures coffee title

SweetSpot captures coffee title

Carli Pope, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

The SweetSpot is on the top of the coffee world in Whitewater. The local café and bakery was recently given the Royal Purple Best of Whitewater 2019 award for best coffee. The SweetSpot is a family-run,...

Purple Pride

Purple Pride

Alyssa Brooks, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

475 gallons. That is how much paint is used on Warhawk Drive at the beginning of each school year. First Year Experience (FYE) hosts ‘Warhawk Welcome’ to help incoming freshmen adapt to UW-W. Painting...

‘Success is earned and not given’

‘Success is earned and not given’

Tyler Job, Sports Editor March 4, 2019

If there is one thing that senior guard Andre Brown wants people to realize about him, it’s that earning something is not as easy as some would assume. The Warhawk men’s basketball star recently wrapped...

Vaping targets younger audience

Vaping targets younger audience

Shannan Lojeski, News Editor March 4, 2019

Roughly 30 students, staff and community members attended a forum focused on vaping and the dangers of tobacco use Feb. 19 in Heide Hall. The forum, “Tomorrow’s Potential Customer”, was sponsored...

Drag show promotes community, freedom

Drag show promotes community, freedom

Katelyn Black, Lifestyle Editor March 4, 2019

For the tenth year, UW-Whitewater’s LGBTQ student organization, IMPACT, has brought music, color and diversity to campus with their annual drag show event. This year’s show, which was titled Fire...

Assessment Day brings community together

Assessment Day brings community together

Carli Pope, Assistant Biz & Tech Editor March 4, 2019

Assessment day is an annual event hosted by UW-Whitewater where people are brought together to share ideas focused on improving student learning throughout campus. People belonging to individual programs...

photo courtesy of Spooky Boobs Collective

Sexism challenged through art

Dana Hockbein, Staff Reporter March 4, 2019

The Crossman Gallery will feature a feminist exhibit, The Pervasive Curse, produced by three Wisconsin-based artists known as Spooky Boobs March 4 through March 22. Spooky Boobs is made up of Amy Cannestra,...

Running, jumping, hurdling and throwing

Running, jumping, hurdling and throwing

Calahan Steed, Staff Reporter February 25, 2019

The UW-Whitewater track & field team competed in the WIAC Indoor Championships this past weekend and displayed many solid individual performances. After a slow start on the first day Feb. 22, the...

NCAA Tournament bid clinched

NCAA Tournament bid clinched

Erika Marion, Assistant Sports Editor February 25, 2019

The UW-W women’s basketball team has been nearly unstoppable as of late, winning nine of 10 games before the WIAC Tournament started.   The Warhawks carried their momentum from the regular season...

Rock county senator joins WSG

Rock county senator joins WSG

Nicole Aimone, Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2019

Jacob Taylor, a freshman at UW-Whitewater at Rock County will be representing both Whitewater and Rock County campuses through his new position on WSG. “I’m eager to get into the flow of things,”...

Campus celebrates black history

Campus celebrates black history

Olivia Storey, Assistant News Editor February 25, 2019

The University Center hosted the Black History Month program on Wednesday Feb. 20 that showcased black culture and diversity throughout campus. The event consisted of many different presentations that...

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