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Founded 1901

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Founded 1901

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Whitewater Student Government Speaker Justin Wesolik, Student Body President Davin Stavroplos and Director of Student Affairs Will Hinz talk to Senate candidate Tom Nelson (D) outside the University Center Oct. 16, 2001.

Senate candidate visits campus

Dauntae Green, Managing Editor November 1, 2021

U.S. Senate Democratic candidate and Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson visited the UW-Whitewater campus Oct. 16, 2021 as the second stop of a four-part university tour around Wisconsin. Nelson will...

From left, Greg Cook, interim chancellor of UW-Whitewater, Rahenya Anderson, a sociology major and president of the Black Student Union, and members of Whitewater Student Government affirm unity as Kenny Yarbrough, right, assistant vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion, concludes his remarks. On behalf of BSU, Anderson presented Cook with a working list of actions to better the experiences of students of color on campus. The UW-Whitewater 2020 Unity Walk for Black Lives Matter culminated with a program at Perkins Stadium, where students and administrators spoke on the themes of unity and community, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)

Voters’ choices swayed by students’ voices

Brooklyn Stevenson, Lifestylist Jornalist October 31, 2021

As a student at UW Whitewater, there are many different ways to be active in advocation for different policies and rights as elections are around the corner. Even if someone is not voting or are unable...

Dining Services understaffed and struggling

Dining Services understaffed and struggling

Carina Lopez, Campus News Editor October 31, 2021

The UW-W Dining Services finds themselves short-staffed with about 75 empty student positions and 15 empty full-time positions, leaving them in a struggling position to serve the student population.  Resident...

Get to know your Communication graduate assistants

Get to know your Communication graduate assistants

Aaron Xiong, Assistant Lifestyle Editor October 24, 2021

Every year, five new Graduate Instructional Assistant or GIA are selected by the UW-Whitewater’s Communication Department to lead classes for students in the Comm 110: Introduction to Public Speaking...

 A cold care kit that you can get from the health center for getting your flu shot or if you have a cold you can get one from them.

Health center offers cold care kits

Felicity Knabenbauer, Lifestyle Editor October 24, 2021

It’s that time of the year again where around us we hear the sniffling of noses and feel the need to bundle up for the wintery weather that is taking over Whitewater. Covid has made us extra aware of...

Fall faculty meeting

Fall faculty meeting

Carina Lopez, Campus News Editor October 24, 2021

The first all-faculty senate meeting of the year laid out the best practices to adopt on canvas linking it to higher student success in the classroom, among other topics of discussion.  Assistant professor...

WSG to act on ways to better student education and life overall

WSG to act on ways to better student education and life overall

Carina Lopez, Assistant Campus News Editor October 17, 2021

A laptop purchase program and a strategic plan to combat sexual misconduct were presented in last week’s Whitewater Student Government meeting. The two-year preparation of the Act Establishing a UW-Whitewater...

From left to right:  Associate Vice Chancellor Kenny Yarbrough, Matt Phoutavong, Aaron Xiong, Cassell Yang, Paige M. Uchida and Destiney L. Johnson speak at the student panel of the 2021 Diversity Forum Thursday, Oct. 7.

Diversity Forum features Asian ethnicities

Brianna Korich, News Jornalist October 10, 2021

In the fall enrollment of 2020-2021, just 1.9 percent of undergraduate students and 3.5 percent of graduate students were Asian American, Native Hawaiian or of Pacific Islander descent. But that small...

Backpacks organized in piles and lines in the Hamilton Room of the James R. Connor University Center, most with descriptions explaining the lives of those who claimed their own, Oct. 5, 2021.

You’re not alone in the search for help

Aaron Xiong, Assistant Lifestyle Editor October 10, 2021

As you walk past someone on the street in the halls of a building, you may not know what they’re going through. Thoughts of pain and suffering could be racing through someone’s mind, but those close...

Faculty Senate Chair Tracy Hawkins

New Title IX policy

Brianna Korich, News Journalist October 3, 2021

Tuesday, Sept. 28, the Faculty Senate held its second meeting of the month via WebEx to discuss a new policy made for Title IX, developmental courses and the next meeting location.  The Title IX policy...

Willie the Warhalk poses next to security Guard Justin Wesolek, who is there to “look for all forms of life forms be it living, dead, zombies or aliens not of this world.”

Paranormal investigator visits UW-W

Felicity Knabenbauer and Brooklyn Stevenson October 3, 2021

Witches and demons and ghouls, Oh-my! What a time to be alive where instead of fearing “all-hallows eve” we embrace it with arms wide open along with everything else the holiday has to offer. With...

What does the first amendment mean to you?

What does the first amendment mean to you?

Brianna Korich, Journalist September 26, 2021

In honor of Universal Access to Information Day, the Royal Purple asked three political student organizations on the UW-W campus “What does the First Amendment mean to you?” It's an amendment, which...

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