March 1, 2016
For the 2015 season, the Royal Purple was recognized by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s (WNA) Better Newspaper Contest as second place in the general excellence category.
The...
Jan. 26, 2016
Two weeks ago, I stepped on a scale for the first time in a couple years. I knew I probably gained some weight since the last time I weighed in, but I honestly did not expect that the number...
Dec. 8, 2015
As I sit at the edge at the end of table in the center of the Royal Purple office, I look around at the room that I’ve learned to call my home for the past three years. There’s an ugly...
By Ashley McCallum
Nov. 18, 2015
Sitting in the University Center, senior music major Amber Burgermeister takes off her flannel over-shirt and lifts up her right arm, revealing her newest tattoo: a violin...
By Ashley McCallum
Nov. 3, 2015
Hundreds of students join organizations and clubs to get involved on campus and in the community every semester, but few can say they took charge in starting something...
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Oct. 25, 2015
How can I put this without being labeled a misogynist?
If you’re dressed as a Disney Princess but look a little more like an exotic dancer, chances are I’m going...
By Ashley McCallum
Oct. 27, 2015
Nearly two months after classes went into session for the school year, UW-Whitewater students and the community members are being welcomed home with a celebration...
By Ashley McCallum
Oct. 20, 2015
This fall, Nicholas Kliminski went from a Warhawk to a Falcon as he started his first year as a seventh grade teacher at Franklin Middle School in Janesville.
Although...
By Ashley McCallum
Lifestyle Editor
Oct. 7, 2015
Nelson Rockefeller served as the vice-president under president Gerald Ford, Belle was the name of the beauty from “Beauty and the Beast,” and...
By Jordan Moser
Staff Writer
So, you’ve just worked up the courage and asked your cute lab partner out to dinner, and to your surprise, they accept. While the better portion of the next 24 hours could...
By Ashley McCallum
Lifestyle Editor
The shuffling of eager feet, the rolling of wheels on Razor scooters, shouting from friend-to-friend about assignments and weekend plans. Students hear...
The life of a student DJ
By: Kimberly Wethal
Sept. 23, 2015
You know him on stage as “McCoy’s Boy.”
For now, that is.
Originally choosing a name based off a love for “Star Trek” and...
