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Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

News editor moves on to future endeavours

May 3, 2017

By Emily Lepkowski I started working at the Royal Purple as Assistant News Editor my Freshman year. There are a lot of things people don’t understand or know about how putting together a newspaper...

Memory garden for Mackin, others underway

Emily Lepkowski, News Editor April 26, 2017

The memory garden inspired by former Dean of Students Mary Beth Mackin, who died in November, 2015, is to not only remember her, but Robin Fellows, Spencer Twining and the many Warhawk faculty and students...

‘Kind’ of a big deal

Emily Lepkowski, News Editor March 30, 2017

Thomas Kind, current Whitewater Student Goverment (WSG) vice president, and Hogan Veserat, current senator, described their campaigning experience as something of a balancing act. “It was a roller coaster,”...

Students experienced a wide range of emotions at the ceremony. Photos by Kimberly Wethal

Campus says goodbye to swimmer

Emily Lepkowski, News Editor October 6, 2016

By Emily Lepkowski Sept. 14, 2016 Everyone who filled the bleachers of the Kris Russell Volleyball Arena on Sunday, Sept. 11 wished they wouldn’t have been there in the first place. A Celebration...

UW-W permanently fills Dean of Students post

June 23, 2016

By Emily Lepkowski June 23, 2016   While filling the dean of students role at UW-Whitewater, Artanya Wesley looks to take on another: unifier. On June 13, the UW-W announced Wesley...

News editors bring home SPJ award

May 3, 2016

May 4, 2015 Last month, the Society of Professional Journalists recognized Royal Purple News section editors, sophomore Kimberly Wethal and freshman Emily Lepkowski, in the 2015 Mark of Excellence (MOE)...

WSUW permit will double listener range

April 12, 2016

By Emily Lepkowski April 13, 2016   The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is rewarding UW-Whitewater a tower permit – an airspace compromise a decade in the making.    Last December,...

WSG slates announced at debate

WSG slates announced at debate

April 6, 2016

By Emily Lepkowski April 6, 2016   Seniors David Kroeze and Noah Rusch made their campaigns for the office of Whitewater Student Government (WSG) President public last night, April 5, in...

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