Twenty nine year-old nontraditional student David Sackett came to UW-Whitewater because of his brother but stayed because of the people.
The California native’s dream was to go to Berkley, however,...
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...
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...
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,”...
A four-alarm fire at the apartment building University Gardens on 370 N. Tratt St. has been contained after more than 20 fire departments rushed to the scene.
According to FOX6 News, officials with...
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...
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...
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)...
By Emily Lepkowski
April 27, 2016
Studying trends of oceanic and oxygen events has earned one student national acclaim.
As of March 31, geology major Melanie Sorman, 20, received the title of...
By Emily Lepkowski
April 20, 2016
Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission (UFC) member Anne Zarinnia and UFC chair Karen Coburn remember a time when you could drive down Main Street and a canopy of...
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,...
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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