Rep. Don Vruwink (D-Milton) and Sen. Janis Ringhand (D- Evansville) stopped at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater University Center on Monday for their first of three listening sessions in Whitewater,...
Gov. Scott Walker released the 2017-19 biennial budget for the State of Wisconsin last week. In a change of pace from the prior budget cycle where the University of Wisconsin System received $250 million...
Addressing issues of college affordability, employment prospects and other economic issues facing Wisconsin college students, Scott Walker spoke to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College Republicans...
In his seventh State of the State address earlier this month, Gov. Scott Walker promised that the upcoming ’17-19 state biennial budget wouldn’t just include a third UW System tuition freeze, but also...
April 27, 2016
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
The cost of college education is high and going up – especially if you’re a nonresident undergraduate or graduate student at UW-Whitewater.
Next semester,...
Information compiled by Nathan Kober
April 20, 2016
Faculty and program cuts are on the way for UW System colleges, according to a report from the Board of Regents.
The portion of the report...
By Kimberly Wethal
April 13, 2016
There’s plenty of differences between college tuition hikes and a campus climate task force, but at the most recent UW System Board of Regents meeting,...
By Kimberly Wethal
April 13, 2016
A bill protecting sexual assault victims and bystanders on college campuses – a piece of legislation Gov. Scott Walker says is a “commitment to supporting...
By Kimberly Wethal
March 30, 2016
With its bordering neighbor states already won by different candidates, Wisconsin is the next battle ground for the five remaining presidential candidates.
On...
By Nathan Kober
March 30, 2016
In recent years, the UW System Board of Regents has added some new faces in the years since Gov. Scott Walker has stepped into his role.
Those faces are Walker...
By Kimberly Wethal
Feb. 11, 2016
Just days after the New Hampshire caucus, the two remaining Democratic candidates held their sixth presidential primary debate in the heart of the midwest.
Former...
By Kimberly Wethal
Feb. 3, 2016
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold held a roundtable discussion for the UW-W College Democrats on Jan. 26, a day after Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) introduced the “Higher...
