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Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Bleron Grajçevci holding the "John Belushi Street" sign (Spelled "Xhon Belushi" in Albanian) in Podujeva, Kosova

It’s goodbye, but not for long

Bleron Grajçevci, Assistant campus news editor December 8, 2024

After a long time at Rock County, it’s time to say goodbye, but you’ll still see me around. Yeah, changing campuses within the same university is a bit complicated, and pricey if you saw how much I’ve...

Key fixtures and graduation rates

Key fixtures and graduation rates

Mackenzie Juedes, Assistant Community Editor December 1, 2024

Whitewater Unified School District board members held a meeting last Monday to discuss facilities challenges and graduation rates of students.  Some of the challenges they are facing are that the plumbing...

Natalie Van Acker of East Troy, Wisconsin, a criminology major, waves to the crowd as students thank their families and friends for supporting their high education journeys. UW-Whitewater celebrated the achievements of 620 graduates at the commencement ceremony held at Kachel Fieldhouse on Dec. 16, 2023.

Warhawks fly the coop

Katie Popp, Campus Editor April 28, 2024

As the 2023-2024 academic year drew to a close, students, faculty, staff, families and the entire Whitewater community showed out for the annual spring graduation ceremony.  UW-Whitewater Commencement...

Brain Gale

Four quick years

Brian Gale, Women's Sports Journalist April 28, 2024

I can't believe that my time has come to graduate college. Time has flown by and it feels like just yesterday my parents were helping me move into my freshman dorm. During COVID I really didn't apply to...

Personal growth at Royal Purple

Personal growth at Royal Purple

Dauntae Green, Editor April 28, 2024

Wow, a deaf journalist for about four years on campus? You don’t hear about that kind of thing, pun intended. When I first came on as a journalist I had no idea on what to do, how to organize, how to...

Signing off one last time

Signing off one last time

Mason Thompson, Men's Sports Journalist April 21, 2024

I’m glad to be graduating and pursuing my career goals. Although I don’t necessarily know where I will be in a few months, I am excited for the journey I am set to go on, wherever that may take me....

Now what? Time to be a sports journalist

Now what? Time to be a sports journalist

Matt Ellis, Women's Sports Journalist April 21, 2024

After four years of college, I am now getting ready to graduate. It's a great feeling because It now means I can go and pursue what I love, which is writing, reporting, and talking about sports as a full-time...

Warhawks ready to fly

Warhawks ready to fly

Jayden Kimpel, Campus Journalist December 10, 2023

UW-Whitewater is set to celebrate the achievements of its newest graduates at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. The ceremony, presided over by Chancellor Corey A. King, is about two hours long and will be held...

Photo taken from the UWW graduation informational site.

Warhawks leave the nest

Libby Nabhan, Assistant Campus News Editor May 4, 2023

It's time for our senior Warhawks to reach new heights outside the sacred walls of UW-Whitewater. This semester's spring commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, May 13 in the Kachel Fieldhouse...

From left: Me, my brother Noah, my dad Steve Baker. Below: My brother Jack Deutsch.

‘The best decision I ever made’

Ryan Baker, Mens Sports Editor April 30, 2023

It’s been a crazy couple of years. I came into the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater two years ago not knowing a single soul. I was mainly online my first year, and wasn’t involved on campus because...

Every students' worst fear

Every students’ worst fear

Corbin Giese, Graphic Designer December 5, 2022

ANIMAL HOUSE – A comic created in honor of former UW-W student and official party animal John Belushi

Brianna Johnson, left, a mathematics education major from Milwaukee, and her sister Anna Melamed celebrate outside the Williams Center after commencement on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (UW-Whitewater photos/Craig Schreiner)

A special spring commencement

Ivy Steege, Campus News Editor May 1, 2022

The smiles of 2022 UW-W graduates shined extra bright this year. Not only was it the first in-person spring commencement since 2019, but masks were also lifted on campus just in time for the event. UW-Whitewater...

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