Jan. 21, 2015
By Michael Riley
As an aspiring journalist and consumer of an unhealthy amount of media, I tend to find myself at an intersection: trying to understand more about Muslims and all the...
Oct. 22 2014
By Michael Riley
If you give a teenager a handgun, a box of matches and a smart phone, the potential to do more harm with the first two is obvious, but maybe not so much with the third...
Oct. 22, 2014
By Michael Riley
The city of Whitewater’s approximate $9.5 million balanced municipal budget for 2015 calls for a 1 percent increase in both the total operating budget and property...
Oct. 22, 2014
By Michael Riley
In continued Royal Purple coverage of the Wisconsin governor’s election, three UW-Whitewater students who help lead political organizations on campus provided...
Sept. 24 2014
By Michael Riley
Approximately 29 percent of Americans under the age of 25 are now considered “newsless” according to the most recent Pew Research Center biennial news consumption...
July 31, 2014
By Michael Riley
Hip Hop star Bobby Ray Simmons – widely known as B.o.B. – will perform at the Sept. 2 free concert for UW-Whitewater students. The performance is confirmed by...
May 7, 2014
Commentary by Michael Riley
I quit.
Oh really, Mr. Professor. Do the last homework assignment, you say?
Nope.
Yes, please Mr. Manager, ask me again if I want to cover another...
Tracy O’Mara, raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm, will serve as ‘14 spring commencement speaker
By Michael Riley
Tracy O’Mara graduated high school in a class of 68, but...
Make a Difference Day supports the surrounding communities
April 23, 2014
By Michael Riley
Senior Katelyn Wurtz has been involved in UW-Whitewater’s Make a Difference Day for the past five years,...
April 9, 2014
By Michael Riley
176 million Americans visited a zoo, making it the most popular recreational activity in 2013.
Animal expert and world-renowned zookeeper Jack...
By Michael Riley
April 2, 2014
Drag queen Kandi Barr asked the audience members to raise their hands if they had never been to a Drag Show before.
“Look at all the virgins,” Barr...
March 19, 2014
By Michael Riley
The Tri-Sigma house, where a fire occurred on the morning of March 14, did not have an operational fire sprinkler in place, according to a news release from the Wisconsin...
