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Firefighters respond to a fire at Rosa’s Pizza on Saturday, Oct. 7. The fire originated in the kitchen of the restaurant but damage extended to the buildings surrounding the restaurant. Touched by a Paw animal rescue nearby had to evacuate the cats in the shelter and damages totaled $300,000 between the buildings.

Patrons raise funds after Rosa’s fire

Nicole Aimone, News Editor October 10, 2017

A GoFundMe Page started by a group of UW-Whitewater students to raise funds for Rosa’s Pizza after Saturday morning’s fire, has raised $2,255 of its $30,000 goal, as of Oct. 9. The fire started in...

Parking changes aimed at funding maintenance

Parking changes aimed at funding maintenance

Nicole Aimone, News Editor September 19, 2017

Starting in the 2017-18 school year, there’s been numerous changes to campus parking, which include color-coded parking lots, a division between the north and south sides of campus and shifting how parking...

SUFAC handles fee freeze, revises reporting

SUFAC handles fee freeze, revises reporting

Nicole Aimone, News Editor September 19, 2017

Even though a clause in the ’17-19 state biennial budget that would allow undergraduate students to “opt-out” of segregated fees was dropped, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Segregated University...

Nicole Aimone

Nicole Aimone

Nicole Aimone, News Editor September 5, 2017

I am Nicole Aimone, I’m the News Editor. I’m from Plainfield, Illinois. I’m a junior journalism major with a history minor. I enjoy reporting on campus events and breaking news at UW-Whitewater and...

picture of hit and run car

Hit-and-run being investigated by Whitewater police

Nicole Aimone, News Editor August 8, 2017

The Whitewater Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run crash that occurred near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Police released a statement Sunday that a hit-and-run crash had occurred...

Student fills vacancy in Whitewater Common Council

Nicole Aimone, News Editor July 25, 2017

The City of Whitewater swore in its newest Council Member for Aldermanic District 2 on July 18. James "Jimmy" Schulgit, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, replaces James Langnes...

Suspected gas leak sparks evacuation

Suspected gas leak sparks evacuation

Nicole Aimone, Assistant News Editor October 6, 2016

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wheelchair basketball team has a reputation to uphold. However, on Monday Oct. 3 the team and other students were evacuated from the Roseman Building, interrupting...

Construction crews broke ground on the Mary Poppe Chrisman Success Center earlier this summer. The building is an addition onto Laurentide Hall and will move the current success center from McCutchan Hall to the new location directly across the mall. Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Ground breaks on academic success center’s new home

July 2, 2016

By Nicole Aimone July 2, 2016   It’s been about a month since ground broke near Laurentide Hall for UW-Whitewater’s newest addition: the Mary Poppe Chrisman Success center. The...

Q&A with UW-W Forensics Team National Champs

April 12, 2016

By Nicole Aimone April 13, 2016   The UW-Whitewater Forensics team came home from the University of Kentucky Pi Kappa Delta National Championships last month with a ranking of sixth in the...

Poet, world traveler and former mixed martial arts fighter Cameron Conaway presented “Bare Knuckle Warrior Poetics: On Fighting, Writing and the Worlds Between,” a lecture dedicated to sharing his learned experiences while living in Thailand. Photo by Amber Levenhagen.

MMA fighter, poet shares lessons

March 1, 2016

By Nicole Aimone March 2, 2016 Cameron Conaway went from being a poet to a journalist because of a story he saw on CNN about male sex trafficking in Thailand, he told a crowd of UW-Whitewater students. He...

National TRIO Day event honors students

February 23, 2016

  By Nicole Aimone Feb. 24, 2016 Students coming into college from low-income households or being first in their families to tackle higher education were honored during a National TRIO day celebration...

Lack of emergency button sparks discussion

February 16, 2016

By Nicole Aimone Feb. 17, 2016 There’s no emergency button in the campus’ west side “six-pack” of residence halls – and both Whitewater Student Government (WSG) and Residence Hall Association...

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