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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

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Warhawks lose star

January 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015 By Paul Bressler UW-Whitewater women’s basketball sophomore forward Lisa Palmer broke her left hand in practice on Jan. 22, and is once again relegated to the bench for the rest of the...

Treis helps Warhawks Depth

Treis helps Warhawks Depth

January 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015 By Ryan Altman The UW-Whitewater men’s tennis team will look a little different this spring with the addition of Michael Treis, a Division I transfer from Western Michigan. After...

Talk, or be talked about

January 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015 By  Connor Moore Bill Belichick and Marshawn Lynch. What do these men all have in common? Both have won at least won one NFL championship. Another similarity is that both are, for...

‘Hawks turning season around

January 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015 By Paul Bressler After a tough start to the season, a much improved UW-Whitewater women’s basketball team looks to capitalize on the road against a struggling UW-Stevens Point team. “It’s...

Warhawks win eight in a row

Warhawks win eight in a row

January 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015 By Emily Leclair The UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team ended its winter break with an eight game winning streak and improving its overall record to 14-2. The ‘Hawks are currently...

Willie the Warhawk points to the crowd while walking in the 2014 UW-Whitewater Homecoming Parade. Kimberly Wethal photo/
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Evolution of Willie the Warhawk

November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014 By Vesna Brajkovic It’s hard to imagine UW-Whitewater without including Willie the Warhawk, the university’s mascot since the 1950s. But Willie hasn’t always been the purple and...

Emoticons make texting “OK :D”, not “>:(”

Emoticons make texting “OK :D”, not “>:(”

September 11, 2014

Sept. 10 2014 Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion We’ve all been in that position before: You send someone a text; they reply with nothing but a blunt “Ok”—two treacherous letters that glare...

The stories we'll remember

The stories we’ll remember

May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014 By Andrea Behling I’d rather do anything than write this goodbye letter after four years at the Royal Purple. I’ve cried over dozens of them since my freshman year—written by people...

Feature: Warhawks sports' No. 1 super-fan

Feature: Warhawks sports’ No. 1 super-fan

April 9, 2014

  April 9, 2014 By Emma Cunningham   You’ve seen him in the weight room while athletes are working out. You’ve seen him downtown on Saturday nights, and you’ve seen him in the...

Sorority house not up to fire code

Sorority house not up to fire code

March 19, 2014

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...

Minor injury, $150,000 damages in Tri Sigma house fire

Minor injury, $150,000 damages in Tri Sigma house fire

March 14, 2014

By Ben Holzhueter and Samantha Jacquest March 14, 2014   A fire occurred on the first floor of the UW-Whitewater Tri Sigma sorority house located at the corner of Main and S. Prairie St....

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Student Journalism: difficult, time consuming, but a chance for greatness

March 5, 2014

March 5, 2014 Commentary by Royal Purple Editorial Staff The Royal Purple was honored with third place in the general excellence category in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s Better Collegiate...

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