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Adultified Easter baskets

Adultified Easter baskets

Felicity Knabenbauer, Lifestyle Editor April 10, 2022

It isn't uncommon for many children to grow up and their parents to stop giving them Easter baskets. While this is an accepted circumstance people chalk up to growing older, others are not as accepting...

Sunlight bounces off the window of a building in downtown Whitewater, landing on the Main St.

Seasonal fun in the city

Dauntae Green, Lifestyle Editor May 2, 2021

Whitewater offers a lot of opportunities to have fun with the time we have, and to make memories. Do this by appreciating the culture, foods and adventures that are here to be had. Discover the places...

Willie Warhawk applauds the music.  Reggae band King Solomon and the Whitewater City Market came to Wyman Mall on the UW-Whitewater campus on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 for the third in a series of concerts celebrating the university's 150th anniversary. The next concert is scheduled for Friday, July 20 at 4:30 p.m. with The WhiskeyBelles.  (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)

A COVID commencement

Leena Hallock, Assistant Lifestyle Editor April 25, 2021

Just because COVID has restricted some fun doesn’t mean the party still can’t go on. This year as graduation is fast approaching for universities as well as high schools, many are eagerly preparing...

Hop into the Easter fun!

Hop into the Easter fun!

Leena Hallock, Assistant Lifestyle Editor March 28, 2021

Every year Easter as a holiday falls somewhere between the 22nd of March and April 25th. Although it is a significant Christian holiday, for many young adults & children, Easter is more often focused...

UW-W senior finance major Ben Nackel takes a walk down the streets of Whitewater on a sunny winter day.

What makes Whitewater so special?

Jacob Bessette, Journalist February 21, 2021

The students of UW-Whitewater enrolled during this spring 2021 semester are living here in a very unique time. The regular campus life and daily delights of the city are out of sorts due to what is going...

What’s to come in 2021?

What’s to come in 2021?

Dauntae Green, Lifestyle Editor January 17, 2021

With 2020 finally over, 2021 has many surprises in store that has everybody anticipating loads of excitement for television, movies, music albums and events that will be coming out. There will be new music...

Don ye ugly Christmas sweater

Don ye ugly Christmas sweater

Dauntae Green, Lifestyle Editor December 13, 2020

A fun and cheeky way to celebrate the holidays can be through the donning of ye annual ugly Christmas sweater. Ugly sweaters can be wacky, embarrassing, a drag, or very festive to celebrate the spirit...

The 2020 spring hawk career fair took place inside the Hamilton Room at the James R. Connor
University Center in February 2020.

Trending jobs of 2020

December 6, 2020

Graduation time is here. As our last class of 2020 leaves us and heads into the working world of adulthood, there are many job opportunities on the horizon. Over 245,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy...

Thanksgiving must-haves

Thanksgiving must-haves

Makayla Fedler, Editor November 15, 2020

Thanksgiving is a time to come together with friends and family to give thanks for the things we appreciate in life around an ultra feast. It's expected that at least one certain family member is going...

Freshman Angel Navarrete steps off his skateboard to say hello outside Heide Hall Nov. 8.

Later, skater

Leena Hallock, Assistant Lifestyle Editor November 8, 2020

You’re walking through campus to class. You hear a noise start to approach you from behind, and you watch someone zip past you on their skateboard. Skateboarding is a noticeably popular form of transportation...

Bad Bunny Crocs (you know you want 'em)

Bad Bunny Crocs (you know you want ’em)

Jake Klein, Journalist October 4, 2020

Your favorite pair of rubber clogs that you secretly love, but are ashamed to rock in public got a fancy makeover thanks to a collaboration with Latin trap artist Bad Bunny. Benito Antonio Martínez...

A photo taken by @maggiekraser from Tik Tok of her and her friend participating in the #GhostPhotoshoot trend.

Ghost photoshoot

Nichole Learman, Journalist September 20, 2020

There's a new trend on the popular app TikTok for this upcoming fall season. People are going out with friends with only their phone camera and a white sheet to create vintage looking photographs dressed...

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