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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Interim Chancellor steps in

Killian Jauch, Assistant News Editor January 21, 2019

The University of Wisconsin - Whitewater has named an interim chancellor for the upcoming semester. Dr. Cheryl Green was announced as the choice for the position on Dec. 21, following former Chancellor...

Wrestling takes back-to-back road victories

Ben Lokken, Staff Reporter December 10, 2018

The No. 16 UW-Whitewater wrestling team went on the road back-to-back days Dec. 5 and 6 for two separate matches against Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes, and won both of them. In the...

Men’s hoops shoot for comeback

Men’s hoops shoot for comeback

Dylan Piccolo, Staff Reporter December 4, 2018

Last season, the Warhawks lost their first-round matchup in the WIAC tournament against UW-River Falls. The season did not finish the way they wanted, and it was telling they would be back ready to go...

Men’s and women’s swim and dive topple Titans

Calahan Steed, Staff Reporter November 12, 2018

The men’s and women’s swim and dive team lapped UW-Oshkosh on the road Nov. 9, with both teams defeating the Titans and earning their first wins of the season. The final score for the men was 153-60...

Warhawk football earns share of conference

Tyler Job, Sports Editor October 29, 2018

Thirty-six. That’s the number of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships the No. 5 Warhawk football team is striving for after clinching at least a share of this year’s title with...

Boudreau spikes her way to 400 career wins

Boudreau spikes her way to 400 career wins

Alyssa Brooks, Staff Reporter October 8, 2018

Women’s volleyball head coach Stacy Boudreau knows how to lead a team to victory. In her first year coaching  forWhitewater in 2005, Boudreau led the Warhawks to their second national championship...

photo by Ivan Pomeroy / Staff Photographer

Opportunistic squad secures huge win

Tyler Job, Sports Editor October 8, 2018

The No. 10 Warhawk football team shut out their opponent for the second time this season, this time toppling UW-Oshkosh 20-0 at Perkins Stadium Oct. 6. Whitewater’s defense has not allowed more than...

photo by Grace Holler / Photo Editor

Volleyball continues quality play with trio of wins

Erika Marion, Assistant Sports Editor October 1, 2018

The No. 25 women’s volleyball team produced another solid week of competition, going 3-1 in the span of four days. The Warhawks won their sixth straight match Sept. 26 at Russell Arena against rival...

Sophomore running back Drew Patterson sheds multiple tacklers on a run in the 17-14 victory against UW-Oshkosh. Patterson carried the ball 20 times for 90 yards and a touchdown. Photo by Kimberly Wethal

Record crowd witnesses history

Justin St. Peter, Sports Editor October 13, 2016

When sophomore running back Drew Patterson received a toss on the Warhawks patented stretch play on third-and-13 with the game on the line, a collective groan emerged from some of the 17,535 fans in attendance. Seconds...

top five, Beverly Kopper, Kimberly Wethal

It’s a wrap: The Royal Purple’s top five stories

May 3, 2016

By Kimberly Wethal May 4, 2016   Collectively, the Royal Purple’s staff of 17 editors and many more staff writers wrote about the good, the bad and the political news, penned editorials on...

Close games the key for UW-W’s young team

January 27, 2016

Jan. 27, 2016 By Justin St. Peter The Warhawks men’s basketball team was down by 10 to UW-Oshkosh at halftime on Jan. 20 on the road. They had given up nine 3-pointers and head coach Pat Miller said...

Arrests of alcohol, drugs drop on campus

October 14, 2015

By Alexandria Zamecnik Oct. 14, 2015   When Chief of the UW-Whitewater Police Services Department Matthew Kiederlen looked at the numbers for 2014, he didn’t see anything that surprised or...

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