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On the chopping block: $250 million cut to UW System means $5.8 million loss for UW-W

September 30, 2015

By Kimberly Wethal News Editor Emily Lepkowski Staff Editor While the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater didn’t lose the most money when the state budget was finalized (UW-Madison shouldered...

Proposed budget complicates graduation

May 6, 2015

May 6, 2015 Royal Purple Staff Opinion Even with advising, four-year planning sheets, advice from professors and working hard to get good grades, graduating in just four years can be a difficult...

Chancellor search narrows to finalist

May 5, 2015

May 6th, 2015 By Michael Riley The long-standing idiom ‘passing the torch’ will become a reality this summer as UW-Whitewater has five finalists to replace the retiring Chancellor Richard Telfer. UW...

State budget causes waves in higher education

May 5, 2015

May 6th, 2015 By Alexandria Zamecnik Weeks away from leaving the Joint Finance Committee and even being signed into law, the 2015-17 biennial budget is already causing waves in the higher education...

Stand up, speak out, make a difference

Stand up, speak out, make a difference

February 18, 2015

Feb. 18, 2015 Royal Purple Staff Opinion Gov. Scott Walker proposed a 2015-17  budget plan on Feb. 3 to cut UW System funding by $150 million annually. Since then, there has been a widespread conversation...

Geographer Melanie McCalmont and UW-Whitewater Geography & Geology Department Chair and Professor Peter Jacobs look on as photographer Tim Hughes photographs the rare relief model of Southern New England for McCalmont’s forthcoming book on relief models in the University of Wisconsin system. Three relief maps are currently on display on the basement floor of Upham Hall.
Vesna Brajkovic photo/ BrajkoviVA04@uww.edu

Rare relief maps kept safe in Upham Hall

February 18, 2015

Feb 18, 2015 By Vesna Brajkovic [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hrough the years, Upham Hall has undergone upgrades and renovations pushing for an “out with the old, in with the new” mentality. But it...

Future of UW-W in budget’s hands

February 12, 2015

By Alexandria Zamecnik Feb. 11, 2015 After Gov. Scott Walker proposed his 2015-17 biennial budget on Feb. 3, many questions arose as to what would happen with the University of Wisconsin System. If...

And the search is on: UW-Whitewater aims to hire 16th Chancellor

January 28, 2015

Jan. 28 2015 By Alexandria Zamecnik The job of a chancellor is not a role that can easily be defined. When it comes to hiring a head of university to serve UW-Whitewater, however, current Chancellor Richard...

Photo by Sean Kirkby:
A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student poses with a playing card distributed by the campus warning of the penalties of a drug conviction. The student, who requested anonymity because he is looking for a job, sold drugs to another student on campus who was a confidential informant.

Students used to fight drugs

September 17, 2014

Sept. 17, 2014 By Sean Kirkby: Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism   Moments after Javonni Butler was busted for selling marijuana in 2011, he says police officers offered him a...

Graphic by Alyssa Miles

Long-term solution more important than tuition freeze

April 29, 2014

April 30, 2014 Editorial Staff Opinion With an American job market that has seen its fair share of struggles lately, earning a college degree has become increasingly important. Unfortunately for...

Model UN comes to UW-Whitewater

April 15, 2014

  April 15, 2014. By Alexandria Zamecnik   UW-Whitewater has been one of the only four-year universties in the UW system without a model U.N. program. Beginning fall 2014 that will...

Seed Fund improvises entrepreneurs

February 26, 2014

Feb. 26, 2014 By Carrie Wojcik Imagine someone has an idea, a technologically advanced idea, that has the potential to appeal to people everywhere and potentially change how people interact with...

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