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Bowling squad strikes down opponents in Music City

Ben Lokken, Staff Reporter March 18, 2019

The No. 10 UW-Whitewater Bowling team traveled to the Nashville, Tenn. area March 15-17 for the Colombia 300 Music City Classic.  This is the team’s last competition before the NCAA championship meet...

Recognition of Women’s History Month

Recognition of Women’s History Month

Kelsey Moyer, Staff Reporter March 18, 2019

March is an important time in regard to equality, leadership, and recognition, as it marks the annual Women’s History Month. Thursday, March 14   campus helped to emphasize the importance of this yearly...

Ignorance is not bliss

Ignorance is not bliss

Shannan Lojeski, News Editor March 18, 2019

No one is immune to racial ignorance. That is just one hard truth that Dr. Crystal Fleming shared in her presentation on her book “How to Be Less Stupid About Race” given to students, faculty and...

Track & field takes 15th place tie in Boston

Track & field takes 15th place tie in Boston

Charlie Ward, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

On March 8 and 9, the Whitewater track and field team sent seven athletes to Boston to compete in the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship. Receiving 12 points throughout the two days of competition,...

Gymnastics squad goes for three-peat

Calahan Steed, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

Don’t flip out about the UW-Whitewater gymnastics team missing nationals. Leave the flipping to the gymnasts. On March 9, the Warhawks finished third at the WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional. The...

Whitewater Reverend invites growth through Lent

March 11, 2019

As we enter into Lent we do it with the full knowledge that God is with us and there is nothing to fear – and that is a relief, because if we take it seriously Lent could be pretty scary, but here, in...

SweetSpot captures coffee title

SweetSpot captures coffee title

Carli Pope, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

The SweetSpot is on the top of the coffee world in Whitewater. The local café and bakery was recently given the Royal Purple Best of Whitewater 2019 award for best coffee. The SweetSpot is a family-run,...

Purple Pride

Purple Pride

Alyssa Brooks, Staff Reporter March 11, 2019

475 gallons. That is how much paint is used on Warhawk Drive at the beginning of each school year. First Year Experience (FYE) hosts ‘Warhawk Welcome’ to help incoming freshmen adapt to UW-W. Painting...

Gymnastics’ season-high score not enough

Scout Springgate, Assistant Copy Editor March 6, 2019

The Warhawk gymnastics team closed out the regular season this past Saturday against WIAC foe UW-Oshkosh at Kris Russell Arena, and dropped the meet by a close score of 190.675-191.850 on Senior Day. UW-W’s...

Bowling squad defeats top-ranked team in Big Red Invite

Ben Lokken, Staff Reporter March 6, 2019

The No. 13 Warhawk bowling team took home fourth place with a 5-6 record in the Big Red Invitational against nine other schools, including Big 10 host the Nebraska Cornhuskers March 1-3 . “This weekend...

‘Success is earned and not given’

‘Success is earned and not given’

Tyler Job, Sports Editor March 4, 2019

If there is one thing that senior guard Andre Brown wants people to realize about him, it’s that earning something is not as easy as some would assume. The Warhawk men’s basketball star recently wrapped...

Strive for your passions, take chances

Tyler Job, Sports Editor March 4, 2019

Getting to the sports editor position at the Royal Purple was not an easy journey. In fact, it took a lot longer than I hoped for. But I earned it by striving day in and day out to get here. I’ve...

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