March 29, 2016
I am writing this letter because I have been encouraged by colleagues to keep writing in hopes that there will be changes in the future. I tried to think about what would be best to write...
By Nathan Kober
March 16, 2016
The UW System Board of Regents passed a new set of tenure policies on March 10, making it easier for campus administrators to fire faculty.
The new policies...
By Emily Lepkowski
March 16, 2016
Junior Clare Thompson celebrated her 21st birthday by shaving her head as a crowd of supporters sang “Happy Birthday” in support of cancer research.
“It’s...
March 15, 2016
First, and I know I’m not alone in this, those things called “hoverboards” are not hoverboards. They are simply self-balancing “tool” scooters. They do not hover, and there is...
By Kimberly Wethal
March 9, 2016
Sophomore Shaun Raymond has decided no one makes him “the butt of their joke” after a Snapchat video of him gained popularity last week.
Raymond was unknowingly...
By Brad Allen
March 9, 2016
The Whitewater Community Foundation (WCF) is expanding its overall vision by implementing a new Active Grant Program.
The grant program will serve to help raise funds for...
March 8, 2016
For college students, the presidential campaign seems like a far-off land where a rich bigot and two career politicians are in a street brawl for the GOP nomination, and the two Democratic...
March 8, 2016
I’ve spent my entire life in the Midwest. All I’ve ever known is flat lands, cows and the occasional farm here and there. It may make sense that all I’ve ever wanted is to see a big...
By Kimberly Wethal and Nathan Kober
March 2, 2016
Freshman Ahmya Cheatham said it shouldn’t have taken a “Bloody Sunday” for students to rally together about race issues on campus at the...
By Kimberly Wethal
March 2, 2016
Student employees are feeling the effects of new Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations and payroll policies.
Student workers were previously been capped at 30...
By Nicole Aimone
March 2, 2016
Cameron Conaway went from being a poet to a journalist because of a story he saw on CNN about male sex trafficking in Thailand, he told a crowd of UW-Whitewater students.
He...
March 1, 2016
As you read through the story about last week’s Action Forum, you might not take notice of the fact that we had photos of the event.
We weren’t supposed to.
The media was told...
