City of Milwaukee Purchasing Director Rhonda Kelsey delivered a powerful keynote speech about the modern Civil Rights Movement to the UW-Whitewater campus Jan. 26 for the 34th Annual MLK Commemorative...
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Women’s Bowling team kicked off competition in the Warhawk Classic hosted by the 16th ranked Warhawks at Rock River Lanes in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Jan. 30-31....
In response to a year filled with race-related events throughout the country and in Wisconsin, the Chancellor's Cabinet has been hard at work addressing racial issues on campus to improve conditions through...
Caleb Kahila, Assistant Arts and Rec Editor
• January 31, 2021
This week that special rodent called the groundhog just might give campus a clue about how long this year's winter will be. With temperatures and snow falling, many Warhawks are also hibernating, while...
George Floyd’s death reminds us that the institutionalization of Black History Month matters. I remember my own introduction to the commemoration. During the 1960s when I identified as a “colored”...
Hannah Avdic, Business and Technology Editor
• January 31, 2021
Ricky Newell is a first-generation college graduate. He graduated in the spring of 2019 with his BBA in accounting and finished his MBA with an IT management emphasis the following year. He didn’t originally...
Leena Hallock, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
• January 31, 2021
Although there is an increasing demand for STEM-related jobs today, there is still a large imbalance of gender and race representation. In 2019 women only accounted for 28 percent of workers in STEM fields,...
Nay Salter, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 31, 2021
On Tuesday Jan. 12 former coach, mentor, instructor and athletic administrator Willie Myers passed away at the age of 81.
Myers was the head wrestling coach from 1968-2004, he was the Men’s Athletic...
Matt Ellis, Arts and Rec Editor
• January 31, 2021
Studio 84 is an art studio designed to give people with disabilities a chance to enhance their creativity through art while growing at their own pace. While the pandemic has certainly hampered their goals,...
In honor of Black History Month, the Royal Purple conducted interviews with Dr. Jolly Emrey, Chair of the Political Science Department, and Rahenya Anderson, President of the Black Student Union (BSU),...
The Whitewater City Market continues to provide an important space for local vendors to maintain relationships with the community and make those all-important sales.
“Pre-COVID, indoor market attendance...
