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Hawks beat by No. 12 Vikings

Jack Miller, Assistant Sports Editor October 17, 2017

Riding a seven-game unbeaten streak, the UW-Whitewater men’s soccer team (8-4-4) was blanked 3-0 against No. 12 North Park University Oct. 15 in Chicago, Illinois at the Holmgren Complex. With...

Warhawks defeated UW-La Crosse 21-14 Friday night at Perkins Stadium.

UWW Football wins battle of birds

Kolton Hegstrom, Sports Editor October 17, 2017

Junior running back Drew Patterson’s legs carried the UW-Whitewater football team to a 21-14 victory over No. 24 UW-La Crosse. Patterson nished the game with 221 yards on 32 carries and scored...

New athletic director tries to improve athletics revenue

Kolton Hegstrom, Sports Editor October 17, 2017

UW-Whitewater Director of Athletics Todd Garzarelli is in his first year at UW-W and he already has plans for increasing the revenue generated by UW-W athletics. “Being fiscally responsible we gotta...

Students raise thousands in United Way donations

Catherine Smith, Lifestyle Editor October 10, 2017

Students raised $2,718 so far toward their $12,000 goal for the 2017 United Way campaign. UW-Whitewater’s Live United Day is Oct. 20. Whitewater student Sean Ledvina created a video to promote the...

Dive into campus Diversity Week

Dive into campus Diversity Week

Catherine Smith, Lifestyle Editor October 10, 2017

The College of Arts & Communication will host the campus’s annual Diversity Week Oct. 16-20 through the theme of “pARTicipate.” The forum will exemplify diversity and inclusion through communication...

SAGE cleans up campus

Brenda Echeverria, Staff Writer October 10, 2017

Students Allied for a Green Earth (SAGE), completed yet another successful volunteer clean-up Sunday, Oct 8. The student organization addresses environmental and sustainability issues of all types through...

New commencement structure sticks

Kimberly Wethal, Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2017

While the structure of next semester’s spring commencement hangs in the balance of how many students participate, the dual-commencement system implemented last spring is expected to be used again. The...

McNair Renewal Aids First Generation Grad Students

Benjamin Pierce, Assistant News Editor October 3, 2017

Students aspiring for their doctorate degree and working on graduate research projects will continue to receive help at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater after a five year renewal of the McNair...

September 5, 2017 Whitewater Common Council brief

September 5, 2017 Whitewater Common Council brief

Kimberly Wethal, Editor-in-Chief September 7, 2017

Tuesday’s Common Council meeting included the discussion of a new timeline for the 2018 city budget and postponed the discussion about a contractual agreement pertaining to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s...

Graphic courtesy of of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Bookstore Facebook.

Campus bookstore to host new student event

Benjamin Pierce, Assistant News Editor September 1, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus bookstore will host its third annual New Student Night on Sunday, Sept. 3, in an event aimed at getting new students acclimated to the store and introducing...

Top Stories for the Week of December 14th!

December 13, 2016

Hey guys, check out this week's top stories of the Royal Purple. Last one until Spring Semester!

Alleged hate crime takes place near campus

October 8, 2014

Oct. 8, 2014 By Alexandria Zamecnik When Jordan Gittens – a sophomore at UW-Whitewater – left Barbados at age 13, he said he never would have imagined being bullied for being gay in the United...

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