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SUFAC Chair Matthew Schweinert presents 2022-2023 budget plan with Whitewater Student Government members on Nov. 14, 2022.

Student government funds campus organizations

Katie Popp, Assistant Campus News Editor November 20, 2022

With over 100 student organizations across campus, the Whitewater Student Government is estimating a total of $497,449 to be distributed. The first discussion on the annual Segregated University Fee Allocation...

WSG President Davin Stavroplos expresses his confidence in backing Dr. Robin Fox as the new Interim Provost.

Campus thanks former interim chancellor

Ivy Steege, Campus News Editor April 17, 2022

After the recent resignation of Interim Chancellor Jim Henderson, members of the community have been talking about the university struggling to maintain a long-term chancellor. However, this does not seem...

Plans take shape for strategic enrollment

Plans take shape for strategic enrollment

Brooklyn Stevenson, Campus News Editor February 6, 2022

Dr. Matt Aschenbrenner talks about the fourteen different plans for strategic enrollment. He briefly outlines each of them and quickly goes over them, but makes sure to mention the work put into these...

Student government addresses sexual assaults, funding and mental health

Student government addresses sexual assaults, funding and mental health

Brooklyn Stevenson, Lifestyle Journalist November 14, 2021

The Whitewater Student Government (WSG) announced their continued efforts to try and prevent recurring sexual assaults on campus by reaching out to everyone in WSG and dividing into groups to tackle the...

WSG to act on ways to better student education and life overall

WSG to act on ways to better student education and life overall

Carina Lopez, Assistant Campus News Editor October 17, 2021

A laptop purchase program and a strategic plan to combat sexual misconduct were presented in last week’s Whitewater Student Government meeting. The two-year preparation of the Act Establishing a UW-Whitewater...

Whitewater Student Government President elect Davin Stavroplos (right) and Vice President
elect Allyson Weisbrod stand for a photo outside Minneiska Springs near the University Center.

Warhawks elect new student government leadership

Carina Lopez Quintero, News Editor April 25, 2021

Junior Davin Stavroplos will be the next president of Whitewater Student Government (WSG) along with senior running mate Allyson Weisbrod to serve as vice president. The ticket finished the 2021 Executive...

Representation across the board

Representation across the board

Scarlett Spagna, Journalist April 11, 2021

The need for a new Strategic Planning for Adult Learners Committee showcased the need for a better and more comprehensive approach facing the challenges among nontraditional students during last week’s...

Whitewater Student Government Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Will Hinz

Online classes make the grade

Jake Bessette, Journalist March 7, 2021

Students of UW-Whitewater were presented with their first full semester of hybrid learning methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2020. Many classes changed to a fully remote and online format...

UW-W senior Purcell Pearson is crowned Homecoming King Oct. 11, 2019.

Student government honors Purcell Pearson

Carina Lopez Quintero, News Editor February 21, 2021

Whitewater Student Government (WSG) members presented legislation to recognize Purcell Pearson’s contributions to the university after his tragic passing Feb. 6, 2021. WSG unanimously passed the bill...

Black Student Union President Rahenya Anderson speaks at the Nov. 30 Whitewater Student Government meeting about renaming halls on campus.

Student government proposes renaming halls

Carina Lopez, News Editor December 6, 2020

The Whitewater Student Government (WSG) was joined by the Black Student Union (BSU) Nov. 30 to vote on a proposed bill to rename Laurentide and Starin Hall. The two bills were brought to WSG in hopes of...

Kennedy Cutts, A member of the organization Warhawk Vote gives a presentation on voting in the Mary Pope Chrisman Student Success Center on campus .

Warhawks vote

Dauntae Green, Lifestyle Editor November 1, 2020

On the UW-Whitewater campus there is an organization known as Warhawks Vote that is dedicated to educating and encouraging students to vote. The organization is busy working up to the 2020 Presidential...

Chancellor Dwight Watson speaks about plans for spring semester during the Nov. 2 Whitewater Student Government meeting.

Mandatory COVID-19 testing likely in spring

Jake Klein, Journalist November 1, 2020

The Whitewater Student Government met to discuss sexual harassment training, the spring semester academic calendar and COVID-19 testing Monday, Nov. 2.  The first topic discussed was mandatory sexual...

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