Founded 1901

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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Tackling Concussions

October 18, 2012

  By Zach Hicks These days in football, “getting your bell rung” on a helmet-to-helmet collision isn’t met with raucous applause from observers. Instead of a roaring stadium, a silence...

That’s what (S)HE said…

September 26, 2012
Is it okay for other life priorities to be pushed aside during the football season?

Football: Victory slips away for ‘Hawks

September 20, 2012

  The Warhawk football team saw its historic 46-game winning streak snapped by Buffalo State College 7-6 last Saturday. The Bengals cut off the ’Hawks’ winning streak at Perkins Stadium...

Fans shouldn’t panic: Saturday’s loss doesn’t hurt ’Hawks chances

September 19, 2012

By Zach Hicks Nobody saw it coming. The Warhawk football team’s loss to Buffalo State College on Saturday has sparked conversation campus-wide. The surprise is understandable. After all, an...

Both sides of recall should be able to speak freely

April 25, 2012

As the state’s political tensions turn to a boil, it’s important that everyone’s right to express political views is respected by both sides of the aisle. On March 15, a custodian at Whitewater...

Freshman duo off to impressive start

April 18, 2012
The term “phenom” is used frequently in sports. Whenever a player has a strong start to their career, they are immediately tagged with that label. But if someone were to call Warhawk freshmen first baseman Marty Herum and catcher Mike Mierow phenoms, the two players’ statistics would back up such bold statements.

All faculty should utilize D2L technology

April 18, 2012

As exams and the final chances to make the Dean’s List near, many of us will be checking our grades regularly on Desire2Learn. Unless your instructor doesn’t use D2L. The university has set up...

The war over words in the journalism world

April 17, 2012

When writing an article for the Royal Purple, there are a lot of things to keep in mind. We are taught to put the most important information first and trickle down throughout the story, similar to an inverted...

Judgment on Walker should wait until 2014

April 5, 2012

The recall against Gov. Scott Walker has some of Wisconsin’s and America’s core principles at stake. When you elect an official, you’re stuck with them. Sometimes it’s a harsh and unfortunate...

Baseball wins five of seven, offense clicking

April 4, 2012
After its spring training trip in Lake Myrtle, Fla., the Warhawk baseball team returns to campus with red-hot bats. The team went 5-2 in Florida from March 22-28, and won all four of its varsity reserve games in Florida, including a game against the Minnesota Twins’ single-A team.

Baseball team looks to fill void collectively

March 21, 2012
With the recent rush of warm weather over the last few weeks, it is evident that spring is upon us, which means that baseball, too, is right around the corner. The UW-Whitewater baseball team has begun its season. The team is 2-2 and leaves for a trip to Lake Myrtle, Fla., tomorrow. The team will play nine games in just six days and will return home March 31 for a game against Ripon College.

Students should accept gender diversity on campus

March 7, 2012

Growing up, we were taught there are two kinds of genders: boys and girls. It made sense, the two anatomical sexes of male and female coincided with the genders succinctly, and we followed this information...

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