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Obama visits Milwaukee
President Barack Obama, who visited Milwaukee last Saturday, delivered a campaign re-election speech touching on the economy, creating jobs and improving education.
Joseph Bucklley from Racine, Wis., was one of over 18,000 spectators at the Marcus Ampitheatre ...
Joseph Bucklley from Racine, Wis., was one of over 18,000 spectators at the Marcus Ampitheatre ...
Whitewater bar instates new cover charge*
Pumpers and Mitchell’s bar in downtown Whitewater has recently implemented a $10 cover charge to non-students and non-permanent residents of UW-Whitewater.
According to Curt Patrick, manager of Pumpers and Mitchell’s, many customers from nearby towns such as Rockford and Beloit were causing problems in the bar ...
*First Place winner for General Reporting at the 2013 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Better College Newspaper Contest.
According to Curt Patrick, manager of Pumpers and Mitchell’s, many customers from nearby towns such as Rockford and Beloit were causing problems in the bar ...
*First Place winner for General Reporting at the 2013 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Better College Newspaper Contest.
Scholarship created in memory of
UW-Whitewater alumnus
Shock and sadness spread across the U.S. on July 20, 2012, when a shooting occurred at the midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Col. Citizens throughout the country anxiously awaited news of the tragedy, and when the final list of victims was released, the tragedy hit close to home for the Whitewater community.
John Larimer, 27, a UW-Whitewater alumnus who graduated in 2008, was killed in the shooting. He was serving in the Navy as a cryptographic analyzer and was stationed in Colorado ...
John Larimer, 27, a UW-Whitewater alumnus who graduated in 2008, was killed in the shooting. He was serving in the Navy as a cryptographic analyzer and was stationed in Colorado ...
UW-W professor studies
drug deaths in Wisconsin**
There have been 4,828 drug-related deaths in Wisconsin between 1999 and 2008.
According to a report by David Nordstrom, Ph.D., an associate professor at UW-Whitewater and an epidemiologist, two of the top death-related drugs are codeine and cocaine ...
**Second Place winner for Investigative Reporting at the 2014 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Better Collegiate Newspaper Contest.
According to a report by David Nordstrom, Ph.D., an associate professor at UW-Whitewater and an epidemiologist, two of the top death-related drugs are codeine and cocaine ...
**Second Place winner for Investigative Reporting at the 2014 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Better Collegiate Newspaper Contest.
Working hard for the money
Every school year, approximately 600 students apply for work study on campus, and it is up to the UW-Whitewater Financial Aid office to find jobs for as many of those students as possible.
A form of financial aid, work study allows students to work on campus to earn money at an hourly rate to help pay expenses ...
A form of financial aid, work study allows students to work on campus to earn money at an hourly rate to help pay expenses ...
Recognized community member dies at 86
Whitewater’s “tough-love grandma” Marilyn Kienbaum died on Nov. 17 at 86 years old.
Kienbaum volunteered at the Whitewater Food Pantry, which was renamed in August in her honor, for more than 20 years and eventually became director ...
Kienbaum volunteered at the Whitewater Food Pantry, which was renamed in August in her honor, for more than 20 years and eventually became director ...
UW-Whitewater students involved
in drug bust
On Dec. 12, a series of drug busts in and around the UW-Whitewater campus found multiple UW-Whitewater students involved in illegal drug activity according to UW-Whitewater campus police.
The drug busts were made in Wells East Hall, Cambridge Apartments and on South Scott Street ...
The drug busts were made in Wells East Hall, Cambridge Apartments and on South Scott Street ...
Events promote sexual assault awareness
If you wear skinny jeans, you cannot be raped.
That is the message that was sent by Australian courts in 2010 and South Korean courts in 2008. In both countries, two men were not charged with rape, on the basis that the women involved were wearing skinny jeans that were impossible to remove without the wearer’s help and consent ...
That is the message that was sent by Australian courts in 2010 and South Korean courts in 2008. In both countries, two men were not charged with rape, on the basis that the women involved were wearing skinny jeans that were impossible to remove without the wearer’s help and consent ...
Eating disorders growing in U.S.
Nearly 20 million women and 10 million men will suffer from a “clinically significant” eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Eating Disorder Association.
Forty-two percent of girls in first to third grade want to be thinner. Forty-six percent of nine to 11-year-old said they “sometimes” or “very often” diet ...
Forty-two percent of girls in first to third grade want to be thinner. Forty-six percent of nine to 11-year-old said they “sometimes” or “very often” diet ...
Scholar presents identity issues to faculty
Intersectionality means to recognize a person as having multiple identities. It is a way to describe someone without over-simplifying or neutralizing one’s identities.
That is the definition given by Dr. Kristen Renn, an international scholar and professor in the Michigan State University Higher, Adult, and life-long Education Program ...
That is the definition given by Dr. Kristen Renn, an international scholar and professor in the Michigan State University Higher, Adult, and life-long Education Program ...