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Whitewater’s first list of “bests,” voted on by the Whitewater community. pages 2-4

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Best of Whitewater 2017

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to the more than 600 Whitewater community members and supporters who voted and nominated their local favorites for the inaugural Best of Whitewater awards, presented by the Royal Purple. The RP staff has enjoyed engaging with our community and hopes to continue this tradition for years to come.

Fat Jack’s Sports Bar and Grill 2. Rick’s Eastside Pub and Grill 3. The Brass Rail Saloon and Eatery 4. Denny K’s Bar and Grill 5. Station One

Toppers Pizza

Pumpers and Mitchell’s 2. The Mad Boar Pub 3. The College Pub 4. Ground Zero 5. Cheapshotz

Second Salem Brewing Company 2. 841 Brewhouse 3. Fat Jack’s Sports Bar and Grill 4. The College Pub 5. Casual Joe’s

Station One– Hot Dog Deal 2. The College Pub– All You Can Drink Wednesdays 3. The Mad Boar Pub– $5 Long Island Pitchers 4. Cheapshotz– $3 Ladies’ Night Thursdays 5. Ground Zero– $4 Liters

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best Gameday spot 841 Brewhouse

Perkins Stadium Tailgate

2. Fanatico 3. The Black Sheep 4. The SweetSpot Cafe 5. Cozumel Mexican Restaurant

2. 841 Brewhouse 3. Fat Jack’s Sports Bar and Grill 4. Rick’s Eastside Pub and Grill 5. Lil Debbie’s Coyote Grill

Pumpers and Mitchell’s

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Spring Splash

2. Cheapshotz 3. The College Pub 4. Ground Zero 5. The Mad Boar Pub

2. Cost Cutters 3. Bellezza Salon 4. Underground Cutz 5. Headquarters Hair Salon

2. Whitewater 4th of July Family Festival 3. Whitewater City Market 4. Whitewater Farmers’ Market 5. Polar Plunge

Maurices 2. Winchester True Value Hardware 3. Dale’s Bootery 4. Quiet Hut Sports 5. Aranda

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on campus

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2. Hyland Hall study rooms 3. James R. Connor University Center 4. Warhawk Connection Center 5. Greenhill Center of the Arts

2. Graham Street Cafe 3. Uno Due Go 4. Prairie Street Market 5. Greenhill Center of the Arts

best entertainment Freshen’s Smoothies 2. Uno Due Go 3. University Bookstore 4. Willie’s 360 5. Ike Schaffer Commons

Warhawk Athletics Events 2. Weekend Movies in Summers Auditorium 3. Young Auditorium events 4. University Center Down Under events 5. Warhawk Alley and Bowling and Billiards

best event as a freshman/transfer William’s Center

Homecoming

2. Zumba Warhawks 3. Group Fitness Yoga 4. Group Fitness Insanity

2. Club U-Dub-Dub 3. Welcome Back Concert 4. Plan-It-Purple 5. Residence Hall Programming

Warhawk Athletics Events 2. UC Entertainment Events 3. Warhawk Alley Bowling and Billiards 4. Center of the Arts / Young Auditorium events 5. Working Out

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Chartwells out, A’viands in UW-Whitewater is parting ways with Chartwells and bringing in A’viands as the new dining and food service provider.

University Center Director Bob Barry confirmed that Chartwells contract will not be renewed for next year, in an email to the Royal Purple.

Barry said the Board of Regents have to sign off on the decision this week, however, A’viands has received a letter of intent from the UW System Procurement Office.

The Minnesota-based headquarters was established in 2003.

According to their website, they currently serve more than 275 lo-

cations in the U.S. Whitewater Student Government President Kane Poad thanked Chartwells in a statement to the Royal Purple for their service the past seven years and wished them well in future endeavors.

“We are excited for what A’viands is bringing to campus and

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look forward to working with them in order to provide the best dining experience possible for students at Whitewater,” Poad said.

The Royal Purple will have more on this story in upcoming editions.

Warhawks Gymnastics wins fourth national title Connor Moore Copy Editor

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The UW-Whitewater Dining Services food truck opened its doors for students on Monday, March 27. The truck serves hot sandwiches, soup and more during the afternoon hours outside the UC.

— Emily Lepkowski

The UW-Whitewater gymnastics team flipped, tumbled and vaulted their way to come back home from the 2017 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association National Champions with a national title.

The Warhawks concluded the team championships on Friday with a total team score of 191.000, and are now four-time National Champions.

The most recent win prior to this year was in 2014, which came on the back end of the team’s three championships in a row starting in 2012.

“It was so exciting to be a part of,” head coach Jennifer Regan said. “This year’s championship was different than any of the

ones in the past. These girls are very hard-working and fighters.”

Regan elaborated on the differences between this year’s championship compared to their last one.

“When you haven’t had it in the past few years and the team has done so well,” Regan said.

“We just weren’t able to finish it on beam the last two seasons.”

The ’Hawks began the team competition on Friday on the uneven bars, coming away with a team score of 47.975. Leading the way was sophomore Lisa O’Donnell with an event-best and program record total of 9.725.

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Race and Ethnic Studies unveils new minors, courses for fall Emily Lepkowski News Editor

Curriculum changes to the Race and Ethnic Studies program at UW-Whitewater have arrived after 30 years in the making.

This fall, students will have eight new courses to enroll in, as well as four new minors to declare. The Race and Ethnic Studies minor also has been revised.

The revision was spurred not only by weak enrollment, but by retirement or passing of fac-

ulty, leaving courses needed for the minor unavailable.

Professor Pilar Melero took over Race and Ethnic Studies in 2013, when the department began to look at revising the minor.

“Pilar is like the brain of the Race and Ethnic Studies Program,” Academic Department Associate Mary Alkons said. “She’s incredibly passionate, incredibly organized and has been able to put together so much information to form a core faculty to develop these courses.”

The Race and Ethnic Studies minor now fo-

cuses on issues from a multi-cultural standpoint rather than one specific group.

“I think just that change alone is a big change of perspective because it’s including the voices and experiences of multiple groups that make up the immigrant community in the U.S. the exile community in the U.S. and the domestic minority communities in the U.S,” Melero said.

The added minors and courses also are giving students more choices to sup-

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City, campus prepare for partying Nathan Kober Staff Writer

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the City of Whitewater are closing residence halls to non-students and bringing in more police officers as preemptive measures to maintain security at this year’s Spring Splash event, on the weekend of April 28.

Both campus and city police will have more officers working the weekend this year, and the city will be working with the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department, the Wisconsin State Patrol, two other municipalities and the UW-W campus police.

Jeffrey Angileri, assistant director of Marketing and Media Relations on campus, said the decision to restrict access to the residence halls was part of an attempt to limit the number of non-residents coming to campus for the weekend.

“This was a recommendation from a committee that included representation from Whitewater Student Government, University Housing, other campus staff, City of Whitewater leaders, landlords and community members,” Angileri said in an email.

In order to not repeat mistakes made last year when the city was caught off guard and police lost control of large groups, the city of Whitewater and UW-W have been coordinating their preparation for this year’s event in advance.

Although the organizations that officially sponsored the party have canceled their support, the event is still expected to bring in a large number of people from outside Whitewater. City and campus officials are taking these preemptive measures in order to keep the party under control.

Emergency Response According to Lt. Matthew Schwartz, the campus police will have double the number of officers per shift for Spring Splash weekend. The officers will go on more foot patrols than usual, so that police will be visible throughout the campus and city.

“It’s about creating a presence,” Schwartz said, “having positive contacts with people so they know the police are there.”

According to Otterbacher’s report to the Com-

mon Council in 2016, the city police did not request substantial outside support until the day of the event, when police realized they would be unable to control the number of people on their

“It’s about creating a presence and having positive contacts with people so they know the police are there,” — Lt. Matthew Schwartz

own. By the time support arrived, police said the situation was already well out of control.

Although campus police did provide some assistance to city officers, both were stretched thin by the sheer amount of people, the report said.

Schwartz said campus and city police have been meeting with county law enforcement and the Sheriff’s department for months in order to coordinate on the event. Those outside departments will be sending officers to assist the city, although the exact number of officers that will be available is unknown.

Campus and city police also will be working with the city’s rescue squad in order to manage the most dangerous cases, where people need to be hospitalized.

A major concern Otterbacher has raised on multiple occasions about a lack of crowd control is that if police can not break up a party, emergency responders may not be able to reach someone inside in need of this kind of assistance.

Campus Efforts Schwartz said two residence hall police officers will be working the weekend as well. Typically officers do not monitor the halls on the weekend, as a large number of students leave campus, although for events like Homecoming one officer will monitor the halls.

“They’re going to be walking the floors back and forth the whole shift,” Schwartz said.

The recommendation came from the “Movein Day Ad Hoc Committee,” a group formed in 2015 that has since helped plan for events that bring in a large number of outsiders.

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common policy enacted by other universities during large scale annual parties similar to Spring Splash.

Oktoberfest in La Crosse is one example where there has occasionally been serious property damage and vandalism, including flipped over cars and apartment fires near campus. In response, in 2012 the university locked down its dorms for non residents, and the policy has been in place ever since then.

In Whitewater, some city officials have blamed much of the reckless behavior from last year on outside students.

“The goal is to limit the number of non-UW-Whitewater students on campus and in the community on April 28-30, 2017” Angileri said.

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Studies: Revitalizes program, gives students opportunities continued from page 1

port their majors while taking courses in the nine different departments that Race and Ethnic Studies works with.

Melero says the department was effective in the way they went about proposing the new changes.

“The new courses do have funding, but we were able to manage all the changes with existing courses so we just maneuvered around what’s already there,” Melero said.

Professors will be able to take on additional classes or teach a different course in place of another.

One new minor, LatinX/Latin American Studies was able to combine new classes with existing classes, after being on hold due to a lack of faculty to care for it.

Asian Studies was also combined with new classes in order to revitalize the minor that had been suffering.

Many of these minors offer new courses in areas that didn’t exist before, such as literature.

“We made it expansive for the university while using our current

cate will be added to students transcripts if they take four diversity courses. Students with any of the minors in Race and Ethnic Studies will earn the honor certificate through minor requirements.

“With the change in demographics and everything else, we are offering students from underrepresented groups to know their history, their literature and themselves,” Melero said. “And we’re offering students who are not from the majority an opportunity to become very well versed in diversity, which is an asset.”

Melero said the department is also flexible in working to personalize classes that are not part of a minor in order to still count for a students degree.

Students with questions about the new curriculum, minors and classes can contact Melero or Alkons through the Race and Ethnic Studies website at http://www. uww.edu/cls/race-and-ethnicstudies

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resources,” Melero said.

Alkons has been putting together flyers and working to establish the new minors on campus while working through the revision process.

“I can’t tell you how much the professors really believe in all of the programs they’ve put together,” Alkons said.

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College Works Painting Internship The Royal Purple is writing an article on the College Works internship and is looking to interview students who have been involved in the interview process or actual program.

If you have any information and are willing to do a short interview on your experience with this internship please email Hannah Maes, the Arts and Rec editor at MaesHC10@uww.edu

DanceScapes provokes imagination, emotion

Dance speaks volumes without saying a word Dancescapes is an annual production at UWWhitewater that features the choreography of faculty, students and guest artists. The performers work hard to create a performance that is varied in style so every member of the audience can feel apart of the experience. The event took place in the Barnett Theatre from March 30 through April 1 and is expected to return again next year for another emotionally provocative performance.

Top left: The DanceScapes crew in practice for DanceScapes ‘17 with choreography by guest artist and Chicago-based dancer Leila Henry.

Top right: Eric Guenthner putting his acting skills to use for choreography based on the torment of sleepless nights filled with dark nightmares.

Bottom right: Joe Kelly practices his choreography in a dress rehearsal for a dance inspired by night terrors.

Bottom left: Dancers rehearse in the Greenhill Center of the Arts dance space. photos by Craig Schreiner / UW-Whitewater Marketing and Media Relations

Ed Sheeran taps into Irish roots in new album Those who know me might claim that I can sometimes be stone-cold and show the same emotion as a rock.

In reality, I am a Cadbury egg – all gooey and gross inside. But Ed Sheeran’s newest album “Divide” brings it out of me.

Sheeran took the first blow when I downloaded the album weeks ago as I was cleaning my apartment and it shuffled around to start playing “Galway Girl.”

The Irish jig Review by underlaid in Kimberly Wethal the melody Co Editor-in-Chief took me back to the Ireland trip I took almost two Royal Purple Review years, with a hell of a lot less jet-lag.

The Cadbury creme in me, if you will, is mostly made up of pure nostalgia, so as I listen to “Galway Girl,” I find myself wandering the streets of Dublin. I’m back in the Northern Ire-

land countryside, taking in the view that is the Giant’s Causeway as the weather switches from sunny to a downpour every 10 minutes.

I catch a glimpse of myself enjoying my first legal drinks at the age of 19 in the pub in the basement of our hostel, the unfamiliar buzz that accompanied it and I’m reminded of how ridiculous I must have looked, inebriated off of a White Russian – or three. I don’t remember.

So I’m already softened with nostalgia and feel like I’ve found a home in “Galway Girl.” His song about his grandparents, “Nancy Mulligan,” makes me feel a similar way. The weaving of Irish melodies into the story he tells feels so authentic and sentimental. While only one of my grandparents has Irish heritage, I can’t help but strongly connect Sheeran’s story to my own ancestors.

The personalization that Sheeran places into this album again knocks against the emotional side I work so hard to cover up.

I continue listening, having an appreciation for everything I hear – “Happier,” “What Do I Know,” “Save Myself” – and belting out the songs that had been playing on pop radio three

times an hour for the past weeks.

The final blow to my hard outer-shell comes in the form of “Supermarket Flowers,” a story about the grief he lived after losing his mother. Out of all of his songs, this one is the most raw. Sheeran takes his pain and puts you in his place.

But upon first play, I’m so emotionally moved by “Supermarket Flowers” that I’m crying on the floor of my half-cleaned bathroom floor, Clorox wipe in hand. It’s a reminder that I’ve lost two grandmothers and places me in the terrible, awful situation of thinking about the mortality of my own mother, my best friend. I don’t stop sobbing until halfway through the next song.

So kudos, Sheeran, you’ve done something most pop artists in the contemporary genre have failed to do – your personal stories wedged cracks in my usually tough exterior, making me feel uplifted, nostalgic and broken all within the time span of an hour. For that, five stars.

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Vice chancellor retires after 35 years in UW-system Nicole Aimone Lifestyle Editor

Retirement comes with many luxuries that working people are unable to enjoy. For Jeff Arnold, vice chancellor of Administrative Affairs, these luxuries are about to become a reality, as he will retire from almost 35 years working in the University of Wisconsin system.

“I’m really excited,” Arnold said.

“I’m excited about the prospect of having the summer off to do whatever I want to do.”

Arnold’s decision to retire came about because he was eligible and he felt that it was time after spending most of his career working within the same university system.

“It’s unusual for a person to work for the same employer for 35 years,” Arnold said. “I’m looking forward to retiring, and I’m in a good position to do that.”

Looking back on his last six years at UW-Whitewater, Arnold is proud of the efforts he has been involved in to improve campus, as well as the student accomplishments.

Many of the campus efforts that Arnold has been involved in focus on new construction, such as the new student success center that broke ground in spring of 2016 and a new residence hall that is currently in the design phase. Arnold also has been involved in creating a campus master plan.

“We’ve made Whitewater the best value in Wisconsin, in the UW-system,” Arnold said. “I’m very proud of the national championships in football, basketball, gymnastics and wheelchair basketball. I didn’t participate in any of those things, but I’m proud to watch those accomplishments.”

Arnold came to UW-W in 2011, and was his first time working on a university campus. Since then, he has enjoyed being able to interact with students in the different seasons of campus, as well as watch many students succeed during the

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Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs Jeff Arnold retired on Friday, March 31 after a 35-year career in the University of Wisconsin system. Arnold spent 6 years working on University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus.

“I’m looking forward to golfing a bit during the week, working on my house, I’m going to workout everyday, and take my dogs to the dog park. Whatever I want to do, I’m going to be very good at retirement.

-Jeff Arnold, Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs

course of his career.

“Being able to help financially challenged students graduate and finish their degrees,” Arnold said. “I feel like we’ve done some really good things in the last six years since I’ve been here.”

Arnold says he is also proud of the current standing UW-Whitewater has in the system, and is optimistic and hopeful that will continue in the future.

“Whitewater’s in a good place financially. Some of our sister

institutions have struggled a little bit,” Arnold said. “Our enrollments have been strong and growing. Our campus has done well.”

Arnold has very few regrets about his career. He mostly believes he will miss the projects that he is leaving behind unfinished.

“There’s probably a lot of things that you would like to do, that you won’t be able to,” Arnold said. “[A lot] on the administrative side that the next person in this position will be lucky enough to take on.”

Going into retirement, Arnold says he is looking forward to having free time that he has not been able to take advantage of during his career, as he has taken very few vacations throughout his career. Although he hasn’t made any specific plans for the entirety of his retirement, Arnold will be taking a trip out of the country in April, as well as enjoying the upcoming nice weather with his family.

“I’m looking forward to golfing a little bit during the week, working on my house. I’m going to workout everyday and take my dogs to the dog park,” Arnold said. “Whatever I want to do, I think I’ll be very good at retirement.”

Arnold’s family is supportive of his retirement and excited to spend more time with him.

Campus administrators say that Arnold will be sorely missed.

“I want to thank Jeff Arnold for his six years of service at UW-Whitewater and more than 25 years to the UW-system,” Chancellor Beverly Kopper said in a campus wide email announcing Arnold’s retirement.

“Jeff is a valued member of the Warhawk family and we wish him well on his retirement.”

The position of interim Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs will be filled by both Paige Reed, Chief of Institutional Policy and Compliance, and Randy Marnocha, Interim Athletic Director.

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HOROSCOPES Aries: Although Aries may not admit it, watching the Hardy Boyz and the Undertaker’s last match ever at Wrestlemania, it may have gotten a little dusty.

Taurus: Taurus will have a good week and be as happily surprised, as fans were when Kendrick Lamar released a brand new single.

Gemini: With the Brewers losing on Opening Day of the MLB season, Geminis were treated to one day of saying their team was the best and the worst in baseball. It means a good and bad week is ahead.

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Leo: Although your week may be wet and muddy, at least you aren’t golfer Lexi Thompson who lost a major event after a couch potato spotted a minor penalty at home and called it in to the rules officials.

Virgo: Virgo is just as happy as the New York Yankees, who are paying the remaining $21 million of third baseman/DH Alex Rodriguez’s contract to not play this year to spend on wining and dining new girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.

Libra: Libra is elated that Chartwells will no longer be serving food to UW-Whitewater students following this semester.

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Scorpio: If the Gonzaga basketball team and fans can make it through the week after a heart-breaking national championship loss, Scorpio can accomplish the same task.

Sagittarius: To get a good laugh, Sagittarius is one of the people who saw the news saying that, “she said yes,” when John Cena proposed to his girlfriend and posted, “To who?”

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Capricorn: As graduation is approaching in a little over a month, Capricorn won’t have a chance to reflect back on their time at UW-W because they are stuck working on every large project for their classes being due in the next few weeks, while really watching the NCAA national championship.

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Internship focuses on educating about farm history Kenneth Virdden Contributor

The Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project is a project born from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Public History program. It is now a statewide initiative that began in 2012 and is making headway with uncovering much of our state’s rich agricultural history.

The project’s leader, assistant history professor, James Levy, has plans to collect the previously unheard voices of farmers and workers in the agriculture industry around the state.

The ultimate goals of the project are to prompt conversation and collaboration while building a large collection of stories and artifacts that would capture Wisconsin’s large history of farming, community and culture.

The Farms Project asks, “How has food production and food consumption in Wisconsin over the past 80 years influenced community development, regarding ethnic and cultural dynamics?”

Levy and the project’s interns have gathered a lengthy amount of information by interviewing Wisconsin residents with a background in agriculture. The project reaches out to interested farmers within Jefferson, Rock and Walworth county for interviews.

UW-W is not the only UW campus involved; interns from Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Eau Claire have collected their own interviews, gathering stories from all around the state.

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Interns with the Wisconsin Farms Oral History project conduct interviews to gather the history of farming in the whitewater area, as well as state wide to educate the public about the rich history of the state.

consin’s agricultural history is in its distinct stories and farming practices.

These interviews are transcribed and stored in various formats for archival purposes and displayed to the public through educational tours, such as The Lands We Share Initiative.

The culmination of all this information will be used to engage students from K-12 to post-graduate levels in hands-on, enhanced understanding of farming, food politics and sustainability.

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BT Biz & Tech Keeping it ‘Mello’ The Royal Purple is working on an article about a new safety device, Sound Grenade, the world’s smallest and loudest safety alarm.

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Taking passion to next level, local inventor designs helmets for popular musician

By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor

What began as an earnest hobby eventually led to a career working with one of the music artists who sparked the inspiration to follow his passion of designing props used by popular performers.

Curt Patrick began making replica props of famous musicians’ helmets in his spare time between managing popular Whitewater bar Pumpers & Mitchell’s and his graphic designs company, Collective Designs.

Patrick is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, holding a degree in Marketing and Advertising since 2008.

Patrick designed props for himself and other fans. He created replicas of units used by several musicians, such as DeadMau5, Daft Punk and Marshmello.

While attending Wompfest, a music show in Whitewater several years ago that he co-hosted, Curt Patrick met the laser technician for the event, Patrick Murphy. The two bonded over ideas about lighting, and a plan to design a personal replica of Marshmello’s helmet together came to fruition.

Patrick and Murphy would eventually become business partners.

Their first project hit the ground running on social media, and the two say they quickly realized the demand from fans was extremely high.

Patrick designed a pair of miniature Marshmello replica helmets as Christmas gifts for twin siblings, Lethan and Leanne, who live with their parents in Dallas, Texas.

“The boy is known as ‘Minimello,’ he’s pretty well-known on social media,” Patrick said. “I always like to give back, so for Christmas, I got in touch with his parents and offered to make him and his sister Marshmello helmets pro-bono.”

Lethan’s father, Steven Tran, said he barely even knew Curt when he offered to build the helmet for Lethan.

Upon finding out that Lethan was a twin, Patrick didn’t want to leave Leanne out, so he built two helmets instead of one.

“Curt and Marshmello are great guys,” Steven Tran said. “We always appreciate what they’ve done for our family.”

There was only one stipulation: The twins had to wait until Christmas morning to open their gifts under the tree.

Patrick sent photos of the finished helmets to the family before Christmas Day, and the project went viral

on Instagram.

That’s when Marshmello’s team heard about Patrick’s design work.

Marshmello’s team was in the market to find a new builder for helmet designs. Marshmello’s manager, identified as “Moe,” connected with Patrick on Facebook and asked him to join the team.

“I got a friend request from his [Marshmello’s] manager, Moe, and within two minutes of accepting his friend request, I got a phone call,” Patrick said. “They were looking for a new unit pretty fast.”

Patrick immediately contacted Murphy with the news along with a proposal to partner up on the project. Patrick offered Murphy a 50-50 partnership for future Marshmello projects within Patrick’s company, Collective Designs.

The pair signed an exclusivity agreement with Marshmello’s management company. They no longer manufacture helmets for the public, building solely for Marshmello.

“We got the bells and whistles figured out pretty quickly,” Patrick said. “I ordered the supplies needed and built the project within eight days. It was definitely a rush job, normally taking us three to four weeks, but it turned out really well.”

After completing the first V4.5 helmet model, Patrick and his wife, Amanda, flew aboard Marshmello’s private jet out to Los Angeles, California, to deliver the helmet to Marshmello himself.

“They really, really loved the unit,” Patrick said. “He [Marshmello] said ‘this is some next level s*&%.’”

Patrick and his wife then traveled with Marshmello and his managers to Las Vegas, where the musician was scheduled to perform the next day at Club Intrigue, a nightclub music venue.

photos courtesy of Curt Patrick and Steven Tran

Top: Dance musician Marshmello performs at Club Intrigue in Las Vegas during a show in February.

Left: Twin siblings Lethan, left, and Leanne, right, jam out on a DJ set their father, Steven Tran, bought for them. Curt Patrick, manager of Pumpers & Mitchell’s, designed a replica helmet for Lethan, better known on Instagram as ‘Minimello,’ but after learning Lethan was a twin, Patrick designed a second helmet for Leanne.

What’s the next step?

Patrick and Murphy are currently working to design a V5 model, a project that is expected to take several months to complete.

“I went from being a really big fan to building his new units,” Patrick said. “I enjoyed making props and replicas even before getting that phone call from his manager. I’m really honored by the opportunity.”

He added that once you put your mind to something, you can take your passion higher and make something of it. He remains optimistic about the future.

The feedback on social media has been overwhelmingly positive, Patrick said.

“Seeing the love his fans have for him [Marshmello] is really cool,” Patrick said. “I had never been on the other side of the stage before, seeing the back of his head instead of the front of it.”

Working for ‘the emperor’ Doing work for a popular artist is

a strange feeling, Murphy said.

“I have done many shows and have met many famous people, and after a while they become normal people just like you, doing what they love as well,” Murphy said.

There is a lot of pressure on the designers to do a good job.

“It kind of felt like making the emperor’s new outfit,” Murphy said.

“You have to make him look noticeably good to everyone.”

Patrick said he could write a novel about his experience of designing the first unit and flying out to Las Vegas alone.

“We have many crazy and good stories, and together we will make many more happen,” Murphy said.

Patrick said Marshmello is a very private and down-to-Earth person.

“A lot of people think it’s a glamorous life, which it is, but at the same time, it’s a very demanding job title,” Patrick said.

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March 15, 2017

Briefs CEO hosting business event today

Student entreprenuers who have an idea for a business or product can pitch their ideas at an event sponsored by the Collegiate Entreprenuers Organization (CEO).

The Warhawk Business Plan competition will be held April 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Hyland Hall.

Six finalists will pitch their ideas to judges, and the top three contestants will be awarded $5,000.

City to hold largest potluck ever?

Downtown Whitewater, Inc. will host its attempt at the ‘World’s Largest Potluck’ event on May 7 at Cravath Lakefront Park.

The event, sponsored by The SweetSpot Bakehouse, First Citizens State Bank and John’s Disposal, is aimed at claiming a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Freshman takes first place

Maricela Castillo awarded for presentation at business event

By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor

Winning first place in a national business competition as a freshman in college was the last thing she had expected to happen.

But that’s what happened for Maricela Castillo.

The freshman earned first place for her presentation on Unbanked and Underbanked populations in the United States at the Credit Union National Society (CUNA) Mutual Framework for Opportunity Convergence and the Utilization of Sustainable Solution (FOCUSS) competition on March 10.

Unbanked populations are citizens who are not involved in the banking system in any form. Underbanked populations are people who bounce from place to place and are not fully committed to any one banking system.

“Honestly, I didn’t even think I would win anything. I did it just to get experience,” Castillo said.

“I went and put an idea together to present, but I didn’t expect to win.”

Castillo said one of the judges approached her after the presentation to tell her “there’s no way you didn’t win.” The judges convened, and shortly thereafter announced Castillo had placed first.

“I was in shock,” Castillo said. “It was surreal.”

She learned about the completion through Associate Professor of Marketing Dennis Kopf, with whom she has been collaborating through the Research Apprentice Program. Castillo’s role in the project has been to assist with research related to business courses offered nationwide at universities with large Latino populations or campuses with other significant minority populations.

Part of Castillo’s presentation entailed providing a solution to the problem she proposed through research. She said her solution was to create a phone application for youths to use in order to become involved in the banking system, and to also create a separate online program for elderly persons to use to get involved in the banking process.

This research project inspired her to investigate and present on another topic for which she was awarded first place.

“She came up with everything for her presentation,” Kopf said. “I just gave her some advice.”

Castillo said the majority of unbanked and underbanked populations are elderly persons or youths whom identify as part of a minority group, mainly Latinos and African Americans.

Castillo said a resource for UW-W students is to seek advice from the UW Credit Union on campus, located in the lower level of the University Center.

“It’s scarier to be unbanked than to be in a credit union,” Castillo said. “Credit unions have a lot more advantages than banks, because you’re a

photo by Sierra High / Photo Editor

Freshman Maricela Castillo earned a first [1st] place award for her presentation on ‘Unbanked and Underbanked Populations in the U.S.’ on March 10 at the CUNA Mutual FOCUSS competition, hosted at UW-Whitewater in Hyland Hall.

member of a community.”

She added that it is easy to receive loans or insurance grants through credit unions.

The next national competition hosted by CUNA Mutual will be held on April 19 in Madison. Castillo will present her research a second time at the next event, competing against other first place winners from around the nation.

Castillo described her schedule as hectic. She said she has been meeting with three different advisers each week as she prepares for the next event.

Castillo says she has neither completed nor been enrolled in any marketing courses at UW-Whitewater, but she holds a keen interest in the field.

“Financials doesn’t always have to be depressing,” Castillo said. “It can be fun.”

Kopf said he commended Castillo for competing against juniors and seniors at the competition.

“If you have a clear purpose and know what you want to do in life, you can accomplish a lot,” Kopf said. “The great equalizer in life is hard work, and even freshmen underdogs can pull ahead.”

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Quotes of the Week

“People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they are just like the old ones.”

– Charles Kettering

“Small business is the backbone of our economy. I’m for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.”

– Michelle Bachmann

Students, community can foster growth Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion

As one flips through the first pages of this week’s Royal Purple, one can’t help but notice all of the great opportunities that the UW-Whitewater students can take advantage of on campus and in the community.

We collected data from more than 600 respondents in the community about their favorite ways to spend a Saturday, the best tap in town and the superior slice of ‘za (which was highly contested, by the way). So why does the phenomenon exist that a significant number of students are willing to drive to Madison, Janesville and Milwaukee to buy a product similar to what we have here in Whitewater?

The problem, the way we see it, is two-fold: Students, who find themselves assimilated into the culture of the town to the point where they can’t recognize its uniqueness, is coupled with a city that lacks the lure of options seen in bigger cities. Together, as a community, we can fix this. Bringing more options to Whitewater will aid in keeping students here, which in turn may prompt them to spend their dollars locally

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and prop up the vibrant downtown that so depends on them.

As members of the student body in the same way our peers are, we at the Royal Purple have at times taken our money out of the community. Some of us shop at Woodman’s in Janesville instead of going to the WalMart less than a mile away. We’ve opted for a venti-size cup of goodness from the nearest Starbucks 26 minutes away, when we know full and well we can grab something from the SweetSpot that we can get to in less than two. We’re guilty of going home often because we too claim that there’s nothing for us to

do on the weekends.

We might be hypocritical here, but we can also envision a solution.

Part of solving this problem is going to involve education and visibility. Despite the endless technology we have at our fingertips, we students are creatures of habit – if our hometowns are close enough to campus, we might not take the time to look into new locations, because it’s easy enough to go back to what we already know exists and is reliable.

Instead, Whitewater businesses need to work hard to bring students to their doorsteps through more aggressive marketing techniques. Find a way to sponsor and support the

campus in their events and their mission. Use social media and advertising to the company’s best advantage to bring students in.

Additionally, the city can do themselves a favor by including more affordable options for students. Bringing more options into the community that interest students, whatever they may be, will prompt students to stay and potentially stumble upon another business or service that fits their needs.

However, we need to ensure those options that are brought in continue to invest in our community’s economic growth and stability.

Where students are concerned, we need to broaden

our horizons. Yes, it’s easy to go home to the franchised chain restaurant that’s three blocks from your stomping grounds, but consider changing your perspective of home as well. For many of us, Whitewater is the city that we’ll have called home for four years of our lives.

Why not treat our Whitewater businesses like those in our hometowns?

It might take a little research into what the downtown has to offer. Students may find themselves walking a few blocks from their residence hall to get to a local amenity instead of dining solely on campus.

It might mean going home one less weekend a month just to see what the city has to offer – a hard transition – but a necessary one to prepare students to enter a world outside of their hometown after graduation.

We’re not saying the business community or the students have created a negative business environment – many speciality businesses are flourishing.

We’re only suggesting that students and community businesses can strengthen their ties to one another, enough to make students keep their cars parked for a weekend.

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Letters the Editor Theto Forum

Keep your doctor close ‘Housing First’ a good start – and Wall Street closer Imagine your life on a single night The “Housing First” model has

in January 2016, did you have a place to live, a warm bed to lay in? Many of you may have answered yes to this, but on any given night in January 2016, 39,471 veterans were experiencing homelessness. These veterans were either staying at an emergency shelter, safe haven, or transitional housing programs while one third were staying in places that were not suitable for humans to live.

You may ask why are so many veterans experiencing homelessness, and the answer is that there is a vicious cycle that prevents them from getting out of homelessness. When veterans come out of the military, many of them experience mental health issues. These mental disorders can lead to a veteran having a hard time acquiring skills and opportunities for economic advancement, housing, or good relationships to create a support system. Having a mental disorder can lead to a veteran not being able to pay rent because they have to pay medical bills for their mental disorder.

The VA deals with homelessness and the policy that they are using right now is the “Housing First” model. This model supports finding homeless veterans permanent, supportive housing to end homelessness. This program does not have any prerequisites for receiving housing, housing is the primary service and then supportive services are given. These supportive services include healthcare and employment opportunity. This program has helped with the reduction in veteran homelessness by 33 percent between 2010 and 2014.

achieved a lot in terms of reducing the homelessness rate in veterans, but housing is not the only thing that veterans need. Giving a veteran a house does not get rid of the other problems that may have caused homelessness in the first place like not being able to get a job, having a mental disorder, or abusing drugs or alcohol. The program ignores the individual differences on how the veteran became homeless in the first place. This program is seen as a “one size fits all.” I believe that there should be different areas under the “Housing First” model where veterans can be placed into supportive services that are tailored to the reasons of why they are experiencing homelessness.

The “Housing First” model is a great start to decline homelessness in veterans, but this cannot be the only thing that is being done to stop homelessness. Community members need to understand that helping out the veterans in their communities is their responsibility as well. If you are in a community with homeless veterans, please take the time to educate yourself on how you can help either by being a support system or giving them resources that they can use. These veterans have risked their lives to keep our country safe, we need to do everything that we can to help them. It is crucial that everyone stands up for the veterans in their communities to prevent and end veteran homelessness.

— Keely Gorse, senior

Yesterday, the Man from Mars touched down in Washington D.C., and he observed this: “Improved” health care—but for millions fewer citizens. Strange.

“For-profit” health care—efficient. Pre-pay your operation and support stockholders simultaneously. Sick-ening.

Now, our leaders tell us that “No longer will government come between you and your doctor.”

That’s right; now, friendly Wall Street will.

Nothing wrong with all this. (Just as bullying your classmates is cool, plus texting while driving is a “no-brainer.”)

At least our leaders resisted the (successful) health policies of all other advanced nations. Best to beware that nasty “single-payer” ploy, it might lead to dangerous “socialized medicine.” Our lieders also avoided the temptation to “simply expand properly-financed Medicare.” That solution sounded so good, it must be bad.

Martin Martian reboards his spaceship, speeds home, and instantly posts a sign: “Americans stay out. No immigration or refugee status here.”

However, behold some very good news for us back here. A brand-new media show will keep us briefed up-to-date on this whole circus.

It’s called the “White House Wobbles,” and it twin-stars the “Congressional Capers.” Free of charge (and free from change) In one place, it tells all, and even more.

“Alt-Shakesperian” tragedies. Slapstick-foolery comedies. “Crisis-on-Demand” (updated daily).

Mystery stories with no solutions. Crime and espionage, with insoluble plots. Soap operas: the “platonic incest of nepotism.” Oh, and travel: adventures in inner space.

This offers first, immense regions of vast emptiness “between the ears,” and second, that newly-discovered whole alternate universe of “alternate facts” (located right next to the Memory Black Hole).

Sports, too: golf lessons.

Even puzzles: “connect the spider-web dots.” And still “more of less.”

Best of all, easy access.

Just tune to its site, which is Channel 911.

— Brian Kevin Beck, Assoc. Prof., UW-W (Ret.)

Student senator offers segregated fee explanation As a student Senator in the Whitewater Student Government, I feel it necessary to inform the students at the university of an issue that has been being discussed in the WSG Senate and among other WSG members. This issue is Allocated Segregated Fees.

Over the past month, I have been working to ensure that all students are represented by the Whitewater Student Government (WSG). However, a few weeks ago, the Senate passed a resolution to “support allocated segregated fees and student organizations.”

In Gov. Walker’s new budget, he proposed allowing students to opt-out of paying allocated segregated fees, with the hopes of allowing students to save money by not paying for organizations they do not benefit

from. After speaking with a constituent after “Tea with the Chancellor,” I was informed by him that many students are unaware of what “Seg Fees” are or what they are used for and that he supports the opt-out.

Allocated segregated fees are used to fund student organizations such as IMPACT (an LGBT organization), football admissions, College Democrats, intramural sports, Black Student Union, WSG, and much more. The problem is that students do not get to decide where their money goes and they might be funding something they do not agree with or something they do not benefit from.

In the Senate, only two senators, myself and another, voted against allowing this from happening.

It was apparent to us that students who are not involved on campus are still being charged as if they were going to football games every week, going to every down under event, or playing an intramural sport.

I believe all students should be able to decide who they are giving their money to, or who they are not going to give their money to.

In 2010, it was decided, in Citizens United v. FEC, that corporations can use their money and give it to political campaigns of their choice. Thus, proving that money is a form of speech, but even with this argument, the Senate still voted to not support the opt-out. One of the issues that I, personally, have with this is that many students are not aware of the money being taken from them yearly for things

they do not go to/use/or benefit from. I would most definitely pay my fees, but I am not everyone and everyone is not me.

I would like to make a note that not all organizations on campus accept SUFAC funds.

These organizations have functioned and maintained their influence on this campus without the need to be funded by Seg Fees.

I would encourage anyone who is interested in this to reach out to their WSG Senator, or stop by the WSG office, to find out more. I am always available to talk about this issue with anyone who wants to know more.

— Dustin Hartl, WSG Senator

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University of North Carolina gains redemption

The North Carolina Tar Heels edged out the Gonzaga Bulldogs 71-65 to claim the program’s sixth national championship in school history. After losing last year’s title game on a buzzer-beater three, the Tar Heels took

control in the closing moments. UNC was led by senior guard Joel Berry’s 22 points and six assists. UNC was outrebounded 49-46, making this the Heels first victory of the season while being outrebounded.

Baseball squad splits doubleheader The No. 4 UW-Whitewater baseball team split a doubleheader against St. Scholastica (Minnesota) March 29 in Whitewater.

The Warhawks handily won the first game 10-5, but fell in extra innings in the second game 10-8.

Game one started out as a little bit of a pitcher’s duel until the fourth inning, where the ’Hawks unleashed eight runs on five hits.

It was more of a Commentary by vintage UW-W perTyler Job formance with solid Staff Writer hitting and pitching.

Senior shortstop Jordan Kuczynski first got things brewing after knocking a base hit to right center, scoring two. Two batters later, sophomore first baseman Trent Borgardt singled to left to bring in two more Warhawks for a 5-1 score. Junior designated hitter Blake Fleischman scored the first run on a balk.

But the Warhawks would not stop

photo by Kimberly Wethal / Co Editor-in-Chief Junior outfielder Brett Krause collects a hit during the Warhawks extra-innings loss to St.Scholastica on March 29. Krause went 1-4 with two runs in the loss.

there. After a wild pitch that scored another run, sophomore left fielder Matt Wary bombed a triple down the right field line to bring home another run. Wary later scored on the Saints’ second wild pitch of the inning.

UW-W would score two more runs throughout to clinch the victory.

Junior right-handed pitcher Austin Jones improved to 4-0 on the year in

game one, pitching six innings while allowing seven hits and recording seven strikeouts. Senior left-hander Ankur Shah took over the rest of the game and notched the save.

Jones has allowed only 12 hits on the season.

In the second contest, the Warhawks let an 8-5 lead slip away in the final inning, thus allowing St.

Scholastica to score three runs and tie the game 8-8. The Saints would plate two more in the 11th inning, and hold on for the victory.

The Warhawks were down 2-0 early before scoring four in the fourth inning. Sophomore right fielder Kevin White heated things up with a three-run bomb.

UW-W and St. Scholastica would each score three runs apiece in the fifth frame. Kuczynski lined a base hit up the middle and added two RBIs, and the Warhawks led 7-5 after five.

The Warhawks would plate another run in the eighth inning, leading 8-5 heading into the final inning.

In a potential save situation, senior righty Westin Wuethrich blew the opportunity. but the Saints could not score after sophomore right-hander Michael Kaska took care of business.

Kaska would eventually allow two runs in the 11th inning. The Warhawks could not respond, and Kaska therefore took the loss.

The 10-2 ’Hawks will host UW-La Crosse April 8 and 9 at home.

Gymnastics: O’Donnell wins all-around title continued from page 1 Senior Mackenzie Smith finished second with a score of 9.675, followed by junior McKenzie Foster who tied for third with a 9.600.

The next event for the ’Hawks was on the balance beam, which saw the team register their highest score of all the events with a total of 48.250.

Foster took first with a score of 9.775, good for a program top 10 result. Three other Warhawks finished in the top 10 of the event, with senior Courtney Pickett tying for second with a score of 9.725, followed by sophomore Franchesca Hutton to tie for seventh (9.675) and O’Donnell tying for 10th.

“The things that have occurred in the past two years [previous performances in on the beam] are null and void at this point,” Regan said. “We overcame the obstacle.”

The team then moved on to score a 47.550 on the floor exercise, with junior Kate Mierow tying for first with a 9.700. Four other Warhawks placed in the event, with O’Donnell finishing 14th (9.525), Pickett and junior Lewa Evans tying for 19th (9.450) and senior Katie Fiorilli placing 22nd (9.425).

Fiorilli would then lead the flock of ’Hawks who helped the team register a total score of 47.225 on the vault. She finished first with a 9.550,

followed by Pickett tying for sixth with a 9.450 and Evans along with freshman Lauren Marshall tying for eighth with matching scores of 9.425.

“I wasn’t really surprised [about the team national championship],” O’Donnell said. “We had put everything into the meet. I felt there was no way we could have lost.”

Regan said that prior to Friday’s meet, she had the team write a word on their wrists to look at for motivation and energy.

“What I’m hearing from other teams, coaches, parents Lisa O’Donnell and fans,” Regan said. “The energy the girls had, they were unstoppable.”

The ’Hawks would then send eight gymnasts to the NCGA Individual Finals the following day on Saturday.

Among them was O’Donnell, who would claim the national championship in the vault with a career high of 9.725, making it her second national championship of the weekend. She would also finish as the national runner-up in the uneven bars with a 9.750, as well as claim first team All-America honors for her performance in the floor routine and the balance beam.

O’Donnell, who is this year’s national champion in the all-around with a final score of 38.225 was also named the NCGA West Region Gymnast of the Year.

Fiorilli, who finished tied for third with 9.650 on the vault, was named this year’s NCGA Outstanding Senior and a first team All-American.

She concludes her career tying for the most All-America honors in program history with 12, a number set by former Warhawk gymnast Katie Thompson.

Pickett finishes her collegiate career with 11 All-American honors, in addition to placing second in the floor exercise and 12th on the beam.

Regan was named NCGA Coach of the Year and assistant coach Ryan Bendixen won NACGC/W West Region Assistant Coach of the Year.

“This season was super successful,” Regan said, “but our biggest thing was just to enjoy the moment.

This is the first championship that I really remember taking in each and every moment and enjoying it.”

The Warhawks’ success this season hasn’t gone unnoticed by former members of the student-athlete body, including former gymnast Steffi Heuer.

“I was in complete awe of what this team has achieved. These girls work so hard and I am so proud of

the legacy they have left this year,” Heuer said. “They truly deserved the win considering all the injuries and tough practices they worked through to get to nationals!”

Heuer also had a special message for the team, some of which were her former teammates.

“I love you girls and loved watching you dominate this season,” Heuer said. “Congratulations, ’Hawks!”

Alumni support also was quite visible at the meet this past weekend, according to Regan.

“A ton of alumni traveled just to come and watch,” Regan said. “To see them want to be a part of this is huge.”

For returning gymnasts such as O’Donnell, the season ending in a national championship is no excuse for the team to rest on their success.

“We always want to progress and not stay the same,” O’Donnell said.

“I know all season a lot of us were thinking of different ways we want to improve for next year. We’re always trying to build, we don’t stay stagnant at all.”

Regan’s praise for the team was never-ending.

“Just when you think it’s too much, they prove to you and say, ‘No no, that’s not happening’,” Regan said.

“They have their own swag about them.”

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Softball begins season 3-1 at home Warhawks begin 2-0 in WIAC, home play

By Ben Lokken Staff Writer

The UW-Whitewater softball team emerged with a 3-1 record on the weekend after a pair of home doubleheaders.

The team started conference play with two games on April 1 against 22nd ranked UW-La Crosse. The Warhawks won both games in close, hard fought fashion to start out 2-0 in the WIAC and at home, moving to 12-4 overall “All of us are really excited,” junior left fielder Mallory Klotz said. “We’re excited to be back in Whitewater.”

In the first game the Warhawks shut out the Eagles 2-0. A leadoff home run from junior left fielder Mallory Klotz opened up the scoring giving Whitewater a 1-0 lead.

The second run of the game also came in the first inning on an RBI groundout off the bat of freshman third baseman Mag Cohrs, that brought in sophomore centerfielder Caitlin Catino.

Freshmen pitcher Bella Matthias pitched a complete game shutout to improve her season record to 5-3. Matthias gave up four hits and one walk and struck out seven in the contest.

In the second game of the day the Warhawks won 4-3

photo by Sierra High / Photo Editor Freshman pitcher Bella Matthias pitched a complete game shutout victory against UW-La Crosse on April 1. Matthias owns a 5-3 record with 50 strikeouts in 52.2 innings for a 1.99 ERA.

after coming back from a 3-1 deficit heading into the bottom of the fifth.

The scoring started in the second inning with sophomore Kelly Berglund, doubling to left center and driving in freshman second baseman Dani Biesiada to score the Warhawks first run of the game.

In the third inning the Eagles took the lead with a RBI single to right center to make it 2-1. The Eagles lead was stretched to 3-1 in the 5th inning on another RBI single.

The lead didn’t last long as UW-W came back in the bottom of the 5th and put

two runners on base. Catino promptly doubled to left center and drove one runner in, bringing the score to 3-2.

Morelli hit a single to center field and drove one more runner in to tie the game.

Biesiada then hit a grounder to second that was bobbled and allowed the go-ahead run to be scored by senior right fielder Jessica Kaemerer.

Sophomore Julia Camardo started the game and pitched until the top of the fifth and struck out three, before being relieved by freshman Kylie Hoffman. Hoffman went on to retire the last seven

batters she faced to pick up the win.

“I thought this weekend was a huge success,” head coach Brenda Volk said.

“Winning your first two conference games, against a good opponent, is always a positive thing.”

The Warhawks have been battling injuries already early this season with multiple players missing games and playing rotations having to be adjusted.

“We’ve been switching around a few people at shortstop,” Klotz said.

“We have a lot of depth at every position” Despite this, the Warhawks took both games on April 1 and played the second doubleheader of the weekend on April 2 against the University of Chicago Maroons.

The first game of the day was a bit of a shootout, with both teams rallying at different time in the game.

T h e ’ H a w k s Brenda Volk put up the first run of game with a RBI single to center field from Cohrs.

The Maroons followed up by scoring three runs in the third inning to take a 3-1 lead.

UW-W answered by scoring two runs in the bottom of the 3rd and two in the 4th to retake the lead at 5-3.

The Maroons took the

lead for good by scoring three runs in the 5th and added to the lead with three more runs in the 6th to pull ahead 9-5.

The Warhawks came back in the 6th after Catino reached first on a fielding error by the shortstop, and Klotz and sophomore shortstop Kelly Berglund scored.

Catino scored later in the inning off an RBI groundout from senior first baseman Amy Ricci.

The second game of the doubleheader was much lower scoring and defensive orientated. The first score came from Klotz on a home run to right center in the 1st inning to grab a 1-0 lead for the Warhawks.

That score held until the 3rd inning when the Maroons scored two runs on a throwing error after a single to give Chicago a 2-1 lead.

UW-W took the lead back in the 5th when Ricci tallied drove Kaemerer and Catino on a single to left field and advanced to second on the throw. The Warhawks held the 3-2 lead for the rest of the game to earn the victory and split the doubleheader.

“I feel the team made those adjustments, and it showed in how we played this weekend” Volk said.

“We have showed that we are very capable of pitching well, hitting well and playing some great defense.”

The Warhawks return to action April 6 against Dubuque at Van Steenderen complex in Whitewater.

Women’s tennis squad dominates home matches The Warhawks made themselves comfortable in the team’s first dual match on the home court against Carthage College and Elmhurst College April 1.

The women’s tennis team is currently ranked 22nd in the nation, and assistant coach Byron Balkin is proud of how the team has performed against a difficult schedule.

“Right now, with our schedule, we’ve been playing a lot of tough teams, and I think they’re going to be used to hard competition,” Balkin said.

With a record of Commentary by 15-4 overall, the Bailey Johnston ’Hawks demolished Staff Writer Carthage, 8-1, and Elmhurst, 9-0.

“They made two strong regional opponents look not so strong,” Balkin said.

In the beginning of the Carthage matches, the ’Hawks were untouch-

able in all of the doubles matches starting out the match with a 3-0 lead.

“Double’s is something we’ve really been focusing on, and they’re really starting to put together good tennis,” Balkin said.

Senior Megan Humphreys and junior Bridgid McGuire started out the doubles play with an 8-1 victory securing them in the No. 1 spot.

Humphreys was unable to be reached at press time.

Juniors Alexandra Talyansky and Jillian Wallace took No. 2 with an 8-5 win. Juniors Alicia Beck and Brittany Goebel had an 8-6 victory as well.

The ’Hawks couldn’t be stopped and kept rolling during singles play.

Wallace dominated her singles taking the win with the scores 6-2, 6-0, while Beck vanquished her match with a 6-1, 6-1 victory.

“They all have their times where they can show great tennis,” Balkin said.

The ‘Hawks women’s team didn’t stop there.

Elmhurst got shut down by the ‘Hawks women’s team, while their No. 2 and No. 3 tandems took victories, starting the tournament right with a 2-0 lead. Humphreys and McGuire’s nail-bitter finish of 6-5, 9-7 sat them comfortably at the No. 1 position.

“The schedule just keeps getting tougher and tougher,” Balkin said.

The Warhawks continued to dominate moving into singles matches to round out the weekend tournament.

Every singles player swept their matches, walking away with all victories sitting comfortably in their pocket by the end of the day.

“We haven’t had any major injuries this season, so we’re looking forward to having all of the girls ready to go next weekend,” Balkin said.

The UW-W women’s tennis team will compete at the Midwest Invitational April 7-8 in Madison.

photo by Sierra High / Photo Editor

Senior Megan Humphreys serves the ball in an April 1 tennis match.

Humphreys was undefeated that day.

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April 5, 2017

Title proves Perry’s doubters wrong Thrower comes back to sport, wins the crown

By John Miller Staff Writer

His motto is “train for excellence, achieve greatness.” Adopting that mentality has propelled UW-Whitewater track and field thrower, senior Levi Perry, to achieve something in most athlete’s dreams.

What started as simply something to do in junior high, track and field has not only become a passion for Perry, but something he can call himself a National Champion in.

Perry captured the weight throw national championship with a career-best throw of 19.67 meters in the 2017 Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships March 10.

Although Perry started track and field in junior high, he eventually left the sport. His reunion with track field came when he transferred to United Township High School in East Moline, Illinois.

There he met head track coach Bob Feller who saw something in Perry.

“I was the head track coach, and his locker was right by my room,” Feller said. “So, I would stand and supervise the hallway, and I got to know him. He was a good-looking athlete, so I said, ‘Hey, have you ever tried track?’.”

After some conversing, Feller got Perry to go out for the high school track team.

Perry enjoyed success in high school track and field. He earned all-state honors, and decided to play collegiately at Monmouth College in Illinois.

After a year at Monmouth Perry felt like he needed an “upgrade.”

So, he decided to transfer to UW-Whitewater, a place where he felt like he would have a better track, academic and social life.

For a student-athlete from Illinois, UW-W might not be the most obvious choice, but Perry said he got a firsthand look at the university when he was at Monmouth.

“I had a track meet here my freshman year and got the chance to see the trophies, the facilities,” Perry said.

“At the time, I was a business major, and I got to see how good the business major was at the school.”

With Perry being able to call himself a national champion, the decision to transfer to Whitewater worked out well. The title also proved some of his doubters wrong.

“I was always told ‘you’re not going to be the elite athlete,’” Perry said. “You’re just not big enough, fast enough, strong

enough, whatever it was. It [the national championship] was a way to prove everyone wrong and get out of some shadows.”

Not all the obstacles faced were outside forces for Perry. Sometimes, like with most athletes who are trying to achieve the pinnacle of their sport, frustration occasionally got the better of Perry early in his career.

“When you put so much pressure on yourself and you’re trying to do one thing and then it doesn’t happen, it can kind of just drive you crazy,” Perry said.

Through hard work and experience, Perry said he has become much more composed and consistent throughout the years. Instead of focusing on results, he looks to master his craft instead. The cool composure Perry possess as a senior may have been one of the biggest contributing factors to his title.

Perry cited his competition at the 2017 Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships, when an unexpected competitor took first place. Instead of trying to do too much, something he may have down a year pervious, Perry said he kept a level-head and

took the lead on his next throw.

Assistant coach David Hahn is someone that Perry said has helped him thoughout the years and recruited him to UW-W. “Coming in, it was all new and a change to him,” Hahn said. “I think he struggled initially, but I think he’s fit in well with the group. I think he’s worked really hard the last couple of years.”

One of biggest strengths for Perry, according to Hahn, has been his concentration.

“He’s really had singular focus,” Hahn said. “I think last year he saw there was potential, and since leaving the national meet last year at indoors, his goal was to win. You could see that he put everything into winning a national championship this year.”

Perry’s drive to win was evident even in high school.

“He had the desire, he had the passion to compete and train,” Feller said. “I knew that was there.”

For most athletes, a championship win comes at the end of season, which can be followed by reflection and appreciation. For Perry, the end of his indoor championship means the start of the outdoor season, which leaves little time for him to enjoy his accomplishments.

“I’m trying to take most reflection time off the table because I don’t just want to be fat and happy with it,” Perry said.

Men’s and women’s squads open outdoor season Men take second, women claim third place

By Ben Lokken Staff Writer

The Warhawk men’s and women’s track and field teams had a strong start to the outdoor season at the Augustana Viking Invitational in Rock Island, Ill. The men’s team fell short to Augustana College by one point, and finished second with a total of 261 points. The women’s team finished with 100 points to take third. Northern Michigan totaled 169 points to win the women’s meet.

The men’s team had four freshmen place in the top five for the 200-meter dash. Josh Iraci was able to win the event with a time of 22.36. Alec Masters took third in 22.63, and Oren Henderson-Zintz followed in fourth in 22.63. Justin Prostinak ended fifth in 22.84.

In addition to the 200-meter dash victory, Iraci placed second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.03.

Masters finished the 400-meter dash

in 50.43 to take fourth.

Iraci had a strong start to the season, and is committed to succeeding.

“I’m really looking forward to learning from my teammates and coaches, and being able to compete for the National Championship,” Iraci said. “It’ll be tough, but I am very determined and so is my team.”

UW-W claimed three of the top four high jump scores. Senior DuVaun Goodlow jumped 6-6.75 (2.00 meters) to win. Sophomore Dylan Ferger placed second with a jump of 6-4.75 (1.95 meters), and junior Chanler Leonard took fourth with a mark of 6-2.75 (1.90 meters).

Freshman Christian Jackson started strong by winning the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15. Junior Jack Bullis won the javelin throw with a mark of 175-6.50 (53.50 meters).

Jackson was happy with his performance, but said he has plans for personal development.

“My goal is to keep dropping in time,” Jackson said. “At the end of the race the first thing I care about seeing is if I improved from last time.”

The ’Hawks claimed second, third,

and fourth in the 1500 meter dash.

Junior Jonah Nelson took second in 4:00.59, then junior Alec Meixelsperger in 4:00.95, followed by junior Brett Harms in 4:01.16.

The men had a powerful presence in the long jump event, as junior Chanler Leonard leaped into third with a 21.8.25 (6.61 meters). Senior Zak Loess took fifth with a jump of 21-4.25 (6.51 meters).

Green and Loess took first and second in the triple jump with marks of 46-1.50 (14.06 meters) and 441.50 (13.45 meters). Freshman Zach Jasinski took third in the pole vault with a mark of 14-9 (4.50 meters).

Senior Levi Perry took third in the hammer throw with a mark of 1715.25 (52.25 meters). Junior Theron Baumann also placed third in the discus throw with a mark of 161-8.75 (49.29 meters).

The men’s 4x800 relay team of Kent Miehe, Braeden Michael, Todd Noreen, and Seth Zindars finished in 8:25.41 to place third.

The women’s team also opened outdoor season with impressive performances. Freshman Sydney

Rossow won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.96, and stole second in the triple jump with a mark of 37-5.25 (11.41 meters).

Sophomore Brittany Sykes won the javelin throw with a mark of 1092 (33.27 meters). Junior Courtney Pohlman won the pole vault with a leap of 11-9.75 (3.60 meters). Seniors Ana Liska and Leah Richter tied for second in the event with a mark of 113.75 (3.45 meters).

Abbie Felton finished second in the 400 meter dash in 57.44, and took third in the 200-meters in 25.77.

Senior Genny Rose Stringer finished third in the shot put with a mark of 40-11 (12.47 meters), and third in the discus with a mark of 145-11.75 (44.49 meters). In the high jump, Erika Sternard finished with a mark of 5-1 (1.55 meters) to take third.

With the strong showing, the teams look forward to the next meet.

“We got each other’s backs,” Iraci said. “Feeding off each other’s performances will keep each and every one of us to give it our all in our events this outdoor season.”

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April 5, 2017

TV viewer robs professional golfer of major win A very extraordinary situation unfolded at the ANA inspiration LPGA tournament in Rancho Mirage California on April 2.

Golfer Lexi Thompson received a four-stroke penalty for a 1-inch ball placement error, and an incorrect scorecard.

The extraordinary part of the situation Column by was that the penalty John Paul came to the LPGA’s Czerwinski Assistant Sports attention the next day, by a tip sent Editor

via e-mail by a television viewer at home. The penalty occurred on hole 17 of day three, when Thompson incorrectly placed her ball an inch away from her marker on a mere one-foot putt. But the penalty wasn’t enforced until hole 13 of day four.

Thompson had a three stroke lead at the time, which was wiped away as she was told about the infraction on the way to the tee-box of hole 13.

When Thompson was informed of the infraction she was noticeably overcome with emotions of anger and frustration.

“Is this a joke?” Thompson initially

responded.

After Thompson realized this nightmare was indeed a reality, she managed to somehow birdie hole 13 despite having her emotions drive her to tears. She then managed two birdies and only one bogey in her final five holes.

Thompson’s tear-filled final five holes, which included a potential eagle putt on 18 to win the tournament, ended up being good enough to force a one-hole playoff with So Yeon Ryu. Ryu eventually won the playoff and Thompson was ultimately snubbed of a major victory by some-

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