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‘No Matter Who Won, We Lost’

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Clockwise from top left: Junior Casey Dean, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, says he worries about the divisions in our country created by the election. Senior Jada Avila worries about access to healthcare and affordable access to medicine under a Donald Trump presidency for people who are at different ability levels. Junior William Strigel explains the importance of prayer for acceptance of the election results for those of the Catholic faith. Jo Ellen Burkholder, associate professor of Women’s Studies, gets emotional over having to act parental towards students who came to her out of fear following the election.

At UW-W, post-election reactions take different forms Kimberly Wethal Co-Editor in Chief

At 3 a.m. on Nov. 9, emotions were raw as Republican nominee Donald Trump surpassed the projected 270 electoral college votes to be deemed the country’s President-elect in a victory against opponent Hillary Clinton.

It’s been three weeks, and for UW-Whitewater students, faculty and staff, most have come to accept, celebrate or react to the outcome. Emotions still resonate, although they are not as raw as on election night.

Those emotions can be found in their reactions in the days following the election. From concerns about the partisan divides the country faces, t0 fears for the rights of marginalized citizens, pride for our country’s free elections, the power of prayer and in learning how to cope or rejoice, the election will shape UW-W’s students for years.

Here are just a few of their stories.

A day of mourning For Jo Ellen Burkholder, associate professor

of Women’s Studies, Election Day was emotional and symbolic.

Calling Wellesley College, a private women’s college outside of Boston, Massachusetts, her alma mater, Burkholder and other alumni were excited to vote for a fellow alumnus and woman.

“We were all excited that about this idea that we had gone out and voted for the first woman president,” Burkholder said, holding back tears before reverting to a sense of pride. “I know people who took their daughters … they dressed their daughters up like Hillary Clinton in their pearls and in their little pantsuits.”

However, as the election results began to wrap up, Burkholder’s excitement from the day had subsided to the point where she just decided to go to bed.

“I felt it in my gut that this was not going to go well,” she said. “So I just went to bed – and didn’t sleep.”

Burkholder wasn’t the only one finding herself tossing and turning over the idea of a map turned red – senior Megan Cagney, a Bernie Sanders supporter who turned to Clinton following her nomination in July, was so “hyped,”

she said, that she found herself awake at 2 a.m. still watching the results.

“Each step along the way [of the election cycle] was a loss of hope,” Cagney said. “I always said to myself, ‘Well, there’s still this, there’s still this, it’s going to be okay.’

“I was crying. I couldn’t believe this was happening,” Cagney said.

Cagney describes her reaction to the election results as mentally “being in a bad place”, so much so that she didn’t attend classes the next day, in order to allow herself to mourn.

Senior Amanda Mack, a Clinton supporter who also voted for Sanders in the primary, was confident in the idea that the country would be in for a good night, making history in electing the first woman president. Around 12 hours after leaving the polling booth, she instead found herself turning off the TV as Vice President-elect Mike Pence was walking on the stage for the ticket’s victory speeches.

“Seeing all the red states, I just sat in disbelief, because when I voted around 2 p.m. that af-

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Professors express student support in tough times Emily Lepkowski News Editor

Associate Professor Julie Minikel-Lacocque and Professor Pilar Melero collaborated a small action with a big idea after an intense and long presidential election.

Both professors felt they needed to do something to help students who were feeling vulnerable on campus. Minikel-Lacocque recalled meeting with a student who told her ‘we’re [students] crying, where are our professors?’

The professors experienced the fear in students expressing their concerns the day after the election in their classrooms.

That was when she decided to make posters in support of students while Melero worked with the College of Letters and Sciences Inclusive Committee to draft a statement saying they support all students on campus.

“I think now more than ever we need to come together and support each other and I think faculty

Photo submitted by Susan Huss-Lederman

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Professors and Staff march and hold signs outside of Winther Hall, showing that they are standing in uniformity with students, after hearing fears from students and other staff following the election.

and staff are good people to help that happen,” Minikel-Lacocque said.

Faculty and staff took a picture with their signs.

Melero read the statement

“This is not political, we are not trying to take sides, in an election, we just want to make sure students get support and know that their faculty and staff support them,” -Pilar Melero

aloud ahead of the Unity March that took place on Monday, Nov. 14. The statement has received more than one hundred signatures in support of unity.

“This is not political, we are not trying to take sides in an election, we just want to make sure students get support and know that their faculty and staff support them,” Melero said.

Part of their efforts are

also to model to students that “it is possible to be committed to interrupting oppression and not be politically inflammatory.”

Melero and Minikel-Lacocque developed a set of guidelines to help people talk about tough issues where there might be differences in opinion while being able to maintain productive conversations.

Since then, Melero has had students reach out to

her about wanting to help with these guidelines.

Melero is currently planning a statement to make UW-Whitewater a sanctuary campus.

“We are working on a statement moving forward, we are working with students here, but also students who have graduated and who are teachers,” Melero said.

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WSG holds sexual assualt forum Nathan Kober Staff Writer

At a Whitewater Student Government (WSG) town hall meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22, campus police and student leaders met to discuss sexual assault prevention and reporting strategies.

The major focus of discussion was an increase in email notifications sent to students in response to sexual assaults, including three safety alerts issued in October this year.

Campus Police Chief Matthew Kiederlen said campus police have issued more safety warnings so far this year as a matter of policy, not because of an increase in assaults.

The number of reported incidents has decreased overall.

Under the Clery Act, universities that receive federal funding are required by law to share information about crimes on campus. The law was amended in 2013, requiring universities to increase transparency and public safety.

“What you’re seeing is really what we should have been putting out,” Kiederlen said.

Notifications are sent if the police believe there is an ongoing risk to public safety. If an incident is reported and the offender is still unknown the police are required to tell the public.

Campus police, housing staff and student government officials also made plans to make students more aware of how to report assault. According to the Rape,

Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), a national anti-sexual violence organization, only 20 percent of female student victims of sexual assault age 18-24 report to law enforcement.

Students who want to talk about sexual assault without reporting to law enforcement can talk to university counselors.

Associate Director of University Housing Terry Tumbarello said students are becoming more aware of how and where they can report an incident.

Housing staff are required to report any incident of sexual assault to the police. New Student Seminar classes teaches students about informed consent and the factors that often lead to sexual violence. It has been reported that alcohol is a factor in the majority of sexual assaults investigated by police.

WSG members brought up the need to better organize student and faculty lead sexual assault prevention groups on campus.

UW-Whitewater has a Sexual Violence & Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee as well as the Sexual Assault Prevention Advisory Committee.

Both committees consist of representatives from university groups such as housing and athletics.

WSG President Kane Poad said he hopes student lead organizations focused on sexual assault prevention will combine their efforts with those groups and each other.

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Reactions: students share post election thoughts

ternoon, I was feeling confident,” Mack said. “I definitely lost hope.”

Lorenzo Backhaus, co-president of the Students Allied for a Green Earth (SAGE) organization who supported Sanders in the primary election and relates most to Green Party ideologies, was feeling sick with the flu on Election Day. Watching the returns, and then waking up the next morning to a Trump presidency, didn’t make him feel any better.

“I felt like my body was telling me that something’s not right on this planet right now,” he said.

Backhaus, who has participated in environmental and social justice advocacy throughout the country, having gone out to Standing Rock to protest the North Dakota Access Pipeline just two weeks ago, witnessed a “nation of devastation” from those he’s stayed in contact with found themselves “disheartened” and “in a blur” days after the election occurred.

“I myself was in a funk,” Backhaus said. “I felt so bad for the climate movement, social justice and equality rights.”

A feeling of optimism Senior Kyle Brooks watched the election returns all night with a sense of surprise. He was convinced that Clinton was in for a win, having seen polls that turned out to be incorrect, he said.

Having formerly worked as an intern for Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Brooks is active in working for the advancement of the Republican party. Seeing Wisconsin turn red was a result of the groundwork the party has laid in the state.

“It certainly reflects that the state GOP has been working hard over the last six years to develops a strong grassroots,” Brooks said. “The three successful Walker elections allowed the state GOP to develop field offices and contacts that certainly helped in the presidential election.”

In addition to the groundwork done in the state by the Republican party, Brooks says blue-collar voters have been drawn to conservative values at the state level because of the issues the party focus on.

“The GOP has been focusing on reducing taxes and creating jobs,” he said.

“Democrats over the past

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From left, seniors Megan Cagney and Amanda Mack, leaders of the UW-Whitewater chapter of the American Association of University Women, laugh as they reminise on the early end of the election, where they hoped to be “feeling the Bern” at the end of the campaign.

decade has strayed from an economic message towards a more social issue based message. This both turns many away, but also doesn’t deal with the important economic issues people face everyday. State Republicans have been lowering taxes, drawing businesses here, freezing tuition, all steps that help working class people.”

When it came to his peers in his political science classes, Brooks said the reaction was pretty split. Those who were happy with the election results weren’t necessarily celebrating Trump’s victory, Brooks said.

“As far as for most people I know, they were more happy Clinton lost,” he said.

“Most people I talked to weren’t necessarily fans of Trump, but preferred him over Clinton.”

The UW-W College Republicans chapter declined to comment on the election results.

A great divide What worries junior Casey Dean post-election is not the candidates themselves – he says that “no matter who won, we lost” – but it’s the ripple effects that will push our citizens further apart.

“It’s extremely, extremely divided,” Dean, a military veteran who worked with the U.S. Coast Guard, said.

“That’s the scary part of it.”

The divides are reflected in the demographics of the voters themselves. According to voter exit polls, the divides exist in age, race, wages and geographical location factors. Voters who were under the age of 45, a person of color or located in urban areas were more

likely to cast a ballot for Clinton. Trump found more supporters in those who were older than 45, predominantly white, had an income rooted solidly in the middle class and lived in in suburban and rural parts of the country.

However, it’s the ideological divides in America that worry Dean more.

“The systemic problems have always been there, behind closed doors, but [Trump] seemingly made it okay to just do it now,” Dean said. “He made it okay to treat people [badly]. He made it okay to be racist again. That’s the part I’m worried more about, is the followers of the independent parties lashing out against the opposing party.”

Senior Jada Avila, president of the Moving Onward to Disability Empowerment (MODE) organization and a member of three minority groups as a Latina woman with a physical disability, is appreciative towards Trump because of what his campaign has exposed in American ideology.

“Just for me, I’m not necessarily worried about Trump because he can only do so much – I’m worried about the people in the environment of others,” Avila said. “In a way, as much as I disagree with Trump and I’m not a huge fan, I thank him because people can no longer deny discrimination.”

Undefined policies In addition to concerns over a shift in national ideology, there’s also a fear rooted in the potential loss of rights and progress under Trump’s administration.

Avila’s concerns are root-

ed in the security of health insurance for people with disabilities – for some UW-W students, having access to medical care subsequently provides for access to medications that can reel in the effects of any health issues that persist.

“A lot of us are on Medicare and Medicaid,” Avila said. “Our VP actually informed me that she’s scared because her disability is not visible, but is very much internal … that’s her major concern.”

Trump has been unclear on his stance on government-aided health care.

Throughout the campaign, he spoke of repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with something “much better” that still remains undefined; however, after the election, Trump said that he’d like to keep certain aspects of the 2010 healthcare legislation.

Additionally, the Trump/ Pence ticket’s stances on reproductive and LGBT rights has left room for concern, as Trump publically stated during a CNN Town Hall debate in March that women who receive abortions should receive some form of punishment, and Pence has used public funds in his home state of Indiana for the use of electroshock conversion therapy for those who identify as LGBT. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Trump said that the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equality was “settled,” but argued that Roe v. Wade, a four-decade old decision stating women have a constitutional right to an abortion, was able to be changed.

As a white woman, Mack says she feels impacted, but

not in the ways others who have multiple minority statuses do.

“When people have multiple [minority statuses], they’re a different race, they’re a woman; when they have all those things against them and it’s so intersectional, it affects them even more,” Mack said, as Cagney nodded in agreement. “I feel affected, but I can’t imagine how other people feel affected. It’s just mind-boggling.”

Backhaus doesn’t want to see Trump’s stances on environmental policies – once saying that global climate was a hoax created by the Chinese government for economic gain and continuing the country’s use of fossil fuel as a main energy source – to erase the work advocates have done in the past decade, he said.

“People bought into [Trump] because he was going to make America great again, but at the planet’s suffering,” Backhaus said.

“I hope he sits down with people who are actually educated and aware of what’s going on and understand that jobs don’t just come with the fossil fuel industry, it actually comes with clean energy as well.”

Faith in one’s country Prior to the election results in the morning hours of Nov. 9, Richard Harris, coordinator of Student Veterans and Military Services at UW-W, thought the country’s changing demographics would never allow the Republican Party to win another presidential election again. Trump was their symbolic “white male death rattle” – words of a CNN commentator Harris will never forget.

It’s because of the values and principles UW-W’s veterans have fought for – the Constitution, and more specifically, free elections and the freedom of speech – and the faith held in their country that brought them to broadly accept the results of the election, Harris said.

“I am utterly disturbed by individuals on campus who want to suppress free speech,” Harris said. “Free speech is painful at times, hurtful at times, it’s distasteful, but it’s free speech.

It’s what I put my life on the line for six years … I’ve seen the other side of that.”

Harris can name a few reasons why Trump found

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Downtown Whitewater to host Parade of Lights Downtown Whitewater will hold its annual Parade of Lights event from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday.

The parade will start on Witton Street and end at Cravath

Lakefront Park. It includes a special Whitewater City Market, 5 to 8 p.m. with arts and crafts, holiday shopping and a chance for kids to sit down with Santa.

DOOR COUNTY Online sales highest ever COFFEE est. 1993

National shopping goes mobile

offering 17 different varieties of coffee and tea Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor

Taking tradition home UW-W alumnus helps lead family coffee company

By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor

A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater alumnus has been propelled into conducting sales on behalf of his family’s coffee and tea distribution business, Door County Coffee.

Doug Wilson graduated from UW-W in 2013 with degrees in finance and economics. Door County Coffee, which opened in 1993, is a family-owned business that Wilson joined after graduation.

Wilson said he has had a lot of experience working with coffee, starting as a waiter in the café in Door County.

“I was mainly back up at the Café on weekends during college,” Wilson said. “Having a lot of that one-on-one experience with coffee helped really propel me into this sales role.”

Door County Coffee has partnerships with many department stores, including Kohl’s, Shopko, Bed Bath & Beyond and Meijer. They sell 17 varieties of single-serve coffees, bulk beans, ground coffee and has distribution lines for tea syrups. The business offers fall and spring coffees as well.

“We’ve been more or less thought of as a Wisconsin company; however we’re

actually going to be selling to retailers in 45 different states,” Wilson said. “That was a pretty big hurdle for us to jump. It’s pretty exciting to say that we’re were in almost all landlocked states.”

Associate Professor of Economics Russ Kashian said Wilson has found a niche market.

“His family is taking the experience of Door County—this sense of history, the culture—and they’re allowing the consumer to bring it back

“His family is taking the experience of Door County—this

sense of history, the culture—and allowing the consumer to bring it back to their house.”

----Russ Kashian, Associate Professor of Economics

to their house [in the form of coffee],” Kashian said.

Wilson completed three economics courses instructed

by Kashian. Wilson was also active in the Economic Society on campus.

Wilson said Kashian was his favorite professor, and the two have kept in touch since his graduation.

“We have a very tight-knit alumni group,” Kashian said.

“We graduate probably 20 majors a year, so it’s relatively easy to keep in touch with them. We follow them on LinkedIn, and they tend to be

cheerleaders for us.”

Kashian described Wilson as one student who hung around the halls looking for knowledge. He added that some of the most successful hang out and don’t just come here for classes, but also are engaged in a program on campus.

“I encourage all of our students to make the university their own and become part of it,” Kashian said. “That’s how you built greatness, you take ownership.”

Doug embraced the concept of perfect competition, Kashian said. The four ingredients to perfect completion in business are: Easy entry and exit, perfect information, homogeneous product and many buyers and sellers.

“Basically, you take coffee and make it special, and that’s what he did,” Kashian said.

“It’s about moving away from a commodity to a special product. The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t something you can teach, you can only nurture it.”

Kashian said professors give students core knowledge and an assortment of skills—almost abstract knowledge— that students then have to learn how to translate into other working skills after graduation.

“All of our students, if they focus on what they view as success, then they can succeed,” Kashian said. “We need to do what inspires us, and I’m glad Doug is doing this, because he’s found his calling.”

The four-day shopBlack Friday ping frenzy following weekend sales Thanksgiving Day has ended, and consumers Online: Consumers are shopping online spent $3.34 billion more than ever before. shopping via cell The preferred method phones and tablets. of shopping varies for Small businesses: everyone, with some Sold $5.5 billion eager to peruse corpolocally over the rate stores for clearance four-day weekend. sales, others intent on shopping local and Corporate stores: supporting small busiExpected to pull in nesses and a significant over $600 billion portion of people conbetween Nov. / Dec. tent with the simplicity of shopping online.

Millions of Americans are choosing to shop online using their cell phones, according to the National Retail Foundation.

Online sales on Black Friday reached $3.34 billion, an inColumn by crease of 22 percent from 2015, Brad Allen Biz & Tech according to Market Watch.

Editor More than $1 billion in online sales were made via mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets, according to Market Watch.

Online purchases hit $1 billion on Thanksgiving Day, according to data from the New York Post.

Advantages to this new method of shopping are not having to wait in long lines at stores, saving time by sifting through deals on one device, the ability to buy from stores not located nearby and the luxury of shopping while sitting on the couch.

Cons to shopping online include the possibility of some stores not having every item listed on their website. You might only be able to find certain items in-stores. Buying online is risky if you’re shopping for clothes, because there’s no guarantee clothes will fit if you can’t try them on for size.

Although shopping online is convenient, it doesn’t help small businesses, which collectively make up two-thirds of businesses in America, according to the Small Business Association.

Director of Downtown Whitewater, Inc. Courtney Nelson said Small Business Saturday is a trademark of American Express, a credit company which partners with communities to distribute handouts to the community advocating for supporting local businesses.

Consumers nationwide spent about $5.5 billion with independent merchants on Small Business Saturday, exceeding the predicted sales mark of $3.3 billion, according to Business News Daily.

But corporate stores will likely still dominate the market. The National Retail Federation projects shoppers will spend $655.8 billion in November and December, marking a gain of 3.6 percent from a year ago.

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New president will make impact on Native relations Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion

It has been three weeks since the election signified that the United States is ready for an alternative path than the one we were taking.

This has left many groups wondering about their future and how the new president will address their concerns.

President Obama has made some big strides for the Native American population, but some say he did not do enough because he has not stopped the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). With many in the Standing Rock reservation calling on the president to act, others are starting to look to the new president hoping to see an ally.

President Obama said “we are monitoring this closely. I think as a general rule, my view is that there is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans.”

“I think that right now the Army Corps is examining whether there are ways to reroute this pipeline.”

This has left many Native Americans feeling like the president does care about them. With the latest eviction notice, they are left wondering if anyone actually cares.

President-elect Trump has not made a statement about the DAPL, but he said he would reinstate construction on the pipeline. “I would absolutely approve it, 100 percent.”

Native American relations have not been strong in the past few years. However, Trump seems to making strides with the Native American population.

In October, the Washington Post

“I would absolutely approve it. One hundred percent.”

said, “Trump gained the support of the newly formed Native American Coalition” New Mexico State Rep. Sharon Clahchischilliage said “the Trump administration will ease restrictions on American energy reserves worth trillions of dollars.

Together we will block the bureaucrats holding Native American businesses back and bring new jobs into our communities.”

The Trump administration is offering promising outlooks for the Native American populations. Although he does not mention Native American issues often, the Indian Country Today Media Network suggests “Donald Trump’s few state-

ments addressing American Indian issues suggests he understands Indians as a group of people with few financial resources who should adopt American economic values so they will do better as competitors within the marketplace.”

Trump is a businessman, he knows how to help create competitors in the marketplace. He spent years hosting the show “Celebrity Apprentice” where he turned actors into entrepreneurs.

It is hard to gauge whether or not President-elect Trump will be better or worse for Native Americans. Many seem to think that he can help boost their economy and

provide jobs while others think the opposite.

President Obama seemed to have been a good friend for the Native American populations in the US, but some say he wasn’t good enough. We can only tell after the new president takes the oath of office.

Then and only then will we know the fate of the native populations. However, regardless of what Trump does, it is important that we continue to educate ourselves on Native American issues and learn how we can be an ally to such a marginalized community.

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Assisstant Professor educates about election polls

The surprising outcome of the 2016 presidential election has led many people to question the credibility of public opinion polling. That’s a fair question, considering so many polls suggested Hillary Clinton would win the election. But that’s the thing – polls are not instruments of prediction. They are not forecasting anything. Polls are simply a snapshot of public opinion at any one time.

It’s tempting to assume polls provide us a window into the future. We often see journalists, pundits, and even candidates praise (or condemn) polls as statistical fortune-tellers. In addition, the fact that polling involves some tricky math suggests that it is a deterministic enterprise:

Step 1: Plugs numbers into a formula. Step 2: Learn who the next president will be.

This isn’t quite how it works.

Polls rely on a series of assumptions and are shaped by decisions that are very much subjective.

For instance, how do we define a “likely voter?” Someone who says they are going to vote? Someone who voted in the last election?

The last three elections? Identifying likely voters is a critical step in predicting election outcomes, yet there are variety of ways to define exactly who qualifies as one. Which one is best?

Then there are the respondents. Humans are notoriously difficult to predict, especially when it comes to political behavior. For example, the number

of people who say they will vote reliably exceeds the number of people who actually do. Moreover, individuals are under no obligation to talk to pollsters, nor are they required to give honest answers if they do. All this means that even the best polls suffer from many types of bias that extend well beyond the basic margin of error you (might) see included with polling data.

It’s important, in short, to keep things in perspective. Polling isn’t useless. Pollsters (at least the reputable ones) are not incompetent dimwits, although this election will rightly compel them rethink some of their assumptions. The problem isn’t that polls are inherently bad – it’s that they are inherently biased,

and contain error that is rarely put into context on television, at a bar, or around the dinner table. Pollsters are obligated to conduct their surveys scientifically (and not all of them do), but consumers must also be aware of the inevitable error even the best polls contain and bear this in mind when interpreting them.

Polls cannot tell us what will happen; at best, they give us a sense of what is likely to happen.

In this way, polls are like weather forecasts: scientifically grounded analyses that almost always get close to reality, but sometimes are a bit off.

— Dr. Eric Loepp Asst. Professor of Political Science

A Letter to the Chancellor: Please speak up It has come to my attention that you have not spoken about the sexual assaults on campus or, if you did, you have not done a great job at denouncing it.

As someone who helps students on a regular basis, I often find myself having these difficult conversations. I am often asked “what is the chancellor doing about this?”

The only reply I can utter is “nothing to my knowledge.”

With more and more young women telling me that they have faced sexual assault, it is becoming more clear that this horrible ordeal is becoming a reality for many young women on campus. The reality is that even one sexual assault on campus is too much.

Being around freshmen most of my day, because of my work, I am forced to accept the reality that there

is a strong possibility one in five of the women, and one in sixteen of the men, I encounter will be sexually assaulted.

Seeing the fear and curiosity in these young minds about what the column by Dusty Hartl university is Opinions Editor doing to end this epidemic breaks my heart because I really do not know what the university is doing.

I see other universities speak out and offer guidance, assistance and more than a comedy show and an online course that no one cares about to teach freshmen about the real harm of sexual assault.

Having someone speak out and tell the survivors that the university is trying its best to prevent these attacks is not too much to ask.

As a strong, prominent

woman figure on campus, I was hoping that of everyone, you would understand and respect this request. You are a leader in a college world that says women are more likely to be sexually assaulted while under your care than any other time in their lives.

I am sure that you care about this issue, but it is hard to see that when I have not heard anything of your endeavours. Your words should resonate, inspire, and guide young minds, but if they cannot be heard then is it worth saying at all?

The question has been raised to me, as the Opinions Editor of the Royal Purple, if you are avoiding this discussion because if you admit this is a problem, it would shed a negative light on the university.

My answer to that is simple because if this is indeed true, you are playing with a double-edged sword.

The students on this campus are not mindless creatures, we see, we hear, and we know when something happens. The fact that this has not been listed as a primary concern for you, to reach out to the campus, is drawing a negative light not only on the university, but on your leadership approaches as well.

In addition, it has come to my attention that you support the tobacco-free initiative on campus. An initiative that would ask young people to leave campus in the middle of the night, raising my fears of more sexual assaults.

With the days getting shorter as winter rolls in, having students leave campus to smoke is not fixing the sexual assault problem, but potentially fueling the fire. I have been told these areas would have proper patrolling, but why don’t we have proper patrolling

of the rest of campus?

When I am told that students are escorting each other around campus because they do not feel safe walking alone, that is a problem. When only I, a 5’11, 300 pound man, feel comfortable walking around campus at night, that is a problem.

Chancellor, I reach out to you in this public forum not to make you feel bad, but because I know the public can hold you accountable. As students cannot, and will not, tolerate another email notifying us of a sexual assault.

Please, take responsibility and speak out against these attacks on women, and men, and be the role model so many desperately want you to be.

Regards, One of many concerned students, Dusty Hartl

Effective democracy works when we all have a voice In the wake of an election where the media was rocked by an election they had missed, I’m determined to do it right.

There’s quite a few reasons why I believe my media colleagues and I were shocked on election night, as Wisconsin made it personal by turning the electoral column by Kimberly Wethal college over to a Co-Editor in Chief president of whom we had convinced ourselves would never resonate with the American people – one of the biggest is that we didn’t do enough talking to the

American people.

Being the lead political reporter on a college campus, that responsibility is intensified. I have a unique ability to reach the voices of voters that my counterparts reporting from our major metropolitan areas don’t quite have the same access to.

It’s why you see the front page that you do – dedicated to talking about the stories of the people who walk this campus.

However, I can only tell the stories of the people who are willing to have their voices heard.

I contacted a variety of campus leaders for the story – almost three

dozen in total, who represented a variety different ideologies on campus. I heard back from a third, with many who either expressed more liberal views or respectively declined to show their support for either candidate. It was those who stereotypically identify with conservative values, or even politics in general, who declined to comment at a higher rate. Because of a lack of their voices, I can acknowledge to some, it reads as a sob story for Hillary Clinton.

As someone who prides herself on being an objective reporter, I’m proud of the 40+ hours of work I put into the story, but yet it serves

as a sign that I still have a lot of work to do in order to finish representing the stories of all of our students.

So, an invitation: I want to continue the story past this week. One story in one edition isn’t enough to properly reflect all of campus. If you supported conservative values in this election, liberal values or have strong feelings in general, let’s make a connection (email me at WethalKM20@uww.edu.) I want your voices to be heard too – let’s make it happen.

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End of the semester stress getting to you? Having friend problems?

Confide in the RP with the column “Dear Ellie”.

Preventing illness with campus resources

By Alex Goodwin- Salas Staff Writer

The winter season is a time for holidays and family, but it is also a time for illness. As it quickly approaches, everyone on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus should know where to be treated and how to prevent illness. Students around campus also have remedies of their own when feeling under the weather.

Julie Martindale, Health Director at the University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) says she wants student to take prevention from illness this holiday season.

“We have seen as many as 1,500 students in a month for a variety of reasons,” Martindale said.

The health center is open year-long but sees the most visits from patients during the academic year. They provide services for many types of illnesses. All students can make an appointment.

Martindale stresses that the UHCS is not an ur-

gent care and the facility is not equipped for extraneous procedures. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Prevention is key to staying healthy through the school year, especially the long winter months, according to Martindale. She said washing hands is the number one way to stop the spread of germs and prevent illnesses.

Other ways to prevent the spread of germs is to not share utensils of any sort with other people. Getting the flu shot is a way to keep illness at bay, while taking over-the-counter medicines like Cold-Eeze or a variation of it will help fight illness.

“It gives you a burst of zinc that helps combat colds or lessen the severity of them,” Martindale said.

UHCS supplied families and students with a pamphlet titled “Cold Self Care,” that gives information on the common cold and a few helpful

tips to beat it. It is also located on the UHCS website within the “health information A-Z” tab.

The pamphlet suggests taking Vitamin C in order to help get over a cold. Sophomore Kayla Weidner uses essential oils to help combat her cold symptoms. She has learned about the benefits of using oils from her cousin who sells the brand Young Living Essential Oils.

Weidner uses the oils as a remedy for headaches and stomach aches. Weidner will use peppermint oil for headaches on her temples and underneath her nose or in her tea to settle a stomach ache.

Weidner also uses lavender oil to relax and have a better sleep.

“To intensify the oil use you can put it on and then stand in a hot steam shower,” Weidner said.

To make an appointment at the UHCS students can go to uww.edu/uhcs or by calling 262-4721300. Martindale recommends scheduling an appointment in advance.

DIY - Reusable Hand Warmers

The weather is getting colder and that walk to class seems much longer.

With these reusable hand warmers, you’ll stay a little warmer on your walk.

what you will need

DIRECTIONS: needle and thread (or a sewing machine)

rice

fabric

scissors and pinking shears (scissors with a zigzag blade) Compiled By Jordan Barker Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor

1 2

Cut the fabric into 3 inch squares.

Cut two for each hand warmer.

3

Leave about an inch opening - fill it will rice - pin it closed, finish sewing around.

4

Cut the edges with pinking shears (it helps the fabric from fraying too) or you can do your own small zig zag pattern with normal scissors.

5

Now that you have made your hand warmer. Heat it up for about 20 seconds and stay warm.

Sew the right sides of the fabric facing out.

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Your Beer Guide!

We’ve all been there. You’re staring at the tap along the bar, wondering what in the world you’re looking at. Your choice of beer matters because you are a college student, and getting a beer normally means spending money. Although hundreds of different brews exist, according to Primer Magazine’s Jonathan Froehlich the two main types of beer are ales and lagers. The difference between an ale and a lager is the way in which the ingredients in beer (hops, barley, yeast, and water) ferment. Here is your straightforward guide to beer.

ale

Ale is made more quickly and at higher temperatures than lagers. In ales, yeast sticks to the top and ferments. For this reason, ales get more of their flavor from yeast. Here are a few of the most common ales according to Primer Magazine:

Pale Ale

Pale Ales have a hoppy flavor and tend to be lighter in color.

India Pale Ale (IPA)

IPA’s also have a hop flavor, but more concentrated than Pale Ales.

IPAs also tend to have a higher alcohol content than Pale Ales.

Stout

Stouts are darker in color and get their flavor from barley. They can taste malty, or even like coffee.

Porter

Porters are dark like a Stout, but have a sweeter flavor, sometimes paired with a bitter aftertaste due to unroasted barley.

Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor

lager

Lagers take longer to make, and allow the yeast to sink and ferment in a colder temperature. Lagers tend to taste more mild and clear than ales. Here are a few common types of lager.

Amber, or Red Lager

These lagers are a darker red-brown in color; sometimes taste of malt and can vary in flavor depending on the brew.

Pilsner

Pilsners are very light in color and flavor.

They have the most hop flavor of any lager but remain light and smooth.

Bock

This type of beer has a strong, heavy malt flavor. They take a long time to make and also tend to be darker in color.

American Lager

This brew was created when the main American brewing companies like Budweiser, Miller, and Pabst started brewing.

These are thinner, light, crisp beers; more commonly known in America.

Oktoberfest

An Oktoberfest has a sweeter malt flavor and are darker in color. Oktoberfest beers are most commonly consumed in the fall.

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compiled By Sierra High

Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor

HORoSCOPES March 21- April 19: Aries

Aries is on a confidence high this week- but in the most tasteful healthy way possible, not in a taurus Justin Bieber sort of way. Releasing an Instagram post thanking their parent for their attractive gene pool isn’t on Arie's Instagram que. #BieberGenes

June 21- July 22:

cancer

Libra made the conscience decision to not look at their bank account after indulging in Cyber Monday and Black Friday deals in order to avoid self-loathing and regret for at least one week.

capricorn

leo

Virgo is thriving this week as they continue to chomp on leftover turkey and not have to make a dreaded trip to Walmart for groceries.

Oct 23- Nov 21: scorpio

Scorpio is avoiding the stress of finals by going downtown every Thursday, Friday and Saturday and reserving the concentrated stress for the night before finals.

Jan. 20- Feb. 18:

Dec 22- Jan 19:

Capricorn was doing fine until they realized classes run until three days before Christmas, making the gift shopping window smaller than one of a hobbit.

gemini

Aquarius will be checked out of the hospital on Wednesday after being admitted for shock as a result of the Packer’s win.

This past week dozens of supermodels packed a private jet to fly to Paris for the next Victoria Secret fashion show. The only way that Gemini can relate to this is the dozens of dinner rolls they packed into their Thanksgiving leftovers Tupperware they took back to school.

Aug 23- Sept 22:

Leo thinks that The Weeknd’s newest album was as underwhelming as their last meal at Esker.

Sept 23- Oct 22: libra

Taurus is radiating optimism lately. You call that a bad day, Taurus calls that character building, you call that razor burn, Taurus calls that battle a wound, you call that a Japanese skating rink frozen over 5,000 dead fish, Taurus calls it 5,000 fish doing the mannequin challenge.

July 23- Aug 22:

Word on the street is that users get notified when people screen shot their Instagram posts, Cancer respects this initiative, but can’t manage to suppress the flashbacks of their unintentional snapchat screen shot accident of ’15.

May 21- June 20:

April 20- May 20:

virgo

Nov 22- Dec 21: sagittarius

The Christmas spirit is high in Sagittarius as they wrap their entire apartment, including their roommate, in lights and tule.

Feb. 19- March 20:

Pisces is learning that is a lot harder to drink through their professor’s awful lecture than it is to drink aquarius through their uncle’s awful political rants.

pisces

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Gilmore Girls: A year of disappointment It’s hard to get over the initial euphoria of a reboot, especially for one that was arguably one of the quirkiest and most popular TV shows aired when I was a kid. I remember curling up on the couch next to my mom after school and flipping on the latest episode of “Gilmore Girls” to catch up on the drama in the Gilmore’s lives.

The relationship between Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Lorelei (Lauren Graham) is one of the most iconic and close-knit mother daughter relationships in television history. As a long-time “Gilmore Girls” lover, the shock of seeing Rory Gilmore as a 32-year-old woman was almost too much to handle.

Unfortunately, by the second episode, the plot holes, empty storylines and lazy dialogue became obvious. The Gilmore girls usual banter, which was a staple of the show, felt drawn out and forced. My hopes of finally having a reboot that Column by could equal the original were Hannah Maes dashed, and I was forced to Arts and Rec Editor deal with the fact that Gilmore Girls was officially over.

The season is split up into four episodes, one for each season of the year. The first episode starts during winter. Lorelei is sitting in their hometown of Stars Hollow drinking her token cup of coffee.

As soon as her daughter Rory approaches, it is obvious that the rapport they once had has slipped away through the years, and it’s not Royal Purple Review

just for symbolic effect.

Graham and Bledel don’t seem to click the way they did in the early episodes and seem relatively uninvolved and apathetic toward the evolution of their character’s relationship. It’s as if even the actors realize that sometimes shows just need to stay dead.

Sequels and reboots should be made for the

thinking can change the fact that the magic is gone. Even in the fantasy world of television, you can never go home again,” Marche said.

Recently, Netflix has been doing a lot of mediocre reboots of classic shows that were major flops, with Fuller House being one of the most recent and atrocious. Reboots have become an easy, guaranteed way of gaining viewers, even if the content is severely lacking and much loved characters are butchered before our very eyes.

The directors expected the audience to gasp and ‘ooh and ah’ at every amateur plot twist and expected character entrance. In reality, it was all very predictable with little to no character development. Every beloved character grew up to do exactly what they were headed toward when the show left off.

Rory’s two best friends, Lane and Paris, have families and careers, but still have the same personality and attitudes as the high school versions of themselves. Lane continues to try and have a music career that she was never able to fully accomplish, and Paris has a PhD and a failing marriage. No surprise there.

The audience is forced to fill in all the plot holes about what happened in the years that Gilmore girls: weren’t filmed, and the writers did nothing A Year in the Life to try and evolve the characters beyond what they were last time we saw them.

They use melodramatic flashbacks to try Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor and slap together an interesting history for fans; this sequel was made to drive more trafthe characters, which leaves us more confused fic to Netflix. Stephen Marche wrote in Esquire than ever. The only real surprise of the season agreeing with the fact that reboots in general was that so many of the original actors even are a bad idea. agreed to do a reboot in the first place.

“No amount of crowdsourcing or wishful

Live more.

Laugh more.

Eat more.

Talk more.

Gilmore.

A look back at Novembers deer hunting season Sam Frink Staff writer

November marked the start to a mostly Wisconsin tradition, the nine-day gun deer season opener. Many University of Wisconsin Whitewater students took part in this time-honored tradition and joined the estimated 600,000 badger state hunters who took to Wisconsin’s “deer camps”, family farms and public lands.

Warhawk hunters were scattered across the state, each with their own reasons for braving the elements and trying to get a glimpse of deer.

“Me and my brothers come out every year no matter what the weather, or other things we have going on,” junior Nick Themar said. “It’s a great way for everyone to get together before the holidays and catch up, and hopefully put some meat in the freezer.”

Not all UW hunters were able to get back home for deer season. Some of these hunters explored the public land around Whitewater. The Kettle Moraine State Forest is in just about every direction from Whitewater, and in some areas less than a 10 minute drive.

UW-Whitewater senior, Steve Nebel, spent sunrise to sunset in the hardwood thickets of the Kettle Moraine State Forest about seven miles from Whitewater.

“My roommate and I are from Illinois and

have been coming to this spot since sophomore year,” Nebel said. “The DNR (Department of Natural Resources) will give you resident pricing for tags if you are a student, so we decided to give it a shot. It’s worked out well we have gotten a deer last year and the year before, so we are hoping to keep the streak going.”

Both hunters said they had been keeping a close eye on the weather, noting that the snow

photo courtesy of Steven Sellnow Junior Steven Sellnow poses next to the deer he shot earlier this year during the nine day bow hunting season.

we have had the past two openers helped to make the deer stand out against the white background. It also allowed hunters to see tracks easier to recover their deer. The weather varied greatly with some parts of the state receiving significant snowfall, but here in the southeastern part of the state we had windy conditions in the low 30’s and no snow.

Although the nine-day gun season is the big draw for Wisconsin hunters, some Warhawks take a more traditional approach.

“I just went out and got a bow a few weeks ago,” junior Steven Sellnow said.

“The nine-day season just isn’t long enough, so the archery season being longer lets me spend more time waiting for the deer I really want. Hunting all bow season then wrapping it up with the gun season with my family is the perfect finish.”

Sellnow was successful in hunting a buck the day before the opener.

The DNR released its annual statement urging hunters to stay safe as well as information about using the new online deer registrations system. Hunters either call in or go to the DNR’s homepage to register their deer rather than take it to a check station, as was the law since 1942.

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Grinnell and Greenville College light up scoreboards Grinnell College (Iowa) outlasted Greenville College (Illinois) 151-128 in a Division-III men’s basketball game on Nov. 26. Grinnell had three players score more than 20 points and had one player record a double-dou-

ble of the bad variety with 21 points and 12 turnovers. The teams are No. 1 and No. 2 in points per game so far this season. The game featured 97 three pointers attempted and 189 total shots in 40 minutes of action.

Warhawks rush to the Elite Eight UW-W football team extends home streak to 32

By Josh Sinclair Assistant Sports Editor

UW-Whitewater struck first late in the opening period, taking advantage of a bad snap on a Lakeland punt.

Ringelberg carried six times on the drive and converted two third downs, including his three-yard scoring run on third and goal to give the team a 7-0 advantage with 4:09 remaining.

Ringelberg found the end zone from eight yards out to make it 14-0 with 12:50 to play in the second.

After a short punt later in the quarter, Nelson hit sophomore wide receiver Mitchell Dess for a 21-yard score to make it a three-touchdown contest with 5:58 left in the half.

On the Warhawks’ next possession, Nelson found Gumina for a 49-yard touchdown and a 28-0 lead with 4:01 on the clock.

After a Muskie 93yard scoring drive, junior kicker Will Meyer knocked in a 41-yard field goal to give UW-W a 31-7 advantage heading into halftime.

The Muskies never challenged the ‘Hawks in the second half. With 9:08 left in the third quarter, Nelson tossed a shovel pass to Hudson for an 11-yard score to make the score 38-7, opening up the game for good.

The Warhawks gave up 20 points in the fourth quarter but the Muskies never threatened the UW-W lead.

From there, the Warhawks beat No. 19 Wittenberg University 37-9 on Nov. 26.

Bullis said the Warhawks controlled the ground game yet again.

“We owned the line of scrimmages today on both sides of the ball,” Bullis said.

The march to Salem continues.

The Warhawks breezed through its first two playoff games to land a spot in the “elite 8.”

UW-Whitewater defeated Wittenberg University to extend its school-record home winning streak to 32 games along with an appearance in the Division III Quarterfinals.

Photos by Kimberly Wethal / co-Editor in Chief Before UW-W defeated Above, junior tight end Tony Gumina flashes his Heisman trophy pose while stiff-arming a Wittenberg, the team had to defender in the win vs. Lakeland College on Nov. 19. Below, Sophomore defensive lineman Cal get past its first round oppoDurni strikes a pose after recording a sack in the victory against Wittenberg University on Nov. 26. nent, Lakeland University.

Strong performances from Coach Kevin Bullis said both running backs, Ringelthat the running attack was berg and sophomore Drew the key to the game.

Patterson, led the War“Our goal every game is to hawks. Patterson posted 20 dominate the line of scrimcarries for 70 yards and two mage,” Bullis said. “And touchdowns, and Ringelberg I think we did that today. finished with 19 carries for Josh [Ringelberg] had a ter146 yards. rific game rushing the ball Sophomore quarterback and that really allowed us to Cole Wilber, his first game dictate tempo and control back from a concussion, the game.” finished 21-of-31 passing The Warhawks used that for 237 yards, and Nelson ground game to lead them also chipped in and tossed to a 45-27 victory on Nov. a pair of touchdown passes 19. UW-Whitewater finished through the air. with 263 yards rushing while Hudson once again led holding the Lakeland Muskthe Warhawks in receiving, ies to 27 yards on the ground. catching seven passes for The Warhawks held the 116 yards. ball for more than 37 minSenior defensive lineman utes and converted 8-of-16 Brandon Tamsett, senior deon third down. fensive back Bennett Young Freshman running back and Leszczynski led the another really good day, and drive that was capped by a Josh Ringelberg led the way defense with five tackles a that allowed us to get on the pass from Nelson to senior for the Warhawks. He topiece. Tamsett also collected board early.” taled 27 carries for 142 yards tight end Brent Campbell 1.5 tackles for a loss. and three touchdowns, all After the defense forced from three yards out. The Wittenberg drove the consecutive three-and-outs, scoreboard read 23-3 midcareer highs. length of the field and kicked the Warhawks found the end way through the third quarSenior quarterback Chris a field goal on its opening zone for the first time in the ter.

Nelson completed 8-of-15 passes for 214 yards and an contest. Two plays after a 49UW-W pushed its lead to additional three scores. yard Wilber-to-Hudson con- 30-3 on a two-yard run by Junior wide receiver Marnection, Patterson rushed in Patterson to finish a 10-play, The Warhawks extended the cus Hudson posted four refrom three yards out to give 79-yard drive with 2:52 reteam’s school record home ceptions for 71 yards and the team a 16-3 advantage maining in the frame. winning streak to 32 games. a touchdown, and junior going into halftime.

“Getting guys back and tight end Tony Gumina reg- Graphic by Carlie Sue Herrick / Graphics Editor “Drew is such a playmak- healthy makes a huge differistered two receptions for er,” Wilber said. “He’s been ence,” Wilber said. “Somea career-high 89 yards and “Our ability to run really set possession. that way for us all year, just times, because our depth is Whitewater proceeded to the way he is able to make so good, you think you won’t up some things for Cole in one score.

Sophomore linebacker the passing game and al- score 30 unanswered points, defenses stack the box, it even notice if a guy is gone, beginning with 41-, 39- and makes the whole offense’s but it’s so nice to our guys Bryce Leszczynski recorded lowed us to play our game.”

37-yard field goals by Meyer job a little easier.”

The Warhawks held the a team-best eight tackles. back so we can start firing on Senior defensive lineman ball for more than 38 min- on consecutive drives.

Following the sixth in- all cylinders.”

“We just weren’t finish- terception of the season Yuri Pogosyan was one of utes against the Tigers, conUW-W’s next playoff ing, we weren’t getting in the verting 10-of-17 on third four Warhawks with two for senior defensive back game is at 12 p.m. on Dec. 3 tackles for a loss, with Pogo- down and totaling 496 yards endzone,” Bullis said. “But Vince Mason, Whitewater at Perkins stadium against Will [Meyer] had himself marched on 14-play, 70-yard John-Carroll University. syan’s coming on both sacks. on 86 offensive plays.

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Photos by Kimberly Wethal / Co-Editor in Chief Above, senior defender Carina Krausert tosses the ball in on a side throw-in in the 3-0 loss against Pomona-Pitzer College on Nov. 19. Right, senior forward Brianna Reid dribbles around a defender.

Warhawks fall after historic year The UW-Whitewater women’s soccer team’s season ended Nov. 19 with a saddening Sweet Sixteen NCAA Tournament loss against the Pimona-Pitzer Sagehens, 3-0, but the loss did not defy the incredible Warhawk season.

The Warhawks ended the season with a 22-2 overall record, WIAC championship, WIAC Tournament championship, and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. While achieving those feats, UW-W also shattered program records left-and-right individually and as a team.

The ’Hawks showed fans that nothing stood in its way, and while the team’s ultimate goal of winning a national championship fell short, the season did not come without several accomplishments.

Senior forward Brianna Reid came into play Oct. 1 against UW-Stout with 55 career goals, which at the time was tied with Emily Gerber (2008-2011) for the school record. But, that record was broken rather quickly when she scored the second and final goal of the game in the 11th minute, giving her the outright record for most career goals at 56. Her record stands at 61.

Not only does Reid own the goal record, but she also holds the record for most career points with 140, which was also previously held by

Gerber (133 points). Reid snapped that record in the team’s 3-1 WIAC Tournament semifinal win over UW-Oshkosh, when she scored the second goal of the match.

Head coach Ryan Quamme said he was proud to have Reid for the past four years.

“Brianna brought in and embraced Warhawk soccer principles and expectations since day one,” Quamme Column by said. “I’m Tyler Job proud and Staff Writer thankful of her dedication, leadership and team first mentality over the last four years and happy to see her rewarded with her many successes and achievements she has earned.”

Reid’s effort and leadership throughout her collegiate career seems to have paid off significantly, thus, her outstanding records do not seem to be reached anytime soon.

As a team, UW-W won 21 consecutive victories during the season, breaking a school record previously set at 15 two years ago. After the team’s 3-2 road loss against Wittenberg University Sept.

3, they won every single game up to Nov. 19 when they fell to the Sagehens.

The ’Hawks officially shattered the record when they toppled UW-La Crosse on the road Oct. 22, which was fittingly the same time when the team earned its sixth WIAC championship in the last seven years.

But, the record did not come without obstacles. The Warhawks nearly let the record slip away on a couple occasions. The first against Loras College and another match against UW-O during the regular season.

When the ‘Hawks faced Loras on Sept. 28, they got ahead with 2-0 lead in the first half, but Loras matched them with two goals in the second half. Thankfully, UW-W junior midfielder Devon Polk scored off a corner kick from sophomore forward Emily Mouille to give her team a 3-1 lead late before the Duhawks scored again.

UW-W’s Oct. 5 contest against UW-O was not any easier. After finding themselves down 1-0 in the first half, the Warhawks notched two unanswered goals, with the second coming shortly after halftime from senior forward Carly Pottle. The Titans answered less than a minute later, and in the blink of an eye, the Warhawks

were in a 2-2 match.

In the team’s first and only overtime game of the year, the Warhawks wasted little time getting aggressive on offense. It only a took a little more than 90 seconds before Reid headed the ball into the back of the net to give her team the thrilling victory.

Quamme said it was the team motivation that made UW-W achieve success.

“Soccer is a random game, and to win 21 straight games at any level is extremely remarkable,” he said. “The team embraced the challenge and assignment of each and every game this season and refused to look ahead which made the win streak possible.”

While breaking school records seemed to be fantastic for the soccer squad, “all good things do come to an end,” as the saying goes. Sadly, this was the unfortunate reality for the Warhawks.

Losing 3-0 to Pinoma-Pitzer was not easy for UW-W to go through, but in the end, the only option the team has is to move on.

The future, however, remains bright for the Warhawks. By the start of next season, the team will have lost only three seniors (Pottle, Reid, and forward Carina

Krausert). But, only is not a word to be ignored.

In Quamme’s eyes, all three players brought something special to the table that helped UW-W become such a successful program.

“Bri, Carly, and Carina did an excellent job this season of setting the expectations each time we stepped on the field this season,” Quamme said. “Their competitiveness and commitment to succeed set a championship tone daily for the team this season.”

Reid, Pottle, and Krausert were significant assets to the team but their absence does not change the optimism heading into 2017.

“I’m excited for next year,” Quamme said. “We will miss the seniors but we have a great deal of experience returning in all positions, and I know the players are eager to get back in the weight room to better themselves for next season.”

As 2016 comes to a conclusion, the Warhawks’ season did not come without triumph in a variety of ways. With such a remarkable season the team created this year, the future squad have a lot of records to use for motivation.

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Youth leads ’Hawks to hot start Warhawks win first six contests by at least double digits

By Kyle Weaver Senior Staff Writer

The UW-Whitewater women’s basketball team improved its record to 6-0 with victories over Illinois Wesleyan, Ripon College (Wisconsin) and Simpson College (Iowa) this past week.

The team enters the season with more underclassmen than upperclassmen, including 10 incoming freshman.

The lack of experience has not translated to any losses at this point in the season for the ’Hawks.

“Our team chemistry has been really good to start,” junior guard Brooke Trewyn said. “We have a lot of freshman coming in and playing a big role.”

UW-W opened their season with a 70-56 home victory over Lakeland College (Wisconsin) on Nov. 15. Trewyn led the team in scoring with 24 points. The ’Hawks recorded 15 steals in the game and scored 18 second chance points. Lakeland was able to take a one-point lead early in the first quarter, but UW-W built a 33-20 lead at halftime. The ’Hawks kept a double digit lead for the remainder of the game.

The Warhawks participated in the Eau Claire Tipoff Tournament on Nov. 18-19, coming away with two victories.

The ’Hawks downed St. Olaf College (Minnesota) 63-51 in their first game of the weekend. The Warhawks limited the Oles to shooting just 22.6 percent from the floor and out-rebounded them 54-32.

Both teams made regular trips to the free throw with 70 combined attempts for both teams. UW-W was 23 of 39 from the line and St. Olaf College went 20 of 31.

Junior guard Malia Smith led the offense with 11 points. Junior forward Andrea Meinart scored 10 points and recorded seven rebounds.

Sophomore forward Olivia Freckman led the team with seven rebounds.

The ’Hawks next game was a day later against Simpson College.

Trewyn equaled her season high of 24 points to help UW-W to a 71-55 victory. Trewyn also led the team in rebounds with nine.

The Warhawks shot 42.9 percent

from the floor, including 48.3 percent in the second half. The ’Hawks were able to hold Simpson College to five points in the second quarter.

Senior guard Riley Stewart added seven points in 15 minutes. Meinart recorded 11 points, five rebounds and five assists.

The ’Hawks traveled to Illinois on Nov. 22 to take on Illinois Wesleyan.

Hot shooting from the floor and at the free-throw line propelled UW-W to a 66-55 victory.

The Warhawks shot 47.6 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the free throw line.

Meinart and Smith led the scoring with 14 points each. Smith went eight for 10 at the free-throw line, recorded six rebounds and three assists. Freshman center Kaelynn Lesniak scored nine points and added six rebounds.

The game was closely contested with a score of 44-44 after three quarters. The ’Hawks used a 14-2

File photos by Kim Gilliland / Photo Editor

Above, senior guard Reilly Stewart crosses up a defender in a home game last season. Below, junior guard Malia Smith dribbles by a defender in the same game.

The Warhawks have begun the season with six straight non-conference wins.

biggest competitors we play every year,” Trewyn said. “We didn’t play the best we could but we got the win and that’s all that matters.”

UW-W headed to La Crosse over Thanksgiving weekend to participate in the UW-La Crosse Holiday Inn Express Thanksgiving Classic

I try to do what I can to help the team win, but it was nice to have the hot hand for awhile.

- junior guard Brooke Trewyn

run to start the fourth quarter to take a 58-42 lead. Illinois Wesleyan was able to cut the deficit to six late in the quarter, but UW-W allowed only one basket in the final three minutes of the game to hold on for the victory.

“Illinois Wesleyan is one of our

Tournament. The ’Hawks played two games and left with two more wins.

The first victory was against Ripon College with UW-W coming out with a 70-54 victory. Trewyn led the offense with a career high 26 points and a team best 12 rebounds.

Smith scored 10 straight points in

the fourth quarter and UW-W never trailed in the second half.

The final game of the weekend was rematch against Simpson College.

The ’Hawks defeated Simpson College 79-50. With the victory, UW-W extended its non-conference win streak to 18 games.

Trewyn recorded a career high in points for the second consecutive game with 28. Lesniak and freshman Becky Raeder posted nine points apiece.

“I don’t think about that when I’m playing,” Trewyn said. “I try to do what I can to help the team win but it was nice to have the hot hand for a while.”

The ’Hawks will be back in action when they take on Coe College (Iowa) at 1 p.m. in Whitewater.

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’Hawks begin slow climb to top The San Francisco Giants baseball team coined the term ‘even-year magic’ or ‘even-year bulls**t’ depending on whether you were a fan of the team or not after winning the 2010, ‘12 and ‘14 World Series titles.

Although they did not win the title this year, the UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team is hoping to reclaim that mantle. After winning the national championship in the 2011-12 season and 2013-14 season, the ’Hawks hope to climb to the top of the mountain of Division-III basketball once again.

Stay with me for this comparison to work. For UW-W to truly be the ‘even-year’ winning team, they should have won the 2015-16 national championship. Unfortunately, the team did not do that, but hey, 2016, the year the season begins is an even year too right?

They certainly have a puncher’s chance with head coach Pat Miller in charge of the team for the 16th season in a row. Miller has led his squad to the WIAC tournament in every year he has been part of the program, winning six WIAC Championships, four WIAC tournament titles, eight NCAA tournament appearances, two National Coach of the Year awards and of course the two titles.

Miller returns to an experienced backcourt and front line that saw a large amount of playing time in last year’s 16-10 (7-7 in the WIAC) campaign.

The ’Hawks will be led by senior forward Cole Van Schyndel, senior guard Drew Bryson, sophomore point guard Andre Brown,

and junior point guard and chemist Jerry Ngobi.

Van Schyndel starred down low for the Warhawks, averaging 12.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game last year. He was the WIAC’s leading offensive rebounder, averaging just under two per game.

He was also 14th in the nation in shooting percentage (61.9 percent), which was good enough to earn him honorable mention All-WIAC honors.

Bryson started 19 games last year, shooting 42.3 percent from the field, while tallying 6.1 points per game. Ngobi started 12 contests, Column by Justin St. Peter a v e r a g i n g Sports Editor six points per game and 52.9 percent shooting from the field.

When Brown was healthy last year after battling ankle injuries, he really grew into the role as the starting point guard. Brown started nine games, averaging 8.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

With more experience under his belt and a new role off the bench, it seems like big things will be in store for him.

Sophomore guard and forward Maurquis Turner also returns. Turner started seven games last season, shooting 45.7 percent from beyond the arc and 5.1 points per game.

Although UW-W did not make the NCAA tournament last year, the ’Hawks were predicted to finish third in the WIAC conference this year by WIAC

coaches and athletic communications personnel.

UW-Oshkosh was forecasted to win the conference, with UW-La Crosse being the runner-up, which is a direct flip-flop of last year’s regular season standings.

Over the past few years, the ’Hawks defense slowly begins to get better throughout the season and that has certainly been the case over the first three games.

The ’Hawks season began with a well-rounded offensive explosion in a 90-71 victory against Colorado College on Nov. 18.

Freshman guard Zach Knobloch started the game and scored 23 points and five rebounds. Junior college transfer Chris Jones also got the starting nod and chipped in 13 points and four assists.

Fellow junior college transfer, guard forward Demetrius Woodley and junior forward Scotty Tyler each contributed 10 points.

Knobloch’s hot shooting led a 12-2 run entirely off of him hitting four straight three-pointers from 13:17 to 9:59 left in the first half to give the ’Hawks a commanding 27-14 lead that UW-W would not relinquish.

Jones dominated in the second game of the season, pouring in 32 points on Nov. 16 shooting to lead the Warhawks to an 85-78 victory Lindsey Wilson College (Kentucky) on Nov. 19.

The ’Hawks held a double-digit lead throughout most of the game but saw the team’s lead shrink to three points with 5:36 left in the game before a Woodley jumper, Bryson free throw and Jones jumper stretched

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Sophomore guard Andre Brown shoots a layup in a home game last year. The ’Hawks won the first three games this season.

lead back to eight.

Brown added 13 points and four rebounds off the bench and Knobloch tallied 11 points in a game the ’Hawks never trailed and scored 25 points off turnovers.

The Warhawks ran out to an early 20-4 lead in the team’s first road game of the season against Ohio Northern University on Nov. 26, enroute to an 87-72 victory.

UW-W survived an early second half rally that saw the home Polar Bears take the lead before the ’Hawks went on a 11-3 run to get ahead.

Jones once again led the team with 25 points, and Tyler registered his first double-double as a Warhawk with a 19 point, 11

rebound showing. Sophomore guard and forward Mitchell Pfeifer recorded a career high 16 points from shooting 4-5 from beyond the arc.

UW-W will be home for the next five games against non-conference opponents at home before playing two games in Wisconsin Dells after Christmas. The ’Hawks begin WIAC play on Jan. 4 at home against UW-La Crosse.

As the team grows comfortable playing with each other, the sky’s the limit for this talented bunch. The ‘even-year magic’ may be a bit of a stretch, but the Warhawks and the team’s fans will gladly embrace it if comes true.