2008 Woodie Awards
Lighting may be the cause of a house fire that broke out at 1024 Florence St. Friday night in Whitewater according to firefighters. No one was in the house at the time of the fire. Firefighters told renter Kristin Bagniewski, a senior at UW-Whitewater, lightning may have struck the DLK house causing the fire.
UW-Whitewater linebacker AJ Raebel has been invited to practice with the Minnesota Vikings' rookie mini camp. He said he will head to the Vikings site onThursday.
After the boiler explosion in the university power plant last week, approximately 3,300 students living in residence halls were forced to cope without heat or hot water.
The situation inspired various student groups including Whitewater Student Government, Residence Hall Association and Student Entertainment Awareness League to collect money to donate to the Rotary India Water Trust, an organization working to expand the water supply for about 1 million people in 650 villages in Rajasthan, India by building water wells.
The Student Optimist club partnered with the American Red Cross to collect 274 units of blood last week during a blood drive in the University Center. The group surpassed their goal of 210 units and had a large turnout despite nice weather.
Community leaders from Whitewater, Edgerton, Janesville and Milton recently met to discuss a possible transit system linking the area cities through a bus route.
A new restaurant, Café Pueblo Pedro, is open in Whitewater and has been steadily attracting customers during the last two months.
Five alumni and four students were honored at the Founder's Day celebration April 19, marking UW-Whitewater's 140th year as an academic institution.
An audit released by the UW System on April 4 applauds UW-Whitewater's efforts to protect personal information stored on its networks, while challenging other universities to do the same.
Junior Joel Molitor is spearheading an action to collect and donate children's school supplies to war-torn Afghanistan. In conjunction with Campus Crusade for Christ, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Navigators, various other ministries on campus and organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Molitor believes a real change can be made in a desperate land.
With the snow melting and summer just around the corner, students have begun to gather outside buildings on pavement. However, the lack of green space on campus seems to be a growing concern for students.
St. Louis Rams officials were impressed by UW-Whitewater's facilities after a nearly four-hour tour of campus last week, said Jeff Horton, special assistant and offensive assistant for the Rams. However, the team still hasn't decided on what university to choose for its summer workouts.
