Christina Basken, News Editor, Author at The Advance-Titan

News editor leaves her helmet behind

Christina Basken, News Editor • May 9, 2019

Although it might sound cliché, saying goodbye is bittersweet. After three long years of being a photographer, staff writer, assistant news editor and eventually head news editor, I feel more ready for...

Trump says he’s not going anywhere

Christina Basken, News Editor • May 2, 2019

GREEN BAY — Thousands of Wisconsinites gathered together, those for and those against, to see President Donald Trump at his MAGA Rally at the Resch Center last Saturday. Earlier in the...

What it’s like reporting at a Trump rally

Christina Basken, Columnist (News Editor) • May 2, 2019

This was my first time reporting at a presidential event. To put it simply, what an experience. I attended a press conference at the Green Bay Labor Temple at 10 a.m. that day. I met a radio station...

Busted: Willis Hagen operating with PAC

Christina Basken, News Editor • May 2, 2019

UW Oshkosh professor Willis Hagen was pulled over for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol content on Tuesday March 12 at 9:22 a.m. at the intersection of Pearl Avenue and Wisconsin...

A’viands says ‘employees will be in good hands’

Christina Basken, News Editor • April 25, 2019

Beginning July 11, 2019, UW Oshkosh campuses will welcome a new dining services provider, A’viands, and say goodbye to Sodexo. Sodexo has been UWO’s dining services provider since 2001. A’viands...

Student journalism policy to change in high schools

Christina Basken, News Editor • April 25, 2019

The Oshkosh Area School Board is reviewing its policy on school-sponsored publications after the Oshkosh North High School newspaper posted an article on its website regarding an assistant principal who...

Leavitt welcomed Hagen back to UWO in 2018

Christina Basken, News Editor • April 18, 2019

On Feb. 19, 2018, after receiving a final case report, UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt decided to take Willis Hagen, a professor in the department of finance and business law in the College of Business,...

Case dismissed: Roth v. Board of Regents

Christina Basken, News Editor • April 4, 2019

UW Oshkosh English professor Christine Roth filed a restraining order against the UW System Board of Regents to block the release of documents requested by a reporter on Nov. 26, 2018. On Wednesday...

Banfield McDonald for Students win OSA elections

Christina Basken, News Editor • April 4, 2019

Banfield, McDonald for Students won the Oshkosh Student Association election for president and vice president positions with 411 votes. Candidates were notified of the results on March 19, although...

Voting for OSA elections begins today

Christina Basken, News Editor • March 12, 2019

Elections for the UWO Oshkosh Student Association president and vice president will begin on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13. Students can vote both days from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Reeve...