Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Indigenous peoples day

Lydia Westedt, News Reporter October 23, 2019

The first-ever statewide observance of Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin gives well-overdue recognition to the first people who lived here, Inter-Tribal Student Organization President Tatum DePerry said. DePerry...

UWO disputes No. 2 rank for alcohol consumption

Lydia Westedt, Assistant News Editor October 16, 2019

"In 2016, the Oshkosh-Neenah area was ranked as the No. 2 drinking city in the United States, according to an article by CBS. Oshkosh was a close runner-up to Appleton, which was ranked at No. 1. The...

Blue light emergency phones are phasing out around campus. UP is promoting the UWO Mobile app.

Campus looks to phase out blue lights

Lydia Westedt, Reporter October 10, 2019

UW Oshkosh is making plans to ensure student safety while balancing costs as talks continue about phasing out the “blue light” emergency phones on campus. “We have to make a decision about how...

STDs and STIs on the rise among students

Lydia Westedt, Assistant News Editor October 3, 2019

The UW Oshkosh Student Health Center on campus is offering free STI testing through Oct. 4 as part of the Red Zone awareness campaign. The Red Zone occurs during the first six weeks of school when sexual...

Eva Zaret, holocaust survivor

Holocaust survivor speaks

Lydia Westedt, Assistant Sports Editor September 26, 2019

Eva Zaret, an 83-year-old Holocost survivor from Budapest, Hungary, spoke on the importance of kindness and love last Wednesday at UW Oshkosh as a guest speaker. UWO history professor Karl Loewenstein...

Theresa Flores, a survivor of sex trafficking, speaks with students in Reeve Memorial Union.

Trafficking story told

Lydia Westedt, Assistant Sports Editor August 19, 2019

A survivor of human sex trafficking brought tears to the eyes of many UW Oshkosh students and community members as she shared her story of survival, recovery and advocacy last Friday. Despite being...

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