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

Wisconsin COVID-19 deaths are at an all time high.

WI breaks COVID records for cases, deaths

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor October 14, 2020

Wisconsin saw 33 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, breaking the state’s record for the largest number of deaths in a single day from its previous high of 27 on Sept. 30, according to the state’s Department...

Courtesy of an Ascension press release -- Area hospitals are nearing capacity amid a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Fox Valley hospitals nearing capacity, as COVID continues to surge in Oshkosh

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 9, 2020

In a video that has now gone viral, Mark Schultz, co-owner of Oblio’s Lounge in Oshkosh, lays in a hospital bed with oxygen tubes up his nose. As Schultz describes his battle against COVID-19...

Pub Crawl: Words of wisdumb

Pub Crawl: Words of wisdumb

Pub Crawl Paul, 'Wisconsiner' October 7, 2020

The name’s Paul. Pub Crawl Paul. No relation to Angel Dust — at least not directly. Never mind, don’t ask. What am I doing this weekend? Manically chugging wheat-flavored, inhibition-reducing La...

UW Oshkoshs COVID cases down, countys up

UW Oshkosh’s COVID cases down, county’s up

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor October 7, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers issued an emergency order Tuesday limiting public gatherings to combat the “deadly, uncontrolled and exponentially growing spike in cases of COVID-19” in Wisconsin. Effective 8 a.m....

CDC to study UW Oshkoshs antigen COVID-19 test

CDC to study UW Oshkosh’s antigen COVID-19 test

October 1, 2020

Throughout October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will study how reliable antigen testing is to monitor spread of COVID-19 among UW Oshkosh students, including those who are asymptomatic. The...

The last time an NFL game was cancelled was on July 22, 2011, when the first preseason game of the year (the Pro Football Hall of Fame game) didn’t happen due an ongoing lockout that had been occurring that year.

Dear Roger Goodell, I am sorry I doubted you

Cory Sparks, Assistant Sports Editor September 30, 2020

As an avid football fan, I wanted nothing more than for this horrific year to be punctuated by another football season of big plays and crowds of thousands exploding in the enthusiastic chants many other...

April Lee / The Advance-Titan — Masks are mandated inside all UWO  buildings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Oshkosh, Neenah areas see huge COVID-19 case surge

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor September 30, 2020

The Oshkosh-Neenah area is experiencing the second-fastest COVID-19 case surge in the nation, according to the New York Times, with 1,424 active cases in Winnebago County as of Tuesday. In addition,...

UW Oshkosh employees take furlough to offset pandemic financial hit

UW Oshkosh employees take furlough to offset pandemic financial hit

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 30, 2020

If you’re attending classes at UW Oshkosh this semester, then you’ve probably heard professors mention spending time on “furlough.” But what does that mean? Essentially, faculty members are...

Winnebago County regains jobs lost in pandemic, skills shortage threatens recovery

Winnebago County regains jobs lost in pandemic, skills shortage threatens recovery

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 30, 2020

After exceeding Great Recession levels back in April, the unemployment rate in Winnebago County has normalized, even as issues that plagued the economy before the pandemic have been amplified in its wake. The...

Carter Uslabar / The Advance-Titan

As COVID cases rise, administration pleas with students to avoid close contact

Heidi Docter, News Writer September 23, 2020

Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and other members of the UW Oshkosh administration answered student and parent concerns related to COVID-19 protocols on campus in a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday. “There...

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