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

Willem Flaugher / Advance-Titan - Students look for the bats using the new echometers purchased through the Green Fund.

Bat fever hits!

Willem Flaugher, Writer October 25, 2023

Bat fever has hit Winnebago County. And it’s not just because Halloween is almost here. Thanks to a Green Fund project submitted by the Wildlife Conservation Club (WCC) in spring 2023, UW Oshkosh...

County works to eliminate lead in homes, rentals

Submitted news October 23, 2023

Each year, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, and state and local governments to reduce...

Courtesy of Lori Palmeri — Mee Yang (left center) and Lee Yang (right center) hold their 2023-24 Hometown Hero awards. The Yangs were recognized by Wisconsin representatives Michael Schraa (back left) and Lori Palmeri (far right).

Oshkosh residents named Hometown Heroes

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor October 19, 2023

Wisconsin representatives Lori Palmeri and Michael Schraa announced Mee and Lee Yang of Oshkosh were recipients of the 2023-24 Hometown Hero Award last week on behalf of the Wisconsin State Assembly. They...

Kelly Hueckman / Advance-Titan —Owner Joe Ambrose’s family dines at The Chalice while “America’s Best Restaurants” films on Tuesday.

‘America’s Best Restaurants’ to feature The Chalice

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor October 19, 2023

One of Oshkosh’s most iconic restaurants, The Chalice, will be featured on an upcoming episode of “America’s Best Restaurants” after being filmed on Tuesday. “We obviously hope to gain recognition...

Eli Yonder / Advance-Titan - Pub Crawl, like Oktoberfest in La Crosse and Mifflin in Madison, draws students from all of the Universities of Wisconsin for a weekend of debaucherous fun. Eli Yonder took all unattributed photos in this slideshow.

UWO’s biannual Pub Crawl

Jessica Duch, Writer October 18, 2023

College students from around Wisconsin traveled to Oshkosh last weekend to participate in the Oshkosh Pub Crawl celebration. The bi-annual event has been happening for years and is a gathering for students...

Courtesy of UWO Flickr / An empty classroom and open area on the Fond du Lac access campus. Low enrollment, accompanied with decreased state funding, has led to cuts across nearly all of the UW System campuses.  The Fond du Lac campus’ enrollment this semester is 238 students.

Fond du Lac access campus set to close in June 2024

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-In-Chief October 18, 2023

UW Oshkosh’s access campus in Fond du Lac will discontinue in-person education by June 30, 2024, Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced Tuesday. This leaves students unsure of where to go next with...

Graphic Illustration by Josh Lehner

Staff layoffs stun campus

Josh Lehner and Anya Kelley October 17, 2023

A total of 140 UW Oshkosh employees received layoff notices on Monday in an effort to curb the university’s $18 million deficit. The layoffs are part of the university’s realignment plan, which also...

Martin Rudd

Assistant chancellor for access campuses dies

Anya Kelley, News Editor October 16, 2023

The death of the assistant chancellor for access campuses Martin Rudd was announced in an email sent out by UW Oshkosh’s Chancellor Andrew Leavitt on Monday. Rudd, 53, died unexpected on Oct. 14 in...

Farm-raised deer in Outagamie County diagnosed with chronic wasting disease

October 12, 2023

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was recently notified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Outagamie...

Kelly Hueckman / The Advance-Titan - Maya Carpenter takes a sledgehammer to a scale as part of the Women Advocacy Counsels right against beauty standards.

Students smash body norms

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor October 11, 2023

Just outside of Reeve, students gathered to take turns cladding themselves in safety goggles, a “Smash the patriarchy” hard helmet and a sledgehammer to shatter scales on Tuesday.  In honor of...

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