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Former student gets $325,000 settlement

Jack Tierney, Editor in Chief • September 13, 2019

A former University of Wisconsin Oshkosh student will receive a $325,000 settlement from the UW System following a sexual harassment claim that the University left unpunished for two years. UWO will pay...

Welcome Back Students

Jack Tierney, Editor in Chief • September 13, 2019

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, new and returning students. Welcome also to the students at the access campuses at UWO Fond du Lac and UWO Fox Cities. UW System policy tells UWO to...

UWO renames Welcome Center

Megan Behnke, News Reporter • September 13, 2019

Signage made it official just before the start of the semester: the Alumni Welcome Center is now known as the Culver Family Welcome Center. The name change, announced in May, brings the University one...

Gun violence examined

Amber Brockman, Assistant News Editor • September 13, 2019

The United States accounts for 80% of all gun deaths in the world, making up more than 30,000 people killed with guns each year, according to Amnesty International, a nongovernmental organization focused...

UWO staff, students urged to check immunization records

Bethanie Gengler, News Editor • September 13, 2019

With more than 10,000 students starting classes this fall at the UW Oshkosh campuses, health officials are encouraging students, staff and faculty to check their immunization records as the United States...

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...

5K for mental health awareness

Megan Behnke, News Writer • May 9, 2019

Seven hundred participants showed up for the annual 5K for Mental Health and Suicide Awareness at Oshkosh North High School last Saturday. The National Alliance on Mental Illness hosted the 5K. NAMI...

‘Reproductive writes’ analyzed with blackout poetry

Kaitlyn Scoville, News Writer • May 9, 2019

The UW Oshkosh Women’s Advocacy Council worked with the Assisted Reproductive Technology of Infertility last Thursday to relieve stress before finals and educate the community about reproductive rights. ...

UWFDL, UWFV make tree-mendous progress

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • May 9, 2019

UW-Fox Valley was named a tree campus by the Arbor Day Foundation for the seventh year in a row for its efforts in forestry and sustainability. Tree Campus USA has five standards that colleges and universities...

Geology professor shares his survival story

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • May 9, 2019

Valentine’s Day 2008 started out as a day like any other for Joseph Peterson, but in a matter of minutes, it turned into a day that will be ingrained in his memory for the rest of his life. Peterson...