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Ending the backlog of sexual assault kits

Nikki Brahm, Assistant News Editor • April 25, 2019

According to an April 12 press release by the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced new data that detailed progress in ending the backlog of untested sexual assault...

ONE Campaign shares agenda to end extreme poverty

Zack Dion, News Writer • April 25, 2019

In celebration of Social Justice Week, the ONE Campaign held a training session last Thursday at UW Oshkosh, sharing its 2019 agenda to end extreme poverty and encouraging students to contact lawmakers. ONE...

35 consecutive years of winning

Megan Behnke, News Writer • April 25, 2019

At the National Model United Nations competition in New York from April 14-18, the UW Oshkosh Model UN team competed and won for their 35th consecutive year. Model UN President and UWO Senior Matt Clowney...

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...

UW-FDL shows support for SAAM with denim

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • April 25, 2019

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is in full swing at UW-Fond du Lac. On Monday, assistant director of health promotion at UW Oshkosh Juliana Kahrs gave a speech about the definition of consent. Monday through...

Training on campus provides insight for active threats

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • April 25, 2019

UW Oshkosh held active threat information sessions in Reeve Union 209 on April 12 and 22, where University Police Capt. Chris Tarmann and geology professor Joseph Peterson outlined how to intervene before...

Q&A with Dan and Colleen on the 2019 Innovation Challenge

Amber Brockman, News Writer • April 25, 2019

Dan Brosman UWO Director of Alta Resources Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Q. What is the Innovation Challenge? A. A 24-hour event in which students, representing all disciplines on campus,...

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...

SAFER combats sexual violence after re-evaluation of CASA

Kaitlyn Scoville, News Writer • April 25, 2019

Last Monday, Students Active For Ending Rape issued a press release applauding the United States Congress for re-evaluating the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. SAFER is a nonprofit national organization...

Polk Library budget cuts

Calvin Skalet, Editor-in-Chief • April 25, 2019

Cuts to Polk Library's budget over the last decade have left UW Oshkosh “far behind” its peer institutions in both staffing and collections, Polk Library Director Sarah Neises said. “The chancellor...