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

Aubrie Selsmeyer / Advance-Titan - Ben Bernier (front) and Brianna Zarling (back) are both guests at
Day by Day homeless shelter. Ben Bernier (37) is wearing a Packer
hat he crocheted himself. He is self taught and passes his time
making clothing items from yarn for other members of the shelter,
staff and children of staff members.

Day by Day addresses Oshkosh’s unhoused population

Aubrie Selsmeyer, Opinion Editor October 4, 2023

Homelessness is not a new problem in Oshkosh. However, for a number of citizens, the problem has recently become more apparent and troubling. Oshkosh has the Day by Day Warming Shelter, which provides...

UWOPD on the Mic

Mattie Beck, Arts & Entertainment Editor October 4, 2023

The UWO Police Department (UWOPD) created a podcast last November that covered a wide variety of campus-related topics.  These topics included community questions, scam and security, active threat...

Phishing scam email sparks concern

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor October 4, 2023

A scam email claiming that a UW Oshkosh staff member tested positive for an unnamed virus circulated last week, resulting in numerous concerned calls and messages sent to UWO’s IT department and the...

Josh Lehner / Advance-Titan - A group of students, staff, faculty and community members chant slogans in front of Sage Hall during Tuesdays walkout protest. The protest, which began at the Culver Family Welcome Center, worked its way to Sage Hall before ending in front of Polk Library.

‘Chop from the top!’

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor October 3, 2023

UW Oshkosh staff and faculty, as well as community members and people from other UW System schools, participated in a walkout protest today over the university’s response to its $18 million deficit. The...

UWOPD hosts Run With the Cops fundraiser

Nolan Swenson, Co-Sports Editor September 27, 2023

The UW Oshkosh Police Department (UWOPD) hosted their annual Run With the Cops event raising between $8,000 to $10,000 for the Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI). Around 225 participants took part, be...

SAC aims for increased spending

Anya Kelley, News Editor September 27, 2023

Every semester, students are confronted with tuition payments. In a time where inflation is impacting every market and college is more expensive than ever, students want to know where their money is going.  At...

Graphic by Josh Lehner

How are other UW staff responding to deficit?

Nolan Swenson, Co-Sports Editor September 20, 2023

UW Oshkosh faces an $18 million deficit, with employees forced to take up to 11 days of furlough while they await word on if they will be one of the 200 people to be laid off. However, UWO is not the...

Courtesy of OSA / OSA President Ben Blaser proposed changes to the name of the organization, executive board and assembly.

OSA proposes replacing Assembly with town halls

Elijah Plonsky, Staff Writer September 20, 2023

The Oshkosh Student Association (OSA) Executive Board drafted a new constitution over the summer that renames the organization the Oshkosh Student Government (OSG), updates its executive positions, expands...

Source: University websites or Board of Regents August 2023 Meeting Book

How did we get here?

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor September 20, 2023

Many professors and departments at UW Oshkosh are adjusting to furloughs and an increased teaching load in the wake of the university’s $18 million structural deficit. One such instructor is Michael...

Photo courtesy of the Oshkosh Police Department -- The Oshkosh Police Department cruiser waits near a park in town last year.

Undercover prostitution investigation leads to OPD arrest of 10 men

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief September 20, 2023

The Oshkosh Police Department’s (OPD) Vice, Narcotics Unit, detective and patrol officers arrested 10 adult males after an undercover prostitution investigation on the North side of Oshkosh on Sept....

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