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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

The UW Oshkosh team at nationals in 2003 with then-adviser James Tsao, far left.

Ad Club, advertising competition help students find careers in field

Christina Basken and William Hadley October 18, 2018

Getting practical experience and networking are two key factors in getting a job after graduation. The UW Oshkosh Advertising Club exists to help students within the Department of Journalism do both. Bill...

A line of police cars can be seen in the side mirror during rush-hour traffic on I-94 in Milwaukee. The road was shut down to honor a Milwaukee officer killed on duty.

Police suicide numbers rise

Nikki Brahm, Assistant News Editor October 18, 2018

University Police Chief Kurt Leibold experienced 12 officer suicides during his 26 years as an officer and assistant chief of police in Milwaukee. One officer was dealing with the stressors of his job...

PRSSA members visit journalism alumnus Shane Arman, front, at his Ketvchum office in Chicago.

Public relations program evolves, becomes its own major

Jessica Foster October 18, 2018

The UW Oshkosh Department of Journalism’s new public relations major may look like an overnight success, but it has been a long-term development. The Department of Journalism was created in 1968 to...

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UWO student Hannah Thorn poses for students Eli Miller and Lance Gulotta who are working on a multimedia project for class."

50 years of history in the making

Zach Dion, UWO Student October 18, 2018

Home is where the heart is. No one department at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh knows that better than the Department of Journalism. In five decades, the journalism department has had five different...

Pub crawl email raises sexual assault questions

Pub crawl email raises sexual assault questions

Nikki Brahm, Assistant News Editor October 18, 2018

Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Art Munin sent out a campus-wide email about pub crawl, which some students have called a scare tactic. On Oct. 6, Munin emailed students statistics on...

Students participate in a spoons competition.

Homecoming: ‘Join in and come to events’

Holly Gilvary, News Writer October 18, 2018

Forget about Buzz Lightyear shouting, “To infinity and beyond!” At UW Oshkosh, this week is all about homecoming and is titled “To Homecoming and Beyond 2018.” Saturday’s events begin with...

Alumni give advice to students

Hailey Lawrence, Journalsim Student October 18, 2018

There are many ways that people can describe journalism, and over time there have been many quotable quotes to describe it. For instance, Wilbur F. Storey said that “it is a newspaper’s duty to print...

UWO students participate in pub crawl by celebrating in the front yard of a student’s home.

Fall crawl passes with sparse conflict

Calvin Skalet, Editor in Chief October 18, 2018

The annual Oshkosh pub crawl event took place on Saturday. This year the event saw few incidents compared to previous years. According to Lt. Kevin Konrad there were 83 ordinance violations which included...

Suspects arrested in connection to burglaries, stolen vehicle

Nikki Brahm, Assistant News Editor October 18, 2018

Seven suspects were arrested in connection to several burglaries that occurred in residential areas near the UW Oshkosh campus and in connection to a stolen automobile complaint, according to a press release...

FREE Professional Development Day, Sage Hall Friday, Oct. 19 8:30-9:30 a.m. Student/Young Alumni Breakfast 10-11:50 a.m. Pro Talks Sessions 1 and 2 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Open House, Tours and Social 12:30-3:15 p.m. Media Panels 3:30 p.m. Keynote: James VandeHei ‘95, Co-founder of Axios and Politico TICKETED Journalism Alumni Reunion Celebration, AWCC Saturday, Oct. 20 9-11 a.m. Open House and Tours 5:30 p.m. Registration/Hors d’ Oeuvres and Cash Bar 7 p.m. Program and 50th Anniversary Video 8 p.m. Music by Hi-Tones with former Adjunct Kevin Rau Reserve your spot here: https://uwosh.edu/journalism/50th-reunion/

Happy 50th anniversary

Barbara Benish, A-T adviser and internship coordinator October 18, 2018

I remember the first story I wrote for the Advance-Titan. It was about 1980, and I had written for my high school newspaper so I thought I knew what I was doing. But this story was about pesticides...

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