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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

Entrepreneurs to pitch ideas

Bailey McClellan, Writer October 4, 2018

UW Oshkosh is hosting the Elevator Pitch Contest and the Lucas Spivey and the Mobile Incubator event Oct. 17 at the Music Hall Auditorium to help student entrepreneurs bring their visions to life. The...

UW Oshkosh Police Officer Sabel pleads not guilty to allegations

Christina Basken, News Editor October 4, 2018

A UW Oshkosh police officer on administrative leave pleaded not guilty to operating a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse during his initial court appearance...

Students learn about new technologies, gain career advantages

Joseph Schulz, News Writer October 4, 2018

UW Oshkosh hosted the inaugural TechTalk, an event designed to educate students about new technologies being used in northeastern Wisconsin. The event featured three keynote speakers: product manager...

COLS full-time profs forced to teach more

Neal Hogden, Managing Editor October 1, 2018

The College of Letters and Science at UW Oshkosh is proposing to increase teaching loads in 2019-20 in an effort to overcome a $1 million budget shortfall. Under the plan, announced Wednesday morning...

A poster on the McNair Scholars program is presented at the McNair Showcase.

Scholars present research from internship program

Joseph Schulz, News Writer September 27, 2018

UW Oshkosh’s McNair Scholars presented their research at the McNair Showcase on Tuesday at the Alumni Welcome and Conference Center. The event featured posters and displays of student research from...

Pictured above is Kezia C., surrounded by her juniors. Kezia is the senior midwife at Ross Road Public Health Clinic in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Social media tells real life stories: Africa

Megan Behnke, News Writer September 27, 2018

A lecture series, “Instagramming Everyday Africa” aimed to use technology in a way that changes stereotypes of underdeveloped countries. On Sept. 24, the geography department held the first of three...

Refugee statistics According to the UN Refugee Agency, 68.5 million individuals have been forcibly displaced across the world. Displacement is often due to persecution, conflict, violence and violations of human rights. One person becomes displaced every two seconds, 30 people are displaced every minute. One in every 110 people in the world is either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee.

“Against All Odds” hosts refugee simulation

Holly Gilvary, News Writer September 27, 2018

The Winnebago County Literacy Council and UW Oshkosh professor Michael Fonkem collaborated to host “Against All Odds,” a refugee simulation workshop, at the Oshkosh Public Library on Saturday, Sept....

Pictured above is a map of the states affected by Hurricane Florence.

Alumnus shares Hurricane Florence story

Bailey McClellan, Writer September 27, 2018

After Hurricane Florence wreaked havoc on North and South Carolina, residents like UW Oshkosh alumnus Zak Thompson said he faced and continues to face obstacles brought on by the storm. According to...

Drinking in Fraternities info box: According to the AddictionCenter, four out of five fraternity and sorority members are binge drinkers and two out of five college students are binge drinkers. Hazing rituals have led to alcohol poisoning, accidents and even death. Some of the highest rates of accidents, sexual assaults, emergency room visits and deaths are due to binge drinking.

Hard liquor ban cracks down

Max Honzik, News Writer September 27, 2018

The North American Inter-fraternity Conference unanimously decided to ban all hard liquor “above 15 percent alcohol by volume in any chapter facility or at any chapter event” starting Sept. 1, 2019,...

headshot, officer denny sabel

UWO officer suffers self-inflicted gunshot injury to the torso area

Christina Basken, News Editor September 27, 2018

UW Oshkosh police officer Dennis Sabel was hospitalized after intentionally shooting himself in his torso after a verbal argument with his wife at his North Fond du Lac home. The Fond du Lac County...

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