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Public library lifts mask mandate for vaccinated patrons

Submitted news • May 20, 2021

The Oshkosh Public Library will no longer require patrons who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks when visiting the library. However, individuals who are not vaccinated are encouraged to...

High schoolers to compete in business model competition

Submitted news • May 18, 2021

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Center for Customized Research and Services have partnered to launch the inaugural UW Oshkosh Wisconsin High School Business...

This week in UWO history

Advance-Titan • May 5, 2021

May 6, 1987 — Arthur Ziegler, Wisconsin’s head cartographer for the previous 25 years, spoke on campus. Ziegler said of Wisconsin’s four boundary disputes, two eventually ended up in the U.S. Supreme...

Finals week deals and discounts

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Staff Writer • May 5, 2021

As much as everyone dreads finals week, once again, it approaches. However, UWO and some of the nearby Oshkosh restaurants are giving out free or discounted stuff to make the week a little more bearable. In...

Campus prevents bird strikes

Mackenzie Seymour, Staff Writer • May 5, 2021

UW Oshkosh’s Sage Hall will be featuring decal installations on windows to prevent bird-window collisions next school year. UWO’s Wildlife Conservation Club (WCC) introduced the project idea in...

Professor discusses climate change denial

Katie Pulvermacher, Staff Writer • May 5, 2021

There is an “incredible solid body of science” that climate change is real and happening. So why then do people still deny that it exists? Misty McPhee, an associate professor of environmental...

Increased presence of sex offenders in Oshkosh

Lexi Langendorf, Arts & Entertainment Editor • May 5, 2021

Oshkosh has more sex offenders per capita than the city of Milwaukee, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry and U.S. Census Bureau. “Sex offenders have always...

Crisis Text Line is an asset for nursing volunteer hours

Cory Sparks, Managing Editor • May 5, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic taking over the world during the last 12 months, many UW Oshkosh pre-nursing students had to look to isolated ways to get their required volunteer hours in. One of the...

4 benefits of meditation

Amber Brockman, News Editor • May 5, 2021

The practice of meditation is gaining popularity as a way to help ease symptoms of many health conditions and improve quality of life, with countless studies showing a variety of benefits. Most people...

This week in UWO history

April 28, 2021

April 29, 1960 — The Health and Physical Education Building was rededicated as the George S. Albee Hall, and replaced the gymnasium that was built in 1909. Gov. Walter Kohler spoke at the rededication. April...