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

Courtesy of an Ascension press release -- Area hospitals are nearing capacity amid a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Fox Valley hospitals nearing capacity, as COVID continues to surge in Oshkosh

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 9, 2020

In a video that has now gone viral, Mark Schultz, co-owner of Oblio’s Lounge in Oshkosh, lays in a hospital bed with oxygen tubes up his nose. As Schultz describes his battle against COVID-19...

FIXED: Family at the heart of Myron’s recovery

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 7, 2020

Myron Batiste shook his head and laughed at the mugshot showing a sullen man with dead eyes, staring into the void. Wearing his best shirt and tie, Myron was laughing because he is no longer the...

Police in riot gear are confronted by a group of people protesting systemic racism and police brutality. (Photo by Leviathan Whitfield)

Chaos in Kenosha: A UW Oshkosh alumnus shares experience on the ground

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 7, 2020

As chaos began to envelop Kenosha in the late days of summer, following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, UW Oshkosh alumnus Leviathan Whitfield traveled to the city to document the unrest. Whitfield...

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Debate commission considers presidential debate rule changes

Lexi Langendorf, News Writer October 7, 2020

Although it is not yet finalized, the Commission on Presidential Debates is planning on cutting off candidates’ microphones if they break rules during future debates. According to The Atlantic, more...

OSA discusses reforming diversity and inclusion

OSA discusses reforming diversity and inclusion

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief October 7, 2020

  The UW Oshkosh Student Association met Tuesday evening to discuss reforming the UW Oshkosh Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee, and voter registration deadlines and information. The...

UW Oshkoshs COVID cases down, countys up

UW Oshkosh’s COVID cases down, county’s up

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor October 7, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers issued an emergency order Tuesday limiting public gatherings to combat the “deadly, uncontrolled and exponentially growing spike in cases of COVID-19” in Wisconsin. Effective 8 a.m....

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Dems host virtual event, encouraging young voters

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor October 7, 2020

Former Texas Congressional Representative Beto O’Rourke emphasized the power of the youth vote during a virtual Wisconsin student voter registration rally on Tuesday. “I really believe that Wisconsin...

Judge denies injunction preventing prof. sanctions

Judge denies injunction preventing prof. sanctions

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor October 7, 2020

A Winnebago County Court judge denied UW Oshkosh education professor Peter Meyerson a temporary injunction that would have prevented Provost John Koker from imposing sanctions against him regarding allegations...

Census deadline approaching

Census deadline approaching

Amber Brockman, News Editor October 7, 2020

Olivia lived in Horizon Hall until the dorms closed. Jack lived off campus, but didn’t want to live alone when UW Oshkosh went to all online classes, so he, too, moved back home. With a father who is...

Lacy: ‘Treatment was never going to be enough’

Jelissa Burns, FIXED Writer October 7, 2020

Pain and addiction “When my first daughter was 2, I got addicted to opioids. I had never done them before, but then I broke a bone in my foot and I got a kidney infection in the same three-month...

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