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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

Wisconsin DOJ works to protect election integrity

Wisconsin DOJ works to protect election integrity

October 19, 2020

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today (Monday) shared how the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing for the upcoming election on November 3, 2020. The attorney general also issued...

Applications open today through Nov. 2 for second round of We’re All In Grants for small businesses

Applications open today through Nov. 2 for second round of We’re All In Grants for small businesses

October 19, 2020

Applications opened today for the second round of We’re All In Small Business Grants, which will distribute an additional $50 million to small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program...

UW Oshkosh and Agra Energy bring renewable fuel technology to dairy farms

UW Oshkosh and Agra Energy bring renewable fuel technology to dairy farms

October 15, 2020

UW Oshkosh has partnered with Agra Energy Corp. to promote a new technology that converts biogas to fuel, the university announced in a press release Thursday. The renewable solution makes use of Agra...

Doug (Left) and Lonie (Right) in the Second Chance Thrift Store.

Thrift store provides community support

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief October 14, 2020

Located at 753 N. Main St. is a thrift store that may not be known to many. Run by just one manager and one full-time employee, this duo has brought happiness and deals to those in need. “All of the...

OSA creates safety precautions for student org events

OSA creates safety precautions for student org events

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief October 14, 2020

Student org recognition The deadline for student organizations at UWO to gain re-recognition from the Oshkosh Student Association (OSA) is today. Organizations must complete the necessary re-recognition...

Brenda: Wisconsin is ‘what we needed to get clean’

Brenda: Wisconsin is ‘what we needed to get clean’

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor October 14, 2020

As told to Joseph Schulz “What led me to drugs was losing my kids — the pain of it. I was like, ‘Well, I tried pot and I didn't get addicted. I tried acid and I didn't get addicted. Why would...

Responsibility at the heart of Nick’s recovery

Responsibility at the heart of Nick’s recovery

Gabrielle Fischer, FIXED Writer October 14, 2020

As told to Gabrielle Fischer Pain and addiction “My mother was a heroin addict. When I was 7, she dropped me off at a place called the Friendship House in Pennsylvania. It was supposed to be for the...

Chris and his cat, Rommel, whom he adopted after Mr. Pooh died. Chris credits Mr. Pooh for saving
his life after the cat came up to him and rubbed against his leg, giving him a moment of clarity just
before he was about to kill himself.

Kessler: ‘By the time I was 12, I was a full-blown alcoholic’

Neal Hogden, FIXED Writer October 14, 2020

A Tumultuous Childhood At 6 years old, most children are experiencing a lot of firsts, whether it’s their first time losing a tooth, their first grade on an assignment, or their first sleepover....

Why Wisconsin has become a COVID-19 hotspot within a month

Why Wisconsin has become a COVID-19 hotspot within a month

Lexi Langendorf, News Writer October 14, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) confirmed that COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin have risen from around 1,000 cases per day in early September to a record 3,000 cases per day the first few...

Wisconsin COVID-19 deaths are at an all time high.

WI breaks COVID records for cases, deaths

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor October 14, 2020

Wisconsin saw 33 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, breaking the state’s record for the largest number of deaths in a single day from its previous high of 27 on Sept. 30, according to the state’s Department...

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