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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 New Normal

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief September 16, 2020

The staff of two UW Oshkosh campus residence halls was quarantined after a staff member’s coronavirus test result came back positive, although later testing produced a negative result. The Stewart...

Michael Van Vonderen

Sentencing hearing set for alleged IT thief

Sophia Voight, Opinion Editor September 16, 2020

A sentencing hearing for former UW Oshkosh IT Specialist Michael Van Vonderen charged with theft of university equipment has been scheduled for Dec. 16. The sentencing was scheduled during Van Vonderen’s...

Photo courtesy Renee Sparks — Kenosha became the center of the social justice movement after Kenosha Police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back.

Kenosha area resident’s take on unrest

Cory Sparks, Sports Editor September 16, 2020

On Aug. 23, I was in the middle of a weekend trip in Door County with my girlfriend’s family. The trip was going great, and the weather was immaculate. But while I was there, I saw a heartbreaking video. The...

What’s it like to be quarantined on campus?

Jayme Bauman September 16, 2020

It’s really easy to go from trying to fit everything into your schedule, making sure you can get where you need to go on time and trying to get ready what needs to get ready, to suddenly having to tell...

Oshkosh Public Library announces photo contest, classes

September 14, 2020

The Oshkosh Public Library has launched F Stop: Shelter (#OPLFStop), an online photography contest and exhibit to showcase the Oshkosh community’s interpretation of “shelter” during the COVID-19...

Kaitlyn Scoville / Advance-Titan --Retired police officer Steve Sagmeister has been director of the Oshkosh Community Bike Program for 10 years to help eliminate transportation barriers for those who do not have a driver's license.

Donated bikes aim to close the transportation gap in Oshkosh

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief and Reporter September 9, 2020

Situated in a donated workshop across from Sadoff Recycling at 36 10th Ave., hundreds of bikes of every size and for every age are lined throughout. Helmets are stacked, waiting for their next users at...

Former UW-Milwaukee student: UWM deceives, targets disadvantaged students

Former UW-Milwaukee student: UWM deceives, targets disadvantaged students

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 9, 2020

Since she was 5 years old, lifelong Janesville resident Almond Moone has always dreamed of going to college. However, being wrongfully charged out-of-state tuition by UW-Milwaukee has cast a long shadow...

Joseph Schulz / The Advance-Titan — Celebrating 25 years of House of Heroes Comics and Games are, from left, Kevin Kimmes, Tripper Pech and Scott Dercks.

House of Heroes turns 25, continues to evolve

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor September 9, 2020

Scott Dercks has loved comic books most of his life and has spent the last 25 years sharing that passion with the Oshkosh community. He owns House of Heroes Comics and Games on Main Street, which has...

Dare I say we’re a dairy state?

Dare I say we’re a dairy state?

Amber Brockman, News Editor September 3, 2020

Wisconsin is widely known as the Dairy State, but that wasn’t always the case. Dairy farming has been a valuable Wisconsin industry since the late 1800s, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society....

Complaint alleges harassment by UW Oshkosh English professor

Complaint alleges harassment by UW Oshkosh English professor

Heidi Docter and Kaitlyn Scoville September 3, 2020

UW Oshkosh Provost and Vice Chancellor John Koker criticized English professor James “Duke” Pesta’s classroom management after a student complaint for discriminatory harassment against him was filed...

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