Life as a Native American student at UWO
Tatum DePerry, Guest Columnist
November 15, 2019
Bozhoo (Hello)! My name is Tatum and I am a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and I also have ties to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Nation. However, being an enrolled member or a “card-carrying Indian” does not define what it means to be Native American. When other...
Michigan rapper shows different side in ‘uknowhatimsayin¿’
Zach Stremer, columnist
October 16, 2019
Michigan rapper Danny Brown has always flown under the radar, only popular in niche music circles. He gained notoriety in 2016 with his album “Atrocity Exhibition,” highlighting his unique production style, drug-binge fueled lyrics and a notable feature from Kendrick Lamar in the track “Really...
Pub Crawl: Drinking before sundown
Lauren Reidinger, columnist
October 16, 2019
8 a.m. — It was a crisp morning when my alarm went off on Saturday, Oct. 12, the beginning of fall Pub Crawl. Although some of my friends had already been up for an hour, downing their first sips of beer, I was just waking up to get ready to join them. Pub Crawl happens twice a year, once in the fa...
Twin pop duo share hardships growing up gay in new memoir
Rachel Bays, columnist
October 16, 2019
“High School,” a memoir written by Tegan and Sara Quin, tells a compelling and emotional coming-of-age story of the identical twin sisters long before they became famous award-winning pop icons. In their memoir, Tegan and Sara share what life was like as queer teenagers growing up in Calgary...
Life on the second floor of Webster Hall
Owen Peterson, columnist
October 16, 2019
Of all the things that one could fear going into their first semester of college, I feared dorm life the most. It wasn’t the immense workload that was inevitably going to be dumped upon me or the responsibility of having to live on my own for the first time, but instead the idea of having to share...
‘Nat Turner’ challenges audience
Leo Costello, Opinion Editor
October 9, 2019
The UW Oshkosh theatre department debuted the first college performance of the 2016 one act play written by Nathan Alan Davis, “Nat Turner in Jerusalem,” last week, providing a profound and challenging experience for its audience. Davis, who spoke on campus about his play last week, wrote the...
Flourish Through Music brings joy to campus life
Emma Klein, Columnist
October 9, 2019
Uplifting music will play in the Titan Underground on the first Monday of every month this semester from noon to 1 p.m. as part of “Mindful Music Monday.” The event as envisioned by Kristine Campbell, counselor at the UW Oshkosh Counseling Center, and Alison Shaw, chairwoman of the music department,...
Up in smoke: Vaping should be taken seriously
Lauren Reidinger, Columnist
October 9, 2019
On campus it’s almost impossible to walk anywhere and not see someone vaping or juuling — it’s become a normalized daily activity for many college students. When I first came to UW Oshkosh, I had no experience with vaping or what it really was, and a lot of the people I surrounded myself with...
Incarceration is no laughing matter
Bethanie Gengler, News Editor
October 9, 2019
Photos on the UW Oshkosh Flickr page from last week’s Run With The Cops event appear to show UWO students and children dressed in prison stripes standing behind a fake jail cell smiling and laughing while being handcuffed by a police officer. As a UWO student who has spent time at the Winnebago...
Life as an autistic, asexual, agender student
Burgundy Johnson
October 9, 2019
As a queer, autistic, asexual and nonbinary person, my pronouns are they/them/theirs and vi/vir/virs, and I have mixed feelings about my safety on campus at UW Oshkosh. On one hand, people seem to leave me alone. I’ve been informed that I give off this “don’t mess with this person” vibe, which...
