Why stay on campus?
Sami Christiansen, News Writer
October 21, 2020
With spring semester registration opening this week, many students are, for the first time, presented with the opportunity to register for a full load of online classes entirely by choice. As classes have adapted to supposedly provide equal instruction and opportunity for both online and in-person...
Suggestions for Gruenhagen quarantine
Advance-Titan staff
October 14, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak forced UW Oshkosh to make tough choices, and given the decline of testing numbers reported in the previous weeks, the university appears to be making good choices. Spread and contact has been limited thanks to testing and quarantine measures put in place. Despite the progress...
Pros and cons of a semester with COVID
Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
October 14, 2020
On Sept. 9, classes started up for what was sure to be an unorthodox fall semester. It has now been over a month since then, giving us a lot to reflect on. Here is a not-so-serious look at some of the pros and cons of the way things have changed for this semester. Pro: You can now actually dif...
Discussion Posts: Is there a point?
Owen Peterson, News Writer
October 7, 2020
The transition to mostly online classes has come with a wide variety of ups and downs, but I believe the lowest low has to be the increased reliance on Canvas discussion posts. The newfound prominence of these discussion boards is a lackluster addition to the online learning experience because it...
‘Enola Holmes’ mooches off Sherlock Holmes legacy
October 7, 2020
“Enola Holmes,” Netflix’s newest original movie, had a good message, but it could’ve been done differently. The movie follows a 16-year-old girl who happens to be the sister of the famous Sherlock Holmes. When her mother goes missing, her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft come home to see what...
Pub Crawl: Words of wisdumb
Pub Crawl Paul, 'Wisconsiner'
October 7, 2020
The name’s Paul. Pub Crawl Paul. No relation to Angel Dust — at least not directly. Never mind, don’t ask. What am I doing this weekend? Manically chugging wheat-flavored, inhibition-reducing La Croix from a perplexingly early hour. Why do you ask? Oh, there’s a pandemic? Well, let me tell you...
Why I deleted my social media accounts
Ian McDonald, Opinion Writer
September 30, 2020
I deleted my personal social media accounts. All of them — Twitter, Facebook, Instagram — gone within the matter of a few minutes. It’s all been gone since Sept. 14 and I feel no different; I don’t feel disconnected, but maybe that’s because I was never really “connected.” It all started...
In praise of physical textbooks
Owen Peterson, Opinion Writer
September 30, 2020
I love textbooks. More specifically, I love physical textbooks. This may be because opening up a textbook at my desk with a notebook and pen is a part of school that I have become nostalgic for, or it may be because I have a soft spot for all forms of physical media. Regardless, I have become a physical...
Reflecting on the legacy of RBG
Lexi Wojcik-Kretchmer, Writer
September 30, 2020
The History Club co-hosted a discussion of RGB’s on Sept. 29, 11 days after her death, to discuss her legacy. The guest speakers, professors at UWO as well as representatives from the Women’s Center, Political Science Student Association and American Democracy Project, all seemed to have very...
Six people you might see in your online classes
Owen Peterson, Opinion Editor
September 23, 2020
The Online Overachiever By the time the professor is done asking their question, this person has already had the “raise hand” button selected for 45 seconds. With an insatiable desire to prove their worth to a classroom full of students who probably aren’t even on their Collaborate Ultra tab, the...
