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

UWO should use FusionGo

Joshua Mounts, Opinion Writer May 3, 2018

In an ever-expanding technological world, mobile applications are an easy and effective way to support the concept of staying connected while on the go. In an article by Sam Costello on LifeWire.com,...

UW Oshkosh must keep same name

Renae Karmar, Writer May 3, 2018

As most people are aware, the University of Wisconsin System schools are restructuring their campuses. UW Oshkosh is absorbing both UW-Fox Valley and UW-Fond du Lac, which calls for some consideration...

LinkedIn helps students succeed

Josh Mounts, Opinion Writer April 26, 2018

[media-credit id=2 align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit] Among all the wise words about how to gain success you may have heard in your life, “It’s all about who you know” may hold some...

Minimum wage increase not the right answer

Ryan Taylor, Opinion Writer April 19, 2018

The federal minimum wage currently sits at $7.25 an hour. Recently there have been discussions to increase that to rates of up to $15 an hour, and some cities have already taken steps to make that...

Free speech must protect all language

Ryan Taylor, Opinion Writer April 12, 2018

On March 21 vlogger Mark Meechan, otherwise known by his YouTube alias, Count Dankula, was found guilty of a hate crime for a “grossly offensive” prank that he posted. He had taught his girlfriend’s...

Person-first training needed for everyone

Courtney Schuna, Opinion Writer April 5, 2018

Language is always changing, so we need to change the way we use it in everyday and professional conversation. Person-first training is a way we can change the way we use language so we don’t accidentally...

UWO strides to make more green choices

Gwen Nichols, Opinion Writer April 5, 2018

It’s no secret that sustainability has become a hot-seat topic in the news lately. Conserving clean energy has become all the rage. I think UW Oshkosh is doing its part to keep up with this very...

Gun bans won’t end shootings

Ryan Taylor, Opinion Writer March 29, 2018

  Assault: a violent physical or verbal attack. Weapon: something used to injure, defeat or destroy. By these two Merriam-Webster definitions, an assault weapon should be defined as anything...

Word count requirements are pointless

Josh Mounts, Opinion Writer March 8, 2018

We’ve all been in a bind for a class before, trying to meet a word count requirement, happily avoiding the use of conjunctions and rambling on and on just trying to meet that mark. But, it may all...

Democratic process needs student voters

Ethan Uslabar, Opinion Writer March 1, 2018

Ballots Collected: 23. That’s what the screen of the polling machine said when I cast my vote in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary late in the afternoon last Tuesday. Really? Only 23 ballots...

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